Month: March 2020

Need laughter in your life? Checkout the Our Fools In April Digital Manga Sale! (Ends 4/6)

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Everyone could you a few more laughs in their life right now and to help we’re making some of our most foolish characters and stories part of an amazing April Fools-themed event – the Our Fools in April Digital Manga Sale!
From silly and outlandish slice of life laughs from series like CITY, and Junji Ito’s Cat Diary: Yon & Mu, to fantastical comedies like Crocodile Baron and The Knight Cartoonist and Her Orc Editor, and even a few rom-coms like Wotakoi: Love Is Hard for Otaku, this sale will have you laughing your cares away at a price that won’t bring you down.
But don’t stop there, we still have our 99¢ Vol. 1 sale happening right now letting you explore even more of what Kodansha Comics and VERTICAL have to offer.
So give all these amazing series a try for 99¢ a volume, and then catch up on the rest for up to 50% off at all participating digital vendors including: BookWalker, comiXology, Google Play, Kindle, Nook and izneo. Sale runs from March 31, until April 6.

~Our Fools in April Digital Manga Sale! ~
March 31 – April 6
Click on the featured titles for more info or to read Chapter 1s FREE!

Aho-Girl
Alicia’s Diet Quest
Ao-chan Can’t Study!
Cells NOT at Work!
CITY
Crocodile Baron
Don’t Toy with Me, Miss Nagatoro
Ex-Enthusiasts: MotoKare Mania
Good Dog, Cerberus!
Goodbye! I’m Being Reincarnated!
Junji Ito’s Cat Diary: Yon & Mu
Kiss Him, Not Me
The Knight Cartoonist and Her Orc Editor
Magical Sempai
My Roomie Is a Dino
Saint Young Men
The Dorm of Love and Secrets
Wotakoi: Love Is Hard for Otaku

Kodansha Comics & VERTICAL Debut on izneo

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For Immediate Release

Kodansha USA Publishing Announces New Partnership with European Digital Comics, BD & Manga Platform izneo

Over 2000 fan-favorite manga titles like Attack on Titan, The Ghost in the Shell, Pretty Guardian Sailor Moon Eternal Edition,& more available now to purchase & read digitally

March 27, 2020 — New York, NY — Today Kodansha USA Publishing, purveyors of some of the world’s most recognized manga properties, and izneo, a global online comics platform offering Comic books, European Comics, Mangas and Webtoons, announced a new partnership to distribute Kodansha Comics & VERTICAL’s digital manga catalog of over 2000 English language titles. Now new and long-time manga fans will be able to read such hit series as like Attack on Titan, The Ghost in the Shell, Pretty Guardian Sailor Moon Eternal Edition, FAIRY TAIL, Fire Force, The Quintessential Quintuplets, and more, all from their Android devices, Nintendo Switch and on the web at www.izneo.com/en/! This launching Kodansha library will be available on izneo’s iOS app in the coming months.
As part of this launch, izneo will also participate in Kodansha USA Publishing’s special promotion pricing more than 270 volume 1s at 99¢. This way, izneo readers can easily sample and start reading hundreds of Kodansha Comics & VERTICAL manga safely from the comfort of their own home at a great price.
“We couldn’t be more excited to share our vast digital manga library with izneo’s audience and help forge new life-long manga fans,” said Alvin Lu, Kodansha USA Publishing President and CEO. “For years we’ve been working hard to build a strong digital business for Kodansha content in order to make it as easy as possible for anyone to start reading manga. And now very happy to have izneo help us with that mission.”
“izneo is delighted and proud to welcome one of the most prestigious manga catalogues in the world. The amazing series published by Kodansha USA Publishing will allow us to reach new English-language digital comics readers on the many screens we are deploying our offer,” said Luc Bourcier, izneo Chief Operating Officer.
Additionally, izneo readers will soon be able to get access to Kodansha Comics’ same-day-as-Japan simulpubs with new chapters of ongoing series like EDENS ZERO, Attack on Titan, Domestic Girlfriend, To Your Eternity, and APOSIMZ.
Readable both online and offline, izneo’s catalogue already offers more than 30, 000 e-comic-books in a vast array of genres coming from many publishers. The platform features an ever growing number of European comics and US comics as well as manga, graphic novels and webtoons. The coming of Kodansha Comics will enrich this great catalogue by adding some of the best mangas to your library.
For more information about izneo, and to discover their full catalogue comprising more than 30, 000 e-comic-books and start the reading experience, head over to https://www.izneo.com/en/
You can also discover our full manga catalogue here: https://www.izneo.com/en/manga
About Kodansha USA Publishing, LLC
Established in New York in 2008, Kodansha USA Publishing (KUP) is a subsidiary of Kodansha, Japan’s largest publisher. Its manga imprint is Kodansha Comics, which began by releasing Katsuhiro Otomo’s Akira and Shirow Masamune’s The Ghost in the Shell. Today, thanks to hits like Attack on Titan, Pretty Guardian Sailor Moon, Noragami, and FAIRY TAIL, it is now the No. 2 manga publisher in the United States by revenue. VERTICAL, which publishes fan favorite manga titles like Chi’s Sweet Home and BLAME!, as well as the popular MONOGATARI novel series, is also an imprint of KUP. Both Kodansha Comics and VERTICAL are distributed by Penguin Random House Publisher Services. http://www.kodanshacomics.com
About izneo
Izneo is the first global online comics platform. Available at all times on the following screens; Computer, Smartphone, tablet, Nintendo Switch and Nvidia Shield, Izneo offers to discover, read and acquire the largest catalog of comics, European comics, mangas, graphic novels and Webtoons. On top of an ever growing catalog, Izneo provides also recommendations from other readers and the very best digital reading experience out there!

EXPANDED: Nearly ALL Digital Vol. 1s 99¢ & Select Vols. 2 & 3 Up To 50% Off (Ends 4/27)

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[NEW UPDATE]
To help fans continue on their journey of manga discovery we’ve now expanded this already great sale to make select volumes 2 & 3 up to 50% off! So if you want to finally dig deeper on series like  Attack on Titan, The Seven Deadly Sins, and Parasyte, nows the chance to really dig in at a price that won’t bust your wallet! Check your favorite digital vendor to see how you can dive further into these amazing Kodansha Comics & VERTICAL titles!
[UPDATE]
To all of our fans and new manga readers alike – we wanted to announce that (much like our current stay-at-home order) we’re extending the time of this amazing sale! Now you can let your friends, family, roommates, Zoom-mates, and online dates know that they can still get 270 volume 1s of Kodansha Comics & VERTICAL’s amazing library of manga for only .99¢ per volume. But this extended period will not last – we will keep this sale going until Monday, April 27th!
And if you need some inspiration look no further than down below at this blog post to see all the participating manga titles on sale. So try one out why dontcha?
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We get it. So many of us are stuck at home, burning through that “to watch” list, seeing that once impossible “to read” pile dwindle, or have just reached the “what now?” stage of staying at home. To this we say there’s so much out there to read, enjoy, and discover and we want to help in whatever small way we can.
Which is why, for the first time ever, we’re making 270 of Kodansha Comics & VERTICAL’s volume 1s, 99¢ each. Our goal is to offer the easiest entry point to almost our entire library of amazing manga, and help you find a new series you’ll love.
If you’ve ever wanted to branch out to read an isekai series like That Time I Got Reincarnated As A Slime, start a thoughtful and funny slice of life series like O Maidens In Your Savage Season or Is Kichijoji the Only Place to Live?, check out a cute pet manga like Chi’s Sweet Home, or just want to finally read series like Attack on Titan, In/Spectre, Fire Force or Chihayafuru, after having binged the anime, you can do it all for 99¢ a volume.
At Kodansha USA Publishing we know times are becoming increasingly difficult. We hope that by sharing with you these volume 1s at an easy price, we help make it a little easier to stay at home with a good book.
You can purchase 99¢ volume 1s of the 270 series listed below by visiting our participating digital partners: BookWalker, comiXology, Google Play, Kindle, Nook and izneo. Sale runs from March 26, until April 13.
Want to read a free chapter before buying? Check out the entire list of 99¢ volume 1s offered in this sale by browsing the list below and clicking the links.
And, lastly happy reading!

10 Dance Vol. 1 Domestic Girlfriend Vol. 1 Le Chevalier d’Eon Vol. 1 School Rumble Vol. 1
1122: For a Happy Marriage Vol. 1 Don’t Toy With Me, Miss Nagatoro Vol. 1 Let’s Dance a Waltz Vol. 1 Seven Shakespeares Vol. 1
A Kiss, For Real Vol. 1 Dragon Head Vol. 1 Liar X Liar Vol. 1 Sherlock Bones Vol. 1
A Silent Voice Vol. 1 Drifting Dragons Vol. 1 Living-Room Matsunaga-san Vol. 1 Shojo FIGHT! Vol. 1
A Springtime with Ninjas Vol. 1 Drowning Love Vol. 1 Livingstone Vol. 1 Shugo Chara Chan! Vol. 1
A.I.C.O. Incarnation Vol. 1 EDENS ZERO Vol. 1 Love and Lies Vol. 1 Shugo Chara! Vol. 1
Ace of the Diamond Vol. 1 Elegant Yokai Apartment Life Vol. 1 Love Hina Omnibus Vol. 1 Smile Down the Runway Vol. 1
Again!! Vol. 1 Ex-Enthusiasts: MotoKare Mania Vol. 1 Love in Focus Vol. 1 Something’s Wrong With Us Vol. 1
Aho-Girl: A Clueless Girl Vol. 1 Fairy Girls Vol. 1 Love Massage: Melting Beauty Treatment Vol. 1 Space Brothers Vol. 1
Air Gear Omnibus Vol. 1 Fairy Tail S Vol. 1 Love’s Reach Vol. 1 Spoof on Titan Vol. 1
AJIN: Demi-Human Vol. 1 Fairy Tail Vol. 1 Lovesick Ellie Vol. 1 Starving Anonymous Vol. 1
ALIVE Vol. 1 Fairy Tail: 100 Years Quest Vol. 1 Maga-Tsuki Vol. 1 Suzuka Vol. 1
All-Out!! Vol. 1 Fairy Tail: Blue Mistral Vol. 1 Magical Sempai Vol. 1 Sweetness and Lightning Vol. 1
All-Rounder Meguru Vol. 1 Fairy Tail: City Hero Vol. 1 Magus of the Library Vol. 1 Tales of Berseria Vol. 1
Altair: A Record of Battles Vol. 1 Fairy Tail: Happy’s Heroic Adventure Vol. 1 Manga Dogs Vol. 1 That Time I Got Reincarnated As A Slime Vol. 1
Amefurashi Vol. 1 Fairy Tail: Ice Trail Vol. 1 Mardock Scramble Vol. 1 That Wolf-Boy is Mine! Vol. 1
Animal Land Vol. 1 Fairy Tail: Rhodonite Vol. 1 Mikami-sensei’s Way of Love Vol. 1 The Flowers of Evil Vol. 1
Ao-chan Can’t Study! Vol. 1 Farewell, My Dear Cramer Vol. 1 Missions of Love Vol. 1 The Full-Time Wife Escapist Vol. 1
Aoba-kun’s Confessions Vol. 1 Fire Force Vol. 1 Momo’s Iron Will Vol. 1 The Ghost and The Lady Vol. 1
APOSIMZ Vol. 1 Flying Witch Vol. 1 Monster Soul Vol. 1 The Ghost in the Shell Vol. 1
Arisa Vol. 1 Forest of Piano Vol. 1 Moteki Vol. 1 The Golden Sheep Vol. 1
As The Gods Will: The Second Series Vol. 1 Forget Me Not Vol. 1 Museum Vol. 1 The Heroic Legend of Arslan Vol. 1
Asahi-sempai’s Favorite Vol. 1 Fort of Apocalypse Vol. 1 My Boss’s Kitten Vol. 1 The Knight Cartoonist and Her Orc Editor Vol. 1
At Full Moon Vol. 1 Frau Faust Vol. 1 My Boy in Blue Vol. 1 The Prince in His Dark Days Vol. 1
Atsumori-kun’s Bride-to-Be Vol. 1 From the New World Vol. 1 My Boyfriend in Orange Vol. 1 The Prince’s Black Poison Vol. 1
Attack on Titan Vol. 1 FukuFuku Kitten Tales Vol. 1 My Brother the Shut-In Vol. 1 The Prince’s Romance Gambit Vol. 1
Attack on Titan: Before the Fall Vol. 1 Fuuka Vol. 1 My Little Monster Vol. 1 The Quintessential Quintuplets Vol. 1
Attack on Titan: Junior High Vol. 1 Gakuen Prince Vol. 1 My Pink is Overflowing Vol. 1 The Seven Deadly Sins Vol. 1
Attack on Titan: Lost Girls Vol. 1 Genshiken Omnibus Vol. 1 My Sweet Girl Vol. 1 The Seven Deadly Sins: Seven Days Vol. 1
Attack on Titan: No Regrets Vol. 1 Ghost in the Shell: Stand Alone Complex Vol. 1 My Wife is Wagatsuma-san Vol. 1 The Slime Diaries: That Time I Got Reincarnated as a Slime Vol. 1
Ayanashi Vol. 1 Giant Killing Vol. 1 Mysterious Girlfriend X Vol. 1 The Tale of Genji: Dreams at Dawn Vol. 1
Back Street Girls Vol. 1 Gleipnir Vol. 1 Negima! Omnibus Vol. 1 The Walls Between Us Vol. 1
BAKEMONOGATARI Vol. 1 Golosseum Vol. 1 Nekogahara Vol. 1 The Wizard and His Fairy Vol. 1
Basilisk Vol. 1 Goodbye! I’m Being Reincarnated! Vol. 1 Ninja Girls Vol. 1 Those Summer Days Vol. 1
Battle Angel Alita Vol. 1 Granblue Fantasy Vol. 1 Ninja Slayer Kills Vol. 1 To Be Next to You Vol. 1
Battle Angel Alita: Last Order Omnibus Vol. 1 Grand Blue Dreaming Vol. 1 No. 6 Vol. 1 To The Abandoned Sacred Beasts Vol. 1
Battle Angel Alita: Mars Chronicle Vol. 1 GTO: Paradise Lost Vol. 1 Nodame Cantabile Vol. 1 To Write Your Words Vol. 1
Beauty Bunny Vol. 1 Guilty Vol. 1 Noragami: Stray God Vol. 1 To Your Eternity Vol. 1
BECK Vol. 1 Happiness Vol. 1 O Maidens In Your Savage Season Vol. 1 Tokyo Alice Vol. 1
Beware the Kamiki Brothers! Vol. 1 Heaven’s Design Team Vol. 1 Our Fake Marriage Vol. 1 Tokyo Mew Mew Omnibus Vol. 1
Black Panther and Sweet 16 Vol. 1 Hitorijime My Hero Vol. 1 Our Precious Conversations Vol. 1 Tokyo Revengers Vol. 1
BLAME! Vol. 1 Hotaru’s Way Vol. 1 Paradise Residence Vol. 1 Tokyo Tarareba Girls Vol. 1
Blissful Land Vol. 1 House of the Sun Vol. 1 Parasyte Vol. 1 TOPPU GP Vol. 1
Bloody Monday Vol. 1 Hozuki’s Coolheadedness Vol. 1 Peach Girl NEXT Vol. 1 Tsuredure Children Vol. 1
Boarding School Juliet Vol. 1 I Am Here! Vol. 1 Peach Girl Vol. 1 Unlimited Fafnir Vol. 1
Cage of Eden Vol. 1 I’m in Love and It’s the End of the World Vol. 1 Peach Heaven Vol. 1 Until the Full Moon Vol. 1
Can I Kiss You Every Day? Vol. 1 I’m Standing on a Million Lives Vol. 1 Peach Mermaid Vol. 1 Until Your Bones Rot Vol. 1
Can You Just Die, My Darling? Vol. 1 If I Could Reach You Vol. 1 Perfect World Vol. 1 UQ Holder! Vol. 1
Cells at Work and Friends! Vol. 1 Imperfect Girl Vol. 1 Persona Q: Shadow of the Labyrinth Side: P3 Vol. 1 Vampire Dormitory Vol. 1
Cells at Work! CODE BLACK Vol. 1 In/Spectre Vol. 1 Persona Q: Shadow of the Labyrinth Side: P4 Vol. 1 Vinland Saga Vol. 1
Cells at Work! Vol. 1 Interviews with Monster Girls Vol. 1 Pitch-Black Ten Vol. 1 Waiting For Spring Vol. 1
Cells NOT at Work! Vol. 1 Inuyashiki Vol. 1 Princess Jellyfish Vol. 1 Wake Up, Sleeping Beauty Vol. 1
Chi’s Sweet Adventures Vol. 1 Is Kichijoji the Only Place to Live? Vol. 1 Princess Resurrection Nightmare Vol. 1 Watari-kun’s ****** Is about to Collapse Vol. 1
Chi’s Sweet Home Vol. 1 Kakafukaka Vol. 1 Princess Resurrection Vol. 1 Wave, Listen to Me! Vol. 1
Chihayafuru Vol. 1 Kamikamikaeshi Vol. 1 PTSD Radio Vol. 1 Welcome to the Ballroom Vol. 1
CITY Vol. 1 Karate Heat Vol. 1 Pumpkin Scissors Vol. 1 What Did You Eat Yesterday? Vol. 1
Clockwork Planet Vol. 1 Kasane Vol. 1 Queen Bee Vol. 1 Witch Hat Atelier Vol. 1
Complex Age Vol. 1 Kigurumi Guardians Vol. 1 Queen Emeraldas Vol. 1 Witchcraft Works Vol. 1
COPPELION Vol. 1 Kino’s Journey Vol. 1 Ran the Peerless Beauty Vol. 1 World’s End and Apricot Jam Vol. 1
Cosplay Animal Vol. 1 Kira-kun Today Vol. 1 Rave Master Vol. 1 Wotakoi: Love is Hard for Otaku Vol. 1
Crocodile Baron Vol. 1 Kiss Him, Not Me Vol. 1 Real Account Vol. 1 Yagyu Ninja Scrolls Vol. 1
DAYS Vol. 1 Kiss Me At the Stroke of Midnight Vol. 1 Real Girl Vol. 1 Yamada-kun and the Seven Witches Vol. 1
DEATHTOPIA Vol. 1 Kitchen Princess Omnibus Vol. 1 Red Riding Hood’s Wolf Apprentice Vol. 1 You Got Me, Sempai! Vol. 1
Defying Kurosaki-kun Vol. 1 Knight of the Ice Vol. 1 Saint Young Men Vol. 1 Your Lie in April Vol. 1
Descending Stories Vol. 1 Kokkoku: Moment by Moment Vol. 1 Sankarea Vol. 1 Yozakura Quartet Vol. 1
Devil Survivor Vol. 1 Kounodori: Dr. Stork Vol. 1 Say I Love You. Vol. 1 Yuri is My Job Vol. 1
Devils’ Line Vol. 1 Land of the Lustrous Vol. 1 Sayonara Zetsubou-Sensei Vol. 1
Die Wergelder Vol. 1 LDK Vol. 1 Sayonara, Football Vol. 1

 
 

Look great while saving during the Fabric, Runways & Fashionistas Digital Manga Sale (Ends 3/30)

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Drape yourself in elegance and savings during the Fabric, Runways & Fashionistas Digital Manga Sale! From the crafty and inventive cosplayers of Complex Age, to the eternal students of fashion and beauty in Princess Jellyfish & Smile Down the Runway, these amazing stories will dazzle you with high drama, both on and off the runway, all for a price that won’t leave you in rags!
Take up to 50% off all volume of the series listed below by visiting our participating digital partners: BookWalker, comiXology, Google Play, Kindle, MyAnimeList, and nook. Sale runs from March 23, until March 30.

~ Fabric, Runways & Fashionistas Digital Manga Sale! ~
March 23-30
Click on the featured titles for more info or to read Chapter 1s FREE!

 

Beauty Bunny

 

Complex Age

 

Princess Jellyfish

Smile Down the Runway

 

Tokyo Alice

Tokyo Tarareba Girls

And be sure to check-out the Smile Down the Runway anime available for streaming on Hulu & Funimation

 

 

New Sequel Series Announced as The Seven Deadly Sins Ends

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Today marks the historic end of Nakaba Suzuki’s 8-year run creating The Seven Deadly Sins manga series, with Chapter #346 as its finale. Fans can read this final chapter same-day-as-Japan through our digital retail partners  comiXology, Crunchyroll, and BookWalker.
To celebrate this epic conclusion, Kodansha and Nakaba Suzuki have announced a The Seven Deadly Sins sequel series tentatively titled The Four Knights of the Apocalypse. Further details on this follow-up series will be revealed at a later date.
Manga fans new to the series can read The Seven Deadly Sins from the very beginning in print, and through all our digital partners: BookWalker, comiXology, Google Play, Kindle, MyAnimeList, Apple Books, Rakuten Kobo and nook.

About The Seven Deadly Sins
When they were accused of trying to overthrow the monarchy, the feared warriors the Seven Deadly Sins were sent into exile. Princess Elizabeth discovers the truth—the Sins were framed by the king’s guard, the Holy Knights—too late to prevent them from assassinating her father and seizing the throne! Now the princess is on the run, seeking the Sins to help her reclaim the kingdom. But the first Sin she meets, Meliodas, is a little innkeeper with a talking pig. He doesn’t even have a real sword! Have the legends of the Sins’ strength been exaggerated … ? Prepare to get swept away by an epic fantasy story and colorful cast of characters that will rewrite the history of manga as we know it!
About Nakaba Suzuki
Born in Fukushima, Japan on February 8, 1977, Nakaba Suzuki debuted as a mangaka in 1994 in Weekly Shonen Jump Special ‘95 Spring Special (published by Shueisha). In 2012, he began serializing The Seven Deadly Sins in Weekly Shonen Magazine (Kodansha). Suzuki, is one of very few manga artists who have serialized manga in all four major weekly manga magazines in Japan.
 

Summer & Fall 2020 Debuting Print Titles Revealed!

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Kodansha USA Publishing Reveals Summer & Fall 2020 Debuting Print Titles

Titles include Codename: Sailor V Eternal Edition, Mashima HERO’s, The Ghost in the Shell: The Human Algorithm,& more!

March 18, 2020 — New York, NY — Today, Kodansha USA Publishing revealed details of their lineup of print Kodansha Comics and VERTICAL releases from June 2020 to January 2021, as distributed by Penguin Random House.Kodansha Comics

  • Codename: Sailor V Eternal Edition
  • The Ghost in the Shell: The Human Algorithm Volumes 1 & 2
  • Mashima HERO’S Volume 1
  • Orient Volume 1
  • Sachi’s Monstrous Appetite Volume 1
  • Shikimori’s Not Just a Cutie Volume 1
  • That Time I Got Reincarnated as a Slime: Trinity in Tempest Volume 1
  • Those Not-So-Sweet Boys Volume 1

VERTICAL

  • With a Dog AND a Cat, Every Day is Fun Volume 1
  • Pretty Boy Detective Club: The Dark Star that Shines for You Alone (Novel)

Details on all debuting titles can be found below!
 

COVER NOT FINAL Codename: Sailor V Eternal Edition
By Naoko Takeuchi
ON SALE: 01/05/2021
TR: 9781646511433
Price: $27.99 USD / $36.99 CAN
Ages 13 and up.
Who will love it: New fans of Sailor Moon looking to read the series that started it all, and longtime fans looking for the ultimate collector’s item.

Before Sailor Moon, there was Sailor V! Minako Aino is 13 years old when she meets a talking white cat named Artemis, who tells her something unbelievable: With a magic pen, she has the power to transform into the elegant, masked hero Sailor V. Experience Minako’s adventures, before she became Sailor Venus, featuring a new, glittering cover, a fresh translation, and remastered interior art!
 

COVER NOT FINAL The Ghost in the Shell: The Human Algorithm 1 & 2
Story by Junichi Fujisaku
Art by Yuki Yoshimoto
Based on The Ghost in the Shell by Shirow Masamune
VOL. 1 ON SALE: 6/23/2020
TR: 9781646511778
Price: $12.99 USD / $16.99 CAN
Ages 16 and up.
VOL. 2 ON SALE: 12/1/2020
TR: 9781646511792
Price: $12.99 USD / $16.99 CAN
Ages 16 and up.
Who will love it: Fans of the classic The Ghost in the Shell manga and Ghost in the Shell: Stand Alone Complex manga & anime, who have been starved for new content for the past decade, and new fans brought into the fold by the upcoming anime SAC_2045.

Hackers attempt to assassinate a politician during a speech preaching the advantages of cybernetic prosthetics. Fortunately, Togusa is there to whisk her to safety, and the investigation leads Batou to a suspicious factory in the artificial islands in southern Japan. Meanwhile, Chief Aramaki hears of a disturbing discovery at the other end of the country: dozens of artificial bodies, illegally dumped near a village where an anti-cyberization sect conducts their training and “rites.” Among the empty shells is one formerly inhabited by the woman who embodied Section 9 until she left it behind and disappeared: Major Motoko Kusanagi…
 

COVER NOT FINAL Mashima HERO’S 1
By Hiro Mashima
ON SALE: 11/03/2020
TR: 9781646511785
Price: $10.99 USD / $14.99 CAN
Ages 13 and up.
Who will love it: Fans of the worlds of Hiro Mashima – FAIRY TAIL, RAVE MASTER, and EDENS ZERO, and more – will be delighted by this massive crossover by their favorite creator.

A delightful gift to every Hiro Mashima fan! Discover HERO’S, the ultimate crossover, the new manga that brings together wizards, warriors, and spacefarers from every corner of the Hiro Mashima universe, including characters from FAIRY TAIL, RAVE MASTER, and EDENS ZERO. This is Mashima’s victory lap! Don’t miss it!
 

COVER NOT FINAL Orient 1
By Shinobu Ohtaka
ON SALE: 01/05/2021
TR: 9781646511419
Price: $10.99 USD / $14.99 CAN
Ages 16 and up.
Who will love it: Fans of manga like Naruto, Magi, or The Seven Deadly Sins looking for their next shonen action series.

The new shonen action manga from the creator of Magi is here! Musashi is a teenager living under demon rule. As children, he and his best friend made a promise: to become the greatest warriors in the world and overthrow the demons. But life intervenes, and five years later, he finds himself about to become a miner. Yet can Musashi truly be satisfied with a “normal” life?
 

COVER NOT FINAL
 Sachi’s Monstrous Appetite 1
By Chomoran
ON SALE: 11/03/2020
TR: 9781646511730
Price: $12.99 USD / $16.99 CAN
Ages 16 and up.
Who will love it: Fans of monster-girl romance manga like Sankarea and Actually, I Am…/My Monster Secret.

Makie’s a boy in love, with his tall, older classmate Sachi. As a sign of his affection, he makes Sachi a special lunch every day. Sachi loves Makie, too, but she has a secret… she’s actually a shapeshifting monster called a watari, and she was drawn to Makie because he smells…delicious! But it’s not just Sachi who’s drawn to Makie’s scent, and soon, he realizes the entire monster world is after him. Fortunately, Sachi’s a watari who eats watari, and she pledges to protect him. But how long can Makie survive, with Sachi’s appetite the only thing between him and a monster’s belly?
 

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 Shikimori’s Not Just a Cutie 1
By Keigo Maki
ON SALE: 11/03/2020
TR: 9781646511754
Price: $12.99 USD / $16.99 CAN
Ages 13 and up.
Who will love it: Fans of recent high-school romcom manga like Komi Can’t Communicate and Don’t Toy With Me, Miss Nagatoro.

Shikimori seems like the perfect girlfriend: cute, fun to be around, sweet when she wants to be… but she has a cool dark side that comes out under the right circumstances. And her boyfriend Izumi loves to be around when that happens! A fun and funny high school romance with a sassy twist perfect for fans of Nagatoro-san and Komi Can’t Communicate!
 

COVER NOT FINAL
 That Time I Got Reincarnated as a Slime: Trinity in Tempest 1
By: Tae Tono
Created by: Fuse
Character designs by: Mitz Vah
ON SALE: 10/20/2020
TR: 9781646511761
Price: $12.99 USD / $16.99
Ages 16 and up.
Who will love it: Fans of the That Time I Got Reincarnated as a Slime manga, light novel, and anime series eagerly awaiting season 2 to debut this fall.

The new spinoff manga to the hit fantasy isekai series, developed by original creator Fuse! Against the odds, the little slime Rimiru has established his magical kingdom for all monsters, called Tempest, and it’s thriving. But three visitors, Phos the fox girl, Stella the dragon girl, and Frey the winged girl, come to pay Tempest a visit, they’re stunned at just how quickly it’s developed. Don’t miss this new story in the world of Slime, just as the second season of the anime arrives!
 

COVER NOT FINAL
 Those Not-So-Sweet Boys 1
By: Yoko Nogiri
ON SALE: 01/12/2021
TR: 9781646511747
Price: $10.99 USD / $14.99 CAN
Ages 13 and up.
Who will love it: Readers of relatable, slice-of-life shojo titles like the author’s previous titles That Wolf-Boy Is Mine! and Love in Focus.

From the creator of That Wolf-Boy Is Mine! and Love in Focus comes a story of a hard-working high schooler who falls for a bad boy, and discovers that the lives of him and his friends are nothing like what she imagined. Don’t miss Yoko Nogiri’s newest shojo hit!
 

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 With a Dog AND a Cat, Every Day is Fun 1
By: Hidekichi Matsumoto
ON SALE: 09/01/2020
TR: 9781949980554
Price: $12.95 USD / $17.50 CAN
All ages.
Who will love it: Readers of all ages and animal lovers

Are you a dog person? Or maybe a cat person? Or maybe both?? Based on author Hidekichi Matsumoto’s real life experience, she shows us what it’s like to live with both a dog AND a cat!
 

COVER NOT FINAL
 Pretty Boy Detective Club:
The Dark Star that Shines for You Alone (Novel)
By: NISIOISIN
ON SALE: 9/29/2020
TR: 9781949980516
Price: $14.95 USD / $17.95 CAN
Ages 13 and up.
Who will love it: For YA and Josei novel readers, and fans of NISIOISIN’s hit BAKEMONOGATARI, Zaregoto series and KATANAGATARI.dr

Rules of the Pretty Boy Detective Club:
1. Be pretty.
2. Be a boy.
3. Be a detective.
Mayumi Dojima, a second-year student at the exclusive Yubiwa Academy middle school, has lost something – a star she glimpsed just once, ten long years ago. But help is on the way, in the form of the unofficial, secretive, and thoroughly mysterious Pretty Boy Detective Club! Rumored to solve problems within the school (most of which they themselves may well have created) for reasons aesthetic rather than financial, these five gorgeous boys sweep Mayumi into their world of excitement, danger, and overwhelming beauty. So begins the thrilling new mystery series from renowned author NISIOISIN!

It’s no secret, you’ll save tons on this Double Life Digital Manga Sale! (Ends 3/23)

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Have you ever held a secret in your heart? One so deep it was almost like it was being held by another you? You’re not alone! Whether it’s heroes or villains, all the protagonists in the Double Life Digital Manga Sale lead dual lives that force them to keep secrets – sometimes for good and sometimes for EVIL! Now you can follow the secret lives of heroes struggling to keep their powers hidden like in Gleipnir or Inuyashiki, lovers looking to keep their crushes and interests quiet like in Lovesick Ellie or Wotakoi: Love Is Hard for Otaku, and even a villain or two trying to keep from getting caught like in Kasane. So many kinds of secrets can be revealed to you now at an amazing price!
Take up to 50% off all volume of the series listed below by visiting our participating digital partners: BookWalker, comiXology, Google Play, Kindle, MyAnimeList, and nook. Sale runs from March 17, until March 23.
 

~ Double Life Digital Manga Sale! ~
March 17-23
Click on the featured titles for more info or to read Chapter 1s FREE!

1122: For a Happy Marriage
A Kiss, For Real
Ajin: Demi-Human
Aoba-kun’s Confessions
Arisa
Bloody Monday
Deathtopia
Devils’ Line
The Full Time Wife Escapist
Gleipnir
Guilty
Happiness
If I Could Reach You
Inuyashiki
Kasane
Kigurumi Guardians
Kiss Him, Not Me!
The Knight Cartoonist and Her Orc Editor
Liar x Liar
Love Massage: Melting Beauty Treatment
Lovesick Ellie
Mardock Scramble
My Boss’s Kitten
My Wife Is Wagatsuma-san
Our Fake Marriage
Parasyte
Peach Heaven
The Prince’s Black Poison
The Prince in His Dark Days
Real Account
Saint Young Men
Sankarea
Shugo Chara!
The Dorm of Love and Secrets
Tokyo Mew Mew Omnibus
Tokyo Mew Mew a la Mode Omnibus
Vampire Dormitory
That Wolf-Boy Is Mine!
Wotakoi: Love Is Hard for Otaku
Yamada-kun and the Seven Witches

And be sure to check-out the debut of an ALL-NEW double life series
Kakushigoto: My Dad’s Secret Ambition By Kouji Kumeta

Read the first chapter FREE by clicking on the cover!

 

 

Score big during the Sports Madness Digital Manga Sale! 99¢ Vol. 1 & more! (Ends 03/16)

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March is the month where sports madness is gripping fans all over! And we here, at Kodansha Comics want to pitch in! To celebrate our roster of amazing sports manga we’re making it easier than ever to get to first goal, by making all volume 1s in this sale only $1! That’s right, from the hand-to-hand excitement of All-Rounder Meguru, to the fast-paced and emotional high-stakes of Farewell, My Dear Cramer, and beyond – you can read every thrilling round, inning, quarter, match of these fantastic sports manga at deep discount!
Score big with all volume 1s in the Sports Madness Digital Manga Sale priced at only $1. Then, take up to 50% off all other volumes in the sale! To start saving visit our participating digital partners: BookWalker, comiXology, Google Play, Kindle, MyAnimeList, and nook.

Sale runs from March 10, until March 16.

~ Sports Madness Digital Manga Sale! ~
March 10-16
Click on the featured titles for more info or to read Chapter 1s FREE!

Ace of the Diamond
Again!!
All Out!!
All-Rounder Meguru
Days
Farewell, My Dear Cramer
Giant Killing
Grand Blue Dreaming
Karate Heat
Sayonara, Football
Shojo Fight
Waiting for Spring

And be sure to check-out the debut of a an ALL-NEW sports manga
Knight of the Ice by By Yayoi Ogawa
(Creator of You’re My Pet)

Check out the first chapter by clicking on the cover!

 

 

Hiro Mashima Humble Bundle begins! Pay what you want for over 100 titles worth over $1000 (Ends 03/25)

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Have you ever wanted to step into the grand worlds of FAIRY TAIL, EDENS ZERO,& other Hiro Mashima-created stories? Now’s the perfect chance to jump in headlong with the Hiro Mashima Humble Bundle brought to you by Kodansha Comics and Humble Book Bundle! With this bundle you can instantly own all of  FAIRY TAIL, RAVE MASTER, MONSTER SOUL, and get completely caught up with EDENS ZERO – including chapters not yet collected! But this deal won’t last forever. Hurry and stock your manga library with over a 100 Hiro Mashima titles at a low low price before this Humble Bundle ends, Wednesday, March 25th!
Name your price: To get all the awesome Hiro Mashima titles included at the $20 tier you’d normally have to pay over $1000! But at Humble Bundle, you choose the price and what tier you want to pay up to!
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. Not only will you be immersing yourself in the exciting worlds of Hiro Mashima but you’ll also be donating to great causes! Choose where the money goes—among Kodansha Comics and our preselected charities, The American Civil Liberties Union, and The Comic Book Legal Defense Fund — or choose a charity of your preference 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, March 25, 10:59 A.M. PACIFIC TIME
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PAY WHAT YOU WANT! Here’s what you’ll get with each tier:

Pay $1 or more
MONSTER SOUL, FAIRY TAIL S,& EDENS ZERO volume 1s
FAIRY TAIL, Box Set 1 RightStuff discount code

Pay $8 or more
MONSTER SOUL, FAIRY TAIL S,& EDENS ZERO volume 2s
FAIRY TAIL ZERO
FAIRY TAIL volumes 1-20

Pay $10 or more
HIRO MASHIMA’S PLAYGROUND
FAIRY TAIL volumes 21-45

Pay $15 or more
RAVE MASTER volumes 1 – 20
EDENS ZERO volumes 3 – 6

Pay $18 or more
RAVE MASTER volumes 21 – 35
FAIRY TAIL volumes 46 – 63

Pay $20 or more
EDENS ZERO chapters 51 – 59
Catch up on the latest chapters!


Pay what you want. Support charity. Get awesome manga! 

Creator Spotlight: Harold Sakuishi! First 5 volumes of BECK $5, other volumes up to 50% off (Ends 03/09)

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Do you contain multitudes? Are you a fan of both battle of the bands indie rock sagas, and high drama historical fiction? Then we have a creator for you! Veteran mangaka Harold Sakuishi, has amazed fans for decades. First with BECK, his classic indie rock tale of a struggling high schooler finding confidence, friendship, and fame by forming a band. And most recently with his latest series, Seven Shakespeares about the journey to find the “real” Shakespeare comprised of seven different individuals! Now, in this Harold Sakuishi Creator Spotlight sale you can jump in headlong into both series at an amazing price!
Get the first five volumes of BECK for $5 (99¢ each), with all other volumes of both BECK & Seven Shakespeares up to 50% off! But this sale won’t last take advantage of this Creator Spotlight sale at our digital retail partners: BookWalker, comiXology, Google Play, Kindle, MyAnimeList, and nook.
Sale runs from March 3, until March 9.
 

Check out the first chapter of BECK and Seven Shakespeares FREE
by clicking on the covers or links!

About Harold Sakuishi
Harold Sakuishi was born in 1969 in Aichi Prefecture, Japan. He started his career as a manga-ka in 1987, when he won the 17th annual Tetsuya Chiba Excellent Newcomers Award with his one-shot manga Souwaikan (That’s Not Going to Happen). The following year, he debuted his first serial, Gorillaman, which went on to win the Kodansha Manga Award in 1990. He has since serialized various manga in Kodansha’s Young Magazine, such as Bakaichi and Stopper Busujima. In 1999, he started what would become his signature work, BECK, which won him his second Kodansha Manga Award. Other notable manga include RiN and his current ongoing serial, Seven Shakespeares.

Buy 2 get a 3rd Kodansha Comics and/or VERTICAL manga FREE during this Indigo sale! Ends 03/30

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BUY 2 GET A THIRD MANGA FREE.

YUP, IT’S THAT EASY!

Starting today, Monday, March 2nd, Kodansha Comics and VERTICAL are teaming up with Indigo for a very special sale all throughout March! Every time you buy any 2 Kodansha Comics or VERTICAL manga in-store or online  you’ll get a 3rd manga FREE! It’s that easy to discover new manga to fall in love with or catch up with a favorite series! This sale will end before you know, so make sure to get your Manga before Tuesday, March 30th!