To commemorate the broadcast of the third season of the TV anime MF Ghost, a successor to Shuichi Shigeno Shigeno's popular manga Initial D , MF Ghost 3rd Season, which will begin airing on TOKYO MX and other channels from January 4, 2026, manga magazine Young Magazine (Kodansha) has launched a campaign on its website, Young Magazine Web, called "MF Ghost Anime 3rd Season Just Before the Broadcast!! More Free Recap Episodes Campaign!!" Ten volumes of MF Ghost will be available for free until January 4, 2026.
"MF Ghost" was serialized in "Young Magazine" (Kodansha) from September 2017 to February 2025. This marks Shigeno's first automobile-themed manga series in about four years, since "Initial D," which ran from 1995 to 2013. Set in Japan in the year 202X, where self-driving cars have become widespread, the story follows Kanata Katagiri Katagiri, a graduate of a British racing school, who takes part in races to achieve a certain goal, as the MFG public road car races gain popularity around the world.
Kanata is a student of Takumi Fujiwara , the protagonist of " Initial D, " and races in a red 86. The appearance of characters from " Initial D, " such as Keisuke Takahashi and Hiroya Okuyama, also attracted attention. The series was also adapted into a TV anime, with the first season airing from October to December 2023 and the second season from October to December 2024. The total number of copies of the comics published is over 7 million.
