An official website has opened to announce that the Hokuhokusei ni Kumo to Yuke (Go with the Clouds, North by Northwest/北北西に曇と往け ) manga by Irie Aki is getting a TV anime adaptation. The website has also revealed an illustration by Irie.
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Irie started the manga in March 2016 in Harta, and then in April 2021, it moved to Kadokawa’s Aokishi manga anthology. Kadokawa released the manga’s first tankoubon volume in October 2017 and the manga’s seventh volume in February 2024.
Aokishi stopped serialising the manga in February 2025, and a new company, Yukiwarisо, announced in October 2025 that it would begin to publish it. The series will get a new book on April 30th, 2026, which is a continuation of the original seven volumes.
Kodansha USA Publishing has released all seven original volumes in English under the name Go with the Clouds, North-by-Northwest, and it describes the manga story below:
“From the creator of Ran and the Gray World, Aki Irie. The story takes place in Iceland, at land’s end, 64ºN. Kei Miyama is a 17-year-old with three secrets: he can talk to cars, he can’t handle pretty girls, and he works as a private investigator. One case has him searching for a beloved dog, another involves reuniting a woman with a man she fell for at first sight. And then comes a case that strikes close to home-searching for his own little brother. Tag along as this globe-spanning journey unfolds…”
