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Kodansha Comics Digital Debut – New Oima Series, Descending Stories and More!

Posted on January 23, 2017 by Graphic Policy Team

Kodansha Comics kicks off 2017 with the digital debut on January 24th of Yoshitoki Oima’s newest manga serial, the spiritual fantasy To Your Eternity. Following the critically acclaimed A Silent Voice—which was nominated for an Eisner and named one of 2016’s “Great Graphic Novels for Teens” by the American Library Association—Oima goes in a completely new direction with this compelling tale of an abandoned native boy journeying alone in the frozen north with only a mysterious wolf for a companion.

The first 10 chapters of To Your Eternity will be available on January 24th as digital editions only on comiXology and Kindle. They are currently available for preorder. January 24th is the same day Chapter 10 appears in Japan; new chapters will follow every week in simultaneous timing thereafter. Chapters will be priced at 99 cents each.

Also going on sale January 24th is the new series by legendary manga artist Hiroaki Samura (Blade of the Immortal, Die Wergelder), Wave, Listen to Me! Something of a departure for the action-oriented Samura, Wave turns its attention to modern life in the big city, as a despondent young woman inadvertently finds herself the host of a hit talk-radio show.

Rounding out the trio of debuts on the 24th will be Deathtopia, the latest gonzo thriller from Cage of Eden’s Yoshinobu Yamada, about a young man who gains supernatural powers from an accident but then finds himself embroiled with a serial killer with a disturbing fondness for eyeballs and a band of intriguing beauties in hot pursuit.

January also saw the digital release of Descending Stories: Showa Genroku Rakugo Shinju, the surprise-hit drama about the art of traditional Japanese storytelling, whose anime Season 2 is currently simulcast on Crunchyroll. The print edition of Descending Stories had been previously announced for May 2017, but digital readers can jump into Volume 1 right now.

Volume 1s of Wave, Listen to Me! and Deathtopia are available January 24th across all Kodansha Comics digital book channels: BookWalker, comiXology, iBooks, Kindle, Kobo, and nook.

Kodansha Comics Launches the Science-Fiction Manga by Nihei Humble Book Bundle

Posted on December 29, 2016 by Graphic Policy Team

Kodansha Comics presents the Science Fiction Manga by Nihei book bundle in partnership with Humble Bundle. The offering amounts to $185 worth of digital manga, featuring legendary manga-ka Tsutomu Nihei’s early mind-benders BLAME! and NOiSE up to his masterpiece, Knights of Sidonia. The actual cost of the bundle is based on Humble Bundle’s unique pay-what-you-want charitable model.

The manga comes in multiple formats including CBZ, PDF, and ePub, so they can be read on computer, e-readers, iPads, cell phones, and a wide array of mobile devices. Bundle buyers choose where their money goes—between Kodansha Comics, three charities (Comic Book Legal Defense Fund, Worldreader, and Mental Health Foundation), and, if they like, a fourth charity of their choice via the PayPal Giving Fund. If they like what Humble Bundle does, they can leave a Humble Tip too.

This special bundle ends Wednesday, January 11, 10:59 A.M. Pacific Time.

Here’s what bundle buyers get with each tier:

FREE with newsletter sign up
Unlock NOiSE, a prequel to BLAME!

Pay $1 or more
Unlock all of the above + BLAME! volume 1 + a 1-month subscription to Crunchyroll

Pay $8 or more
Unlock all of the above + BLAME! volume 2 + the never-before-published-in-English BLAME! Academy and So On, a spinoff of BLAME!

Pay $17 or more
Unlock all of the above + the Knights of Sidonia Complete Set (volumes 1-15)

Furthermore, if Kodansha Comics hits its bonus goals all buyers unlock never-before-seen new work from Nihei,

APOSIMZ
A prologue chapter from Nihei’s next manga series. Unlock at $50K.

Tsutomu Nihei Creator Profile video
Unlock at $75K.

Science Fiction Manga by Nihei: Collected Works
Art booklet. Unlock at $100K.

Purchasing this helps benefit three charities the Comic Book Legal Defense Fund, Worldreader, and In Support of Mental Health Foundation. You can split your money between Kodansha, Humble Bundle, and these charities.

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Attack on Titan Manga App Launches from Kodansha and Madefire

Posted on December 14, 2016 by Graphic Policy Team

Kodansha Comics has released a manga and newsfeed app on the iTunes store dedicated to its monster-hit property, Attack on Titan. The app comes with a number of unique features:

full catalog of all chapters and volumes of the manga, including every spinoff series
latest manga chapters available as they come out from Japan
free Motion Books viewable only on the app
news feeds, including exclusive interviews and video about the Attack on Titan property, with breaking announcements leading up to the Season 2 of the anime
bundle packs for new fans to get caught up quick

Until December 20 users who download the app and sign up for a free app account will receive 3 complimentary full-length graphic novels:

Attack on Titan volume 1
Attack on Titan: Before the Fall volume 1
Attack on Titan: Junior High Volume 1

Here is the link to download the app.

The Attack on Titan Manga app, produced by Kodansha Comics’s digital-content arm Kodansha Advanced Media, in partnership with the innovative mobile-comics platform Madefire, using their Motion Book Publisher service, presents a new way to read the biggest manga hit of the decade.

The dark, apocalyptic story of Attack on Titan unexpectedly became the best-selling new manga to come out of Japan in a decade. Published by Kodansha in Japan beginning in 2009, the manga series has since grown into a global phenomenon, inspiring a wildly popular anime series, notorious live-action film, videogames, and other pop-culture forces.

The ongoing manga series currently runs over 85 chapters, collected in 20 volumes to date in English and authoritatively published by Kodansha Comics. The heavily anticipated Season 2 of the anime debuts in April 2017.

Over $175 in Kodansha Manga from Humble Bundle including Attack on Titan, Battle Angel Alita, Space Brothers & More

Posted on May 4, 2016 by Brett

Humble Bundle has a new comics bundle, this time focused on manga from Kodansha Comics with the “Humble Manga Bundle Kodansha Comics“. Humble Bundle is a “pay what you want” platform where you decide what you’d like to contribute and how it will be divided up. The bundles help support charities, in this case the Comic Book Legal Defense Fund, Worldreader, and the Mental Health Foundation. So, when you pledge you can split the amount between Humble Bundle, Kodansha, and those charities.

The basic level gets you Attack on Titan Vol. 1, Parasyte Vol. 1, Inuyashiki Vol. 1, Vinland Saga Vol. 1, and Space Brothers Vol. 1.

For those who pledge more than the average (currently $9.16), you’ll also get Attack on Titan Vol. 2, Parasyte Vol. 2, Inuyashiki Vol. 2, Ajin: Demi-Human Vol. 1, and The Heroic Legend of Arslan Vol. 1.

For those who pledge $17 or more, you also get Attack on Titan Vol. 3, Ajin: Demi-Human Vol. 2, Knights of Sidonia Vol. 1, The 7 Deadly Sins Vol. 1, and Battle Angel Alita: Last Order Omnibus Vol. 1.

You can get all of that now.

Kodansha Comes to comiXology

Posted on September 1, 2015 by Graphic Policy Team

ComiXology has announced a digital distribution agreement with Kodansha Comics. The manga publisher is known for its bestsellers Sailor Moon, Akira, Fairy Tail, and current global phenomenon Attack on Titan. The agreement with Kodansha Comics sees the immediate addition of more than 350 manga titles to comiXology’s offerings, with several new series to be added in the coming months.

Today’s digital debut of Kodansha Comics on comiXology makes fan-favorite series such as A Silent Voice, Yamada-kun and the Seven Witches, Inuyashiki, and more, available through the comiXology apps on Fire tablet, Android, iOS, and the web at comixology.com. ComiXology fans will have access to new releases the same day as print as well as some digital-only debuts.

This is the second manga announcement in two days for the digital platform. Yesterday they announced the addition of Weekly Shonen Jump to their store.