The cover illustrations for all 18 volumes are drawn by 16 popular manga artists. These include the following:
- Hirohiko Araki (JoJo’s Bizarre Adventure)
- Yasuhisa Hara (Kingdom)
- Posuka Demizu (The Promised Neverland/Cool Shock Old B.T.)
- Kohei Horikoshi (My Hero Academia)
- Yuki Tabata (Black Clover)
- Yusei Matsui (Assassination Classroom/The Elusive Samurai)
- Tatsuya Endo (SPY×FAMILY)
- Satoru Noda (Golden Kamuy)
- Shin-ichi Sakamoto (Innocent)
- Hiroyuki Asada (Tegami Bachi)
- Masanori Morita (Rokudenashi Blues/ROOKIES)
- Kozueko Morimoto (Gokusen)
- Mari Yamazaki (Thermae Romae)
- Fumiyo Kono (Town of Evening Calm, Country of Cherry Blossoms)
- Io Sakisaka (Ao Haru Ride)
- Hikaru Miyoshi (Moriarty the Patriot)
The new edition of all volumes will be released on October 4, 2024. Compared to the older release, these volumes have a compact soft cover rather than being hardcover. The content is also completely new, with 56 more pages in each volume. It complies with revised curriculum guidelines, with 10 of the 18 volumes containing modern history.
Napoleon Bonaparte by Hirohiko Araki
Volume 10: “The French Revolution and the Path to the Nation-State – The Awakening to Freedom, Human Rights, and Independence”
Napoleon Bonaparte was a French military commander who became emperor in May 1804, a few years after the French Revolution. His reign ended after his defeat at Waterloo, resulting in his exile and eventual death on Saint Helena in 1821.
Araki’s illustration is based on Jacques-Louis David’s Napoleon Crossing the Alps painting from 1801.
All 18 Covers by Manga Artists
Image | Title | Illustrator | Historical Figures |
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Volume 1: Civilizations of the Orient and the Mediterranean – Egypt, Mesopotamia, Greece | Yasuhisa Hara | Ramesses II | |
Volume 2: The Beginning of Chinese Civilization and the Chinese Empire – From the Yellow River Civilization to the Tang Dynasty | Hiroyuki Asada | Qin Shi Huang | |
Volume 3: The Glory of the Great Empire of Rome – Ancient Rome & Byzantium | Kohei Horikoshi | Julius Caesar and Cleopatra | |
Volume 4: The Islamic World and India – The Rise and Fall of Dynasties and Religions | Kozueko Morimoto | Suleiman I and Akbar | |
Volume 5: Christianity and the Development of Europe – Medieval Europe | Yuki Tabata | Charlemagne and Joan of Arc | |
Volume 6: The Mongols and East Asia – From the Song Dynasty to the Early Qing Dynasty, Korea | Fumiyo Kono | Kublai Khan | |
Volume 7: The Renaissance and the Reformation – Early Modern Europe | Posuka Demizu | Leonardo da Vinci | |
Volume 8: Sovereign States of Europe – Absolute Monarchy and Enlightened Despotism | Io Sakisaka | Elizabeth I | |
Volume 9: The Industrial Revolution and the Independence of America – The Beginnings of Capitalism | Hikaru Miyoshi | Abraham Lincoln | |
Volume 10: The French Revolution and the Path to the Nation-State – The Awakening to Freedom, Human Rights, and Independence | Hirohiko Araki | Napoleon Bonaparte | |
Volume 11: The Progress of Modernization and Imperialism – The Expansion of Great Powers and Colonies | Yusei Matsui | Ito Hirobumi and Otto von Bismarck | |
Volume 12: The Opium Wars and the Xinhai Revolution – From the Late Qing Dynasty to the Republic of China | Masanori Morita | Sun Yat-sen, Puyi, and Empress Dowager Cixi | |
Volume 13: World War I and the Russian Revolution – From Total War to International Cooperation | Satoru Noda | Vladimir Lenin | |
Volume 14: Political Participation of the Masses and the Great Depression – The Interwar Period of Prosperity and Instability | Shin-ichi Sakamoto | Franklin D. Roosevelt | |
Volume 15: World War II and the United Nations – The Greatest Sacrifice in Human History | Tatsuya Endo | Winston Churchill and Adolf Hitler | |
Volume 16: The Cold War and East-West Conflict – The Two Superpowers and the Third World | Shin-ichi Sakamoto | Mikhail Gorbachev, Mahatma Gandhi, and John F. Kennedy | |
Volume 17: A Multipolar World – Asia, Europe, the Middle East, Africa | Mari Yamazaki | Nelson Mandela, Yasser Arafat, Deng Xiaoping | |
Volume 18: The Advancement of Globalization – Challenges of the 21st Century | Posuka Demizu | Children of the World |
Source: Official Site