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The largest publisher in Japan, Kodansha, has been involved in publishing manga for decades.  The large company is associated with Walt Disney and serves as an official sponsor for Tokyo Disneyland and established Kodansha Comics in 2009, bringing its immense manga library to many other countries.  Three months ago, izeno, an international online platform, added[...]

Kodansha offers eight of their well-reviewed series in a new Humble Bundle The bundle includes Beck, Parasyte, Princess Jellyfish, Your Lie In April, Space Brothers, Descending Stories, To Your Eternity, and Love Hina. The image for Humble Manga Bundle via the KodanshaUSA Twitter ICYMI: Right now you can own full completed series & tons of vols[...]

Kodansha USA and Yen Press are two of the most popular publisher of manga in America Today, they both announced major changes in their schedule for later in 2020. Kodansha has moved on-sale dates for many of its spring and summer 2020 print titles to later in the year They state that all backlist orders continue to[...]

Kodansha and Production I.G are ready to storm onto Netflix starting April 23 with their new 3D CG anime based on Masamune Shirow's Ghost in the Shell manga So with only a month to go, the streaming service is offering viewers the final official trailer for the 12-episode premiere season (with the series given an[...]

Luckily, DeNA and Crunchyroll Games are also partnered with Kodansha and Funimation who publish the manga and anime respectively The game also features the original Japanese voice cast, plus the anime's opening themes So it's got a good sense of authenticity. However, rather than trying to make an Attack on Titan RPG like Koei Tecmo's Attack on[...]

DeNA, Crunchyroll Games, Funimation, and Kodansha have launched the mobile RTS game Attack on Titan Tactics on iOS and Android in North America today The game is an officially licensed mobile title based on the anime series, and can now be downloaded in the US, Canada, and Australia. Attack on Titan Tactics is a tower defense real-time[...]

DeNA Games has just launched Attack on Titan: Tactics in Japan while the North American and Australian version of the game will hit sometime this summer.

Character Episodes feature original stories developed with input by Attack on Titan author Hajime Isayama and Kodansha Comics The Events will offer limited-time content like holiday-themed events, which will also feature original stories. At launch, Attack on Titan Tactics will feature 38 different characters, including fan favorites like Eren, Mikasa, and Levi The characters will be voiced by[...]

Kodansha is releasing two new manga series as part of ComiXology's Originals line, the companies announced in a press release today Both BECK and Seven Shakespeares by Harold Sakuishi are available to purchase on ComiXology and Amazon, and subscribers to ComiXology Unlimited, Kindle Unlimited, or Amazon Prime can read the first 14 volumes of BECK[...]

Considering the lengthy wait between Seasons 1 & 2, the concern would be more than a little justified. Well, it looks like AoT fans can start relaxing now that Kodansha, Funimation, Wit Studio and Production IG have been rolling out some hugely unexpected good news: Attack on Titan Season 3 is premiering on July 22, 2018 Along[...]

In addition to many other long-standing series, Kodansha is launching two new titles: Battle Angel Alita Mars Chronicles, by Yukito Kishiro, and Again, by Mitsurou Kubo Read below for details. AHO GIRL (CLUELESS GIRL) GN VOL 05 (C: 0-1-0) (W/A/CA) Hiroyuki Yoshiko is a hopefully clueless high school girl[...]

Live from their panel at San Diego Comic-Con, Kodansha has named the first two creators for its new Ghost in the Shell anthology, Ghost in the Shell: Global Neural Network Revealed EXCLUSIVELY (pip pip) on Bleeding Cool back in March, the book will feature new stories, overseen by Ghost in the Shell creator Shirow Masumune. Due[...]

Have you been waiting to get your hands on the Akira 35th Anniversary Box Set since you heard about it April? Are you planning to be at San Diego Comic Con? If so, you're in luck, because the box set, out this Fall, will be available for pre-order at the show, and if you pre-order[...]

Because there's a new animated version of Ghost in the Shell in development from Kodansha and Production I.G., according to a report from THR. Kenji Kamiyama and Shinji Aramaki will direct the new film, which will hopefully wash away the stench of Paramount's live action attempt. And then, in about 20 years, we can try this all over again.   [...]

Armed with a powerful Graviton Beam Emitter, Kyrii fends off waves of attacks from fellow humans, cyborgs and silicon-based lifeforms." So reads the premise of Blame!, a ten-volume cyberpunk manga by Tsutomu Nihei which began in 1998 from Kodansha, and is currently being released in new English editions by Vertical  Bleeding Cool contributor Adi Tantimedh just[...]

That situation remains the same in the new deluxe release Kodansha Comics, but the publisher reached out to Bleeding Cool to clarify exactly where the changes come from: First off, this was not the result of censorship The section was redrawn by the author, which is an important distinction The goal of this new hardcover edition is[...]

During San Diego Comic Con, we learned that Kodansha Comics was planning a deluxe edition of the Ghost In The Shell manga to be released alongside the feature film in March that somewhat controversially stars Scarlet Johansson in the lead role But in a surprise move today, the company has apparently released the series digitally[...]

By Ale Bodden Once again NYCC is upon us, and with it we get new Manga titles announced by Kodansha Comics The panel was moderated by Ben Applegate, Director of publishing for Kodansha, and joining him on stage were editors and Kodansha team members from both, US and Japan- including Yasuyuki Mimira (Inuyashiki and Devil's Line). Immediately[...]

At Otakon today, Kodansha Comics took the opportunity to announce three new titles from the publisher from next year. They kicked off with Queen Emeraldas, a space opera manga by Leiji Matsumoto serialised in Weekly Shonen in the seventies but never translated to English – officially at least It did however inspire an anime in the nineties which was[...]

Well, now, anyone can do it. And next up is Kodansha Advanced Media, digital manga publisher, enabling them to launch a Yamada-kun and the Seven Witches ahead of creator Miki Yoshikawa's appearance at this year's Anime Expo.   Today, motion comic book publisher and distributor, Madefire, has launched a new app, Motion Book Publisher to openly enable comic book publishers[...]

by Ale Bodden Once again Kodansha Comics makes its presence be known by announcing many upcoming titles and new titles for some on-going series The panel included host Ben Applegate, Kana Koide (general manager), and Editor Johnny. Jumping straight to the point they announced new licensed titles that will be coming out soon If you like CLAMP you[...]

Adi Tantimedh writes for Bleeding Cool: Video interview with Kodansha editor Ben Applegate as he talks about their latest manga titles, including the brilliant Norse epic Vineland Saga. [youtube]http://youtu.be/qmHkeZSA-Cc[/youtube] Adi Tantimedh writes for Bleeding Cool: Video interview with Kodansha editor Ben Applegate as he talks about their latest manga titles, including the brilliant Norse epic Vineland Saga. [youtube]http://youtu.be/qmHkeZSA-Cc[/youtube] [...]

Adi Tantimedh writes for Bleeding Cool: We present a video interview with Kodansha editor Ben Applegate as he talks us through the Attack On Titan manga series and its three spinoff manga series Attack On Titan: No Regrets, Attack On Titan: Before the Fall and Attack on Titan: High School. [youtube]http://youtu.be/RmXKQNe-Fgc[/youtube] [...]

Alejandra Bodden writes; Kodansha Comics has announced many titles that will be hitting the shelves soon ATTACK ON TITAN, which has been their big hit this year with +500,000 prints sold in English, will be releasing a volume per month until it catches up woth the Japanese edition Vol 8 is available at NYCC for sale-[...]

Ale Bodden writes for Bleeding Cool: Kodansha Comics has announced many titles that will be hitting the shelves soon ATTACK ON TITAN, which has been their big hit this year with +500,000 prints sold in English, will be releasing a volume per month until it catches up woth the Japanese edition Vol 8 is available at[...]

Recent years have seen a resurgence of the franchise worldwide, with the US branch of original publisher Kodansha releasing the manga with new translations and several international sources reairing the original animated series. Sailor Moon (Bishoujo Senshi Sailormoon) came from a short comic by Naoko Takeuchi heavily inspired by the superhero fiction she devoured as a[...]

Following a burst of business moves designed to bolster its presence in the US, Kodansha USA has announced that it will be bringing Sailor Moon manga back to the US for the first time in years — including the release of Codename: Sailor V in the US for the first time. NEW YORK, New York –[...]

Kodansha Limited, Japan's largest publisher of Manga, will acquire US publisher of translated Japanese fiction and manga Vertical, Inc according to Anime News Network The move comes as Kodansha continues to exert greater control over how its material is handled in the US, having recently shifted its licenses from Del Rey to its own Kodansha[...]

Akamatsu has previously announced partnerships with publishers such as Shueisha and Kodansha. With the new comic viewer that J-Comi is developing with Google, Akamatsu said that American readers can see advertising from American businesses In addition, the advertising can automatically change every time a manga is read, depending on the country, local time, interests of the[...]