Month: January 2017

Shojo Manga February Week 1: LDK, My Little Monster, Missions of Love digital up to 50% off

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Hey, wIth Valentines' Day right around the corner, some romantic manga can't be far behind, right? 

Throughout the entire month of February, Kodansha Comics is offering up some of our most popular shojo manga series (yes, entire series!) for sale—up to 50% off on digital editions at our e-book retail partners: BookWalker, comiXology, iBooks, Kindle, Kobo, and nook. 

What's on Sale This Week (January 31-February 6) 
(free previews at the links!)


LDK by Ayu Watanabe

Aoi Nishimori is a high school girl who lives alone in her own apartment, but to her surprise, she discovers that the prince of her school, Shusei Kugayama, has moved in next door! To add to this, a series of crazy happenings result in the two living together under a single roof! Shusei is known to be a heartless guy, and Aoi particularly hates him after he coldly rejected her best friend, so a life of cohabitation seems like a recipe for disaster. And yet, Aoi somehow can’t stop her heart from pounding when she’s with Shusei … 

LDK volumes 1-8 on sale now!

 

 

 

 

 

 

 


My Little Monster by Robico

Mizutani is a self-absorbed overachiever, concerned only with maintaining the highest grades in school. Haru is an impulsive short tempered brute, who scares everyone with his explosive bursts of violence. Haru gets suspended on the first day of school when he encounters some bullies harassing a student and dispatches the bullies with great bloody violence. Mizutani is tasked with delivering school materials to Haru who interprets this as an act of friendship and latches on to Mizutani, much to her dismay. And so begins a strange and potentially combustible relationship!

My Little Monster volumes 1-13 on sale now!

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 
Missions of Love by Ema Toyama

Cell phone novelist Yukina Himuro has decided that, in order to satisfy her fans' demand for love stories, she must experience romance firsthand. But with her icy reputation, how can she find someone willing to play the part of boyfriend? By blackmailing the most popular boy in school, of course!

Missions of Love volumes 1-13 on sale now!
 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Our Shojo Manga February list updates every Tuesday from January 31 through February 14.
Check back every Tuesday at KodanshaComics.com for more deals!

Winter 2017 Manga to Anime Digital Sale!

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Winter 2017 anime season just kicked off with some exciting new shows! Do you have a favorite series yet? 
To showcase the Kodansha manga that was adapted into an anime, we're having a Manga to Anime Sale! 
Look for volumes from these recently anime-ated series to be marked up to 50% off at our digital retail partners—BookWalker, comiXology, iBooks, Kindle, Kobo, and nook. Sale ends January 24th! (Read the full Chapter 1s at the links.)


Manga to Anime Winter 2017! 

Interview with Monster Girls 
Fuuka
Descending Stories: Showa genroku Rakugo Shinju

Coming Soon in 2017!
Welcome to the Ballroom – Summer 2017
Inuyashiki – Fall 2017


 

 

The Descending Stories: Showa Genroku Rakugo Shinju anime was the surprise fan and critical fave of 2016—with Season 2 now simulcasting on Crunchyroll. Read the manga of this multi-generational epic that dives deep into the world of rakugo, a rich form of Japanese storytelling theater. We announced the print edition of Descending Stories for May 2017, but digital readers can jump into Volume 1 on January 17th, when it releases across all digital book channels (BookWalker, comiXology, iBooks, Kindle, Kobo, nook)!


Do you want to know where to watch these anime? Check out the Manga to Anime Gude! 

Yoshitoki Oima’s To Your Eternity makes its debut in digital along with new Samura, Deathtopia

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Kodansha Comics is proud to announce the debut of Yoshitoki Oima’s newest manga serial, the spiritual fantasy To Your Eternity. You can read the entirety of Chapter 1 for free, below!

The first 10 chapters of To Your Eternity are available on January 24th as digital editions on comiXology and Kindle. January 24th is the same day Chapter 10 appears in Japan; new chapters will follow every week in simultaneous timing  thereafter. Chapters will be priced at 99 cents each.

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Following the critically acclaimed A Silent Voice—which was nominated for an Eisner and named one of 2016’s “Great Graphic Novels for Teens” by the American Library Association—Oima goes in a completely new direction with this compelling tale of an abandoned native boy journeying alone in the frozen north with only a mysterious wolf for a companion. Read our interview with Yoshitoki Oima here.

 

That's not all! January sees the beginning of an aggressive ramp-up in new digital manga series from Kodansha Comics, and we've got the hot new title by legendary manga-ka Hiroaki Samura (Blade of the Immortal, Die Wergelder), Wave, Listen to Me! also debuting January 24th. Something of a departure for the action-oriented Samura, Wave turns its attention to modern life in the big city, as a despondent, hard-drinkin' young woman inadvertently finds herself the host of a hit talk-radio show. 

 

Also on the 24th we release Deathtopia, the latest gonzo thriller from Cage of Eden’s Yoshinobu Yamada, about a young man who gains supernatural powers from an accident but then finds himself embroiled with a serial killer with a disturbing fondness for eyeballs and a band of intriguing beauties in hot pursuit.

 

 

This month also saw the digital release of Descending Stories: Showa Genroku Rakugo Shinju. The Descending Stories anime was the surprise fan and critical fave of 2016—with Season 2 now simulcasting on Crunchyroll. Now you can read Haruko Kumota's multi-generational epic that delves deep into the world of rakugo, a rich form of Japanese storytelling theater. We announced the print edition of Descending Stories for May 2017, but digital readers can jump into Volume 1 right now—at a steep discount, as part of our current weeklong “Manga to Anime” sale!
 

 

Volume 1s of Descending Stories, Wave, Listen to Me!, and Deathtopia are available for purchase or preorder across all Kodansha Comics digital book channels: BookWalker, comiXology, iBooks, Kindle, Kobo, and nook.

Media: read our press release here.

#KCAnimeClub: Winter 2017 Anime Guide!

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Winter 2017 Anime Guide

The year in anime has gotten off to an exciting start—and this season features anime adaptations of some of your favorite Kodansha Comics manga! Here’s your cheat sheet for what and where to watch this season.

We also invite you to watch anime with us! This season’s Kodansha Comics Anime Club title is Interviews with Monster Girls. All you have to do is jump on Twitter every Monday night at 9 p.m. ET and follow our livetweet or share your own reactions to the episode using #KCAnimeClub.


© Kouji Seo, KODANSHA/Fuuka Partners. All Rights Reserved.


Fuuka 
MANGA Volumes 1-11 available (digital only)
ANIME Streaming on Crunchyroll every Friday

Fated meetings can happen suddenly. When awkward, social media obsessed loner Yuu Haruna moves into a new town, he meets a strange girl who doesn't even have a cell phone. The girl, Fuuka, seems to have a strange allure that draws people to her, very much like a summer breeze. Looks like Yuu has been caught up in one wild, musically inspired love story!

 
 

 

 

 


© Petos, KODANSHA/Demichan Production Committee. All Rights Reserved.


 

Interviews with Monster Girls
MANGA Volumes 1-2 available (digital and print)
ANIME Streaming on Crunchyroll every Saturday

High school Biology teacher Tetsuo Takahashi has always wanted to meet a “demi-human.” These supernatural citizens live, work, and study among normal people, but each has their own unique difficulties. Tetsuo is in over his head when he finds himself teaching at a school with four “demi” girls: a vampire, a dullahan, a snow woman, and a succubus! Now they have the chance to learn from each other, but getting through high school may prove to be a monstrous task for these spirited girls!

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 © Haruko Kumota, KODANSHA/Rakugo Shinju Production Committee

Descending Stories: Showa Genroku Rakugo Shinju
MANGA Volume 1 available (digital only), May 2017 (print)
ANIME Streaming on Crunchyroll every Friday

Descending Stories Season 2 picks up some years after the first season (also on Crunchyroll) of Showa Genroku Rakugo Shinju’s ending. The hapless but hardworking Yotaro has finally been promoted to the master level of rakugo performing, but still struggles to understand and carry on the legacy of his ineffable teacher, Yakumo Yurakutei VIII. He’s also concerned with helping Konatsu, the daughter of Yakumo’s late rival and friend, raise her infant son. The fate of the rakugo legacy is on the shoulders of this unlikely family!

 

 

 

 

 

 

Manga Vacation Week #3: new 99-cent digital volume 1s this week Jan 10-Jan 16!

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Have a Nice Manga Vacation!

This week, we're offering Sweetness and Lightning, Fire Force, Cells at Work,  and other fresh Kodansha Comics digital volume 1s for only 99 cents! But hurry, this offer lasts only one week January 10 through January 16 at all of our digital retail partners: BookWalker, comiXology, iBooks, Kindle, Kobo, and nook. Where do you want to go for your manga vacation?

What's on Sale This Week (January 10-January 16) 
(free previews at the links!)

Kiss Him, Not Me Volume 1
Sweetness and Lightning Volume 1
Complex Age Volume 1
Welcome to the Ballroom Volume 1
Happiness Volume 1
Cells at Work! Volume 1
The Ghost and the Lady Volume 1
Fire Force Volume 1 
Mysterious Girlfriend X Volume 1
Devil's LIne Volume 1
To the Abandoned Sacred Beasts Volume 1
That Wolf-Boy is Mine Volume 1
Livingstone Volume 1
Princess Jellyfish Volume 1

Our Manga Vacation sales list updates every Tuesday this winter. Check back next Tuesday January 17 at KodanshaComics.com for more deals!

Science-Fiction Manga by Nihei: pay what you want on Humble Bundle until January 11

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January 9 UPDATE (3 p.m. Pacific): Only 2 days left, but we've attained our $100, 000 goal—that means all those who made or make a donation of $17 or more for the entire bundle will also be receiving bonus content only available from Humble Bundle: APOSIMZ (the prologue chapter from Tsutomu Nihei's new manga series), an exclusive Nihei video, and the Science Fiction Manga by Nihei: Collected Works digital art book!

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Kodansha Comics presents the Science Fiction Manga by Nihei book bundle in partnership with our good pals at Humble Bundle. Now we are offering $185 worth of digital manga, including legendary manga-ka Tsutomu Nihei’s early mind-benders BLAME! and NOiSE up to his masterpiece, Knights of Sidonia. The cost of the bundle? You can pay what you want! 

Name your price. Together, the books in this bundle usually cost as much as $185. At Humble Bundle, though, you choose the price!

Read ’em anywhere. These comics are available in multiple formats including CBZ, PDF, and ePub, so they work on your computer, e-readers, iPads, cell phones, and a wide array of mobile devices! Instructions and a list of recommended reading programs can be found here.

Support charity. Choose where the money goes—between Kodansha Comics, three charities (Comic Book Legal Defense Fund, Worldreader, and Mental Health Foundation), and, if you'd like, a fourth charity of your choice via the PayPal Giving Fund. For details on how this works, click here. If you like this bundle or like what Humble Bundle does, you can leave a Humble Tip too.

This special bundle ends WEDNESDAY, JANUARY 11, 10:59 A.M. PACIFIC TIME.

PAY WHAT YOU WANT! Here’s what you’ll get with each tier:

FREE with newsletter sign up
Unlock NOiSE, a prequel to BLAME!  

Pay $1 or more
Unlock all of the above + BLAME! volume 1 + a 1-month subscription to Crunchyroll

Pay $8 or more
Unlock all of the above + BLAME! volume 2 + the never-before-published-in-English BLAME! Academy and So On, a spinoff of BLAME!

Pay $17 or more
Unlock all of the above + the Knights of Sidonia Complete Set (volumes 1-15)


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BONUS GOALS = EXCLUSIVE NEW CONTENT Help us reach our bonus goals and unlock never-before-seen new work from Nihei!

APOSIMZ
A prologue chapter from Nihei’s next manga series. Unlock at $50K.

Tsutomu Nihei Creator Profile video
Unlock at $75K.

Science Fiction Manga by Nihei: Collected Works
Art booklet. Unlock at $100K.

ABOUT TSUTOMU NIHEI

Born in 1971 in Japan's Fukushima Prefecture, Tsutomu Nihei has been drawing comics professionally since the mid 1990s. In 1995 he was awarded the Jiro Taniguchi Special Prize in that year's Afternoon Magazine Four Seasons Awards for his submission, Blame. After working as an assistant to veteran comic artist Tsutomu Takahashi, Nihei went on to launch his debut series BLAME! in Afternoon Magazine in 1998. Following the success of BLAME! he next penned BioMega (published in English by Viz Media) and Wolverine SNIKT (Marvel). In 2009 Nihei returned to Afternoon to launch his most recent series, Knights of Sidonia. In 2015 he won the Kodansha Manga Award in the General Comics category for his work on Knights of Sidonia. Nihei has revealed that he is currently working on a new series, to be called APOSIMZ. 

 

Media: Click here for the official press release.

 


Watch the video of Nihei drawing Tsumugi from Knights of Sidonia.
This video was taken during the reception of Nihei's original design toy exhibit at BAIT store during SDCC 2016. 

NIHEI T-SHIRT TWITTER SWEEPSTAKES!

So whaddya think of the BLAME! T-shirt Nihei was wearing in the video?

Actually, it’s a special T-shirt Nihei himself designed for his clothing brand, Toha Heavy Industries—and now we’re offering you the chance to win it!

THIS SWEEPSTAKES ENDS WEDNESDAY, January 11, 10:59 A.M. PACIFIC TIME.
 

HERE’S HOW YOU CAN WIN

1. To join the contest, log in to your Twitter account and retweet @KodanshaUSA's original post about the contest.

2. After January 11, 10:59 A.M. PACIFIC TIME, we'll randomly select 10 winners from the list of people who RT'ed.

3. We'll contact the 10 winners individually via Direct Message and ask for T-shirt size and shipping address.

4. Contest is open to U.S. and Canada residents ONLY.

 

Happy 2017! Kodansha Comics line wide sale—all titles on all digital platforms thru Jan 10

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Akemashite Omedeto!
To start off the new year right, Kodansha Comics is having the first ever line-wide sale on ALL digital manga!

Want to binge-read classicmanga like Attack on Titan, Fairy Tail, and The Ghost in the Shell?

Or want to try out newly added series like Welcome to the Ballroom, Happiness, and Cells at Work!?

Now's your chance, but … this offer only lasts January 3 through January 10 at all of our digital retail partners: BookWalker, comiXology, iBooks, Kindle, Kobo, and nook.