New debuts Kasane, Real Girl + digital-first sale

“Every rose has its thorn,” right? It's so true, and with that in mind, we celebrate manga this week that walk that fine line between beauty and danger, including our 2 newest digital debuts, the goth-thriller Kasane by Daruma Matsuura and the off-kilter romantic comedy Real Girl by Mao Nanami. 

Volume 1s of both titles go on sale today May 30 at up to 50% regular price on all of Kodansha’s digital retail channels—our incentive to you to try something new!

We're also offering every volume of 14 other digital-first series at the same discount. See the entire carefully curated list below! Sale starts now at all our digital retail channels: BookWalker, comiXology, Crunchyroll, Google Play, iBooks, Kindle, Kobo, and nook. Sale ends June 5. 

Kodansha Comics “Every Rose Has Its Thorn” Digital-First Manga Sale (May 30-June 5)—every volume up to 50% off 
Click on the covers for Chapter 1 previews, descriptions and purchase links

      

Kodansha Comics has recently launched around two dozen new digital-first and digitally re-released manga series, offering a more diverse and robust library of manga in English. If you haven't kept up with our announcements, here's a great way to get caught up. And there's more to come! We've got more digital-first manga announcements right around the corner. So stay tuned.

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Battle Angel Alita is back at last—now on comiXology Originals

She's back! The iconic science-fiction manga Battle Angel Alita is back at last in an all-new translation from Kodansha Comics and comiXology Originals.

Long after being out of print, Yukito Kishiro’s iconic and popular manga series is available starting May 24 for the first time in nearly a decade, with a stunning new translation of the first three volumes available exclusively as a digital release from Kodansha Comics via comiXology Originals.

Kishiro’s post-apocalyptic science-fiction story about an amnesiac cyborg named Alita has thrilled international audiences since it was originally published in 1990. James Cameron is currently producing a live-action adaptation of the acclaimed title.

“Thank you for waiting,” wrote Battle Angel Alita’s legendary creator, Yukito Kishiro. “With the new translation, Battle Angel Alita is updated to be as authentic as it is in the original Japanese edition. Please enjoy!”

Read all of Chapter 1 right here:

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The digital exclusive release of Battle Angel Alita volumes 1-3 is available for free with a comiXology Unlimited membership, or for $10.99 per volume on comiXology or Kindle. Each volume is available in comiXology’s Guided View, allowing fans to cinematically read from panel-to-panel at their own pace. The entire series will be released as part of the comiXology Originals program this year, with Volumes 4-6 debuting in August and the concluding volumes 6-9 appearing in October.

Although the new translations of Battle Angel Alita are only available as digital editions for now, readers looking for print editions of the new versions can look forward to Kodansha Comics releasing premium hardcover Deluxe Editions starting November 2017.

About Yukito Kishiro

Regarded as one of the finest action illustrators in global comics, Yukito Kishiro is best known for creating the cyberpunk manga Battle Angel Alita. When he was only 17, Kishiro was nominated for Japanese publisher Shogakukan’s Best New Comic award. Creator of other popular manga titles, Kishiro is known for his strong characters, original settings, and intricate, lifelike artwork.

Media: Download a PDF version of the official press release here.

New Romance Manga: 3 digital debut titles

Kodansha Comics announced today a trio of new shojo manga series—including brand-new works by the creators of past hit series—to add to its growing list of digital-first manga releases.


May 16 will see the debuts of Aoba-kun’s Confessions, the latest from hit creator Ema Toyama (Missions of Love) about a loner girl and her strange job at a “listening house”.

Drowning Love: a turbulent tale of teen angst captured in George Asakura's (A Perfect Day for Love Letters) arresting visuals.

Our Precious Conversations: the latest rom-com about awkward communication from Robico (My Little Monster).  

Volume 1s of all three titles go on sale May 16 on all of Kodansha’s digital retail channels. For free previews of Chapter 1s, click on the above links. 

To celebrate the works of Ema Toyama and Robico, Kodansha Comics is also holding a week-long “Fresh Start with New Romance Manga” sale on all its digital book channels—BookWalker, comiXology, Google Play, iBooks, Kindle, Kobo, and nook—with all volumes of My Little Monster and Missions of Love on sale for 40% off. The sale ends May 22.

In addition, May 30 will see 2 more shojo manga titles debut, with an edgier flavor: the modern goth Kasane by Daruma Matsuura and the otaku-normal rom-com Real Girl by Mao Nanami!

Media: To download a PDF press kit, click here.

ERRATA: Attack on Titan Choose Your Path Adventure

ERRATA pages 188-189: The editorial staff of Kodansha Comics regrets the following errors that appeared in the first printing of Attack on Titan Choose Your Path Adventure: Year 850: Last Stand at Wall Rosewhich contains the following errors on page 188, introduced during the book's editorial process:

• Section 233 was omitted.
• Section 234 contained the text that should have been numbered 233.
• The correct text for section 234 was omitted.

The following is the corrected text for pages 188 and 189, which will also appear in future printings of this book.

For a PDF of the corrected page layout of pages 188-189 click on this link.

● 233
You’ve survived the battle in the hellish streets of Trost District, and now you withdraw.

You and several of the other trainees fall back to the rear, to safety.

At last you’re in a safe place, full of Garrison soldiers. You…

Are with Eren (Go to 194)
Are not with Eren (Go to 110)

● 234
Let’s go get him, you say to them.

If he was swallowed whole by the Titan, it might still be possible to rescue him. And with Mikasa’s skill…

Armin’s eyes widen at your words. You start to ask him what kind of Titan it was, what exactly happened, but Mikasa taps you on the shoulder.

“Forget it. If it were possible to save him, Armin would have done it.”

(Increase your Affinity with Mikasa and your Affinity with Armin by 1 each, then go to 117.)

● 235
You shout. Whether Mikasa hears you or not, you can’t tell.

But she rises and takes a blade in her hand. You doubt she can best the Titan, but she isn’t going to give up, either. She’s a strong woman.

Even as you admire her, a Titan the size of a four-story building is coming relentlessly closer.

She sees it and takes her stance… (Go to 174)

● 236
Outside, you see numerous Titan corpses.

This is what happens when Titans fight each other. Even on a battlefield full of the enemy, this is the first time you’ve seen so many fallen Titans in one place…

Did that Titan take out all these others single-handedly?

At the moment, the Titan has lost both its arms, but it sinks its teeth into two other Titans, kicks them, refuses to stop fighting. It seems to have regenerative abilities like other Titans, but it looks like its powers just can’t keep up…

“If we could understand what that Titan is…” somebody murmurs.

You agree…but it doesn’t look like you’ll have the chance.

The mysterious Titan topples the last of the nearby enemies, then sinks to its knees, exhausted. (Go to 282)

● 237

You ask around the guard unit in hopes of getting news about other members of the 104th Training Corps.

You learn that many of your classmates are dead, or missing in action.

(If you did not already know about the fate of Squad 34, mark Eren Yeager and Squad 34 dead.)

You think of Eren and his companions, so full of spirit.

Mikasa was so close to him. What will she think when she finds out? (Go to 252)

Enter the #MyClockworkPlanet Contest! Thru May 15

Calling all Clockwork Planet and No Game No Life fans!

Kodansha Comics is happy to announce we're running a contest in collaboration with Yen Press, perfect for fans of Clockwork Planet and NGNL

We want to see how you would live in a Clockwork Planet. It doesn't have to be as intricate as Marie's compass, but what daily routines, machines, or even clothes would you change to make your life more efficient, fun, or easier? From May 8-15, show us a drawing or photo of an invention you'd make, and tell us why you think it would be a great invention. Kodansha Comics and the Clockwork Planet manga team in Japan will pick the three best entries, who will have a chance to win the following:

Third Place Volumes 1-3 of Clockwork Planet (published by Kodansha Comics)
Second Place Volumes 1-3 of Clockwork Planet + Volumes 1-5 of the No Game No Life light novel (published by Yen Press)
First Place (Grand Prize) Volumes 1-3 of Clockwork Planet + Volumes 1-5 of the No Game No Life light novel + an exclusive shikishi drawn by Clockwork Planet artist KURO!

Show us just how creative and inventive you can get! Send all contest entries to [email protected] with your name and the subject #MyClockworkPlanet Contest Entry—and be sure to share your ideas on social media as well by tagging us, Yen Press, and by using the hashtag #MyClockworkPlanet.

So start thinking about #MyClockworkPlanet, and we can't wait to see your ideas!

Vertical x Kodansha Comics digital manga sale—up to 50% off thru May 15

This would be a good time to good time to check out what's flying over at Vertical Comics,  our sister manga company with a distinctively styled lineup of manga titles from the very fresh Flying Witch and Devils' Line to immaculately presented classics like BLAME!  and Chi's Sweet Home

As the digital distributor of many of Vertical's titles, we here at Kodansha Comics thought we'd give you a special push to go Vertical. For this week only, all Vertical Comics digital titles are marked up to 50% off at our digital retail partners—BookWalker, comiXology, Google Play, iBooks, Kindle, Kobo, and nook! You can read free entire Chapter 1 previews of all titles at the cover links.

The Vertical x Kodansha Comics Digital Sale — May 9-15

5 Centimeters per Second
Ajin: Demi Human
BLAME! Academy and So On
BLAME!
Chi's Sweet Home
Devils' Line
Drops of God
Drops of God New World
Flying Witch
From the New World
Knights of Sidonia
Mysterious Girlfriend X
The Flowers of Evil
the gods lie.
To The Abandoned Sacred Beasts
Witchcraft Works

— Discover more new manga and deals, stay tuned to kodanshacomics.com —