Monthly Archives: October 2018

Announcing: November 2018 digital-first debuts!

Published: October 31, 2018

Autumn's here, and we're keepin' ourselves warm working hard on releasing at least one new "digital-first" manga series every week. In the month of November, we are kicking off 4 new manga series, with childhood-crush romance, an RPG series with a twist, and a couple of unique manga for all ages! Kodansha Comics’s digital-first manga releases are part of an exciting new initiative begun last year to put a greater diversity of manga series into the market. This month’s series debuts will be available at all of Kodansha Comics’s partner digital platforms, including Amazon Kindle, BookWalker, comiXology, Google Play, Kobo, MyAnimeList, and nook:

Attack on Titan goes Hollywood! Live-action Movie gets IT Director Andy Muschietti

Published: October 30, 2018

Just announced—the feature film of Kodansha Comics's mega-hit manga, Attack on Titan is underway from Warner Bros. The studio also announced they've brought on Andy Muschietti, the director of 2017 horror blockbuster IT, to direct the live-action adaptation of Attack on Titan, as well as mentioning some of the key production staff including David Heyman (Harry Potter), Maki Oka (Heroes), and Barbara Muschietti, who's the director's sister and also worked on IT.

Halloween Manga Sale: Princess Resurrection Nightmare digital debut + 25 series up to 50% off!

Published: October 30, 2018

With everyone dressed in costumes around town, we here at Kodansha Comics love Halloween! To celebrate this spectacular holiday, we are doing a HUGE Halloween Manga Sale this week, with 25 spooky, creepy, Halloween-y manga at a 50% off discount at all of our digital retail partners: BookWalker, comiXology, Google Play, iBooks, Kindle, MyAnimeList, and nook. (Sale ends November 5.)

Kodansha Comics x Humble Bundle: Tales of Horror! (ends 10/31)

Published: October 23, 2018

With Halloween right around the corner, have we got a great deal on some spooky and creepy manga for you—with the Humble Book Bundle: Tales of Horror! Together with our friends at Humble Bundle and a bunch of other horror-ific publishers, we've put together $392 worth of terrifying (in a good way) digital books including Ajin: Demi-Human, Dragon Head, and Parasyte! Name your price. Together, the books in this bundle usually cost as much as $492. At Humble Bundle, though, you choose the price! Read More »

Animal Land Final Volume Celebration! HUGE digital sale + special tribute comics by Hiro Mashima, Hajime Isayama, Yoshitoki Oima

Published: October 23, 2018

From the hilarious hijinks to the heart-wrenching battles, Raiku Makoto's Animal Land has painted a wondrous and fearsome world of humans and animals … along with chimeras and clones! As this story draws to a close in its final Volume 14 on October 30, we'd like to share the special moment with you with the Animal Land Final Volume Celebration!

The biggest Animal Land Digital Sale EVER! Starting October 23, for the week leading up with the release of the final volume, we are offering the best deal ever yet on Animal Land Read More »

Fall 2018 Manga to Anime Sale! Slime & MORE digital manga up to 50% off!

Published: October 16, 2018

That Time I Got Reincarnated as a Slime, Boarding School Juliet, and final season of Fairy Tail ... This fall, there are a bunch of new and exciting anime based on Kodansha Comics! You want to know what these stories are about? Or you just can't wait to find out what happens next before the next episodes comes out? Then you know what to do—check out the manga! To showcase those series that's currently (and recently) airing as anime, this week, we're having Manga to Anime Sale all digital volumes of selected must-read manga-to-anime titles are up to 50% off at all of our digital retail partners: BookWalker, Read More »

Rin Mikimoto Creator Spotlight Sale! Kira-kun Today debut + 2 series up to 50% off

Published: October 9, 2018

You might recognize the name Rin Mikimoto from Kiss Me at the Stroke of Midnight andLoves' Reach—she's one of the hottest up-and-coming shojo manga artists from Kodansha Comics right now! With every manga she's created, her charming characters come alive in gorgeous illustrations and quirky humor, and you just can't stop rooting for them! To celebrate the digital debut of her new work, Kira-Kun Today, this week we're hostingthe Rin Mikimoto Creator Spotlight Sale and putting all volumes of her works o [...]
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Harold Sakuishi Creator Spotlight Sale! New volumes of BECK and Seven Shakespeares + up to 50% off! (ends 10/8)

Published: October 2, 2018

Harold Sakuishi, legendary manga creator of BECK and Seven Shakespeares is coming to New York Comic Con 2018 October 4-7, and also receiving the International Spotlight Award from the Harvey Awards this year! And to celebrate his rare Stateside appearance, this week we're hosting the Harold Sakuishi Creator Spotlight Sale together with our buds at comiXology a [...]
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