The North American manga publisher highlights 12 releases that include new print and digital series launches and additions to continuing titles
Manga Mavericks LLC, a new manga publisher serving North America, previews a diverse collection of new manga titles set for print and digital release this Fall. Four brand-new titles are scheduled to debut, as well as print editions for three continuing titles that were previously only published digitally. The latest digital and/or print volumes for four additional continuing series also have been previewed.
New series debuts include the zany high school comedy, VEGETABLE SANDWICH, the samurai inspired yuri action series, ONI & DAWN: BAKAMATSU HIGH SCHOOL GIRLS, an opposites attract boys love rom-com in ARAI-KUN & HARUMA SENPAI, and the highly anticipated release of SINBAD, which melds classic shonen artwork and storytelling with a tale as old as time.
Also catch print debuts for the bizarre time traveling adventure PIPE MACHINE (a bundled release featuring Vols. 1-2), the single-volume release of the ballet and tokusatsu-inspired BALLET HERO FANTASY, by Beyblade creator Takafumi Adachandi, and the fantasy adventure series PATH FROM TANUKI TEMPLE (a bundled release featuring Vols. 1-2). New print and/or digital additions to several continuing series include HORON OF THE CLOSED COUNTRY Vol. 2, FISHGOD Vol. 2, THE PIPE MACHINE Vol. 3, ZIGOKU’S FOREMAN Vol. 2 and VEGETABLE SANDWICH Vol. 2.
New Series Debuts:
VEGETABLE SANDWICH, Vol. 1 by Banjo Saitou · Print SRP: $14.99 · 192 pages · ISBN: 9781968054366 · For Readers 13+ · Available Sept. 29th
High school student Tsukushi has got the look of a thug, but he has one pressing issue: he’s a weakling through and through. Sure, he has the earnestness to learn, but that can only take a person so far. Warabi, on the other hand, is a crazy strong elementary school student, but doesn’t have anyone she considers a friend. A chance encounter with a lion escaping from a zoo brings the two together, where they realize, despite a myriad of differences, they have plenty in common too. If anyone can be a student in the pursuit of strength, can anyone also be a teacher? With art inspired by 80s shonen manga, this is a vegetable you’ll not only want to enjoy first but all the way till the last bite!
Print edition available at:
https://store.mangamavericks.com/products/vegetable-sandwich-volume-1
ONI & DAWN: BAKUMATSU HIGH SCHOOL GIRLS, Vol. 1 by Hana Ikuta · Digital / Print SRP: $6.99 / $14.99 · 176 pages · ISBN: 9781968054403 · For Readers 13+ · Available November 24th
Pack your bags and grab your sword, because class is now in session for this dramatic GL series.
Somewhere in Japan, very special students have gathered at Koharu Girls’ High School. What makes them special, you ask? Sakamoto, Takasugi, Katsura, Katsu, Hijikata, Okita, Kondo…All these girls possess the souls of the great samurai from the Bakumatsu period! Living as teenage girls with their memories intact, they must navigate modern society, deal with messy historical baggage, and fight for love in a school that forbids romance.
Digital / Print editions available at:
https://store.mangamavericks.com/products/oni-dawn-bakumatsu-high-school-girls-volume-1
ARAI-KUN & HARUMA SENPAI, Vol. 1 by Akahachi · Digital SRP: $6.99 · 152 pages · ISBN: 9781968054786 · For Readers 13+ · Available December 29th
Haruma Ohara is the charming, athletic upperclassman. Ao Arai is the adorably shy, chubby underclassman. Simply a match made…in an elevator?
A chance encounter in an elevator between a rushed introvert and a charismatic jock grows into a fluffy, slow-burn love story. The introverted Arai is swept up in the charm of the extroverted Haruma, and before he knows it, they’ve exchanged contact information and keep running into each other all over campus. It’s clear to everyone that Haruma’s crush is immediate, but how long will it take for Arai to notice his own feelings?
Digital editions available at:
https://store.mangamavericks.com/products/arai-kun-haruma-senpai-digital
SINBAD, Vol. 1 by Atsuji Yamamoto · Digital / Print SRP: $6.99 / $19.99 · 224 pages · ISBN: 9781968054304 · For Readers 13+ · Available December 29th
Chart a course for adventure with Sinbad! Sinbad is a young man with bravery, agility, and a strong sense of justice. Despite this, his looks not only make it impossible for him to get a date but also cause him to stand out from his fellow villagers and even his family. He’s long known that he’s different from everyone else, but it’s only after he helps a girl recover her lost crystal ball that he gets a peek into his past and learns his feelings are true. To get the whole picture of his past, he’ll need to set out on a life-changing journey, where foes and danger await. Join in this legendary time-spanning adventure crafted by storied manga creator Atsuji Yamamoto. Originally published in Japan in 1989, Sinbad melds classic shonen artwork and storytelling with a tale as old as time!
Print and Digital editions available at:
https://store.mangamavericks.com/products/sinbad-volume-1
New Print Editions of Previous Digital Releases
THE PIPE MACHINE, Vols. 1-2 by Takuji Umihara ·Print SRP: $14.99 · 168 pages · ISBN: 9781968054236 · For Readers 13+ · Available September 28th
Saburo is a normal kid – or at least he tries to be, but the bizarre finds its way to him with alarming precision. First, a weirdo with a samurai haircut clad in just underwear is hanging around his town, then his father builds an honest-to-God time machine that looks like a giant metal smoking pipe. A quick test of the pipe time machine flings the poor boy into the outer realms of space where robots, space captains and a girl who looks very similar to a friend at home await him. Keep all limbs in the pipe and prepare for a funny, fast-paced, and very bizarre adventure in the Pipe Machine!
Print edition available at:
https://store.mangamavericks.com/products/pipe-machine-volumes-1-2
[Read my review of this manga here.]
PATH FROM TANUKI TEMPLE Vols. 1-2 by Shinkuro Koma · Print SRP: $24.99 · 136 pages · ISBN: 9781968054168· For All Ages · Available October 27th
In Kinuta Village, it’s the princess who’s the hero! Tanuki are magical creatures that can take the shape of humans. In a hidden village of tanuki, tucked away from mankind, lives Princess Kikyo. Bored with her leisurely days in the lap of luxury, she takes her yearning for adventure on the road with a dancer named Yugao. However, the human world isn’t all sunshine and rainbows, and Kikyo is going to need more than her wits and scrappiness to survive!
Print edition available at:
https://store.mangamavericks.com/products/path-from-tanuki-temple-volume-1b
BALLET HERO FANTASY: DAN’S ADVENTURE featuring Steven McRAE by Takafumi Adachi · Print SRP: $14.99 · 164 pages · ISBN: 9781968054250 · For Readers 13+ · Available November 24th
A pirouette is power. Dan’s dream is to be a dancer. He has plenty of heart, but his ability doesn’t quite live up to his passion. Despite this, he looks up to his upperclassman Steven McRae, who is worlds beyond him…literally. Using a magic mirror, Steven travels to a fantastical world, where he acts as a Ballet Hero! When Dan accidentally ends up following him, Steven quickly realizes that Dan being here is no coincidence.
This action-adventure manga combines ballet, tokusatsu, and the amazing art of veteran artist Takafumi Adachi! Dance to the stars with Ballet Hero Fantasy! A complete 2-volume series from the creator Beyblade: Metal Fusion.
Print editions available at:
[Read my review of this manga here.]
New Releases for Continuing Series
HORON OF THE CLOSED COUNTRY, Vol. 2 by Sen · Digital SRP: $6.99 · 148 pages · ISBN: 9781968054342 · For Readers 13+ · Available September 28th
A daughter, a memory, and an arm… Darshna, Horon, and Kera are three individuals from whom a guardian deity has exacted a “sacrifice,” taking something important from them. Together, they traveled to Edan, the “Town of the Shrine Maiden”, the very place where Kera was robbed of their arm. The group decides to attend a festival being held in honor of Neij, the town’s shrine maiden, who has been summoned to the central capital. Amidst the festivities, Kera is stopped by a familiar voice, one that stirs up long-buried memories of the past. Kera, a former flautist now deprived of an arm, and Neij, their childhood friend and the current shrine maiden of Edan. Where will the intertwining paths of their hearts ultimately lead?
Digital edition available at:
https://store.mangamavericks.com/products/horon-of-the-closed-country-volume-2-digital
[Read my review of volume 1 here.]
FISHGOD, Vol. 2 by the Chlona · Digital SRP: $6.99 · 160 pages · ISBN: 9781968054496 · For Readers 13+ · Available October 27th
“I’ve spent the last ten years planning to kill you!”
Jaytle and the team receive a request from LisBarrier Inc., maker of a trendy new cosmetic, to conduct a kaigyo extermination operation. The operation goes off as planned, but Jaytle is later summoned by no less than LisBarrier CEO Lisetta Eltista, who confides that there’s a possibility that their VP is involved with an organization that controls the kaigyo. Now tasked with a secret investigation into the VP’s activities, Jaytle and the others put on their best and attend a swanky industry awards ceremony, when who should appear but a mysterious yet strangely familiar figure….
Digital edition available at:
https://store.mangamavericks.com/products/fishgod-volume-2-digital
[Read my review of volume one here.]
THE PIPE MACHINE, Vol. 3 by Takuji Umihara ·Digital SRP: $6.99 · 168 pages · ISBN: 9781968054533 · For Readers 13+ · Available October 27th
A spacefaring, time-defying adventure awaits in The Pipe Machine!
Traveling through time comes with baggage…
Flung into the outer reaches of space and separated from his father, Saburo finds his newest adventure is…getting a job digging up and collecting scraps? He might be among company, but as the saying goes, those who don’t work won’t eat! As he settles into his new space life, old feelings for Kyoko and dreams of normalcy haunt him. As if that isn’t enough, there are secrets hidden underneath the piles of scrap he’s digging through…dangerous secrets…
Print edition available at:
https://store.mangamavericks.com/products/the-pipe-machine-volume-3-digital
ZIGOKU’S FOREMAN Vol. 2 by 9banta · Print SRP: $9.99 · 60 pages · ISBN: 9781968054175 · For Readers 13+ · Available December 29th
There’s hell to pay, but only after a hard day’s work!
Clock in again for Zigoku’s Foreman! Mizuchi’s got an admirer, much to
his chagrin. Sure, he gets free booze out of the deal, but free things
often come with price tags that are just out of sight and are always
more trouble than they’re worth. Still, the work must get done, and
Mizuchi’s not about to let an amorous stranger or the guilt of being a
monster who slays monsters get to him. There’s no time to feel down in
hell/. With old lady monsters trying to eat him and demons to slay,
Mizuchi has a hell of a checklist to get through!
Print edition available at:
https://store.mangamavericks.com/products/zigokus-foreman-volume-2
[Read my review of volume one here.]
VEGETABLE SANDWICH, Vol. 2 by Banjo Saitou ·
Digital / Print SRP: $6.99 / $14.99 · 184 pages · ISBN: 9781968054380 · For Readers 13+ · Available December 29th
Tsukushi and Warabi’s awkward relationship is put to the test!
While Tsukushi seeks strength at all costs, Warabi starts to see him as a friend. However, when things are at their most dire, the duo realizes that the things they truly want are closer than they seem.
Will the friends they made along the way be enough to get them to their goals? Is ambition still a fist too far, even with training? Find out in the exciting conclusion of Vegetable Sandwich!
Print and Digital editions available at:
https://store.mangamavericks.com/products/vegetable-sandwich-volume-2
About Manga Mavericks LLC
Originally launched as a manga news podcast in 2016, Manga Mavericks has grown into a multimedia company anchored by a successful podcast network and a team of journalists and reviewers dedicated to exploring manga as both a medium and as an industry across the world. With the launch of Manga Mavericks Books, the company seeks to expand further into the manga industry, highlighting the eclectic storytelling, artistry, and creativity of Japanese creators and comics.
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