Save on 90’s & 2000s manga classics during the NOW, That’s What I Call Manga! digital sale

Are you ready to save on 15 of the hottest manga series of the 90’s/2000’s?

Get volume 1s on series like  like BECK, RAVE MASTER, Battle Angel Alita & more starting at $0.99!

Flash back to the ‘90s and 2000s with Kodansha’s NOW That’s What I Call Manga! digital sale. For a limited time, relive the iconic moments and series that defined a generation with volumes 1s of select series priced at only $0.99, with additional volumes up to 50% off. Check out chart-toppers like:

BECK, the high-octane, coming-of-age indie rock saga that inspired an iconic anime and soundtrack!

Mushishi, the beautifully haunting series that drifts between folklore and philosophy.

BLAME!, The cyberpunk cult classic with pure atmospheric storytelling—part sci-fi horror, part existential odyssey, and 100% metal.

School Rumble the off-the-wall high school life rom-com full of crushes, misunderstandings, and over-the-top antics.

Sale Ends Monday, May 6th, 2025! 

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

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

Call now—operators are standing by! (JK) Want to learn more about the series featured in the Now That’s What I Call Manga! digital manga sale? Take a look below for details on five recommended series!


BECK
By Harold Sakuishi

Fourteen-year-old Yukio Tanaka is one heck of a boring guy. He has no hobbies, weak taste in music, and only a small vestige of a personality. His shy and somewhat neurotic personality makes him his own worst enemy. Little does he know that his life will be forever changed when he meets rocker Ryusuke Minami, an unpredictable sixteen-year-old with a cool dog named Beck. Ryusuke has just returned to Japan from America, and when he inspires Yukio to get into music, the two begin a journey through the world of rock ’n’ roll dreams! Lace up your Docs and head to the mosh pit-Harold Sakuishi’s manga series that spawned the hit anime is back!

Rated: 16+

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Kitchen Princess
By Natsumi Ando and Miyuki Kobayashi

Najika is a great cook who likes to make meals for the people she loves. But something is missing from her life. When she was a child, she met a boy who touched her heart—and now she’s determined to find him. The only clue Najika has is a silver spoon that leads her to the prestigious Seika Academy, but attending Seika will be a challenge. Every kid at the school has a special talent, and the girls in Najika’s class think she doesn’t deserve to be there. But Sora and Daichi, two popular brothers who barely speak to each other, recognize Najika’s cooking talent for what it is—magical. Is either boy Najika’s mysterious prince?

Rated: 13+

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Air Gear
By Oh!Great

Ikki Minami is a junior high school student with a dream—to become the best Air Trek rider in town. It won’t be easy, as he faces a lot of competition from boys and girls alike. What is Air Trek? Just the latest craze that involves taking a two-wheel inline skate and adding a motor, suspension, and a shock absorber to enable the wearer to execute the wildest, wackiest, most aggressive moves you can imagine. Ikki has a lot to learn as he fights his way to the top in this wild, sexy manga from the creator of Tenjho Tenge!

Rated: 16+ 

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Rave Master
By Hiro Mashima

Sometimes, Haru feels like he doesn’t have a purpose. Sometimes, he feels like he’ll never leave the island he lives on, the island of Garage. But, when fate comes a knockin’, he answers the cry. There’s this evil called Dark Bring, it’s wielded by Demon Card. They’re using this power to take over the world. Only one thing can stop it – the four missing rave stones. And now, Haru will find them wherever they lie. He doesn’t ever want to feel that he’s let his people down. He’ll journey all around the world, all the way to Hip Hop Town. Yeah! The all-powerful Dark Stone – a magical stone and ruler of the dark side – awakens after a 50-year respite. When it falls into the hands of the evil Demon Card, the world is in terrible danger. A sacred sword called Rave and its master Shiba are the only defense against the Dark Stone & No. 30196; evil powers. Yet, Shiba loses control over Rave after he is mortally attacked by a Demon Card assassin. With the dark side looming, a boy called Haru may be the world’s single hope of revitalizing Rave and escaping the clutches of evil.

Rated: 13+

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School Rumble
By Jin Kobayashi

She… is a second-year high school student with a single all-consuming question: Will the boy she likes ever really notice her? He… is the school’s most notorious juvenile delinquent, and he’s suddenly come to a shocking realization: He’s got a huge crush, and now he must tell her how he feels. Life-changing obsessions, colossal foul-ups, grand schemes, deep-seated anxieties, and raging hormones- School Rumble portrays high school as it really is: over-the-top comedy!

Rated: 16+

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See below for the full list of series featured in the NOW That’s What I Call Manga! digital sale happening NOW until 5/6/25:

Stunning Mobile Suite Gundam: THE ORIGIN Deluxe Edition Arrives in Fall 2025

Kodansha Announces Mobile Suit Gundam: THE ORIGIN Deluxe Edition Arriving Fall 2025

Hot on the heels a new Gundam anime premiere, Kodansha announced today they will be publishing their best-selling Mobile Suit Gundam: THE ORIGIN series—the stunning manga by Yoshikazu Yasuhiko, adapting the 1979 Mobile Suit Gundam anime story by Yoshiyuki Tomino and Hajime Yatate—in a new, intricately designed, premium hardcover Deluxe edition arriving Fall 2025.

Highlighting the artistry of the Mobile Suit Gundam: THE ORIGIN manga, the Deluxe edition will feature a faux leather debossed cover with larger 7.5”x10” trim size, and quality printing of the interior color and black and white pages that fans have come to know and love from Kodansha’s Deluxe editions. The Mobile Suit Gundam: THE ORIGIN Deluxe volume 1 will be available later this year, will be distributed by Penguin Random House, and available where print manga is sold.
 
In the world of Mobile Suit Gundam: THE ORIGIN: 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. Unfortunately, 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? 
 
For those looking to experience the Mobile Suit Gundam: THE ORIGIN manga, you read the full chapter 1 preview on kodansha.localhost/.