Special Blue Lock Announcement

Kodansha Unveils Blue Lock Coloring Book Coming Spring 2025

Kodansha announced today that the Blue Lock— the smash hit, soccer centric manga by Muneyuki Kaneshiro and Yusuke Nomura—will see an official coloring book available for purchase in print this Spring 2025.

The Blue Lock Coloring Book will feature stunning artwork by series artist Yusuke Nomura, highlighting some of the series most action-packed moments, and fan-favorite character, in a format easy for fans to color in themselves.

Blue Lock, the award-winning manga first serialized in the pages of Weekly Shōnen Magazine, was reported by The Beat as being the 2023 best-selling manga in Japan after “nearly tripling what it sold in 2022.” This series inspired the Blue Lock anime, with season one streaming on Crunchyroll, and season two set to debut October 2024. Blue Lock: Episode Nagi, a spin-off manga featuring the popular soccer prodigy, Nagi Seishiro, will debut in print and digital from Kodansha, October 15, 2024. A feature animated film of Blue Lock: Episode Nagi premiered in June 2024.

The Blue Lock Coloring Book will will arrive Spring 2025 at major retailers such as Barnes & Noble, Books-A-Million, Amazon, and more.

See below for more details and a video preview of the Blue Lock Coloring Book:


SPRING 2025 NEW PRINT LICENSE:

Blue Lock Coloring Book
By Muneyuki Kaneshiro & Yusuke Nomura

Debut Date: Spring 2025

The official coloring book of the global smash soccer survival manga & anime! Celebrate the arrival of the new Blue Lock season with this 60-page, collectible coloring book suitable for fans of any age.

The prodigy, Nagi. The mastermind, Jinpachi Ego. The monster, Meguru Bachira. The fighter, Rensuke. The rival, Hyoma. And the ultimate egoist, Isagi. All of them and more populate the action-packed pages of this premium-quality coloring book, officially licensed by the creators of the series. Color spreads of your favorite characters, facing off on the soccer pitch. All the most dramatic shots, headers, taunts, celebrations, and turnabouts are here!

Rated: 13+


Get $.99 Volume 1s During the Cozy Fantasy Digital Sale

Get $.99 volume 1s & up to 50% off of our Comfy Magical Titles!

Looking for charming stories of friendship, light-hearted quests, or enchanting worlds? Jump into delightfully magical worlds at a discount with our Cozy Fantasy Digital Manga Sale!

With volume 1s starting as low as $.99, you can escape to extraordinary realms with series like Nina the Starry Bride, the fantasy-adventure about an orphan girl tasked to impersonates a princess (Anime premiers October 10 on Crunchyroll); Witch Hat Atelier, the artistlically stunning and multiple award-winning manga that follows a brave young girl’s journey into a world of witches; Pass the Monster Meat, Milady!, a whimsical food-forward fantasy paring a noblewoman and an eccentric monster chef; and Mushishi, a hauntingly beautiful manga that explores the mysterious relationship between humans and ethereal forces.

Looking for more fantastial reads? Take up to 50% off additional digital volumes and keep saving on series also on sale like, Drifting Dragons, Flying Witch, Magus of the Library & more!!

Sale Ends Monday, September 30th, 2024! 

Take advantage of these tantalizing discounts by purchasing on kodansha.us or by visiting any of our participating digital manga vendors: 

Bookwalker
Amazon Kindle
Barnes & Noble Nook
Google Play
Apple Books
Kobo
MyAnimeList
Mangamo
and more! 


Curious about what’s available during the Cozy Fantasy digital manga sale? Take a look below for details on five recommended series!


Nina the Starry Bride
By RIKACHI

Nina had a rough start to life, orphaned and stealing to survive, only to be abducted for her unusual lapis lazuli eyes. But to her surprise, her captor, Prince Azure, ordained that she would live the life of a princess…specifically, that of the recently deceased princess-priestess, Alisha, who had her same eyes. Despite her changing fortune, Nina won’t give up her old life without a fight. Azure might just be the one to finally match her wits, but how much can she trust him? And can she stop the feelings budding in her heart, knowing she must eventually marry another…?

Rated: 16+

Read a FREE preview of Nina the Starry Bride


Witch Hat Atelier
By Kamome Shirahama

In a world where everyone takes wonders like magic spells and dragons for granted, Coco is a girl with a simple dream: She wants to be a witch. But everybody knows magicians are born, not made, and Coco was not born with a gift for magic. Resigned to her un-magical life, Coco is about to give up on her dream to become a witch…until the day she meets Qifrey, a mysterious, traveling magician. After secretly seeing Qifrey perform magic in a way she’s never seen before, Coco soon learns what everybody “knows” might not be the truth, and discovers that her magical dream may not be as far away as it may seem…

Rated: 10+

Read a FREE preview of Witch Hat Atelier


Mushishi
By Yuki Urushibara

Some live in the deep darkness behind your eyelids. Some eat silence. Some thoughtlessly kill. Some simply drive men mad. They are known as mushi—creatures that came into being shortly after life emerged from the primordial ooze. They still exist parallel to our own lives and can only be seen by a select few. As a mushishi, Ginko is one of the few who are aware of their existense, and this young man with a sardonic smile roams from place to place with the knowledge and skill to aid those unwittingly affected by mushi.

Rated: 16+

Read a FREE preview of Mushishi


When a Cat Faces West
By Yuki Urushibara

Flow—the phenomenon that occurs when matter falls out of balance and changes form. Flow creates oddities big and small that can be disruptive or delightful in equal measure, and it’s up to Flow Disposal departments and independent contractors to shepherd the Flow back to its natural form. For Chima Kondo, a 35-year-old woman stuck in the body of a 12-year-old thanks to the effects of Flow, understanding how Flow works and how to disperse it has become critical. But when she joins Flow Disposal contractors Hirota and Shacho of Hirota Flow Inc., she finds that there’s more to Flow than she once knew, and plenty more to find out… A supernatural story from the author of Mushishi!

Rated: 13+

Read a FREE preview of When a Cat Faces West


Pass the Monster Meat, Milady!
By Chika Mizube, Kanata Hoshi and Peperon

Like any proper noble lady, one must have certain acquired tastes. For Melphiera Marchalrayd, she just happens to crave a rather exotic protein—monsters! But do not judge! Despite its bad reputation, monster meat can be used in exquisite cuisine, and Melphiera is determined to change the kingdom’s opinion of it! Unfortunately, since debuting in society, Melphiera has been struggling to find her perfect match…until she meets the fearless “Blood-Mad Duke” of Galbraith!

Rated: 13+

Read a FREE preview of Pass the Monster Meat, Milady!


See below for the full list of Cozy Fantasy series on sale now until 9/30/24:

Parasyte Reversi A New Action-Horror-Manga Debuts This October

Kodansha Unveils New Horror Digital Manga License Debuting October

As part of their digital license program, Kodansha revealed the October release of Parasyte Reversi, a new action-horror series from Moare Ohta (Teppu), based on the acclaimed original series by Hitoshi Iwaaki (Parasyte).

Making its digital debut on October 8, 2024Parasyte Reversi is a parallel episode that offers an exciting new perspective on the events of Parasyte—the original alien invasion body horror manga that inspired the fan-favorite anime and a live-action Netflix series.

Parasyte Reversi will be available upon release across all our participating digital vendors, including Amazon KindleBookwalkerApple BooksGoogle PlayNookKoboMyAnimeListMangamo and more! Fans can also purchase and read all Kodansha digital manga on kodansha.localhost/.

Read more details on this upcoming title, and check out a free Chapter 1 preview below:


OCTOBER 2024 NEW DIGITAL LICENSE:

Parasyte Reversi
By Moare Ohta & Hitoshi Iwaaki

Debut Date: October 8, 2024

Three dismembered bodies were found in an abandoned basement parking garage, sliced limb from limb while they were still alive…and if the boy who discovered them is to be believed, the murders occurred in an impossibly short window of time. Nothing is adding up for veteran detective Fukami of the East Fukuyama police department, and his gut is telling him the boy is hiding something. In fact, he’s quite certain that Tatsuki Hirokawa saw exactly what happened, and who did it. But what the boy knows will go far beyond even his wildest nightmares… A riveting parallel episode to Hitoshi Iwaaki’s acclaimed sci-fi horror series, from the author of cult classic Teppu.

Rated: 18+

Read the FREE Chapter 1 of Parasyte Reversi

Kodansha @ New York Comic Con 2024

Hiro Mashima and Kamome Shirahama are making guest appearances at NYCC!

Kodansha is making their way to another of the largest pop culture festivals in the country, New York Comic Con, with two amazing creator visits, panels, and more! Taking place on October 17-20, 2024 at the Jacob Javits Convention Center in New York City, Kodansha invites you to to meet two leading creators of fantasy manga, Hiro Mashima (FAIRY TAIL, FAIRY TAIL: 100 Years Quest) and Kamome Shirahama (Witch Hat Atelier, Witch Hat Atelier: Kitchen)!

As a guest of honor of NYCC, fans can catch Mashima-sensei at a Crunchyroll presented panel and signing only at NYCC. While Shirahama-sensei can be seen at a Kodanansha manga focused panel during NYCC and also at an intimate Kodansha House speaking engagement.

Here are the events where you can meet both creators:


Hiro Mashima & Kamome Shirahama Events: 

Spotlight on Hiro Mashima, Creator of FAIRY TAIL
Join Crunchyroll and Kodansha USA for a rare, in-person, conversation with the renowned manga creator Hiro Mashima—the mind behind FAIRY TAIL and EDENS ZERO and author of FAIRY TAIL: 100 Years Quest. With the EDENS ZERO manga having just come to a close and the FAIRY TAIL: 100 Years Quest anime currently on air, this conversation with Mashima-sensei will cover over two decades of his career as a best-selling manga creator.

Date: Friday, October 18, 2024
Time:
11:30am – 12:30pm EDT 
Location:
Jacob Javits Convention Center — Main Stage

Hiro Mashima Signing at NYCC
Stay tuned for more details!

Kodansha Presents Witch Hat Atelier Creator Kamome Shirahama
Kodansha proudly presents a manga-focused conversation with special guest Kamome Shirahama—the award winning creator behind the all-ages fantasy series (and soon-to-be anime), Witch Hat Atelier. Join us for what will surely be an enchanting experience where fans will learn about Shirahama-sensei’s creative process, thoughts on the upcoming anime, memories of an incredible manga serialization, and much more! Please note that photography and video recording during this panel are strictly prohibited. Seats will also be limited, so be sure to show up early for this must-see creator spotlight event! 

Date: Saturday, October 19, 2024
Time:
10:45am – 11:45am EDT 
Location:
Jacob Javits Convention Center — Room 406.2

Kodansha House: Kamome Shirahama
Don’t miss the hottest manga pop-up event of the year! Visit Kodansha House to check out an art installation featuring Kamome Shirahama’s work, meet-up events, screening and more.

Kamome Shirahama will visit Kodansha House for an exciting afternoon conversation. Featuring a special guest, to be announced! Signing to follow. Advanced reserved tickets required. Visit the Kodansha House page for instructions on how to enter 

Date: Saturday, October 20, 2024
Time:
5:00pm EDT 
Location:
45 Grand Street, Manhattan, New York City

Kodansha Announcement Panel:
A con won’t be a con until you hear about the new licensing announcements from us! 

The Future of Kodansha Publishing
Kodansha—purveyors of some of the most exciting & heartfelt manga published today like Blue Lock, Attack on Titan and Witch Hat Atelier—manga fans new and old to a sneak peek of the latest print & digital manga licenses coming soon to a bookshelf and mobile device near you! Join the manga experts at Kodansha for this exciting first look at upcoming manga debuts, along with manga recommendations, giveaways and even a few surprises.

Date: Saturday, October 20, 2024
Time:
2:00pm – 3:00pm EDT 
Location:
Jacob Javits Convention Center — Room 406.2


Stay tuned to this blog with even more updates from Kodansha during NYCC 2024

Get gritty manga starting at 99¢ during the Kodansha Grindhouse digital sale

 

Get $.99 volume 1s & up to 50% off thrilling action-packed reads

Brace yourself for intense action, dark thrills, and non-stop excitement with the Kodansha Grindhouse Digital Sale! Now’s your chance read up on our roster of edgy, adrenaline-pumping manga with volume 1s starting at $.99 for series like Ajin: Demi-Human, the smart, fast-paced, body horror saga; Issak, the historically meticulous, globe-trottinng revenge thriller; ORIGIN, Boichi’s high-octane sci-fi action series set in a near-future Tokyo; Air Gear, the intense high-flying, rollerblade battling series form manga master Oh! Great; and more!

Looking for more pulse-pounding manga? Take up to 50% off additional digital volumes and keep saving on series also on sale like, Beast #6, Ayanashi, Die Wergelder & more!!

Sale Ends Monday, September 23nd, 2024! 

Take advantage of these thrilling discounts by purchasing on kodansha.localhost/ or by visiting any of our participating digital manga vendors: 

Amazon Kindle
Bookwalker
Barnes & Noble Nook
Google Play
Apple Books
Kobo
MyAnimeList
Mangamo
and more! 

Curious to learn more about what’s on sale during the Kodansha Grindhouse digital manga sale? Take a look below for details on five recommended series!


Ajin: Demi-Human
By Gamon Sakurai

High school student Kei Nagai is struck dead in a grizzly traffic accident, but immediately revives to learn that he may not be like every other human. Instead, he may be a mysterious almost immortal being granted not only the powers of rejuvenation but the abilities to see supernatural beings. Scared, he runs away, and is aided in his escape from society by his friend. Unfortunately for Kei, the manhunt is on and he will soon be caught within a conflict between mankind and others like him as they prepare to fight a new war based on terror.

Rated: 16+

Read a FREE preview of Ajin: Demi-Human


Issak
By DOUBLE–S and Shinji Makari

Anno Domini 1620. Europe is riven with the conflagrations that will grow into the Thirty Years War. Catholic and Protestant forces clash across battlefields ruled by sword and gunpowder alike, and mercenaries of every stripe ply their trade. Among them is Issak, a lone Japanese warrior bearing a matchlock of strange design, and fighting in service to his sworn mission-to find and kill the man who murdered his master and fled Japan for the other side of the world.

Rated: 16+

Read a FREE preview of Issak


Die Wergelder
By Hiroaki Samura

Wergelder: in Germanic law, the money paid by a murderer or his family to the victim’s family in atonement. A mysterious deal goes down on a remote island known as a red-light pleasure district. An insane fight between a blonde sniper and an assassin in a Chinese dress brings up questions about who the players are in this deal. A group of misfit yakuza gets caught in the crossfire while trying to get in on the deal, or at least find out what’s being dealt. At the center of it all is a woman who has been wronged in the worst imaginable ways. She will have her revenge. Eisner award-winning creator of Blade of the Immortal Hiroaki Samura presents a new badass thriller with some very bad ladies!

Rated: 18+

Read a FREE preview of Die Wergelder


Air Gear Omnibus
By Oh!Great

Ikki Minami looked up to the skies since he was a kid, dreaming of a freedom that defied definition…until he caught a glimpse of a mysterious and beautiful Air Trek rider, whose aerial acrobatics ignited his ephemeral dream into a blazing inferno of ambition. Now he is determined to use Air Treks to fly, uninhibited by the laws of gravity, and make his dream a reality. But the world of Air Treks is fraught with danger and deception. Will Ikki fly freely, or will his wings get cut before he can take flight?

Rated: 16+

Read a FREE preview of Air Gear Omnibus


ORIGIN
By Boichi

Tokyo, 2048. The northern hemisphere is now connected by the Eurasian Railroad, which deposits all manner of crime and vice here at its eastern terminus. Night after night, the megalopolis is gripped by fear as bodies turn up mutilated in ways unthinkable for a human assailant. Remorseless killers stalk the shadows—but one man stalks them! He is ORIGIN. And he is not what he seems.

Rated: 16+

Read a FREE preview of ORIGIN


See below for the full list of Kodansha Grindhouse series on sale now until 9/23/24:

Get $.99 Volume 1s During the Quality Savings in Another World Digital Sale

 Get $.99 volume 1s & up to 50% off of fan-favorite adventures in another world

Want to take a trip to another world, with out a run-in with a truck? Step into another world of incredible deals with our Quality Savings in Another World digital manga sale!

Escape into fantastical realms full of heroic quests and magical adventures with volume 1s starting at $.99 for series like Quality Assurance in Another World, A thrilling isekai action fantasy with a twist (streaming now on Crunchyroll); The Hero Life of a (Self-Proclaimed) “Mediocre” Demon, the school adventures of a OP “mediocre” demon; Saving 80, 000 Gold in Another World for My Retirement, the irreverent get rich quick isekai; It’s That Reincarnated-as-a-Virus Story, the tale of a virus researcher reincarnated as the virus itself; My Unique Skill Makes Me OP even at Level 1, the saga of the F tier adventurer with S tier luck, and more!

Need more to read? Take up to 50% off additional digital volumes and keep saving on series also on sale like, Am I Actually the Strongest?, The Abandoned Reincarnation Sage, The God-Tier Guardian and the Love of Six Princesses & more!!

Sale Ends Monday, September 9th, 2024! 

Take advantage of these tantalizing discounts by purchasing on kodansha.us or by visiting any of our participating digital manga vendors: 

Bookwalker
Amazon Kindle
Barnes & Noble Nook
Google Play
Apple Books
Kobo
MyAnimeList
Mangamo
and more! 

Curious to learn more about what’s on sale during the Quality Savings in Another World digital manga sale? Take a look below for details on five recommended series!


Quality Assurance in Another World
By Masamichi Sato

You think you’re living a quiet life in the countryside. Then, one day, a dragon shows up, and everything changes—not because of the fire-breathing serpent, but because of Haga, the man who shows up and “debugs” the situation. Can it be that your life is nothing like what you thought? And what, exactly, is “QA?” A thrilling isekai action fantasy from a fresh, new perspective!

Rated: 13+

Read a FREE preview of Quality Assurance in Another World


Saving 80, 000 Gold in Another World for My Retirement
By Funa, Keisuke Motoe and Touzai

After growing up an orphan, Mitsuha has a healthy respect for money and a desire to live well—at least, until she dies after being pushed off a cliff. Waking up in a strange fantasy world, Mitsuha narrowly survives an encounter with a pack of wolves, then realizes she has the power to move between this world and the real one. A lesser person might embark on heroic adventures—Mitsuha instead immediately recognizes the lucrative possibilities of her new situation, and heads out to buy an arsenal of modern weapons. Her goal: to acquire 80, 000 gold, and the life of leisure she’s always dreamed of!

Rated: 16+

Read a FREE preview of Saving 80, 000 Gold in Another World for My Retirement


My Unique Skill Makes Me OP even at Level 1
By Mawata, Nazuna Miki and 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 on whatever they drop—food, money, items, etc. Unfortunately for Ryota, he has no skills to speak of…until he learns he has the ability to get rare drops! Suddenly his luck turns around…or does it?

Rated: 13+

Read a FREE preview of My Unique Skill Makes Me OP even at Level 1


It’s That Reincarnated-as-a-Virus Story
By Kalaku Yuki and Pirota

A virus researcher was reincarnated into another world…as the virus itself? The virus holds incredible power, but it’s transmission may just be a matter of life or death!

Rated: 13+

Read a FREE preview of It’s That Reincarnated-as-a-Virus Story


The Hero Life of a (Self-Proclaimed) “Mediocre” Demon!
By Konekoneko, Shiroichi Amaui and Tamagonokimi

MISUNDERSTOOD MEDIOCRITY MAYHEM! Now that he has reached 20 years of age, self-proclaimed mediocre demon Chrono Alkon is eager to begin his mandatory year of schooling in the Demon King’s castle. It’s his dream to spend the year having fun and making friends, but when he gets a shocking result in his class designation test, that dream is put in jeopardy. To make things even more difficult, Chrono is from a small remote village and has little sense of what is considered “normal” at school. As the resident country bumpkin, he finds himself facing maddening misunderstandings and unexpected adventures. Will this “mediocre” demon ever have the peaceful school life he’s always wanted, or will he be derailed by the demons who understand him better than he understands himself?

Rated: 13+

Read a FREE preview of The Hero Life of a (Self-Proclaimed) “Mediocre” Demon!


See below for the full list of Quality Savings in Another World series on sale now until 9/9/24: