Kodansha Comics is the home of awesome manga creators. Did you know we publish multiple manga by Mitsurou Kubo (one of the minds behind YURI!!! on ICE) and Makoto Shinkai (of Your Name. fame)? Are you familiar with all the works of shojo manga maestro Akiko Higashimura (Princess Jellyfish, Tokyo Tarareba Girls) or up-and-coming best-sellers like Taamo (House of the Sun, I'm in Love and It's the End of the World)?
To showcase our amazing creators and their work, we're hosting our first installment of the Creator Spotlight Sale at all of our digital retail partners: BookWalker, comiXology, Google Play, iBooks, Kindle, Kobo, MyAnimeList, and nook.
Here’s the deal
First of all: all digital Volumes 1s of all series listed below only 99¢!
Next: if you like what you’re reading, keep going—because the all other volumes are up to 50% off!
And to make it even easier for you, we’ve put some of the series available as a complete series bundles up to 60% off!
Pretty sweet deal huh? But you gotta hurry, because the sale will end on May 21!
~ Kodansha Comics Creator Spotlight Sale Part 1 ~
May 15-21
Click on the cover to read Chapter 1 for FREE!
Akiko Higashimura
Akiko Higashimura is HILARIOUS. Princess Jellyfish, her award-winning first work published in English, is the rollicking saga of fangirls taking on Tokyo. In her follow up series, Tokyo Tarareba Girls, Higashimura once again sharpens her razor wit on the lives of young women in the big city. This time she hones in on one single thirtysomething and her dystopian dating problems—”One day I woke up and I was 33”!
Check out this exclusive creator interview with Akiko Higashimura! Princess Jellyfish and Tokyo Tarareba Girls volume 1s are only 99¢ + all other volumes are up to 50% off during the Creator Spotlight Sale! (ends 5/21)
Ema Toyama
Psst ... do you like secrets? Ema Toyama's works are full of attractive girls and boys who are bounded by the power of secrets! In her first long running breakthrough series, Missions of Love, the high school girl with the heart of an "ice queen" appoints the ever-popular, yet black-hearted student body president to be her sim-boyfriend ... all for the sake of research for her novel! Toyama's latest work, Aoba-kun's Confessions is about a very shy girl who just started a peculiar job at a "Listening House" and ends up getting the basketball star from her school as her first client!
Missions of Love and Aoba-kun's Confession volume 1s are only 99¢ + all other volumes are up to 50% off during the Creator Spotlight Sale! (ends 5/21)
Mitsurou Kubo
You may have heard of her name as the original concept/character designer of the hit iceskating anime series Yuri!!! on ICE . And she's also the latest rising superstar manga creator from Kodansha Comics! Her first two manga to appear in English are Again!!—a dramatic, funny, time-traveling high school story about what it means to cheer on a friend—and Moteki (from Vertical Comics)— a romantic comedy about love, coming of age, and hope … at age 30!
Again!! and Moteki volume 1's are only 99¢ + all other volumes are up to 50% off during the Creator Spotlight Sale! (ends 5/21)
Mari Yoshino
The talented Mari Yoshino comes up with something spicier than your typical shojo manga with Peach Heaven, the story of a seemingly average high school girl—who's a famous erotica author in disguise. All goes well until her supermodel classmate—and the biggest playboy in school—learns about her secret! Mari Yoshino's follow-up work isn't quite so salacious: Beauty Bunny is a modern day Cinderella story about a spunky protagonist and the rich boy makeup artist she gets mixed up with!
Peach Heaven and Beauty Bunny volume 1's are only 99¢ + all other volumes are up to 50% off during the Creator Spotlight Sale! (ends 5/21)
Taamo
Taamo is just one of the many "hidden gem" creators fans are discovering through our digital-first program. Her first work, House of the Sun, is the moving account of a young woman who reconnects with a childhood friend as she puts together the pieces of her life following her parents’ broken marriage. Her follow up work I'm in Love and It's the End of the World is about a girl who’s always seen herself as the negative to her twin sister’s beautiful photograph, and the handsome boy who just won’t give up on her. Not too many creators tackles the subtle yet complex relationships around a family like Taamo does. If you've liked one of her works, you'll probably like the other one too!
House of the Sun and I’m in Love and It’s the End of the World volume 1's are only 99¢ + all other volumes are up to 50% off during the Creator Spotlight Sale! (ends 5/21)
Makoto Shinkai
Kodansha Comics’ sibling publisher, Vertical Comics, has been publishing fine manga adaptations of the films of anime auteur Makoto Shinkai (the director of Your Name.) for some time now. Four standalone manga based on Shinkai’s films—Voice of a Distant Star, She and Her Cat, Garden of Words, and 5 Centimeter Per Secons are ALL only 99¢ during the Creator Spotlight Sale! (ends 5/21)
Kouji Seo
Kouji Seo is a master of "boy-meets-girl" stories—some of you may recognize Fuuka from the recent anime adaptation. But did you know that Suzuka, Seo's previous work, is a prequel and about the parents of Fuuka? Find out more connections between Suzuka and Fuuka, while both series are on sale!
Suzuka and Fuuka volume 1's are only 99¢ + all other volumes are up to 50% off during the Creator Spotlight Sale! (ends 5/21)