Im: Great Priest Imhotep

Written and illustrated by Makoto Morishita, the series originated as a one-shot, before beginning serialization as a full series in Square Enix's Monthly Shōnen Gangan on January 10, 2015.{{cite web|script-title=ja:ガンガン2月号は「はんだくん」尽くし！全サ、付録、表紙に|url=https://natalie.mu/comic/news/135826|website=Comic Natalie|publisher=Natasha, Inc|date=January 10, 2015|access-date=March 10, 2023|language=ja}} The series completed its serialization on August 10, 2018.{{cite web|script-title=ja:崖っぷちの少年魔術師×最強の使い魔によるファンタジー、ガンガンで開幕|url=https://natalie.mu/comic/news/294399|website=Comic Natalie|publisher=Natasha, Inc|date=August 10, 2018|access-date=March 10, 2023|language=ja}} The series' individual chapters were collected into 11 tankōbon volumes.

In June 2017, Yen Press announced that they licensed the series for English publication digitally.{{cite web|title=Yen Press to Release Gesellschaft Blume, IM: The Great Priest Imhotep Manga Digitally|url=https://www.animenewsnetwork.com/news/2017-06-15/yen-press-to-release-gesellschaft-blume-im-the-great-priest-imhotep-manga-digitally/.117529|website=Anime News Network|last=Ressler|first=Karen|date=June 15, 2017|access-date=March 10, 2023}} A print release was announced at Anime Expo 2019.{{cite web|title=Yen Press Adds The Hero Is Overpowered but Overly Cautious, 13 More Manga/Novels (Updated)|url=https://www.animenewsnetwork.com/news/2019-07-04/yen-press-adds-the-hero-is-overpowered-but-overly-cautious-13-more-manga-novels/.148643|website=Anime News Network|last=Sherman|first=Jennifer|date=July 4, 2019|access-date=March 10, 2023}} The manga is also licensed by Elex Media Komputindo in Indonesia.{{cite web|title=Elex Media Licenses Great Priest Imhotep, Classi9 Manga|url=https://www.animenewsnetwork.com/news/2018-09-25/elex-media-licenses-great-priest-imhotep-classi9-manga/.137230|website=Anime News Network|last=Pineda|first=Rafael|date=September 25, 2018|access-date=March 10, 2023}}

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Rebecca Silverman of Anime News Network praised the use of mythology and genre stereotypes, though she felt the story dragged in the middle.{{cite web|title=Review: Im: Great Priest Imhotep GN 1|url=https://www.animenewsnetwork.com/review/im/great-priest-imhotep/gn-1/.155999|website=Anime News Network|last=Silverman|first=Rebecca|date=March 28, 2020|access-date=March 10, 2023}} Leroy Douresseaux of Comic Book Bin praised the action scenes and some of the characters, though he felt some of the characters were also underutilized.{{cite web|title=Im: The Great Priest Imhotep Volume 3 manga review|url=http://www.comicbookbin.com/im003.html|website=Comic Book Bin|last=Douresseaux|first=Leroy|date=June 17, 2020|access-date=March 10, 2023}}

In AnimeJapan 2019's {{ill|Most Wanted Anime Adaptation Poll|ja|アニメ化してほしいマンガランキング}}, the series ranked first.{{cite web|title=Nearly 200,000 Fans Vote in AnimeJapan's 'Most Wanted Anime Adaptation' Poll|url=https://www.animenewsnetwork.com/interest/2019-03-27/nearly-200000-fans-vote-in-animejapan-most-wanted-anime-adaptation-poll/.145085|website=Anime News Network|last=Loveridge|first=Lynzee|date=March 27, 2019|access-date=March 10, 2023}}

• Sudachi no Maōjō, another manga series by the same author

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