The wild success of Project Hail Mary is, arguably, the culmination of various media at once. What we talk about when we talk about the story is, at the moment, predominantly the film, but the 2021 novel from Andy Weir created the foundation, while the incredible audiobook narrated by Ray Porter converted an entirely separate set of fans. The film, in a sense, is just one more piece of the tapestry; the story of Ryland Grace and Rocky saving the stars is bigger than what is, right now, the biggest movie on the planet. But what if there was even more? Yes, there are rumblings about a Project Hail Mary sequel, but there’s also yet another new version of the core story coming to a different medium.
A manga version of Project Hail Mary is coming from Hayakawa Publishing, which will be illustrated by artist Hajime Go. The text itself will be translated into Japanese and adapted for the manga format by Kazuko Onoda. Onoda already translated the novel itself into Japanese for Hayakawa Publishing in 2021.
