Anyone familiar with the popular online multiplayer hero shooter Overwatch will also be aware of the work of Arnold Tsang. The former Blizzard art director had a massive hand in the game’s style and character design until his departure in 2022, providing concepts for just about everyone, from the face of the game, Tracer, to Kiriko in Overwatch 2. Outside the video game industry, including a memorable stint with Capcom, he also has a passion for manga, which he’s embraced as a co-founder of Udon Entertainment and through his contributions to the company’s Street Fighter series. Next week will finally see the release of his much-anticipated passion project, Azuki, which he’s slowly been building an original universe around.
Azuki began with a manifesto in 2022 and has since become a world all its own through Azuki Labs, with artwork courtesy of Tsang, anthology shorts introducing characters and the rules of its fantastical reality, and even a trading card game. September 17, however, will see the launch of the official manga series that’ll serve as the project’s centerpiece. The story revolves around two sisters, Shao and Rei, and the unbreakable bond between them. When Rei vanishes beyond an ancient Gate that connects dimensions, Shao’s world begins unraveling as she searches for any clues of what became of her. She begins following in her sibling’s footsteps as a relic hunter for answers, dragging her into a conflict greater than she could imagine, where both sides of the rift hang in the balance.
Ahead of the first issue, Collider can exclusively share an official trailer that provides a proper introduction to the sisters and teases the terrifying reality of Rei’s disappearance. In Azuki, Shao and Rei once lived mostly at peace within their home, known as the Alley, until the disappearance that pushed the limits of their bond. Shao is described more as a circumstantial hero, only seeking to protect what little family she has at all costs, yet inadvertently changing the world through her sheer unwillingness to accept fate. The horror she’ll learn is that nothing that passes through the mysterious Gates winds up the same on the other side and that the Rei she knew has been transformed beyond recognition. Learning more as she dives deeper, Shao will face some impossible choices, testing the ties that bind, trust, and fate itself. All of it will be backed by Tsang’s dynamic style and use of color to show the connection between the sisters.
Collider Exclusive · Sci-Fi Survival Quiz Which Sci-Fi World Would You Survive? The Matrix · Mad Max · Blade Runner · Dune · Star Wars
Five universes. Five completely different ways the future went wrong — or sideways, or up in flames. Only one of them is the world your instincts were built for. Eight questions will figure out which dystopia, galaxy, or desert wasteland you’d actually make it out of alive.
💊The Matrix
🔥Mad Max
🌧️Blade Runner
🏜️Dune
🚀Star Wars
01
You sense something is deeply wrong with the world around you. What do you do? The first instinct is often the truest one.
02
In a world of scarcity, what resource do you guard most fiercely? What we protect reveals what we believe survival actually requires.
03
What kind of threat keeps you up at night? Fear is useful data — if you’re honest about what you’re actually afraid of.
04
How do you deal with authority you don’t trust? Every dystopia has a power structure. Your approach to it determines everything.
05
Which environment could you actually endure long-term? Survival isn’t just tactical — it’s physical, psychological, and very much about where you are.
06
Who do you want in your corner when things fall apart? The company you keep is the clearest signal of who you actually are.
07
Where do you draw the line — if you draw one at all? Every survivor eventually faces a moment that tests what they’re actually made of.
08
What would actually make survival worth it? Staying alive is one thing. Having a reason to is another.
Your Fate Has Been Calculated You’d Survive In…
Your answers point to the world your instincts were built for. This is the universe your temperament, your survival instincts, and your particular brand of stubbornness were made for.
The Resistance, Zion
The Matrix
You took the red pill a long time ago — probably before anyone offered it to you. You’re a systems thinker who can’t help but notice the seams in things.
You’re drawn to understanding how the system works before figuring out how to break it.
You’d find the Resistance, or it would find you — your instinct for spotting constructed realities is the machines’ worst nightmare.
You function best when you have access to information and the freedom to act on it.
The Matrix built an airtight prison. You’d be the one probing the walls for the door.
The Wasteland
Mad Max
The wasteland doesn’t reward the clever or the well-connected — it rewards those who are hard to kill and harder to break. That’s you.
You don’t need comfort, community, or a cause larger than the next horizon.
You need a vehicle, a clear threat, and enough fuel to outrun it — and you’re good at all three.
You are unsentimental enough to survive that world, and decent enough — just barely — to be something more than another raider.
In the wasteland, that distinction is everything.
Los Angeles, 2049
Blade Runner
You’d survive here because you know how to exist in moral grey areas without losing yourself completely.
You read people accurately, keep your circle small, and ask the questions others prefer not to answer.
In a city where humanity is a legal designation rather than a feeling, you hold onto something that keeps you functional.
You’re not a hero. But you’re not lost, either.
In Blade Runner’s world, that distinction is everything.
Arrakis
Dune
Arrakis is the most hostile environment in the known universe — and you are precisely the kind of person it rewards.
Patience, discipline, and political awareness are your core strengths — and on Arrakis, they’re survival tools.
You understand that the long game matters more than any single victory.
Others come to Dune and are consumed by it. You’d learn its logic and earn its respect.
In time, you wouldn’t just survive Arrakis — you’d begin to reshape it.
A Galaxy Far, Far Away
Star Wars
The galaxy far, far away is vast, loud, and in a constant state of violent political upheaval — and you wouldn’t have it any other way.
You find meaning in being part of something larger than yourself — a cause, a crew, a rebellion.
You’d gravitate toward the Rebellion, or the fringes, or whatever pocket of the galaxy still believes the Empire’s grip can be broken.
You fight — not because you have to, but because standing aside isn’t something you’re capable of.
In Star Wars, that willingness is what makes all the difference.
The ‘Azuki’ Manga Is the Product of Years of Effort From Tsang and Azuki Labs
The goal of Azuki has been to build an interconnected universe between its various art pieces, games, and more, but the manga is something especially near and dear to Tsang’s heart. Readers got their first chance to crack it open at Azuki Labs’ booth at Anime Expo earlier this year and meet with the artist ahead of the public launch. This has been the culmination of years of work, and an original, serialized manga is how he always imagined his dimension-hopping fantasy taking shape in a form anyone could hop into for free. “I’m incredibly excited to finally share this world with readers everywhere,” he said in an official statement. “Azuki is a story I’ve wanted to tell for years, and as a lifelong manga fan, manga was the medium I envisioned to bring these characters and this universe to life.”
The first chapter of Azuki will be available to read online for free on the official Azuki website on September 17, starting at 9 a.m. PT. New chapters will drop every third Thursday of the month. Check out the official trailer in the player above.
Released
May 24, 2016
ESRB
T for Teen: Blood, Use of Tobacco, Violence (online interactions not rated)
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