Kodansha USA licenses “Attack on Titan FLY”, “Last Samurai Standing”, “Manchuria Opium Squad”, etc. – News

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Kodansha America Publishing Company Announced new digital licenses for September and new print licenses for summer 2025 on its panel anime new york Saturday.

Summer 2025 printing licenses:

title: the last samurai standing (born)
Author: TATSUZ (Adapted from the novel by TATSUZ) Masago Imamura)
Summary: In a rapidly changing world, a sinister game of life and death cruelly eliminated Japan’s declining samurai class. Who rounded up the few who still clung to their swords and forced them to fight? Who will be the last samurai standing?

This year marks the eleventh year of Japan’s Meiji Era. More than a decade ago, the samurai’s privileges were stripped away and swords were banned on public streets. A mysterious poster appears in every corner of the land, attracting martial arts masters to Kyoto with unimaginable wealth. When the soldiers who have lost their goals rush to the designated place at the designated time, what awaits them is not an ordinary mission, but an all-out war – against each other!

title: You are all mine tonight (Konya, Kimi to Nemuritai)
Author: Takiye
Summary: A steaming new BL The film tells the story of a businessman who longs to reunite with his past lover and put his troubled past behind him.

Kanzaki is the quintessential businessman: he is stoic, reliable, and respected by all his subordinates. But he has a secret that he can’t tell anyone: five years ago, he had a relationship with a male sex worker named Nagi. The more nights they spent together, the more lust gave way to love, and Kanzaki hasn’t been able to get over Nagi ever since. After being sent to work abroad, Kanzaki returned to Japan and met his new subordinate──a young man named Futami, who looked exactly like Nagi. When parts of Kanzaki’s past frozen in time begin to melt, can these two find their way back to each other, or will their passionate night together become a thing of the past?

title: light of my life
Author: Takiye
Summary: Aki and Minagi were inseparable in high school until an incident broke their friendship apart. Years later, both of them gave up on their high school dreams and each other. But when Minagi shows up on Aki’s doorstep one night, could it be just the push the two need to resolve their pasts and repair their futures?

Back in high school, best friends Aki and Minagi were inseparable. Aki dreams of becoming a professional football player, while Minagi is considered a “genius” and longs to pursue his dream of medicine. Years later, Aki took over his grandfather’s hair salon, while Minaki gave up his interest in medicine to work at the hospitality club. Despite growing tension between them after a high school quarrel, Minagi shows up at Aki’s apartment one day asking for a place to stay. Can the two confront their past to repair their future?

title: attack on titan fly
author: Isayama Hajime
Summary: This is not over yet! This ultra-premium collector’s set includes a giant art book with colorful illustrations and new interviews with the creators Isayama Hajimereplicas of Eren’s key and Mikasa’s scarf, as well as the exclusive manga booklet Vol.1 released for the first time. 35.

The ultimate addition to every series, attack on titan:FLY (previously only available in limited quantities in Japan) is now available in English for the world! This huge set includes the final attack on titan Art book featuring color illustrations of all AoT known to humans (or Titans!), as well as references to Isayama Hajimecomes in a beautiful slipcase, along with bonuses that true Titans fans will love, like a set of full-size manuscript page reproductions of the final chapter of Titans. attack on titan; A secret padlock and key hidden behind Eren’s basement; Eren’s scarf for Mikasa; The most exciting of them all is the exclusive manga “Volume 35” – a new manga centered on fan-favorite Levi Chapters, plus a rough layout of the final chapter, all presented in English for the first time!

Kodansha America Publishing Company Asked in panel discussion if there are plans to release volume 35 attack on titan respectively from attack on titan fly The company said it had no additional information to share at this time.

September 2024 Digital License:

title: Manchurian Opium Team
author: Kadama Tsukasa, Kako
Release date: September 10
Synopsis: The illegal opium trade is a dangerous path to get rich quick or die quick in the corrupt, conflict-ridden Japanese puppet regime of Manchukuo. Desperate to save his doomed family, young Hikata Isamu seizes a dangerous opportunity to use his botanical expertise to create the mind-blowing opium, hoping to profit from it. When evil gangs and an oppressive nation learn of his actions, Yong is pushed even deeper.

The series is a work of fiction that contains graphic descriptions of intense violence, drug abuse, and other shocking images. This story and its contents are not recommended for young or sensitive readers. Readers are advised to use their own discretion.

Kodansha America Publishing Company said in its group that its launch was independent of K comics Published and will remain uncensored.

Kodansha America Publishing Company The cover of the new issue was also revealed Yoshikawa Eijiof Musashi Novel, translated by Charles Terry. Cover illustration by wanderer comics creator Takehiko Inoue.

The company also launched a set of boxes Jayanomof Twilight out of focus The comic will contain volumes 1-4 and a special booklet with exclusive art from the US edition, a newly translated short story and new full-color illustrations. This set will be available in Spring 2025.

at last, Kodansha America Publishing Company Ridiculed a “Kodansha In October, the “House” project in New York City’s Soho district, whose slogan is “where comics meet”.

Source: Kodansha America Publishing Company Industry groups are at anime new york (Marion Pena), press release