The manga series "Educational Manga: World History" (Shueisha, released on October 4), which has been enjoyed by readers for its fun and educational portrayal of history, is undergoing a full renewal for the first time in 22 years, across all 18 volumes. The cover illustrations for all volumes have been drawn by 16 popular manga artists including Hirohiko Araki of "JoJo's Bizarre Adventure", Yasuhisa Hara of "Kingdom", and Kohei Horikoshi of "My Hero Academia".

Yuki Tabata, the creator of "Black Clover," has depicted figures such as Charlemagne and Joan of Arc, eliciting online comments like "Such an atmosphere!", "The art is too good!", and "Definitely buying this!"

The original "Educational Manga: World History" series, first released in 2002, has been a beloved long-seller. The newest edition updates the format from a large hardcover to a more portable softcover, and completely refreshes the content. The content dramatizes global historical events in an engaging comic format, with each volume now expanded by 56 pages over the previous versions. The series captures the imagination with beautiful illustrations, captivating characters, and enthralling stories that make readers feel as if they are part of the epochs they are reading about. The latest high school history textbooks emphasize a "Global History" approach to understanding world history in a cross-disciplinary manner, and an "Inquiry" approach where students think about questions and search for reasons and solutions on their own. The revised series aims to meet these new educational standards by covering Western, Asian, Middle Eastern, and African histories, and also includes connections between countries through people, goods, and cultures. This is the first world history manga series to align with the new educational guidelines.

The series notably devotes ten out of eighteen volumes to modern and contemporary history, covering topics like the Russian invasion of Ukraine and military conflicts in Palestine, among other current global issues.

■ All 18 volumes titles and the manga artists who created the covers, along with the historical figures depicted:

1. Volume: Civilizations of the Orient and the Mediterranean: Egypt, Mesopotamia, Greece
Cover Illustration: Yasuhisa Hara ("Kingdom"), featuring Ramesses II
2. Volume: The Dawn of Chinese Civilization and the Chinese Empire: From the Yellow River Civilization to the Tang Dynasty
Cover Illustration: Hiroyuki Asada ("Tegami Bachi"), featuring Qin Shi Huang
3. Volume: The Glory of the Great Empire: Ancient Rome & Byzantium
Cover Illustration: Kohei Horikoshi ("My Hero Academia"), featuring Caesar & Cleopatra
4. Volume: The Islamic World and India: Dynasties and Religion
Cover Illustration: Kozueko Morimoto ("Gokusen"), featuring Suleiman the Magnificent & Akbar
5. Volume: Christianity and the Development of Europe: Medieval Europe
Cover Illustration: Yuki Tabata ("Black Clover"), featuring Charlemagne & Joan of Arc

6. Volume: The Mongols and East Asia: From the Song to the Early Qing Dynasty, Korea
Cover Illustration: Fusako Kuramochi ("Tennen Kokekko"), featuring Kublai Khan
7. Volume: The Renaissance and the Reformation: Early Modern Europe
Cover Illustration: Posuka Demizu ("The Promised Neverland"), featuring Leonardo da Vinci
8. Volume: Sovereign States of Europe: Absolute Monarchies and Enlightened Despotism
Cover Illustration: Io Sakisaka ("Ao Haru Ride"), featuring Elizabeth I
9. Volume: The Industrial Revolution and American Independence: The Beginnings of Capitalism
Cover Illustration: Teru Miyoshi ("Yuukoku no Moriarty"), featuring Abraham Lincoln
10. Volume: The French Revolution and the Path to the Nation-State: Awakening to Liberty, Human Rights, and Independence
Cover Illustration: Hirohiko Araki ("JoJo's Bizarre Adventure"), featuring Napoleon Bonaparte

11. Volume: The Progress of Modernization and Imperialism: The Great Powers and the Expansion of Colonies
Cover Illustration: Yusei Matsui ("Assassination Classroom"), featuring Hirobumi Ito & Otto von Bismarck
12. Volume: The Opium Wars and the Xinhai Revolution: From the Late Qing Dynasty to the Republic of China
Cover Illustration: Masanori Morita ("Rookies"), featuring Sun Yat-sen, Puyi, & Empress Dowager Cixi
13. Volume: World War I and the Russian Revolution: Total War to International Cooperation
Cover Illustration: Satoru Noda ("Golden Kamuy"), featuring Vladimir Lenin
14. Volume: Mass Political Participation and the Great Depression: The Era of Prosperity and Turbulence
Cover Illustration: Shinichi Sakamoto ("Innocent"), featuring Franklin D. Roosevelt
15. Volume: World War II and the United Nations: The Greatest Human Sacrifice in History
Cover Illustration: Tatsuya Endo ("SPY×FAMILY"), featuring Winston Churchill & Adolf Hitler

16. Volume: The Cold War and East-West Confrontation: The Two Superpowers and the Third World
Cover Illustration: Shinichi Sakamoto ("Innocent"), featuring Mikhail Gorbachev, Mahatma Gandhi, & John F. Kennedy
17. Volume: A Multipolar World: Asia, Europe, the Middle East, and Africa
Cover Illustration: Mari Yamazaki ("Thermae Romae"), featuring Nelson Mandela, Yasser Arafat, & Deng Xiaoping
18. Volume: Advancing Globalization: Challenges of the 21st Century
Cover Illustration: Posuka Demizu ("The Promised Neverland"), featuring Children of the World