A collaborative advertising campaign between six popular Kodansha manga series and leading cram school Waseda Academy has begun rolling out across train stations and train interiors in the greater Tokyo area, with the main push launching on November 9 at Shibuya and Ikebukuro stations.

Six Manga Series Join the Campaign

The following titles are featured in the collab, each with its own specially designed visual:

• Medalist by Tsurumaikada
• Blue Lock — story by Muneyuki Kaneshiro, art by Yusuke Nomura
• Blue Period by Tsubasa Yamaguchi
• Cells at Work! by Akane Shimizu
• Attack on Titan by Hajime Isayama
• Ace of Diamond (Daiya no A) by Yuji Terajima

Stations Across Tokyo Get the Treatment

Building on a similar collaboration held for Waseda Academy’s summer intensive course, this new wave of ads promotes the school’s upcoming winter intensive course. Placements span Shibuya Station on the Keio Electric Railway, multiple Tokyo Metro stations including Ikebukuro, and train carriages on various metropolitan lines.

Repost Campaign Delivers Character Messages

Alongside the station ads, Waseda Academy is running a campaign on X (formerly Twitter). Anyone who follows the official account @WASEDA_ACADEMY and reposts the designated post will receive a special message from one of the collab characters — with no lottery involved, guaranteeing a message for every participant.