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Kodansha USA Publishing announced during its panel at Anime NYC on Friday new manga releases for its Kodansha Print Club as well as one horror license. The company also announced an omnibus print release for the long-running series Hajime no Ippo: Fighting Spirit!, which Kodansha's K MANGA service has been releasing digitally in English.
For the first time in print in English, experience the beginning of the epic sports manga that defineda generation and has sold more than 100 million copies worldwide, inspiring multiple hitanime series! Each premium paperback will include the content of 3 Japanese volumes.
The new horror license is:
This "ancient" technology sets Jun on a quest to dispel the ghosts haunting the countryside, but is this too much for one little girl, even with her new pal and trusty pup by her side? And why did herfather move them to the country in the first place? New friends, old secrets, and ghostlyterror combine for a languid summer horror unlike any other…!
TNSK depicts Jun's slow, quiet rural life in gorgeous detail, blending sweetness, humor, terror, and thejoy of discovery with unique character designs and rich characterization. The cute art/dark content combo evokes series like Made in Abyss, and thanks to movies like The Ring andV/H/S, the very image of a video cassette conjures terrifying associations! Throw in a dash of Spirited Away, and Trapped on Tape! might just be the eerie, adorable new series you've been looking for!
New Kodansha Print Club releases include:
Turn up the steam in this sporty, high-school romcom between a sharp-tongued girl who swears she hates jocks and the single-minded, loyal karate champ who loves her. A little spicy, a little protective, Abe-kun will get you, too!
Horror, absurdity, and passionate romance abound in this life-or-death hit manga about love between a high schooler and her ghostly boyfriend.
The prodigal daughter returns to a tempest in the tea fields in this fake-marriage, found-family love story for the ages! By the illustrator of the Ossan's "LOVe" manga adaptation!
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