Manga Planet Is Closing Its Digital Platform on March 31 2026

Manga Planet has announced it will close its digital manga subscription service on March 31, 2026. The company cited payment processor restrictions and a shifting online landscape as the main reasons for shutting down the digital side of the business. Going forward, Manga Planet plans to focus on physical print releases through its Manga Planet and futekiya imprints.

Existing subscribers should be aware of a winding down timeline. Starting October 31, 2025, the platform will stop selling points and longer pass options. By February 28, 2026, even the shorter one week and one month passes will no longer be available for purchase. Subscribers can continue reading content until their current passes expire, but there will be no refunds on points or unused content, and refund support for passes ends in late April 2026.

The payment difficulties go back to January, when Stripe suspended Manga Planet’s account over R18 content on the service. That left affected subscribers unable to renew through Stripe, though the company recommended switching to PayPal as an alternative. Payment processor restrictions have become a recurring problem across the Japanese manga and content industry, with services like Nico Nico, Melonbooks, DLSite, Fantia, and others also losing access to certain payment options in recent years.

Manga Planet launched in November 2019 as a joint project between Dai Nippon Printing and Fantasista, offering unlimited English translated manga for $6.99 per month. In April 2023, it merged with the futekiya service under a single combined library. Despite the closure of the digital platform, the company recently announced print releases for titles including Here and There and Us, The Farthest Love in the World, KOH BOKU, Perfect Propose, and Try and I Love You.

Subscribers who want to keep reading should note the October 31 cutoff for purchasing new passes and plan ahead before the service winds down fully at the end of March 2026.

My take: It is genuinely sad to see Manga Planet go. They built a solid English manga library and clearly put care into the service. The ongoing payment processor situation keeps hitting smaller platforms the hardest, and it is frustrating to watch another good option disappear because of it.