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Development and Publishing
October 14, 2026 at 01:06 AM
Created development and publishing page covering Manjuu, the Chinese licence and copyright details, regional publishers, official websites and channels, events and the October 2026 English announcement
Azur Promilia is developed by Manjuu, the studio behind Azur Lane, and is published by Manjuu in mainland China, Yostar in Japan and Nexon in Korea. The English-language announcement of October 2026 was issued in Manjuu's name, styled Manjuu Games.
Manjuu is a Shanghai company whose legal name on the official Chinese website is 上海蛮啾网络科技有限公司. The Japanese and Korean sites credit the game to Manjuu Co., Ltd., the Japanese site together with Yostar, Inc. and the Korean site together with NEXON Korea Corp. Nexon's community refers to the developer in Korean as 만쥬.
On December 30, 2025, the Korean YouTube channel published a greeting video from Manjuu's CEO, introduced in Korean as 린슈인. As of October 2026, an official English spelling of the CEO's name has not been given.
The footer of the official Chinese website lists the following for 蓝色星原：旅谣:
Item | Detail |
|---|---|
Copyright notice | 上海蛮啾网络科技有限公司 |
Copyright holder (著作权人) | 上海积咪网络科技有限公司 |
Publishing unit (出版单位) | 上海科学技术文献出版社有限公司 |
Approval number | 国新出审〔2023〕1787号 |
ISBN | 978-7-498-12746-4 |
Age guidance | Suitable for users aged 16 and over |
Region | Publisher | Role |
|---|---|---|
Mainland China | Manjuu | Runs the official Chinese website and the three Chinese tests; the App Store seller is listed as 蛮啾游戏 |
Japan | Yostar, Inc. | Runs the official Japanese website, the Japanese pre-registration page and the Japanese closed beta |
Korea | NEXON Korea | Runs the Korean website, the official Korean community and the Korean closed beta; store listings are sold by NEXON Company |
Global (English) | Manjuu | Issued the October 2026 English open beta announcement |
Official Chinese website: Manjuu's site for the Chinese version, with news, test notices and the reservation button.
Official Japanese website: Yostar's site with pages for characters, Kibo, regions and an adventure notebook, plus a FAQ, the pre-registration page and the closed beta page.
Official Korean website: Nexon's site with pre-registration, the milestone event and event pages.
Official Korean community: a Nexon-run forum that opened on December 15, 2025, with notice, developer news, character, content and lore boards. Many posts are narrated by 루미, a self-styled great fairy.
An English-language global website.
Japanese YouTube channel (アズールプロミリア-Azur Promilia-): teaser and pre-registration trailers, a Kibo showcase titled キボ百景, character videos for Terara and Cathbelle, a day-in-the-life video for the guild receptionist メイプル, and a closed beta special broadcast.
Korean YouTube channel (아주르 프로밀리아): opened December 30, 2025, with a Kibo world trailer, character videos, animated cutscenes with Korean voices, a voice actor interview, the Manjuu CEO interview, a closed beta guide and videos from Comic World.
Chinese social channels named in the 2024 reveal: official accounts on Bilibili, Weibo and TapTap, and the WeChat official account 蓝色星原旅谣.
X accounts for Japan and Korea, and an English X account launched in October 2026.
Date | Event | Location | What Happened |
|---|---|---|---|
September 25 to 28, 2025 | Tokyo Game Show 2025 | Makuhari Messe Hall 7, booth C02 | Manjuu booth with trailer screenings, artwork displays and the first playable demo in Japan; photo sessions with cosplayers and a Kibo mascot costume; novelties including a shopper bag, flyer, sticker and a card for an X campaign |
March 14 to 15, 2026 | Comic World 330 Ilsan | KINTEX, Ilsan | Nexon's first offline event for the game in Korea, with minigames, a creative space, a stamp rally and free limited goods |
July 10, 2026 | Bilibili World 2026 | National Exhibition and Convention Center, Shanghai, Hall 4.1 | A booth decorated with giant Cabbird figures, a rotating Cabbird ride, cosplayers, and a Cabbird bag for visitors who joined the booth event; a large balloon of the character 아비 stood at the entrance |
Business days at Tokyo Game Show 2025 were September 25 and 26, and the public days were September 27 and 28. Demo tickets for each day were handed out first come, first served near the demo corner.
Manjuu revealed the game in China on March 20, 2024. It has since run three Chinese tests (星至测试 in August 2025, 恒序测试 in April 2026 and the paid 旅迹测试 from September 17 to October 7, 2026), Nexon ran a Korean closed beta from May 15 to 18, 2026, and Yostar ran a Japanese closed beta from July 2 to 10, 2026. Release Date and Beta Tests has the full timeline.
The development team's letter, posted on the Korean community on May 26, 2026, said the game will offer Korean voice-over when it launches in Korea, and that translation feedback from the Korean test would be reviewed to improve the Korean text. The Korean YouTube channel has posted animated cutscenes with Korean voices and a voice actor interview. The interview, posted in July 2026, features the voice actors behind the game's characters, but as of October 2026 the official text posts have not listed their names.
English-language communication began in October 2026. A press release dated October 13, 2026 announced an English-version open beta for summer 2027 on a dedicated U.S.-based server, the first time the game will be available to English-speaking players. Manjuu released the first English promotional video, titled Kibo Safari, launched an official English X account and started a community giveaway. The release described this as the start of official English communication. As of October 2026, no English YouTube channel or Discord server had been linked from the official Japanese, Korean or Chinese websites.
