The CG film Resident Evil: Death Island now has a full manga adaptation coming to English readers. Titan Manga is publishing Resident Evil: Death Island Vol. 1, a 240-page softcover drawn by Zino, with a confirmed release date and open pre-orders across major retailers.
Quick answer: The English edition of Resident Evil: Death Island Vol. 1 releases on September 29, 2026 for $12.99 (£9.99 in the UK, AU$29.75 in Australia). It carries ISBN 9781806182923 and runs 240 pages in softcover.
Release date, price, and edition details
The volume is published by Titan Manga in collaboration with Capcom and the Death Island Film Partners. It is written and illustrated by Zino, credited in full as ZINO Kodakujii, the artist also known for Phantom Blade and Unity of Heaven. Here are the key specifications for the English release.
| Detail | Value |
|---|---|
| Release date | September 29, 2026 |
| Publisher | Titan Manga |
| Artist | Zino (ZINO Kodakujii) |
| Pages | 240 |
| Format | Softcover |
| ISBN | 9781806182923 |
| Age rating | 15+ |
| US price | $12.99 |
| UK price | £9.99 |
| Australia price | AU$29.75 |
Where to pre-order
Pre-orders are live now ahead of the September 29 launch. In the United States, the paperback is listed at Amazon, Barnes & Noble, Walmart, Books-A-Million, Hudson Booksellers, Kinokuniya, and Powell’s. UK and European readers can order through Forbidden Planet, while Australian buyers have Kinokuniya, Booktopia, and Readings. A digital edition is also available through Amazon.
To confirm you are buying the correct edition, match the ISBN 9781806182923 and the 240-page softcover listing. That is the Titan Manga Volume 1 release, not the film disc or a digital-only earlier version.
What the manga covers
The story follows the plot of the 2023 film. It brings together Chris Redfield, Leon S. Kennedy, Jill Valentine, Claire Redfield, and Rebecca Chambers as they investigate a bioterror outbreak tied to Alcatraz Island near San Francisco. What begins as separate missions pulls the group onto the prison island, where a T-virus attack turns the location into a survival fight against zombies, new Lickers, and a mosquito-drone infection method.
The manga does not add a new storyline, but it retells the same events with detailed artwork and some scenes reworked for clarity. Jill in particular gets extra standout moments compared to the film. As Death Island was the fourth film in the animated Resident Evil series, the book also serves as a look at where these characters stand after the events tied to Resident Evil 6.
How the adaptation started
Capcom first announced the manga in May 2023, ahead of the film’s July 7, 2023 theatrical release in Japan. The series ran as a monthly title on Kadokawa’s Comic Hu section on the Nico Nico Seiga platform, serializing from May 19, 2023 to March 19, 2024.
Titan Manga’s physical English edition collects that work into Volume 1. So while the digital chapters have existed in other languages for some time, September 29 marks the first English print release for readers who want a physical copy.
If you already watched Death Island, the manga still offers new detail through its art and its clearer retelling, and previews from the earlier digital run give you a way to sample the pages before committing to the print edition.