Phantom Busters

Phantom Busters
First tankōbon volume cover
ファントムバスターズ (Fantomu Basutāzu)
Genre	Comedy[1] Coming-of-age[1] Occult[2]
Manga
Written by	Neoshoco
Published by	Shueisha
English publisher	NA: Viz Media
Imprint	Jump Comics SQ.
Magazine	Jump Square
Demographic	Shōnen
Original run	August 4, 2023 – present
Volumes	4

Phantom Busters (Japanese: ファントムバスターズ, Hepburn: Fantomu Basutāzu) is a Japanese manga series written and illustrated by Neoshoco. It has been serialized in Shueisha's shōnen manga magazine Jump Square since August 2023.

Publication

Written and illustrated by Neoshoco, Phantom Busters was first published as a one-shot in Shueisha's shōnen manga magazine Jump SQ.Rise on October 26, 2022.[3] It started its serialization in Shueisha's Jump Square magazine on August 4, 2023.[4] Shueisha has collected its chapters into individual tankōbon volumes, with the first one released on December 4, 2023.[1] As of December 4, 2024, four volumes have been released.[5]

In North America, the manga has been licensed for English release by Viz Media, with the first volume set to be released in Q4 2025.[6]

Volumes

No.	Japanese release date	Japanese ISBN
1	December 4, 2023[7]	978-4-08-883724-6
2	April 4, 2024[8]	978-4-08-883894-6
3	August 2, 2024[9]	978-4-08-884141-0
4	December 4, 2024[5]	978-4-08-884353-7

Reception

The manga was nominated for the tenth Next Manga Award in the print category in 2024 and was ranked nineteenth.[10]

References

1. 4人の男子高校生が鎌倉を舞台に繰り広げる"悪霊退散青春コメディ"1巻. Comic Natalie (in Japanese). Natasha, Inc. December 4, 2023. Retrieved January 28, 2025.
2. ファントムバスターズ. Mangapedia [ja] (in Japanese). Voyage Group. Archived from the original on January 28, 2025. Retrieved January 28, 2025.
3. ジャンプSQ. RISE 2022 AUTUMN. Shōnen Jump+ (in Japanese). Shueisha. Archived from the original on January 28, 2025. Retrieved January 28, 2025.
4. 4人の男子高校生による悪霊退散青春コメディ「ファントムバスターズ」がSQ.で. Comic Natalie (in Japanese). Natasha, Inc. August 4, 2023. Archived from the original on February 2, 2024. Retrieved January 28, 2025.
5. 【12月4日付】本日発売の単行本リスト. Comic Natalie (in Japanese). Natasha, Inc. December 4, 2024. Archived from the original on December 4, 2024. Retrieved January 28, 2025.
6. Hodgkins, Crystalyn (January 24, 2025). "Viz Media Reveals 16 New Physical, Digital Releases for Fall 2025 Including Phantom Busters, Maid to Shine, More". Anime News Network. Archived from the original on January 25, 2025. Retrieved January 29, 2025.
7. 【12月4日付】本日発売の単行本リスト. Comic Natalie (in Japanese). Natasha, Inc. December 4, 2023. Archived from the original on December 4, 2023. Retrieved January 28, 2025.
8. 【4月4日付】本日発売の単行本リスト. Comic Natalie (in Japanese). Natasha, Inc. April 4, 2024. Archived from the original on April 5, 2024. Retrieved January 28, 2025.
9. 【8月2日付】本日発売の単行本リスト. Comic Natalie (in Japanese). Natasha, Inc. August 2, 2024. Archived from the original on September 22, 2024. Retrieved January 28, 2025.
10. 「次にくるマンガ大賞 2024」1位に「カグラバチ」「ふつうの軽音部」. Comic Natalie (in Japanese). Natasha, Inc. August 28, 2024. Archived from the original on September 1, 2024. Retrieved January 29, 2025.

External links

• Official website at Jump Square (in Japanese)
• Phantom Busters at Anime News Network's encyclopedia