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ABLAZE to Publish 4 Manga Titles by Legendary Creator Osamu Tezuka
A legend of comics, manga, and pop culture joins the ABLAZE catalog as the publisher announces that it has licensed four acclaimed manga titles by Osamu Tezuka from Tezuka Productions, in cooperation with DI Books, for English publication under the ABLAZE MANGA imprint The first title will debut in August of this year, with the rest slated to[...]
Ablaze May 2023 Solicits
Family Time by Robert Windom, his eleven-year-old daughter, Lily and Asiah Fulmore is also collected. There are also Ablaze Manga imprint advance solicits for Centaurs for June, the launch of Ryo Sumiyoshi's manga fantasy adventure set in an alternate medieval Japan, where humans co-exist with the mythic half-man/half-horse beasts known as centaurs, or "jinba"[...]
Cover image for DUNGEON CRAWLERS ACADEMY GN VOL 02 INTO THE PORTAL (MR)
Seven Seas Entertainment brings out more Dungeon Crawlers Academy in their April 2023 solicits and solicitations, as well as many manga and light novels, though mostly being published in August and September  2023. DUNGEON CRAWLERS ACADEMY GN VOL 02 INTO THE PORTAL (MR) SEVEN SEAS ENTERTAINMENT FEB232113 (W) J.P Sullivan (A) Elmer Damaso With one very dangerous dungeon dive under[...]
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[...]
Rose Guns Days: Yen Press to Publish Higurashi Creator’s Manga Series
Yen Press announced the acquisition of Rose Guns Days Sorrowful Cross Knife, the prequel of the original Rose Guns Days manga. From the mind of Ryukishi07, creator of Higurashi When They Cry and Umineko When They Cry, Rose Guns Days Sorrowful Cross Knife continues to bring impressive world-building, intriguing mystery, and immersive storytelling[...]
Disney Pixar Manga For Turning Red's 4*Town in Viz May 2023 Soliicts
Founded in 1986, Viz Media is an American manga publisher, anime distributor and entertainment company based in San Francisco, California and is the second-largest manga publisher in the USA They also publish  SuBLime as an imprint for yaoi titles And in their April 2023 solicits and solicitations, they lead with a spinoff from Disney/Pixar's Turning Red[...]
Cover image for MAGICAL GIRL INCIDENT GN VOL 01
Yen Press! 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 AT 30 I REALIZED I HAD NO GENDER GN (MR)
Tokyopop 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[...]
You Can Have My Back: Yen Press to Publish BL Fantasy Light Novel
But when he confronts the traitor as Leorino, he ends up arrested instead! His life in danger, he shouts the name of an old friend and his only hope… The Boys Love (BL) genre, which features romances between bishonen (translation: beautiful boys), mostly in the form of flirting and kissing, is a popular genre across Asia[...]
Samuel L. Jackson arrives for the 'Spider-Man: Far From Home' World Premiere on June 26, 2019 in Hollywood, CA. Editorial credit: DFree / Shutterstock.com
Can't believe it's the 15th Anniversary of the Fro Samurai anime‼️‼️ #feelslikeyesterday#"   View this post on Instagram   A post shared by Samuel L Jackson (@samuelljackson) Afro Samurai is a manga series written and drawn by Takashi Okazaki, originally serialized irregularly in Nou Nou Hau from November 1998 to September 2002 and follows the life of Afro Samurai who[...]
Yen Press Adds Nine New Titles to its Summer 2023 Lineup
Yen Press will release five new manga (The Devil Is a Part-Timer! Official Anthology Comic; Secrets of the Silent Witch; My Mate Is a Feline Gentleman; Saint? Nope, Just a Monster Tamer Passing Through; The Reformation of the World as Overseen by a Realist Demon King), one manhwa (IMITATION), and three light novels (Our Last Crusade or the Rise of a[...]
Suzume: Yen Press to Publish novel of Latest Mokoto Shinkai Movie
His feature films are considered events and have spun off manga and novel adaptations alongside the movies The Yen Press edition of Suzume will be available in a physical hardcover release and digitally in July 2023. Yen Press has acquired Suzume, the most recent novel from the renowned creator Makoto Shinkai The 2022 anime film of the[...]
The Summer Hikaru Died: Sought-after Horror Manga Out in July
One, a rising star in the world of horror manga by artist Mokumokuren, will be available in English at last in print and digital in July 2023. "The Summer Hikaru Died" cover art, Yen Press The Summer Hikaru Died By Mokumokuren Two boys lived in a village: Yoshiki and Hikaru The two did everything together…until the day Hikaru was[...]
Sword Art Online Progressive Movie Sequel: Tickets Now on Sale
T franchise has also spawned a range of games, manga, toys, and merchandise Sword Art Online Progressive is a reboot of the light novel series, penned by Kawahara himself, offering a deeper look at where it all began, on Aincrad's first floor 2021 saw the launch of an all-new animated film adaptation based on the Progressive[...]
Trigun Stampede: Johnny Yong Bosch Returns to Voice Vash in English
Both series are based on the manga written and illustrated by Yasuhiro Nightow The English dub will debut weekly, every Saturday, starting January 21, 2023, following the Japanese language simulcast, which debuts new episodes every Saturday and premiered on January 7, 2023. Johnny Yong Bosch voices Vash the Stampede in "Trigun Stampede", photo credit: Crunchyroll Image: Screencap Taking[...]
Crunchyroll Winter 2023 Simulcast Slate  is their Biggest Ever
Originally adapted from a manga series that ran from 1995 to 1997 back in 1998, the original Trigun was a key anime that set the stage for Cowboy Bebop, which also premiered in 1998. "Trigun Stampede" Key art: Crunchyroll Vash the Stampede, our hero, is a sweet-natured, pacifist gunslinger wandering a desert colony called No Man's Land[...]
Tomo-chan Is a Girl! English, Japanese Dubs to Stream Day and Date
Despite her pretty looks and signals, nothing gets through to this meathead! Will Junichiro ever realize Tomo's into him and see her for the cutesy girl she actually is?!" Tomo-chan Is a Girl! Is based on the 2015 four-panel manga series of the same name, written and illustrated by Fumita Yanagida, Tomo-chan Is a Girl! is[...]
ABLAZE Manga Announces Three New Titles for Spring 2023
The ABLAZE Manga imprint has three new releases set for print and digital publication, including Wafku, a new manga series based on the popular Netflix Anime series, Terror Man, a new manhwa series based on the hit Korean webtoon featuring a complex, compelling story of an unlikely hero who is misunderstood and unappreciated for the good he[...]
That Time I Got Reincarnated as a Slime Movie Gets Release Date
That Time I Got Reincarnated as a Slime, the highest concept of Isekai stories to spawn a light novel, anime, and manga empire, is getting a new theatrical movie That Time I Got Reincarnated as a Slime the Movie: Scarlet Bond is based on the best-selling light novel written by Fuse and illustrated by Mitz[...]
Yen Audio Announces Three New Audiobook Series for 2023
These three lives gradually become inextricably entangled in a web of crime, violence, and human flesh… Kiwamu Sato's Tezcatlipoca is a brilliant and compelling crime novel that won the 165th Naoki Prize as well as the 34th Yamamoto Shugoro Prize. This prestigious novel has received critical acclaim from other lauded Japanese authors, such as Miyuki Miyabe (Brave Story, All She[...]
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As ICV2 reports, for the second month in a row, there are nine volumes of the manga Chainsaw Man on the chart of the top 20 Adult graphic novels in the bookstore channel, based on NPD BookScan data for November 2022 The chart itself is all manga, save for Lore Olympus which is a bit[...]
Humble Bundle Launches Kodansha 2022 Anime Recap Manga Bundle
Kodansha USA and Humble Bundle have teamed up again to spotlight fan-favorite manga series that made the leap into anime this year with the Kodansha 2022 Anime Recap Humble Bundle Featuring such anime-inspiring series as Blue Lock, Ya Boy Kongming!, Tokyo Mew Mew, A Couple of Cuckoos & more, this latest Humble Bundle lets fans[...]
Kodansha’s Fall 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 Animation Return to Paris with Marinette and Adrian in the manga of the beloved animated series, now streaming on Netflix!  Marinette is your typical high school student[...]
Cover image for CLASSROOM OF ELITE HORIKITA GN VOL 01
Classroom of the Elite, or Welcome to the Classrooms Where Merit is Paramount, is a Japanese light novel series, written by Shōgo Kinugasa and illustrated by Shunsaku Tomose which was adapted as a manga by Yuyu Ichino and was adapted for anime, with a third season for next year Which is a useful time for[...]
Cover image for VILLAINESS STANS HEROES ANTANGONIST SUPPORT GN VOL 01
Yen Press is an American manga and graphic novel publisher co-owned by Kadokawa Corporation and Hachette Book Group Here are the solicits for Yen Press and Yen On, who translate Japanese manga and light novels into English, for February 2023 And it begins with the intriguingly titled The Villainess Stans the Heroes: Playing the Antagonist[...]
Cover image for CHOUJIN X GN VOL 01
Founded in 1986, Viz Media is an American manga publisher, anime distributor and entertainment company based in San Francisco, California and is the second-largest manga publisher in the USA And in February, they will be launching Sui Ishida's Choujin X and also putting out a Free Comic Book Day edition in May Viz Media also[...]
Cover image for QUALITY ASSURANCE IN ANOTHER WORLD GN VOL 01
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[...]