Month: September 2021

October 2021 Digital Debuts

Posted on | New Release

We’re back once again and ready to reveal the upcoming supernatural action/adventure, super hero romance, fantasy, and shojo romance digital manga series debuting all throughout October 2021.

As a reminder, these new digital debuts as well as returning favorites will be available upon release across all our participating digital vendors including Bookwalker, comiXology, Kindle, Apple Books, Google Play, Kindle, Nook, Kobo, izneo, and more!

To see what other new releases will be available in October 2021, and other months take a look at our Manga Release Calendar!

THIS MONTH’S SPOTLIGHT:

Tesla Note  
Story by Masafumi Nishida, Tadayoshi Kubo,
Art by Kota Sannomiya

Release Date: October 19, 2021 

Botan Negoro is not your average high school girl—she’s been trained to be an elite government agent since she was young. She’s also an expert on the “Tesla Shards”, which appear throughout the world to cause supernatural chaos. Her mission is to retrieve these shards, and to do so she teams up with the smarmy, self-proclaimed top agent Kuruma. But this is no easy mission, even for an elite team… An all-new action manga from the writer of Tiger and Bunny!

Tesla Note anime coming Fall 2021!

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Love After World Domination
Art by Takahiro Wakamatsu, Story by Hiroshi Noda

Release Date: October 5, 2021

There are two sides to every coin…light vs. dark, good vs. evil, love vs. hate. Sometimes the line between the two grows thin…and it’s so, so easy to cross. So it’s no surprise that Fudo Aikawa, A.K.A. Red Gelato of the Gelato Five and hero to all people, just may have happened to fall for the villainess and member of the shadow organization Gekko, Desumi Magahara! But when opposites like these attract, there’s more than a few obstacles to their love…! What’s a pair like this to do?

Love After World Domination anime coming in 2022!

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Our Bodies, Entwining, Entwined
By iko  

Release Date: October 12, 2021

Sex is intimate, and for some, it takes everything to bare it all…so when Misuzu was told that sex with her was “boring,” she gave it up all together…and dating, too. So when, years later, she’s asked out by her colleague, Mikage-san, she screws up her courage and gives it a shot. But it turns out Misuzu isn’t the only one with baggage around sex. Can the two of them work together to overcome their hurdles, and enjoy each other as the couple they wish to be…?

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Doing His Best To Confess
By Satoru

Release Date: October 19, 2021

Natsuaki-kun is aloof, handsome, and popular with the ladies…except to his friends, who know his aloofness is because he’s shy and always in his own thoughts. Thoughts always occupied by his oddball classmate, Nashida-san…but try as he might, Natsuaki-kun can’t ever seem to get up the courage to confess. Can he find a way to tell her how he feels?!

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Even Given the Worthless “Appraiser” Class, I’m Actually the Strongest
Story by Ibarakino, Art by Morohoshi Fuji
Character Design by Yu Hitaki

Release Date: October 26, 2021 

In a fantasy world where “jobs” are god-given from birth, heroes are born, not made…and Ein’s job of “Appraiser” has put him about as far from the “hero” pedestal as possible. Used, abused, and eventually abandoned by his fellow adventurers, Ein decides it just isn’t worth going on… Lucky for Ein, though, the end may just be the beginning…and a new lease on life. Turns out, his “worthless” job may just be the key to becoming a hero after all…

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Attack on Titan at Anime NYC

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Kodansha & Attack on Titan Return to Anime NYC with a Special Manga Gallery

Kodansha is thrilled, now more than ever, to return to  Anime NYC in 2021, because this year we are bringing a colossal Attack on Titan Manga Gallery like you’ve never seen before! This exhibition celebrates the conclusion of the most devastating shonen manga of the decade, by showcasing the evolution of art by series creator, Hajime Isayama, and also featuring messages from the fans who have supported the series over the past 11 years via a special message board.

Attack on Titan is the award-winning and New York Times-bestselling series created by Hajime Isayama. First published in Bessatsu Shōnen Magazine in 2009, this series was a sleeper hit until it won the Kodansha Manga Award in 2011 for the shōnen category. Since then the manga has spawned the monster hit anime TV series of the same name making Attack on Titan a pop culture sensation. The anime is currently in its final season and can be streamed via Crunchyroll, Funimation. New episodes of the final season arrive in January 2022.

About the Creator: Hajime Isayama
Born in Oita, Japan in 1986, Hajime Isayama’s debut work, orz, received the 81st Weekly Shonen Magazine Rookie Award in 2008, and debuted at Magazine Special. He started serializing Attack on Titan in Bessatsu Shonen Magazine. A global sensation, Attack on Titan received the 35th Kodansha Manga Award.

More Attack on Titan

 

Pickup where the anime left off with thee two free Attack on Titan chapters:

 

 

#ThanksAttackonTitan Message Board

#ThanksAttackonTitan. Starting today we’ll be collecting all posts with this hashtag from across Twitter, Instagram, Facebook and even TikTok, to spotlight online and even on a dedicated wall of the  Attack on Titan Manga Gallery showing messages from fans like you!

Ajin: Demi Human 99¢ Vol. 1!

Posted on | Sales

Own the dark body horror battle manga at a newly transformed price

For this months Wayback Wednesday digital manga sale we’re spotlighting a modern seinin classic battle manga, that puts a dark spin super-powered heroics – Ajin: Demi-Human by Gamon Sakurai!

And just like every Wayback Wednesday spotlight this means that you can now get digital volumes of Ajin: Demi Human specially priced at 99¢ for volume 1, and up to 50% off select volumes after that! Sale starts now and ends October 5, 2021.

Also, be sure to check out the action-packed animated series with two seasons available on Netflix.

Learn a bit about Ajin: Demi-Human: Say you get hit by a truck and die. You come back to life. Good or bad?

For high schooler Kei—and for at least forty-six others—immortality comes as the nastiest surprise ever.

Sadly for Kei, but refreshingly for the reader, such a feat doesn’t make him a superhero. In the eyes of both the general public and governments, he’s a rare specimen who needs to be hunted down and handed over to scientists to be experimented on for life—a demi-human who must die a thousand deaths for the benefit of humanity.

To take advantage of the Ajin: Demi-Human Wayback Wednesday spotlight sale just visit one of our participating digital vendors: Bookwalker, comiXology, Kindle, Google Play, Nook, and izneo!. Sale runs from September 29, until October 5!

Curious but want to see more? Check out the FREE 1st chapter preview below!

Attack on Titan Final Volume Countdown

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The Attack on Titan finale, volume 34, arrives on October 19, 2021, and with it comes the culmination of the ultimate endgame! See how the most devastating shonen manga of the century ends and what will await your favorite characters in the aftermath.

Want to celebrate this momentous end with us? Be sure to share your thoughts on social media with the tag #ThanksAttackonTitan, and join the conversation with fans from all over the world celebrating the end of Attack on Titan!

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#ThanksAttackonTitan Message Board

Dedicate your videos, pictures, message, and love for Attack on Titan with the hashtag #ThanksAttackonTitan and be a part of the countdown!

You can participate from Twitter, Instagram, Facebook, and Tiktok (if it was reposted)

 

Manga Matsuri Sale

Posted on | Sales

Though we’ve already crossed over into fall we can’t help but be nostalgic for the summer time full of fireworks, friends and matsuri festival celebrations. So we’re reminiscing and celebrating that magical season by having our own Manga Matsuri digital manga sale!

From now until October 4th, fans can join in on the celebration by taking up to 50% off tons of exciting and action-packed series like the featured supernatural battle manga Orient. Looking for something to remind you of the sun and surf of summer, check out the hilarious seaside dude-bro comedy, Grand Blue Dreaming. And of course if you want to experience the full heat of the summer season check out the epic fire fighting shonen adventure, Fire Force!

Be warned, this celebration, much like the summer season, will be a memory before you know it! Visit one of our participating digital vendors to save – including Bookwalker, comiXology, Kindle, Google Play, Nook and izneo! Sale ends Monday, October 4th.

Curious about this sale but want to see more? Check out below to read the FREE 1st chapter of our featured series, Orient. Or click on any of the titles featured below to read their free 1st chapter preview.

Line-Wide Sale!

Posted on | Sales

Start a New Favorite Series Today!

You heard correct! A special, line-wide digital manga sale is going on right now! Totaling more than 3000 titles, you can now take up to 50% off nearly ALL Kodansha digital manga, and save at one of our many participating digital vendors including: Bookwalker, comiXology, Kindle, Google Play, Nook, Kobo, My Anime List and izneo!

Fans taking advantage of this sale can dive into some of the summer season’s hottest manga turned anime like, EDENS ZERO, (now streaming on Netflix!), Peach Boy Riverside, Girlfriend, Girlfriend and more! Not only that but you can even save on recently releases and fan-favorites like Boys Run the Riot, Blue Period, Blue Lock, Sweat and Soap, Don’t Toy With Me, Miss Nagatoro & more! If you’ve been waiting to find your new favorite manga series now’s the time to start!

But be sure to visit your favorite digital manga vendor soon because sale ends Monday, September 27th!

Curious about this sale but want to see more? Check out below to read the FREE 1st chapter of our featured series, EDENS ZERO. For a glimpse and FREE chapter 1 previews of most series offered in the line-wide sale, browse our manga series!

Howl At the Moon Sale!

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We’re already warming up for spooky season by spotlighting a number of creature feature series full of vampires, werewolves, and beasts of all kinds during the Howl at the Moon digital manga sale!

Starting now until 9/20 fans of horror and all things that go bump in the night can take up to 50% off select volumes of series like the supernatural procedural drama The Witch and the Beast. Looking for lychans in love? Be sure to check out the werewolf rom-com, That Wolf Boy is Mine. Also if you’re looking for anime-inspiring beasts why not start the supernatural adventures of In/Spectre, Gleipnir & Devils’ Line!

But just like the phases of the moon the light of this sale will go dark soon! Visit one of our participating digital vendors to save – including Bookwalker, comiXology, Kindle, Google Play, Nook and izneo! Sale ends Monday, September 20th.

Curious about this sale but want to see more? Check out below to read the FREE 1st chapter of our featured series, The Witch and the Beast. Or click on any of the titles featured below to read their free 1st chapter preview.

Attack on Titan Finale Exclusives

Posted on | Events | Giveaways | Partners

Attack on Titan Final Volume Variants & Exclusives 

Unique variants & exclusive giveaways arrive 10/19/21 at
Kinokuniya USA, Barnes & Noble and Books-A-Million

Fans of the international smash hit, Attack on Titan, rejoice! The grand finale of the Attack on Titan saga arrives October 19th, 2021, but it doesn’t arrive alone. Kodansha has teamed up with retailers Kinokuniya USA, Barnes & Noble and Books-A-Million, to give fans amazing variant covers and exclusives found nowhere else! Starting 10/19 and until supplies last, visit one of these three participating retailers to get the following:

Kinokuniya USA:

Variant cover of volume 34 by Hajime Isayama
Exclusive shikishi board gift with purchase
Limited quantity while supplies last
For details visit usa.kinokuniya.com

Barnes & Noble

Poster variant & eco tote bag
Barnes & Noble Exclusive Edition includes a bonus poster
Eco tote bag available for purchase in stores only, starting 10/19/21
Items sold separately & while supplies last
For details visit barnesandnoble.com

Books-A-Million:

Variant cover of volume 34 by Hajime Isayama
Limited quantity while supplies last
For details visit booksamillion.com

And remember, fans can always get the standard edition of Attack on Titan,  volume 34 at all participating book sellers or pre-order digitally at your favorite digital retailer, to read the final volume the day it is released, October 19, 2021!

Attack on Titan is the award-winning and New York Times-bestselling series created by Hajime Isayama. First published in Bessatsu Shōnen Magazine in 2009, this series was a sleeper hit until it won the Kodansha Manga Award in 2011 for the shōnen category. Since then the manga has spawned the monster hit anime TV series of the same name making Attack on Titan a pop culture sensation. The anime is currently in its final season and can be streamed via Crunchyroll, Funimation. New episodes of the final season arrive in January 2022.

Manga Through Time Sale!

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From historical fiction, to fantasy stories & even time traveling sagas, we’re spotlighting Manga Through Time in this special digital sale!

From now until September 13th fans can save up to 50% off select titles volumes of timeless classics like the viking revenge tale, Vinland Saga. Looking for something more on esoteric yet beautiful side, be sure to check out the calming and occasionally chilling world of Mushishi. And for all you sci-fi fans out there experience travel through the lens of high school cheer squad with Again!!.

Don’t let time run out on this amazing sale! Visit one of our participating digital vendors to save – including Bookwalker, comiXology, Kindle, Google Play, Nook and izneo! Sale ends Monday, September 13th.

Curious about this sale but want to see more? Check out below to read the FREE 1st chapter of our featured series, Vinland Saga. Or click on any of the titles featured below to read their free 1st chapter preview.