Astro Baby Is the Newest Shonen Jump Manga

A new manga called Astro Baby just launched in Shonen Jump. Chapter 1 is now available to read in English on MangaPlus and via Viz Media. 

In Astro Baby, the world is faced with a cannibal disease called Couper-29 as the result of a meteorite in the town of North Hill. Those infected become cannibals. A young man named Billy grew up in a town where it started to appear, and only one scientist named Eleanor believed him when he saw it starting to happen. Billy returned as a soldier years later for her sake, especially since she’s now about to be a single mother. Now, he’ll have to help protect her child as well.

This new series comes from Shiro Moriya. The mangaka previously worked on Soloist in a Cage. That story ran for three volumes and also featured dystopian themes. That also appears on MangaPlus.

As for past new series in Shonen Jump, one appeared in January 2024. That was a spin-off of Kaiju No 8called Kaiju no 8: B-Side. 

Astro Baby chapter 1 is available to read for free in English now, and the next chapter of the new Shonen Jump manga will debut on February 9, 2024.