Tenmaku Cinema

• Ja Kanji — テンマクキネマ • Ja Romaji — Tenmaku Kinema • Genre — * Coming of age • Drama • Supernatural

• Type — manga • Author — Yūto Tsukuda • Illustrator — Shun Saeki • Publisher — Shueisha • Imprint — Jump Comics • Magazine — Weekly Shōnen Jump • First — April 10, 2023 • Last — September 11, 2023 • Volumes — 3

• Portal — yes Tenmaku Cinema is a Japanese manga series written by Yūto Tsukuda and illustrated by Shun Saeki. It was serialized in It was serialized in Shueisha's manga magazine Weekly Shōnen Jump from April to September 2023, with its chapters collected in three tankōbon volumes.

Shinichi Hajime is a 14-year-old junior high school student who is a massive fan of cinema – as he was born sickly, most of his early life experiences came from watching movies in his hospital bed. One day, while in a theater, he is possessed by a ghost. The ghost introduces himself as Tenmaku Takehiko – an 18-year-old screenwriter who was working on a legendary movie with acclaimed director Ryu Shirakawa before dying thirty years ago. Bound to Shinichi's body, Tenmaku posits that the only way for him to pass on to the afterlife is for his unwritten script ideas to come to fruition – by having Shinichi produce and direct his movies.

Written by Yūto Tsukuda and illustrated by Shun Saeki, Tenmaku Cinema was serialized in It was serialized in Shueisha's manga magazine Weekly Shōnen Jump from April 10 to September 11, 2023. It is the first time Tsukuda and Saeki worked together since the Yugen's All-Ghouls Homeroom one-shot in May 2020. A bonus chapter was published in Shueisha's Shōnen Jump+ service in November 2023. The series was compiled into three tankōbon volumes from August 4, to November 2, 2023. Viz Media and Manga Plus published chapters of the series simultaneously with their original release.