Golden Kamuy Character Remix Book Series Launches With Saichi Sugimoto, Ogata and Tsurumi Volumes Announced

The manga Golden Kamuy has launched a special new book series that spotlights individual characters, beginning with its protagonist Saichi Sugimoto. The first volume, Golden Kamuy Character Remix: Saichi Sugimoto, was released on the 19th in Japan.

This Character Remix series is a special selection project that focuses on one character per volume, carefully curating key episodes from the original story into a single book. Each installment highlights the character’s defining moments, personality, and role within the larger narrative of Golden Kamuy.

The Saichi Sugimoto volume compiles episodes from across the entire manga that depict the life and struggles of the man known as “Immortal Sugimoto.” In addition to the selected story chapters, the book includes special interlude sections such as the Gold Rush Pursuit Chronicle, which traces the progress of the gold hunt, and the Northern Land Survival Guide, introducing knowledge and skills Sugimoto learned from Asirpa throughout their journey.

Through these features, readers can fully experience how Sugimoto, a former soldier who survived the Russo-Japanese War, navigates the harsh northern wilderness, challenges the fierce competition for the hidden Ainu gold, and continues to survive alongside his trusted partner.

The series will continue with Golden Kamuy Character Remix: Hyakunosuke Ogata scheduled for release on February 19, followed by Golden Kamuy Character Remix: Tokushiro Tsurumi on March 18. All three volumes feature newly illustrated cover art by series creator Satoru Noda, and each book includes a bound double-sided poster using the same illustration.

Golden Kamuy is set in Hokkaido during the Meiji era and follows Saichi Sugimoto, a former soldier who teams up with the Ainu girl Asirpa in a high-stakes quest for a massive hidden fortune said to have been left behind by the Ainu people. The original manga was serialized in Weekly Young Jump from 2014 to 2022 and has received numerous awards, including the Manga Taisho 2016. Total circulation of the series has surpassed 30 million copies.

The franchise has also expanded into a live-action film and multiple anime seasons, with the final anime arc currently airing.

Source : ORICON NEWS