Cocoon (manga)
2010 Japanese manga series
Cocoon (Japanese: コクーン, Hepburn: Kokūn) is a Japanese manga series written and illustrated by Machiko Kyō (今日マチ子). It was serialized in Akita Shoten's josei manga magazine Elegance Eve from March 2009 to May 2010. An anime television film adaptation produced by Sasayuri premiered in March 2025.
Synopsis
A story based on the real life group called the Himeyuri students.
Characters
Mayu (マユ)
Voiced by: Hikari Mitsushima (Japanese); Anjali Kunapaneni (English)
San (サン)
Voiced by: Marika Itō (Japanese); Lauren Kong (English)
Media
Manga
Written and illustrated by Machiko Kyō, Cocoon was serialized in Akita Shoten's josei manga magazine Elegance Eve from March 26, 2009, to May 27, 2010. The series is the first part of Kyō's trilogy of manga about war. Its chapters were collected into a single book volume on August 5, 2010. A single tankōbon volume that consists of the series' chapters and a side-story was released on April 17, 2015.
In October 2025, Viz Media announced that they licensed the series for English publication.
Anime
An anime television film adaptation was announced on June 27, 2023.
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