Monkey Peak

Monkey Peak (モンキーピーク, Monkīpīku) is a Japanese manga series written by Kōji Shinasaka and illustrated by Akihiro Kumeta. It was serialized in Nihon Bungeisha's seinen manga magazine Weekly Manga Goraku from September 2016 to August 2019. An original net animation adaptation was streamed on Production I.G's Anime Beans app between October 2018 and April 2019.

Monkey Peak
First tankōbon volume cover
モンキーピーク (Monkīpīku)
Genre	Horror[1]
Manga
Written by	Kōji Shinasaka
Illustrated by	Akihiro Kumeta
Published by	Nihon Bungeisha
Imprint	Nichibun Comics
Magazine	Weekly Manga Goraku
Demographic	Seinen
Original run	September 2, 2016 – August 23, 2019
Volumes	12
Original net animation
Studio	Tomovies
Released	October 26, 2018 – April 1, 2019
Runtime	2 minutes
Episodes	20
Manga
The Rock
Written by	Kōji Shinasaka
Illustrated by	Akihiro Kumeta
Published by	Nihon Bungeisha
Imprint	Nichibun Comics
Magazine	Weekly Manga Goraku
Demographic	Seinen
Original run	September 2, 2019 – September 24, 2021
Volumes	9

Media

Manga

Written by Kōji Shinasaka and illustrated by Akihiro Kumeta, Monkey Peak was serialized in Nihon Bungeisha's seinen manga magazine Weekly Manga Goraku from September 2, 2016 to August 23, 2019.^[1][2] The series' chapters were collected into twelve tankōbon volumes from February 9, 2017 to October 18, 2019.^[3][4]

On May 14, 2024, Antarctic Press launched a Kickstarter campaign to release a hardcover English version of the first volume with a goal of $1,000. It reached its goal on the first day.^[5]

A sequel manga titled Monkey Peak: The Rock was serialized in the same magazine from November 1, 2019 to September 24, 2021.^[6][7] The sequel's chapters were collected into nine tankōbon volumes from March 18, 2020 to January 19, 2022.^[8][9]

Volumes

No.	Release date	ISBN
1	February 9, 2017[3]	978-4-53-713546-6
2	May 10, 2017[10]	978-4-53-713582-4
3	August 9, 2017[11]	978-4-53-713612-8
4	November 9, 2017[12]	978-4-53-713650-0
5	February 9, 2018[13]	978-4-53-713692-0
6	April 28, 2018[14]	978-4-53-713732-3
7	July 27, 2018[15]	978-4-53-713770-5
8	November 9, 2018[16]	978-4-53-713838-2
9	February 9, 2019[17]	978-4-53-713885-6
10	May 29, 2019[18]	978-4-53-713922-8
11	August 8, 2019[19]	978-4-53-713958-7
12	October 18, 2019[4]	978-4-53-713993-8

Monkey Peak: The Rock

No.	Release date	ISBN
1	March 18, 2020[8]	978-4-53-714216-7
2	June 19, 2020[20]	978-4-53-714255-6
3	September 17, 2020[21]	978-4-53-714281-5
4	December 19, 2020[22]	978-4-53-714320-1
5	March 18, 2021[23]	978-4-53-714349-2
6	June 17, 2021[24]	978-4-53-714381-2
7	September 17, 2021[25]	978-4-53-714407-9
8	December 18, 2021[26]	978-4-53-714441-3
9	January 19, 2022[9]	978-4-53-714452-9

Anime

A 20-episode original net animation adaptation produced by Tomovies was streamed on Production I.G's Anime Beans app on October 26, 2018 to April 1, 2019.^[27]

Reception

The series as a whole has over 2 million copies in circulation.^[9]

See also

• Tōhai, another manga series with the same writer