Get vol. 1 for 99¢ and take up to 50% off subsequent volumes!
After recently featuring a number of sci-fi & fantasy titles primed to get people into manga, we’d be remiss to not celebrate Knights of Sidonia, one of Kodansha’s most action-packed sci-fi sagas from acclaimed manga creator Tsutomu Nihei. So be sure to check this series out as this month’s Throwback Thursday digital sale spotlight!
As part of the Throwback Thursday digital manga sale you can now get the first volume of sci-fi mecha adventure Knights of Sidonia, specially priced at 99¢, and also take up to 50% off select volumes after that! Sale starts now and ends Wednesday, April 6, 2022.
Learn about Knights of Sidonia: Outer space, the far future. A lone seed ship, the Sidonia, plies the void, ten centuries since the obliteration of the solar system. The massive, nearly indestructible, yet barely sentient alien life forms that destroyed humanity’s home world continue to pose an existential threat. Nagate Tanikaze has only known life in the vessel’s bowels deep below the sparkling strata where humans have achieved photosynthesis and new genders. Not long after he emerges from the Underground, however, the youth is bequeathed a treasured legacy by the spaceship’s coolheaded female captain.
Meticulously drawn, peppered with clipped humor, but also unusually attentive to plot and structure, Knights of Sidonia may be Tsutomu Nihei’s most accessible work to date even as it hits notes of tragic grandeur as a hopeless struggle for survival unfolds.
In this month’s special licensing announcement Kodansha USA unveils print manga, novels, and even a very special art book coming Fall 2022. But not only that Kodansha is also revealing all the digital series debut coming in April 2022!
April see’s the digital series debuts of a number of shojo series like the intergalactic friendship manga, Nighttime for Just Us Two. But shonen & seinen see very strong debuts in the hitman action/comedy, The Fable and the high school rumble manga, WIND BREAKER.
And coming Fall 2022 is a highly anticipated art book spanning the entirety of Studio Ghibli’s history to date with the release of Studio Ghibli: The Complete Works. Fall also sees an abundance of tense manga like the latest from acclaimed author Kyoko Okazaki, with the teen murder mystery, River’s Edge. But not only that, more isekai novels are coming as with Am I Actually the Strongest?, and My Unique Skill Makes Me OP even at Level 1, and more!
Print titles announced will be available Fall 2022 at your local and online print vendors such as Barnes and Nobles, Books-A-Million, Amazon and more! While all new April digital debuts will be available upon release across all our participating digital vendors including Bookwalker, Kindle, Apple Books, Google Play, Nook, Kobo, izneo, MyAnimeList and more!
To see what other new releases are coming April 2022, be sure to check out our Manga Release Calendar!
FALL 2022 PRINT ANNOUNCEMENTS:
Hell in a Bottle (Novel) By Story by Kyusaku Yumeno, Art by Honojiro Towoji
A children’s Eden on a deserted island turns to hell, as a brother and sister face the ultimate temptation… Told in epistolary form, this bizarre short story takes on themes of faith, degradation, and transgression, accompanied by stunning original artwork.
Classic short stories by literary giants paired with modern illustrators to create a beautiful artbook.
Rated: 16+
The Moon Over the Mountain (Novel) Written by Atsushi Nakajima, Art by Nekosuke
This mystical tale of a man transformed into a tiger is rooted in a story dating from the Tang dynasty, but feels totally immediate thanks to Nakajima’s masterful adaptation and Nekosuke’s gorgeous original art. At once lyrical and philosophical, Nakajima’s story is a timeless classic now made available to contemporary audiences thanks to the Maiden’s Bookshelf series.
Classic short stories by literary giants paired with modern illustrators to create a beautiful artbook.
Rated: 16+
Skygrazer By Masakazu Ishiguro
There are weird people abound in a mysterious structure called the Skygrazer: some boys looking for an erotic book, a space detective, a robot…and then a murder happens?! Agent Saeko Sakuraba begins an investigation to reveal the astonishing truth hidden in the Skygrazer.
Rated: 13+
River’s Edge By Kyoko Okazaki
From renowned author, Kyoko Okazaki. The creator of Helter Skelter and Pink. Six high school friends’ tangled relationship becomes increasingly tighter when they discover an unknown corpse near the river.
Rated: 18+
Sweet Poolside By Shuzo Oshimi
Two middle school swimming club students have problems on opposite ends of the spectrum: Toshihiko Ota is troubled by hairlessness and bullied by his peers, while Ayako Goto garners attention for being too hairy. One day Ayako approaches Toshihiko with a crazy request…will he shave her body hair for her?!
A perfect example of Oshimi’s unique blend of the sweet and the perverse, this is ultimately an innocent, charming love story.
Rated: 16+
Last Gender By Rei Taki
Welcome to “BAR California”, a place where people with different genders, propensities, and sexual orientations gather to find a certain “something”. A transgender bisexual who has been hurt by the voices of others, a pansexual looking for true love, and a person who identities as both male and female. There are as many sexualities as there are people.
Rated: 18+
Studio Ghibli: The Complete Works By Studio Ghibli
From classics like Nausicaa of the Valley of the Wind to the latest work, Earwig and the Witch, this beautiful art book features 26 acclaimed Studio Ghibli works. Take a deep look into Ghibli’s first 3D feature film, Earwig and the Witch, with an exclusive interview with director Goro Miyazaki.
Rated: All
Am I Actually the Strongest? (Novel) Story by Sai Sumimori, Art by Ai Takahashi
To be reincarnated into another world with the promise of a “cheat” power is one thing… but to be reborn as a baby, and then left for dead after your royal parents think you’re powerless?? That’s another thing entirely! Now the newly-born Reinhart—or Hart to his new friends—must find his way through a dangerous world…but luckily he’s got magic that’s quite literally off the charts!
Rated: 13+
My Unique Skill Makes Me OP even at Level 1 (Novel) Story by Nazuna Miki, Art by Subachi
Ryota Sato gets the surprise of his life when he’s suddenly transported into another world and nearly clobbered at the hands of the young, pretty adventurer Emily Brown. This new world revolves around defeating monsters and profiting off whatever they drop—food, money, items, and more. Unfortunately for Ryota, he has no skills to speak of…until he learns he has otherworldly drop luck that brings him never-before-seen items! Suddenly his luck turns around…or does it?
Rated: 13+
As a Reincarnated Aristocrat, I’ll Use My Appraisal Skill to Rise in the World (Novel) Story by Miraijin A, Art by jimmy
After thirty-five years of perfectly ordinary life, a run-of-the-mill businessman suddenly drops dead…only to be reborn in another world! Now he must live as Ars Louvent, scion of a minor noble family and wielder of a fabulous skill: Appraisal, the power to perceive the strengths and abilities of others at a glance.
He’ll need it, too, because there are plenty of problems to solve in the Louvent family’s territory! Ars only has one choice: recruit the most talented individuals his skill can find, and rise up to new heights in his brand new world!
Rated: 13+
The Dawn of the Witch (Novel) Story by Kakeru Kobashiri, Art by Takashi Iwasaki, Characters by Yoshinori Shizuma
Saybil is a magic student with no memories of his life before he met a mysterious silver-haired woman in an alley. Now he travels with his teacher, Loux, another student named Holt, and the beastfallen Kudo for “special training”… but this field trip may not be as routine as it seems! This sequel to the popular Grimoire of Zero series introduces new settings and protagonists, while retaining the thrilling action, detailed world-building, and emotional resonance of its predecessor. Forthcoming anime from Tezuka Productions!
Rated: 13+
APRIL’S DIGITAL DEBUTS:
The Angel, the Devil, and Me By Mayu Sakurai
Release Date: April 5, 2022
Akari TachibNozomi Shindo is housesitting for her uncle for two weeks while he’s on an international business trip, and though she knows she ought to let the neighbors know, she thinks it’s too much trouble…until her neighbor happens to be utterly gorgeous. His name is Yuta Honjo, and she’s in love at first sight, until his roommate Chiaki Shiki steps out and is somehow even more gorgeous than Yuta. The possibility of a relationship between her gorgeous neighbors fuels her fujoshi mind (and her online novel), but she can’t help but wonder…what is the actual relationship between the two? And is there any space in it for her? From the author of Boss Wife!
The Abandoned Reincarnation Sage Story by Miraijin A, Art by Kurikaramaru, Original Character Design by Kikkaiki
Release Date: April 5, 2022
Belamus was once a great sage with the power of reincarnation…but as all lives must pass, so did his. He reincarnated with his memories, but was suddenly abandoned as a newborn child! Luckily for him, he was adopted by the nearby goblin tribe…but this moment of kindness may mean more for both the Goblins and Belamus than either of them know!
When you’re the infamous prodigy hitman known only as “Fable,” many things come easy. Being a normal person, however, isn’t one of them. In fact, being told that he can’t kill anyone for a while may just be the hardest job Fable’s ever taken…
Our heroine, whose name no one in school can remember, can’t decide what’s weirder—that the most popular guy in school, Koga-kun, wants to be her friend…or that he insists he’s an alien. But one thing’s for sure—he knows her name, and doesn’t seem ready to let her go through high school anonymous! A new title from the author of My Boy in Blue!
Irresistible Mistakes Art by Mika Sakurano, Original Story and Supervision by Voltage
Release Date: April 19, 2022
After waking up in a hotel and having to rush to work before she finds out who she was there with, Komatsu realizes she has no memory of the night before. Not only that, but the company darling Tachibana has taken a sudden interest in her. Was he the one she was with that night? And if so, what happened between them…and where will they go from here?
Haruka Sakura wants nothing to do with weaklings—he’s only interested in the strongest of the strong. He’s just started at Furin High School, a school of degenerates known only for their brawling strength—strength they use to protect their town from anyone who wishes it ill. But Haruka’s not interested in being a hero or being part of any sort of team—he just wants to fight his way to the top!
Humble Bundle & Kodansha USA Team-up for Huge Deal on Award-Winning Manga
Get over $1550 worth of Award-Winning Kodansha manga like Witch Hat Atelier, Blue Lock, To Your Eternity & more for only $40.
Kodansha & Humble Bundle are teaming up once again to bring a massive, multimedia bundle featuring the works of Kodansha USA & Humble Bundle are teaming up once again to bring you some of our most critically acclaimed manga all in one amazing bundle with the Humble Bundle: Award-Winning Bundle 2022. Starting today fans can get over $1550 worth of manga – totaling 136 volumes – for just $40. Titles in this bundle include The Will Eisner Comic Industry Award, and Harvey Award-winning magical fantasy manga, Witch Hat Atelier, as well as recent fan-favorites like Blue Lock, The Quintessential Quintuplets, Blue Period, and more. A bundle sure to give long-time fans & newcomers alike plenty to applaud. But hurry because this deal reaches its curtain call on April, 16, 2022.
Read ’em anywhere: All the critically acclaimed and fan-favorite manga featured as part of the Humble Bundle: Award-Winning Bundle 2022 will be delivered digitally upon purchase in multiple formats including CBZ, PDF, ePub, and FLAC so they work on your computer, tablets, cell phones, and a wide array of mobile devices!
Support charity: Once again for this Humble Bundle, Kodansha will be leveraging the purchasing power of each bundle – whether it’s at the $1 or the $40 tier – to donate a portion of the proceeds to a worthy cause! Choose where the money goes among Kodansha and our preselected charity, the BINC, the Book Industry Charitable Foundation – an organization helping bookstore owners, booksellers, and comic store employees and owners with unforeseen emergency financial needs.You can also choose a charity of your preference via the PayPal Giving Fund.
See below for information on the different Humble Bundle tiers, starting at $1, detailing all the amazing manga fans can expect as part of Humble Bundle: Award-Winning Bundle 2022:
Pay $1 or more to get: Blue Lock, Vol. 1 The Quintessential Quintuplets, Vol. 1 A Condition Called Love, Vol. 1 Kounodori: Dr. Stork, Vol. 1 What Did You Eat Yesterday?, Vol. 1 Blue Period, Vol. 1 My Boy in Blue, Vol. 1
Pay $10 or more to get: Blue Lock, Vol. 2 The Quintessential Quintuplets, Vols. 2 – 5 Kounodori: Dr. Stork, Vols. 2 – 6 My Boy in Blue, Vols. 2 – 6 Our Precious Conversation, Vols. 1 – 2
Pay $20 or more to get: The Quintessential Quintuplets, Vols. 6 – 7 A Condition Called Love, Vols. 2 – 4 Kounodori: Dr. Stork, Vols. 7 – 12 Blue Period, Vols. 2 – 3 Which Hat Atelier, Vols. 1 – 2 My Boy in Blue, Vols. 7 Our Precious Conversation, Vols. 3 – 4
Pay $30 or more to get: A Condition Called Love, Vols. 5 – 6 Kounodori: Dr. Stork, Vols. 13 – 15 To Your Eternity, Vols. 12 – 13 Which Hat Atelier, Vols. 3 – 4 My Boy in Blue, Vol. 8 Our Precious Conversation, Vol. 5 Space Brothers, Vols. 35 – 36 Blue Lock, Vol. 3
Pay $40 or more to get: Parasyte, Vols. 1 – 8 Princess Jellyfish, Vols. 1 – 9 To Your Eternity, Vols. 1 – 7 Space Brothers, Vols. 1 – 34 Knights of Sidonia, Vols. 1 – 7 Your Lie in April, Vols. 1 – 5 To Your Eternity, Vols. 8 – 11 Your Lie in April, Vols. 6 – 11
For the full list of titles included in this HumbleFor the full list of titles included in this Humble Bundle visit the Award-Winning Bundle 2022 homepage.
Select volumes 1s now $1.99 & $2.99! A perfect time to discover wondrous & exciting Sci-Fi & Fantasy manga!
We’re back with yet another sale aimed at getting more folks into more manga as we spotlight some of our most thrilling series set in the stars, and across far off fantastical lands during our Get Into Manga: Sci-Fi & Fantasy digital manga sale!
Right now select from 50 sci-fi or fantasy series, and start volume 1 for as low as $1.99! Not only that, you can also take up to 50% off select additional volumes, and binge read to your heart’s content!
So if you’re looking for stories that push you beyond the cosmos, you can’t go wrong with Tsutomu Nihei’s APOSIMZ, andBLAME!. Interested in something more down to earth but technologically titanic, Inuyashiki, by GANTZ creator Hiroya Oku, is the alien robot battle manga for you. On the fantasy side, tons of Hiro Mashima’s FAIRY TAIL spinoffs including, Fairy Girls, Fairy Tail: 100 Years Quest, Fairy Tail: Happy’s Heroic Adventure and more are all on sale! We could go on, but why not discover what else is on sale with the dizzyingly full list of featured titles below:
FIFTY series in all are now on a very special discount during the Get into Manga: Sci-fi & Fantasy digital manga sale with select volume 1s as low as $1.99, and select additional volumes up to 50% off. To see where you can save, visit one of our participating digital vendors: Bookwalker, Kindle, Google Play, Kobo, Nook, izneo and MyAnimeList!
Sale ends Monday, March 28th!
Curious about this sale but want to see more? Read the first chapter of our featured sci-fi series Inuyashiki FREE or click on any of the titles shown below to read the first chapter free!
Select volumes 1s now $1.99 & $2.99! A perfect time to discover more manga to make you laugh & cry!
Have you or someone you know JUST gotten into manga? About time right? Well for all you newbies, and even for you seasoned veterans, Kodansha has created a special extended sale to give you the freedom to discover and explore both hilarious and dramatic manga all at an amazing price! Now’s the best time to Get Into Manga with our Comedies & Dramas digital manga sale!
Right now select from 50 comedy or drama series, and start volume 1 for only $1.99 or $2.99 (omnibus vol. 1s deeply discounted). Not only that, you also take up to 50% off select additional volumes, and binge read to your heart’s content!
So if you haven’t started the fan-favorite teasing rom-com Don’t Toy With Me, Miss Nagatoro, now you can read volume 1 for $1.99! If you’ve been hearing a lot about the viking revenge drama, Vinland Saga, but haven’t read it, pick-up the beefy 460-page volume 1 at a deep discount of $4.99! We could go on, but instead, check out the dizzyingly full list of what’s on sale below!
FIFTY series in all are now on a very special discount during the Get into Manga: Comedies & Dramas digital manga sale with select volume 1s as low as $1.99 & $2.99, with select additional volumes up to 50% off. To see where you can save, visit one of our participating digital vendors: Bookwalker, Kindle, Google Play, Kobo, Nook, izneo and MyAnimeList!
Sale ends Monday, March 14th!
Curious about this sale but want to see more? Read the first chapter of our featured series Don’t Toy With Me, Miss Nagatoro FREE or click on any of the titles shown below to read the first chapter free!
We’re back once again and ready to reveal March’s digital series debuts, and also give free chapter 1 previews of these upcoming releases.
Romance is heavy this month full of otaku in love as with Having an Idol-Loving Boyfriend is the Best!, the spicy and cinematic BL of Twilight in Focus, a new teasing school-days rom-com, Medaka Kuroiwa is Impervious to My Charms, and even an esoteric arranged-marriage drama, Apple Children of Aeon. Check out all these series and more below!
And, as a reminder, all new digital debuts will be available upon release across all our participating digital vendors including Bookwalker, Kindle, Apple Books, Google Play, Nook, Kobo, izneo, MyAnimeList and more!
To see what other new releases will be available in March 2022, be sure to check out our Manga Release Calendar!
MARCH’S FEATURED SPOTLIGHTS:
Having an Idol-Loving Boyfriend is the Best! By Mito Aoi
Release Date: March 1, 2022
Akari Tachibana, and her coworker, Onda-san, are more than just friends…they’re both hardcore idol fans! But when Onda-san confesses to Akari out of the blue, she’s floored. Of course it would be great to date someone with whom she shares so many interests, but can she navigate this new dimension to their relationship?
Yukinojo doesn’t know his past, but he knows his future—a marriage to Asahi, heir to an apple farm in Aomori. But what should have been a quiet, pastoral life is interrupted one snowy day…and what should have laid dormant was awoken by his naïve hands…
Second-years Mao Tsuchiya and Hisashi Otomo make three promises: 1) That Mao will never tell anyone that Hisashi is gay and has a boyfriend, 2) That Hisashi will never think of Mao “in that way,” and 3) That they’ll always knock before entering, in case someone is having some “private time.” The two’s ground rules should ensure a peaceful life together in their dorm, but life is never as simple as it should be, and some things are not so easily promised…
Medaka Kuroiwa is Impervious to My Charms By Ran Kuze
Release Date: March 8, 2022
Mona is the cutest girl in school, and she knows it. In fact, she’s worked hard to make her high school debut successful. But no matter what she does, she can’t seem to catch the eye of stone-cold stoic Medaka Kuroiwa—but she’s not about to give up that easy. Medaka, on the other hand, has been raised at a temple and was told to never become close to women. Who will win in this heated battle of wills?
Erina loves cats more than anything, even though she looks like the haughty-princess type who could have any guy she wants. But even with his cat-like name, she can’t stand her aloof classmate, Nekoyama-kun. But when she rescues a hurt kitty in her yard and gives it a perfect, snuggly kiss…she suddenly finds a very human Nekoyama-kun in her room? What gives?!
Shu’s had a rough start to life, and doesn’t think he has much of a future—until fate brings him together with talented young pianist and fellow student Akari Yuzuki, the girl with the “Angelic Left Hand” for one high-flying adventure. But when tragedy cuts their relationship short, Shu realizes he must find a way to live for them both…and realizes that something is no longer quite right with his own left hand…
For Kaho, a man’s muscles are all that matters. She’s sports-agnostic, type-agnostic—all she cares about are that those abs, pecs, biceps and delts look good. She thinks she’s found her perfect Muscle Prince in Natsume-sempai…that is, until he finds out what a muscle-freak she is. But instead of ridiculing her, he instead suggests she becomes manager of the basketball team—the one he just so happens to be on? For a muscle-lover like Kaho, there’s nothing to lose…and everything to gain. By the author of Four Kisses, in Secret!
Nao’s mother’s best friend decided to move into the house next door after her divorce, bringing along her son, Kyosuke-kun, who’s around Nao’s age. She couldn’t be more excited when she finds out he’s handsome—more so than his little brother, the reticent Tomoyasu. Nao’s not sure how to handle the excitement of living next to these handsome siblings, but little does she know, the excitement is just getting started…!
At seven years old, Zen’s parents, sister, and his own left leg were swallowed by the mysterious gloved entity only known as Shake Hand. And Zen’s not the only one—in the seven years after, these “gloved hand” incidents have only increased, and others have lost families and limbs, too. But Zen is powerless to do anything about it…until the fateful night his eyes are opened and he once again comes face to face with the mysterious, murderous Shake Hand—and the artisan syndicate sworn to stop him, known as Bootsleg! An oversized, action-packed new series from the author of Yozakura Quartet!
HIRAETH -The End of the Journey- By Yuhki Kamatani
Release Date: March 29, 2022
After the death of her best friend, Mika is determined to follow her into the grave. But her suicide attempt introduces her to a world unlike any she’s ever seen…full of gods and spirits and entities of which she could never have dreamed. But even with this world of wonder, can she find a way out of her sorrow? From the creator of Nabari no Ou, Our Dreams at Dusk, Shonen Note.
Warning: Contains depictions of suicide and suicidal ideation.
