Thunder 3 (manga)
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| Thunder 3 | |
_01.png) First tankōbon volume cover, featuring (from left to right) Tsubame Azuma, Pyontaro Tezuka, and Hiroshi Ochanomizu | |
| サンダー3 (Sandā Surī) | |
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| Genre | |
| Manga | |
| Written by | Yuki Ikeda |
| Published by | Kodansha |
| English publisher | |
| Imprint | Monthly Shōnen Magazine Comics |
| Magazine | Monthly Shōnen Magazine |
| Original run | May 6, 2022 – present |
| Volumes | 8 |
| Anime television series | |
| Original network | Fuji TV (+Ultra) |
| Original run | July 2026 – scheduled |
Thunder 3 (Japanese: サンダー3, Hepburn: Sandā Surī) is a Japanese manga series written and illustrated by Yuki Ikeda. It has been serialized in Kodansha's shōnen manga magazine Monthly Shōnen Magazine since May 2022. An anime television series adaptation is set to premiere in July 2026.
The "Small Three"—ordinary middle school students Pyontaro Tezuka, Hiroshi Ochanomizu, and Tsubame Azuma—accidentally discover a parallel world after playing a mysterious disc borrowed from their teacher, Dr. Doc. When a lifelike dragonfly emerges from their television screen, Pyontaro's younger sister, Futaba, and their pet dog chase after it, only to be pulled into the parallel world and captured by its alien inhabitants. The story follows the Small Three as they join forces with the humans of the parallel world to rescue Futaba and confront the extraterrestrial threats.
Characters
- Pyontaro Tezuka (手塚 ぴょんたろう, Tezuka Pyontarō)
- Voiced by: Sayumi Suzushiro[4]
- Hiroshi Ochanomizu (お茶の水 ひろし, Ochanomizu Hiroshi)
- Voiced by: Eri Akiyama[4]
- Tsubame Azuma (吾妻 つばめ, Azuma Tsubame)
- Voiced by: Natsumi Kawaida[4]
- Futaba Tezuka (手塚 ふたば, Tezuka Futaba)
- Voiced by: Honoka Mitsubachi[4]
Media
Manga
Written and illustrated by Yuki Ikeda, Thunder 3 started in Kodansha's shōnen manga magazine Monthly Shōnen Magazine on May 6, 2022.[5] In January 2025, it was announced that the manga had entered its climax.[6] The series went on hiatus in March 2025 and resumed on February 6, 2026.[7][8] Kodansha has collected its chapters into individual tankōbon volumes. The first volume was released on October 17, 2022.[9] As of January 17, 2025, eight volumes have been released.[10]
In March 2024, Kodansha USA announced that they had licensed the manga for print release, with the first volume published on November 5 of that same year.[11]
Volumes
| No. | Original release date | Original ISBN | English release date | English ISBN | |
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| 1 | October 17, 2022[12] | 978-4-06-528928-0 | November 5, 2024[13] | 978-1-64-729400-7 | |
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| 2 | January 17, 2023[14] | 978-4-06-530372-6 | January 7, 2025[15] | 978-1-64-729386-4 | |
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| 3 | May 17, 2023[16] | 978-4-06-531830-0 | March 4, 2025[17] | 978-1-64-729443-4 | |
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| 4 | September 14, 2023[18] | 978-4-06-533413-3 | May 6, 2025[19] | 978-1-64-729444-1 | |
| 5 | December 15, 2023[20] | 978-4-06-534207-7 | July 1, 2025[21] | 978-1-64-729445-8 | |
| 6 | May 16, 2024[22] | 978-4-06-535623-4 | September 9, 2025[23] | 978-1-64-729463-2 | |
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| 7 | September 17, 2024[24] | 978-4-06-536886-2 | November 4, 2025[25] | 978-1-64-729491-5 | |
| 8 | January 17, 2025[10] | 978-4-06-537932-5 | February 10, 2026 | 978-1-64-729573-8 | |
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Chapters not yet in tankōbon format
- "The Will"
- "The Guardian"
- "Too Heavy Odds"
- "How Can We Win?"
- "Aaaaaaaaah!!"
Anime
In February 2026, it was announced that the series would receive an anime television series adaptation, which is set to premiere on Fuji TV's +Ultra programming block in July 2026.[4] The anime's website listed the staff with non-standard position titles: Hiroyuki for "Saku" (work), Hiroshi for "Bun" (text), and Naoyuki for "E" (art).[26]
Reception
The series was nominated for the 2022 Next Manga Award in the print manga category.[27] It was nominated for the eBook Initiative Japan Manga Award 2023.[28] It ranked fourth on Takarajimasha's Kono Manga ga Sugoi! list of best manga of 2024 for male readers.[29]
Writing for the Real Sound, Reiichi Narima praised the series for its premise and realistic and detailed artwork, comparing it to Hiroya Oku's Gantz and Inio Asano's Dead Dead Demon's Dededede Destruction.[2] Chanmei from the same website included the series on her top 10 manga series of 2022, calling it "definitely the most shocking and surprising work of the year."[30]
