In Io Sakisaka’s Ao Haru Ride, Futaba Yoshioka thought all boys were loud and obnoxious until she met Kou Tanaka in junior high. But as soon as she realized she really liked him, he had already moved away because of family issues. Now, in high school, Kou has reappeared, but is he still the same boy […]
Category: Manga
Naoki Urasawa’s Acclaimed Series 20th Century Boys Gets Perfect Edition!
Naoki Urasawa’s 20th Century Boys – about a group of boys trying to save the world from destruction – is getting a deluxe perfect edition. One of Urasawa’s three classic manga – along with serial killer thriller Monster and Pluto: Urasawa x Tezuka (a reimagining of Osamu Tezuka’s Astro Boy, co-authored by Takashi Nagasaki) – 20th Century […]
VIZ MEDIA LAUNCHES THE COMING-OF-AGE LGBT MANGA THAT BLUE SKY FEELING!
In That Blue Sky Feeling, outgoing high school student Noshiro finds himself drawn to Sanada, the school outcast, who is rumored to be gay. Rather than deter Noshiro, the rumor makes him even more determined to get close to Sanada, setting in motion a surprising tale of first love. VIZ Media launches That Blue Sky […]
Comic-Con 2018: VIZ Media Sets New Titles for Early 2019!
At Comic-Con 2018, VIZ Media announced a schedule of releases for 2019: prose short story collection, My Hero Academia: School Briefs; a new, trim edition for Rumiko Takahashi’s manga series Urusei Yatsura; a collection of humorous four-panel Fullmetal Alchemist comics; and two Nausicaa books: The Art of Nausicaä of the Valley of the Wind and Nausicaä […]
VIZ Media Announces Anime Expo 2018 Exclusives, Panels, Guests & Autograph Sessions!
VIZ Media has announced its exclusives, panels, autograph sessions and retail specials for Anime Expo 2018 – which takes place July 5th–8th at the Los Angeles Convention Center in Los Angeles, CA.
VIZ Media To Release New My Hero Academia Title: Vigilantes!
In the world of VIZ Media’s hit manga series, My Hero Academia, superheroes are trained and licensed by law. Not everyone can be a hero, however, and there are those who would use their powers to serve the people without legal sanction – vigilantes. My Hero Academia: Vigilantes Volume 1 will be in stores of […]
RWBY Official Manga Anthology: Red Like Roses Hits Stores This Month!
VIZ Media will release the first of four volumes in the RWBY Official Manga Anthology Series on May 15th. Based on the anime series, this volume’s all-new stories show how Ruby overcomes her shortcomings to be a true hero—and what drives her to do it! Future volumes will feature Weiss Schnee, Blake Belladonna and Yang Xiao […]
Eisner-Nominated Inio Asano’s Dead Dead Demon’s Dededede Destruction Coming In April!
In Dead Dead Demon’s Dededede Destruction, the Japan Self Defense Forces are still looking for a way to combat the looming alien threat three years after the invasion, but so far conventional weapons have no effect on the mother ship. Maybe it’s time to try something unconventional. Dead Dead Demon’s Dededede Destruction – from Eisner-nominated […]
VIZ Media Welcomes Deadman Wonderland Creative Team To Anime Central 2018!
VIZ Media will welcome Jinsei Kataoka and Kazuma Kondou – the creative team behind the hit Deadman Wonderland manga series – to the Midwest’s largest anime/manga convention, Anime Central 2018. It’s the duo’s first professional North American appearance. Anime Central (ACen) is the Midwest’s largest anime fan convention, taking place from May 18th to 20th in […]
Dark Horse Unveils Gantz Spinoff Series!
The epic science fiction/horror manga Gantz concluded its run in 2015. Now Dark Horse Manga has unveiled details of a spinoff, Gantz G – a three-volume series set in the Gantz universe. Gantz G follows a group of teenagers involved in a lethal bus plunge as they wake in an abandoned schoolroom where an ominous […]
VIZ Media Plans March Debut for The Young Master’s Revenge!
When Leo was a young boy, he had his pride torn to shreds by Tenma, a girl from a wealthy background who was always getting him into trouble. Now, years after his father’s successful clothing business has made him the heir to a fortune, he searches out Tenma to enact a dastardly plan – he’ll […]