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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[...]

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[...]

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[...]

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:[...]

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, 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[...]

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; } /*[...]

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[...]

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[...]

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[...]

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[...]

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 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[...]

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[...]

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[...]

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[...]

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[...]

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[...]

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[...]

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 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[...]

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,[...]

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[...]

Yesterday, she tweeted out "Today is my last day working in comic publishing! I'm super proud of my decade-long career, but also very excited for the next thing!" Webster had been with the publisher for over three years, and was previously Managing Editor at their Kodansha Comics line Before that, she was Assistant Sales Manager, Direct[...]

Credit: Kodansha Other than that, the series continues its strong character development and leads towards what feels like a positive end You see the evolution of Ryo and Jin through their changed behaviors and the clothes they make Boys Run The Riot, crucially, goes somewhere and builds on it In volume 1, Ryo and Jin could[...]

Credit: Kodansha It stops the team dead in their tracks, specifically because Keito Gaku writes the kids like actual high schoolers They're not adults dressed up in teen clothing with a witty response in hand They're devastated, and it takes a moment or two for them to regain their footing Moments like these are the moments[...]

Gaku & Co. make the best use of their limited space, and Boys Run The Riot rewards readers swiftly.

Kodansha is the largest Japanese publishing company, and republishes its work in the USA for the English speaking market, including the Vertical imprint Here are the Kodansha and Vertical August  2022 solicits and solicitations beginning with a new series As A Reincarnates Aristocrat, I'll Use My Appraisal Skill To Rise In The World is a[...]

Kodansha is the largest Japanese publishing company, and republishes its work in the USA for the English speaking market, including the Vertical imprint As we all know, manga is exploding in America because it refuses to kowtow to demands of diversity, especially amongst sexual orientation, that superhero comics have become such a victim of Anyway,[...]

I enjoyed the first volume of Boys Run The Riot, a manga from Kodansha about a transgender high schooler named Ryo Artist and writer Keito Gaku cleverly parallels Ryo's story with the story of Ryo's classmates in their struggle for acceptance in high school. The Cover To Boys Run The Riot Volume One Boys Run The Riot's[...]