Swoon & save on all the pretty boys you can get your eyes on, respectfully
This week we’re giving you a feast for the eyes of a different kind! From rough and tumble boys, to serious boys, and even transforming wolf boys – we’re celebrating all kinds of lovely boys stories during the Pretty Boys Digital Manga Sale!
Save up to 50% off such pretty boy series like the featured bad boy romance series Defying Kurosaki-kun. And speaking of bad boys, be sure to check out the continuing saga of the delinquent turned teacher, GTO Paradise Lost. Looking for a bit of supernatural fun with your pretty boys, check out the hilarious werewolf romance That Wolf-Boy Is Mine!, as well as the blood-sucker drama, Vampire Dormitory. All these series and more await your gaze, at a price that’ll keep your eyes in their sockets.
Save on these and many other series during the Pretty Boys digital manga sale happening at one of our many participating digital vendors, including Bookwalker, comiXology, Kindle, Google Play, Nook, izneo and MyAnimeList! Sale ends Monday, December 6th.
Curious about this sale but want to see more? Checkout below to read the FREE 1st chapter of our featured series, Defying Kurosaki-kun. Or click on any of the titles featured below to read their free 1st chapter preview.
As announced during our revealing Anime NYC panel, check out the list digital debuts coming this December that range from fantastically hilarious with My Master Has no Tail, to the excitingly powerful with, SHAMAN KING & a Garden, and everything in between. And if you want to read read a preview check out the links below!
And, 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, MyAnimeList and more!
To see what other new releases will be available in November 2021, and other months take a look at our Manga Release Calendar!
THIS MONTH’S SPOTLIGHT:
My Master Has No Tail By TNSK
Release Date: December 7, 2021
Mameda is a tanuki who was born in the wrong era – all she wants is to trick humans, but that age of tanuki shenanigans is over. But one woman, a rakugo master named Bunko, shows Mameda it’s still possible to cast magic on humans…only with words, not illusions. Mameda is determined to become Bunko’s apprentice, but can she convince the stoic master to take her on…?
SHAMAN KING & a Garden Story by Hiroyuki Takei, Concept by Jet Kusamura, Art by Kyo Nuesawa
Release Date: December 14, 2021
The women of Shaman King are no pushovers, and the trio of Canna, Matilda, and Marion are no exception! Find about the origins of this team in SHAMAN KING & a garden!
My Darling, the Company President Art by Tetsuji Kanie, Original Concept by Akane Shimizu
Release Date: December 21, 2021
Mihane first met Sakura while she was working as his tutor in their school years…and after he declared his love for her, they shared one night of passion before parting ways. So imagine her surprise when a few years later she finds that he’s become the president of the company she works for! But will he remember her? And even if he does, can they pick up where they left off…?!
Her Majesty’s Swarm Story by 616th Special Information Battalion, Art by Akira Minamoto, Composition by Koma Warita, Original Character Design by Eiri Iwamoto
Release Date: December 28, 2021
Mizuha’s 17th birthday is the pits. Her parents totally forgot, and the sempai she likes isn’t interested in her. But when her longtime A young woman, net nickname “Mushi-nee,” finds herself sucked into a world not unlike the online real-time strategy game that was her only escape. She had captained the “Arachnea” faction…but it’s one thing to do on a computer, and another to find herself face-to-face with giant arachnids who hail her as queen! But rather than shrink from her fate, she steps up…to become the conquering queen she knows she can be!
To prepare for the festive time of family, friends and feasting, we’re giving you a sampling of delicious and heart-warming food-focused manga during the Manga Buffet Digital Manga Sale!
That’s right, save up to 50% off select series like the featured critter community series – for fans of Animal Crossing – Crocodile Baron! For a heartwarming queer love story with amazing food recipes to boot, check out What Did you Eat Yesterday?. Is your gathering full of a found family? Then maybe you’d enjoy the fantastical found family battle manga, FAIRY TAIL! And for a domestic drama with an adorable twist, check out Mr. Bride.
Save on these and many other series during the Manga Buffet digital manga sale happening at one of our many participating digital vendors, including Bookwalker, comiXology, Kindle, Google Play, Nook, izneo and MyAnimeList! Sale ends Monday, November 29th.
Curious about this sale but want to see more? Checkout below to read the FREE 1st chapter of our featured series, Crocodile Baron. Or click on any of the titles featured below to read their free 1st chapter preview.
Announced at this year’s Anime NYC, Kodansha USA has revealed their Fall 2022 line-up of upcoming print series debuts, box sets, new format editions, as well as a number digital-first series coming to print. See below for details on these announced titles.
NEW SERIES DEBUTS:
Wistoria: Wand and Sword Story by Fujino Omori, Art by Toshi Aoi
A new, magical dungeon-adventure fantasy series from the author of Is It Wrong to Pick Up Girls in a Dungeon?! To fulfill the promise he made to his childhood friend, Will Selfault enters Regarden Magic Academy with the goal of making it to the top of the magical world. There’s just one problem—he doesn’t know how to use magic! Will the seemingly ordinary sword in his hand be the key to unlock his true potential?
Go, Go, Loser Ranger! By Negi Haruba
Attention Power Rangers fans! The heroes become the villains and the villains are…well, they’re still the villains in this action-comedy from Negi Haruba, creator of The Quintessential Quintuplets. Follow one plucky villain as he plots to take down the oppressive Rangers and finally fulfill his dream of taking over the world!
Run Away With Me, Girl By Battan
A wistful romance between two women about how, sometimes, you need to run away in order to find where you truly belong. Midori was Maki’s first love and high school sweetheart—that is, until Midori broke up with Maki at graduation, saying they were now “too old” to be “fooling around” dating girls. Ten years later, will running away be the key to lead the two women back into each other’s arms?
Shonen Note: Boy Soprano By Yuhki Kamatani
A coming-of-age series equal parts moving and musical, from the creator of Our Dreams at Dusk: Shimanami Tasogare! Yutaka Aoi has a talent few boys have: He can sing soprano. But when Yukata’s voice begins to change as he enters puberty, the journey ahead will be one of self-discovery and reflection for not only himself, but also for those around him.
As a Reincarnated Aristocrat, I’ll Use My Appraisal Skill to Rise in the World Story by Jinei Mirai, Art by Natsumi Inoue
A coming-of-age series equal parts moving and musical, from the creator of Our Dreams at Dusk: Shimanami Tasogare! Yutaka Aoi One day when leaving work, Ars Louvent dies and is reborn as a weak aristocrat in another world. Using his “Appraisal” skill, which lets him see the stats of others, he recruits the best people to his side in order to turn his country’s fortunes around. Based on a hit light novel with over 30 million online views in Japan!
Miss Miyazen Would Love to Get Closer to You By Taka Aki
A coming-of-age series equal parts moving and musical, from the creator of Our Dreams at Dusk: Shimanami Tasogare! Yutaka Aoi Sakura Miyazen and Shota Matsubayashi are two classmates that are polar opposites: Miyazen, the high-class pretty girl, and Matsubayashi, the scary-looking delinquent guy. Oblivious to each other’s feelings, they actually want to get to know each other but can’t seem to communicate properly!
Avant-garde Yumeko By Shuzo Oshimi
I just want to see it! High schooler Yumeko is your ordinary high school girl except she’s obsessed with seeing the male body part in real life. Determined, Yumeko decides to join the art club at school.
An Older Guy’s VR First Love By Tomoko Boryoku
Naoki is an older guy, 40 years old to be exact, lives a mundane single life in the real world but enjoys venturing into the VR world as a female avatar. One day in the VR world he meets a young happy-go-lucky girl named Honami, whom he slowly becomes attracted to… But who is the real Honami and what will become of their relationship?
DIGITAL-FIRST TO PRINT DEBUTS:
The Iceblade Sorcerer Shall Rule the World Art by Norihito Sasaki, Story by Nana Mikoshiba, Original Character Design by Riko Korie
The Arnold Academy of Magic is a school for the elite…and Ray White is just your ordinary guy. In fact, he doesn’t seem particularly skilled with magic at all, and is a bit of a klutz. Which is why he has nothing to do with the rumor that one of the great magicians, the Iceblade Sorcerer, is a member of the incoming class…right?
Yoi Takiguchi has long legs, a deep voice, and a handsome face…in other words, Yoi is such a good-looking guy that most people don’t notice or care that she is, in fact, a girl. Indeed, she’s had the nickname “Prince” as long as she can remember. That is, until she met Ichimura-senpai…the only person who’s really seemed to see her for herself. To her surprise, she’s not sure how to handle this new relationship, especially when her newfound friend is a prince himself (and a guy prince, at that). The story of the two high school princes starts here!
Second-year high school student Rakuro Hizutome is interested in one thing only: finding “shitty games” and beating the crap out of them. His gaming skills are second to none, and no game is too bad for him to enjoy. So when he’s introduced to the new VR game Shangri-La Frontier, he does what he does best—min-maxes and skips the prologue to jump straight into the action. But can even an expert gamer like Rakuro discover all the secrets that Shangri-La Frontier hides…?
I Was Reincarnated as the 7th Prince, So I’ll Take My Time Perfecting My Magical Ability Art by Yosuke Kokuzawa, Story by Kenkyo na Circle, Character design by Meru
Prince Lloyd wasn’t always a prince…in fact, his previous life is one he remembers perfectly: he was a sorcerer, of sorts. So when he was forced to reincarnate, he decided to continue his studies, prince of the realm or no! But his new life has its own sets of challenges…including being a 10-year-old! What’s the 7th prince/sorcerer to do?!
From giving a lock of hair as a token to a loved one to shaving one’s head as an act of penitence, hair is a powerful symbol across the world. This is the thread that connects the chilling tales in this horror anthology that follows the victims of Ogushi-sama — a sinister god that carries away the dead.
Dark science-fiction set in the BLAME! universe. As detective Musubi Susono investigates a series of child kidnappings, her own partner is viciously murdered. But when the investigation takes a brutal turn, she is suddenly confronted by the killer—and his sadistic silicon creature …
Now in paperback form! From the pen of the author of the legendary MONOGATARI novels! The basis of an animated series, KATANAGATARI brings to life a swordless “swordsman” and a self-described “schemer” who embark on a quest to obtain twelve peculiar masterpiece blades.
From games where you play for honor, to games where you play to the death
When some games already have so much on the line like honor, and pride, sometimes there are games where the outcome is more than winning and losing, but life and death! During our Game Days digital manga sale, we’re spotlighting series where sports and games are played for the thrill of victory, while other games gamble with lives on the line.
Right now take up to 50% off such competitive sagas like the school days soccer & friendship series, like Farewell, My Dear Cramer! For fans of Ted Lasso, check out the tale of a Japanese soccer coach returning to Japan to whip his old team into shape, in Giant Killing. For something even more full-contact read the devastating MMA saga of All-Rounder Meguru. And for fans of Squid Game be sure to read the social media-focused game of death, Real Account. But if high-octane games are more your speed then you can’t fail with the classic street racing series of Initial D!
Save on these and many other series during the Game Days digital manga sale happening at one of our many participating digital vendors, including Bookwalker, comiXology, Kindle, Google Play, Nook, izneo and MyAnimeList! Sale ends Monday, November 22nd.
Curious about this sale but want to see more? Checkout below to read the FREE 1st chapter of our featured series, Farewell, My Dear Cramer. Or click on any of the titles featured below to read their free 1st chapter preview.
In the world of Shaman King, Shamans possess mysterious powers that allow them to commune with gods, spirits, and even the dead…and Manta Oyamada’s about to learn all about them, because his class just welcomed a new transfer student: Yoh Asakura, a boy from way off in Izumo…and a shaman in training!
Shaman King is also available as 3-in-1 omnibus print editions, with books 1-5 – collecting up to volume 15 – available for purchase at participating bookstores like Kinokuniya, Barnes and Noble, Books-A-Million and more. The entire series is set to be completed in print in 2022. Shaman King print editions are distributed by Penguin Random House.
When you’re looking for the perfect manga & book gifts to give to others… or yourself!
Think it’s too early to think about holiday gift giving? Think again! Any time is a great time to give the gift of manga and books, and we’re here to help you pick the best Kodansha has to offer with the Kodansha 2021 Holiday Gift Guide!
Even if your gift giving list consists of only on person – you – you’ll want to take a look at all the amazing box sets, premium editions, as well as the print & digital releases we’ll be spotlighting from now until the end of the year! See below for our list of items sure to make you the best gift giver of the year!
PREMIUM BOX SETS:
Give the gift of elegance with a variety of Kodansha premium box sets. Perfect for voracious readers and people who love to show off their bookshelf!
nichijou 15th anniversary box set By Keiichi Arawi
First serialized in 2006, Keiichi Arawi’s nichijou went on to become a worldwide cultural phenomenon.
This fall, we’ll celebrate the series with a 15th Anniversary Box Set with all ten of the original volumes in an extraordinary package with an exclusive bonus sticker sheet!
Join Mio, Yuuko, Mai and the rest of the cast of colorful characters of nichijou in this slice-of-surreal-life comedy series that explores every facet of their anything-but-ordinary lives…
In this just-surreal enough take on the “school genre” of manga, a group of friends grapple with all sorts of unexpected situations in their daily lives as high schoolers.
The gags, jokes, puns, and haiku keep this series off-kilter even as the cast grow and change. Check it out and meet the new ordinary.
Fandom’s favorite fivesome now come bundled together in two seven-volume box sets! This deluxe, collectible set includes two huge, exclusive, double-sided posters depicting four of the rambunctious quints. Collect them all, as the popular anime series returns in 2021!
Five girls who want to do anything but study, and their tutor: A high school boy who’s got book smarts and not much else. Futaro Uesugi took the tutoring gig because he was desperate for cash, but when his students–the five beautiful daughters of a wealthy businessman–find five times the excuses to slack off, what can he do?! At this rate, the sisters won’t graduate, so if he wants to get paid, Futaro must think of a plan to suit each of them… Which feels hopeless when five out of five of them think he’s a loser!
This set includes Vol. 1-7 of The Quintessential Quintuplets manga series.
The acclaimed, bestselling manga about a girl who can’t hear and the boy who bullied her, from start to finish, in a premium, collectible box set. Includes all seven volumes, plus an exclusive, double-sided 10-by-15-inch poster and a replica of Shoko’s communication notebook.
The acclaimed, bestselling manga about a girl who can’t hear and the boy who bullied her, from start to finish, in a premium, collectible box set. Includes all seven volumes, plus an exclusive, double-sided 10-by-15-inch poster and a replica of Shoko’s communication notebook.
Your instant FAIRY TAIL manga collection! Stylish boxes of the magical shonen adventure that became an anime megahit!
Lucy is a young, rebellious celestial wizard with a dream: to join Fairy Tail, the world’s most rambunctious and powerful magical guild! When she happens to meet one of Fairy Tail’s top wizards, he turns out to be not quite what she expected: a slob traveling with a flying cat. But the promise of adventure is real, and together they escape from pirates and a devious magician! Their next task: to steal a book from the evil wizard-killing Duke Everlue, and outsmart his death trap. Eccentric new friends join along the way in this lushly-drawn modern classic!
• Box Set 1 includes volumes 1-11, plus an exclusive bonus sticker sheet. • Box Set 2 includes volumes 12-22, plus an exclusive bonus sticker sheet. • Box Set 3 includes volumes 23-33. • Box Set 4 includes volumes 34-43. • Box Set 5 includes volumes 44-53.
Chi’s Sweet Home, a multiple New York Times Best Seller, now bundled up in a purrfect box set which includes all 4 volumes of the series! And no Chi box set would be complete without sweet bonus items inside! Bring this cute set home today!
Chi is a mischievous newborn kitten who, while on a leisurely stroll with her family, finds herself lost. Separated from the warmth and protection of her mother, she feels distraught. Overcome with loneliness she breaks into tears in a large urban park meadow, when she is suddenly rescued by a young boy named Yohei and his mother. The kitty is then quickly and quietly whisked away into the warm and inviting Yamada family apartment…where pets are strictly not permitted.
The original manga that became a legendary anime franchise, now in a complete collector’s box set. Includes three large-sized hardcover volumes, plus a collectible lithograph by creator Shirow Masamune.
From Shirow Masamune, the award-winning creator of Appleseed and Dominion, comes The Ghost in the Shell, the definitive cyberpunk manga that inspired the internationally acclaimed animated film. An epic dystopian tale of politics, technology, and metaphysics, The Ghost in the Shell has been hailed worldwide as an unparalleled visionary work of graphic fiction.
Deep into the twenty-first century, the line between man and machine has been inexorably blurred as humans rely on the enhancement of mechanical implants and robots are upgraded with human tissue. In this rapidly converging landscape, cyborg superagent Major Motoko Kusanagi is charged to track down the craftiest and most dangerous terrorists and cybercriminals, including “ghost hackers” who are capable of exploiting the human/machine interfance and reprogramming humans to become puppets to carry out the hackers’ criminal ends. When Major Kusanagi tracks the cybertrail of one such master hacker, the Puppeteer, her quest leads her into a world beyond information and technology where the very nature of consciousness and the human soul are turned upside down.
We also have a number of premium & omnibus editions for some of our fan-favorite series like Pretty Guardian Sailor Moon, Mobile Suit Gundam The Origin, Attack on Titan & more! These editions make for special gifts without breaking the bank.
Pretty Guardian Sailor Moon Eternal Edition By Shirow Masamune
The guardians in sailor suits return in this definitive edition of the greatest magical girl manga of all time! Features all-new cover illustrations by creator Naoko Takeuchi, a glittering holographic coating, an extra-large size, premium paper, French flaps, and a newly-revised translation!
Teenager Usagi is not the best athlete, she’s never gotten good grades, and, well, she’s a bit of a crybaby. But when she meets a talking cat, she begins a journey that will teach her she has a well of great strength just beneath the surface and the heart to inspire and stand up for her friends as Sailor Moon! Experience the Sailor Moon manga as never before in these extra-long editions (about 300 pages each).
It’s never been easier to attack Attack on Titan than with these new, giant-sized 3-in-1 omnibus editions! If you’ve been waiting for the final anime season to check out the do-or-die shonen adventure that defined a decade, now’s your chance. These new books tuck almost 600 pages of manga behind a specially-embossed cover, all in a larger size than the regular version.
Mobile Suit Gundam: THE ORIGIN By Yoshikazu Yasuhiko
Release Date: On Sale Now
The biggest name in Japanese science fiction—Gundam—returns with one of its creators retelling its origins 25 years after the series debuted. Caught in the crossfire of a space civil war, teenager Amuro Ray accidentally finds a new mobile weapon—the RX-78 Gundam.
It is the year Universal Century 0079, in a space colony the Earth Federation is storing and testing a new piloted robot for use in the battle against the Principality of Zeon. The experimental RX-78 Gundam mobile suit is scheduled to be transported to Federation command in Jaburo, deep within the Brazilian jungles. Unfortunatley, before the transporter would arrive, the Federation would come under attack from Zeon. With few resources available against the Zeon’s most mobile mechs, Federation forces strike back using their new weapon, the mobile suit Gundam.
Caught in the crossfire is a young teen named Amuro Ray. Not willing to see innocent people die like this, Amuro crawls into the cockpit of the closest machine around him. Whether it be a tank, jeep or jet, he was going to use it to help stop this slaughter. And what he happened to slide into was another Gundam. Having never operated a machine like this, what are the chances he can do anything to repel an experienced squad of mech-piloting invaders?
Volume 1 includes an essay from Hideaki Anno, director of the hit anime Neon Genesis Evengelion.
Color pages from Yas.
And an essay from Kadokawa Publishing Executive Shinichiro Inoue.
The boys are back, in 400-page hardcovers that are as pretty and badass as they are! This hit adventure—which blends mythology from around the world into a classic adventure story—has been out of print for years, and this collector’s edition is a fitting celebration of its return!
Genjo is a Buddhist priest in the city of Shangri-La, which is being ravaged by yokai spirits that have fallen out of balance with the natural order. His superiors send him on a journey far to the west to discover why this is happening and how to stop it. His companions are three yokai with human souls. But this is no day trip—the four will encounter many discoveries and horrors on the way, and on the road, Genjo will wonder … can he really trust his supernatural companions?
Save on series that are truly a feast for the eyes!
An inherently artistic medium, manga showcases not only the creative prowess of its creators but sometimes also the characters within the manga! So to celebrate the artistic genius in all of us we’re spotlighting artistically themed and artistically powerful manga series during our Art in Focus digital manga sale!
Right now you can save up to 50% off series like the featured, manga about artistic dreams and like-minded friends striving together, Blue Period. If you’re looking for a fashion forward, trans coming-of-age saga, check out the poignant, Boys Run the Riot. For romance with creative twists check out the often awkward but lovely, Writer and His Housekeeper, and the fast-based dance drama of 10 Dance.
This and plenty more series are on deep discount for you to peruse, so, visit one of our participating digital vendors to see how you can save – including Bookwalker, comiXology, Kindle, Google Play, Nook and izneo! Sale ends Monday, November 15th.
Curious about this sale but want to see more? Checkout below to read the FREE 1st chapter of our featured series, Blue Period. Or click on any of the titles featured below to read their free 1st chapter preview.
Read some light-hearted manga to warm you up this fall
After the heart-pounding offering of Halloween, we want to calm those tense nerves by sharing some of our most inspiring, hilarious, and heart-warming series during the Feel Good digital manga sale!
Right now you can save up to 50% off series sure to make you feel warm and fuzzy, like the featured school days saga of enemies turned to friends, A Silent Voice. Looking for a rags to riches fantasy featuring an adventurous young woman, check out Nina the Starry Bride. For athletic found family stories, look no further than Grand Blue Dreaming, and DAYS. And for the pet lover in everyone, cuddle up to the critter-friendly With a Dog AND a Cat, Every Day is Fun. With nearly 200 titles on sale there’s plenty to fill your heart in this deal!
But all good things come to an end, so, visit one of our participating digital vendors to see how you can save – including Bookwalker, comiXology, Kindle, Google Play, Nook and izneo! Sale ends Monday, November 8th.
Curious about this sale but want to see more? Checkout below to read the FREE 1st chapter of our featured series, A Silent Voice. Or click on any of the titles featured below to read their free 1st chapter preview.
