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Ban: The Prologue of Gucha Gucha Confirms October Release
Indie game developer IchimatsuSeika Games and publisher Kodansha have confirmed Ban: The Prologue of Gucha Gucha will be released this October This is a mystery horror title that has deep lore in Japanese culture, as you will experience a messy kind of tale through the eyes of a college girl and her pet in the[...]
Bokura: Planet Announced For PC Release In Early 2025
Japanese indie game developer Tokoronyori and publisher Kodansha have announced a proper sequel to Bokura with the reveal of Bokura: Planet This is a two-player puzzle game in which both players MUST be able to communicate with each other and work together to progress through the story The game will have you playing as two[...]
Dstlry Quits Lunar Distributors to Go Exclusive With Diamond
The investors include the following: 1AM Gaming – venture capital firm for gaming run by Gregory Milken and Frank Liquido 2 Punks Capital – an early-stage investment fund run by Stephen Sullivan and Jacob Martin, targeting web3, social, and gaming startups Deftly Ventures – a venture capital firm that seeks to invest in early-stage technology-based startups, and who[...]
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titles. #gallery-1 { margin: auto; } #gallery-1 .gallery-item { float: left; margin-top: 10px; text-align: center; width: 100%; } #gallery-1 img { border: 2px solid #cfcfcf; } #gallery-1 .gallery-caption { margin-left: 0; } /* see gallery_shortcode() in wp-includes/media.php */ VERSUS GN VOL 01 KODANSHA COMICS AUG242468 (W) PEPA (A) Qualia The compelling and long-awaited new action epic from ONE, the author of One-Punch Man and Mob Psycho 100! Centuries ago, humanity's natural enemy, Demons, invaded the world[...]
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Tank Chair is a new manga by Manabu Yashiro launching in Kodansha's September 2024 solicits and solicitations about a cyber-enhanced assassin in the most dangerous city in the universe Here's a full listing as well as their Vertical manga solicits for the same month. #gallery-1 { margin: auto; } #gallery-1 .gallery-item { float: left; margin-top: 10px; text-align: center; width: 100%; } #gallery-1 img { border: 2px[...]
ATTACK on TITAN: The  Musical Coming to Broadway in October 2024
ATTACK on TITAN: The Musical is a new live 2.5D Musical entertainment based on the wildly popular manga (comic book) by Hajime Isayama and published by Kodansha that will play at the New York City Center (131 W 55th Street) from October 11-13, 2024 Directed by breakdance world champion Go Ueki (HYPNOSISMIC -Division Rap Battle- Rule[...]
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Puppy romance for manga readers with Pupposites Attract by Sei Kamiizumi and EDO leads Kodansha's August 2024 solicits and solicitations, as well as their Vertical manga line The love that dare not bark its name seems to be between a Pomeranian and a Rottweiler An uptown girl meets a downtown m an, and that's just[...]
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Kodansha Press is launching My Noisy Roommate by Kaho Ozaki about gay ghostbusters, with its first volume, The Roof Over My Head Comes With Monsters And A Hottie As well as The Fragrant Flower by Saka Mikami all in Kodansha's June 2024 solicits. #gallery-1 { margin: auto; } #gallery-1 .gallery-item { float: left; margin-top: 10px; text-align: center; width: 100%; } #gallery-1 img { border: 2px solid #cfcfcf; } #gallery-1[...]
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Power Ranger manga dark parody Go Go Loser Ranger by Negi Haruba returns with a tenth volume in Kodansha's May 2024 solicits and solicitations, as well as their Vertical manga line as well. #gallery-1 { margin: auto; } #gallery-1 .gallery-item { float: left; margin-top: 10px; text-align: center; width: 100%; } #gallery-1 img { border: 2px solid #cfcfcf; } #gallery-1 .gallery-caption { margin-left: 0; } /* see gallery_shortcode() in wp-includes/media.php */ GO GO[...]
Cover image for BLESS GN VOL 01
Yukino Sonoyama brings their manga title Bless to Kodansha for an English translation as part of their April 2024 solicits and solicitations, about a wannabe makeup artist Aia Utagawa, and Jun, a classmate, covered in freckles, and a fashion runway awaiting them… #gallery-1 { margin: auto; } #gallery-1 .gallery-item { float: left; margin-top: 10px; text-align: center; width: 100%; } #gallery-1 img { border: 2px solid #cfcfcf; } #gallery-1[...]
Cover image for A DO GN VOL 01
Kodansha is the biggest print manga publisher in the world, who republish their manga as part of Penguin Random House in the USA for the English-speaking market, including the Vertical imprint Here are the Kodansha and Vertical March 2024 solicits and solicitations beginning with Amano Jaku's A-Do Vol 1. #gallery-1 { margin: auto; } #gallery-1 .gallery-item { float: left; margin-top: 10px; text-align:[...]
Cover image for PASS MONSTER MEAT MILADY GN VOL 01 (MR)
Chika Mizube, Kanata Hoshi and Peperon's Pass The Monster Meat, Milady, Anashin's How I Met My Soulmate and Saisou's She's My Knight all launch their first volumes in Kodansha's December 2023 solicits and solicitations, below. #gallery-1 { margin: auto; } #gallery-1 .gallery-item { float: left; margin-top: 10px; text-align: center; width: 100%; } #gallery-1 img { border: 2px solid #cfcfcf; } #gallery-1 .gallery-caption { margin-left: 0; } /* see gallery_shortcode() in wp-includes/media.php[...]
GTO Creator Frustrated at Publisher for Favoring TV Special over Manga
GTO, the hit manga series about a former bike gang member who becomes a maverick high school teacher, is getting a new live-action television special in Japan this year, but original creator Tohru Fujisawa, who writes and draws the series with his studio, is not happy with his publisher Kodansha about it It seems like[...]
Cover image for BLUE PERIOD BOX SET VOL 01
Tsubasa Yamaguchi's Blue Period manga gets a massive box set from Kodansha in their November 2023 solicits and solicitations, which also includes an exclusive, 16-page booklet containing color and black-and-white illustrations by Tsubasa Yamaguchi never before published in English. #gallery-1 { margin: auto; } #gallery-1 .gallery-item { float: left; margin-top: 10px; text-align: center; width: 100%; } #gallery-1 img { border: 2px solid #cfcfcf; } #gallery-1 .gallery-caption { margin-left: 0; } /*[...]
Cover image for NINA STARRY BRIDE GN VOL 01
In Kodansha's October 2023 solicits and solicitations, they will be launching the first volume of Nina The Starry Bride by Rikachi, the winner of Kodansha's Manga Award last year and originally published in Japan in 2019 As well as the launch volumes for Ogami San Can't Keep It In by Yu Yoshidamaru. #gallery-1 { margin: auto; } #gallery-1 .gallery-item[...]
Blood Blade
At San Diego Comic-Con today, Kodansha USA announced that they have commissioned a brand new original manga series, Blood Blade, by Japanese creator Oma Sei It will debut first in English, digitally on Kodansha.us, running weekly from October Subscribers to the new Kodansha Reader Portal will get free access to the series until the release[...]
Cover image for MAGIC KNIGHT RAYEARTH VOL 01 (MR)
Kodansha time! CLAMP is an all-female Japanese manga artist group, consisting of leader and writer Nanase Ohkaw and three artists whose roles change around for each series they work on, Mokona, Tsubaki Nekoi, and Satsuki Igarashi And in September, Kodansha is to republish one of their classics, cleaned up with a new English language version[...]
Attack on Titan
Rejoice, Attack on Titan fans! The hit anime is getting an energy drink spinoff! In celebration of the Final Season of one of the BIGGEST anime series of its generation, Attack on Titan, G FUEL has partnered with global anime brand Crunchyroll and Kodansha for an all-new flavor: G FUEL Spinal Fluid, available now for[...]
Cover image for A GIRL ON SHORE COLL ED HC (MR)
Kodansha is the biggest print manga publisher in the world, who republish their manga as part of Penguin Random House in the USA for the English-speaking market, including the Vertical imprint Here are the Kodansha and Vertical August 2023 solicits and solicitations including a lot of resolicitations for books that didn't come out or are[...]
Drops of God: Apple TV+ Reveals Trailer of Epic Wine Series from Manga
Drops of God is adapted from the New York Times bestselling Japanese manga series created and written by award-winning Tadashi Agi (nom-de-plume of an influential brother-and-sister team in the manga world), with artwork by Shu Okimoto and published by Kodansha. Apple TV+ has unveiled the trailer for the new multilingual French-Japanese drama Drops of God[...]
Cover image for VINLAND SAGA DLX HC VOL 01 (MR)
Kodansha is the biggest print manga publisher in the world, who republish their manga as part of Penguin Random House in the USA for the English-speaking market, including the Vertical imprint Here are the Kodansha and Vertical February 2023 solicits and solicitations for April but actually out in July But it seems that their Free[...]
Kodansha Cancels Free Comic Book Day Miraculous/Lovely Muco
Penguin Random House has told comic book stores that, due to delays Kodansha has had to cancel their FCBD Gold Free Comic Book Day 2023 Miraculous/Lovely Muco! title And that all orders have been cancelled No one seems to have told Diamond Comic Distributors yet, who still list the title for Free Comic Book Day[...]
Kodansha’s Fall 2023
First announced at Anime NYC 2022, Kodansha USA has revealed a new line of print licenses including new series, premium editions, box sets & more, all set to debut next autumn, in 2023 And it begins with the latest Miraculous… Miraculous: Tales of Ladybug & Chat Noir By Koma Warita Illustrated by Riku Tsuchida Created by ZAG with Toei[...]
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Quality Assurance In Another World, a manga series by Masamichi Sato, being published by Kodansha in their January 2023 solicits, but actually out in April 2023 And about quality assurance operatives who keep a check on fantasy environments…  Kodansha is the biggest print manga publisher in the world, who republish their manga as part of[...]
Cover image for I CROSSED DRESSED FOR IRL MEETUP GN VOL 01
Kodansha time! As we all know from YouTube commentators, modern American comic books are failing in terms of sales (even though they inexplicable seem to be increasing) because the publishers and creators are just telling a series of woke political lectures, and this is why manga is also increasing sales in America because they don't[...]
Cover image for LAST GENDER GN VOL 02 (MR)
Kodansha time! As we all know from YouTube commentators, modern American comic books are failing in terms of sales (even though they inexplicable seem to be increasing) because the publishers and creators are just telling a series of woke political lectures, and this is why manga is also increasing sales in America because they don't[...]
Marvel, IDW & Kodansha Free Halloween Comics Trick-Or-Read Through PRH
Well, it seems that Penguin Random House have decided that if Diamond doesn't want to do it, then they will, with offerings to comic book stores from Marvel, IDW and Kodansha The date for the big giveaway will be the Saturday, the 29th of October and it will be called Trick-Or-Read, though comic shops can[...]
Kodansha October 2022 Solicits
Kodansha time! As we all know from YouTube commentators, modern American comic books are failing in terms of sales (even though they inexplicable seem to be increasing) because the publishers and creators are just telling a series of woke political lectures, and this is why manga is also increasing sales in America because they don't[...]
Burn the House Down: Netflix Announces Action Thriller From Manga
Mitarai, Makiko, and undertakes a mission that will reveal the secrets behind a shocking fire that took place 13 years ago. BURN THE HOUSE DOWN (Image: Netflix) The original manga version of Burn the House Down was created by up-and-coming artist Moyashi Fujisawa and began serialization in Kodansha's Kiss magazine in 2017 and became an immediate hit,[...]
Cover image for AS A REINCARNATED ARISTOCRAT APPRAISAL SKILL GN VOL 01
Kodansha is the largest Japanese print publisher, and republishes its manga as part of Penguin Random House in the USA for the English-speaking market, including the Vertical imprint Here are the Kodansha and Vertical September 2022 solicits and solicitations beginning with a new series As A Reincarnates Aristocrat, I'll Use My Appraisal Skill To Rise[...]