Tower Dungeon
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| Tower Dungeon | |
 First tankōbon volume cover, featuring Yuva | |
| タワーダンジョン (Tawā Danjon) | |
|---|---|
| Genre | Dark fantasy[1][2] |
| Manga | |
| Written by | Tsutomu Nihei |
| Published by | Kodansha |
| English publisher | |
| Imprint | Sirius KC |
| Magazine | Monthly Shōnen Sirius |
| Original run | October 26, 2023 – present |
| Volumes | 6 |
Tower Dungeon (Japanese: タワーダンジョン, Hepburn: Tawā Danjon) is a Japanese manga series written and illustrated by Tsutomu Nihei. It has been serialized in Kodansha's shōnen manga magazine Monthly Shōnen Sirius since October 2023. It is about a farmer who is drafted into a group of soldiers tasked to rescue a princess from a massive tower filled with monsters and traps.
A necromancer seizes control after assassinating the king, imprisoning the princess in a monolithic tower. When the Royal Guard's assault fails, they conscript villagers like Yuva, a strong but inexperienced farmhand. The tower's nightmarish interior contains twisted architecture and mutated creatures, including reanimated fallen soldiers. As the group ascends, they face increasingly grotesque horrors while struggling with dwindling resources. Yuva's raw resilience proves vital against the tower's impossible geometry and supernatural threats, contrasting with the guards' formal training in this grim struggle for survival.
Media
Manga
Written and illustrated by Tsutomu Nihei, Tower Dungeon started in Kodansha's shōnen manga magazine Monthly Shōnen Sirius on October 26, 2023.[3][4][5] Kodansha has collected its chapters into individual tankōbon volumes, with the first one released on February 8, 2024.[6] As of March 9, 2026, six volumes have been released.[7]
In July 2024, Kodansha USA announced that it had licensed the manga for English release in North America, with the first volume released on July 15, 2025.[8][9]
Volumes
| No. | Original release date | Original ISBN | English release date | English ISBN |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | February 8, 2024[10] | 978-4-06-534697-6 | July 15, 2025[9] | 978-1-64-729454-0 |
| 2 | May 9, 2024[11] | 978-4-06-535644-9 | September 16, 2025[12] | 978-1-64-729469-4 |
| 3 | October 8, 2024[13] | 978-4-06-536991-3 | November 11, 2025[14] | 978-1-64-729470-0 |
| 4 | March 7, 2025[15] | 978-4-06-538735-1 | February 3, 2026[16] | 978-1-64-729599-8 |
| 5 | September 9, 2025[17] | 978-4-06-540641-0 | May 05, 2026[18] | 978-1-64-729600-1 |
| 6 | March 9, 2026[7] | 978-4-06-542766-8 | — | — |
Other media
A promotional video for the release of the manga's sixth volume was published by Monthly Shōnen Sirius on its YouTube channel on March 30, 2026. The video features manga art with special effects by the agency Maxilla and traditional animation by the studio Keel. Toshiyuki Kono directed the animated clips at Keel and drew the storyboards, while Asuka Suzuki designed the characters and Tetsurō Moronuki designed the creatures.[19]