Top 10
Billy Bat
Naoki Urasawa and Takashi Nagasaki, trans. by Kristi Iwashiro. Kana, June 2 ($13.99 trade paper, ISBN 978-1-4197-8008-0)
A Japanese American comic book artist visiting postwar Japan uncovers a bizarre conspiracy in this long-awaited series from the creator of Monster and Pluto. 85,000-copy announced first printing.
Cocoon
Machiko Kyo, trans. by Jan Mitsuko Cash. Viz, June 16 ($14.99 trade paper, ISBN 978-1-9747-1684-5)
Students at an elite girls’ school are recruited by the Japanese Imperial Army and sent to the front lines in this historical drama based on the true story of the Himeyuri student nurses in WWII.
Dungeons That Surely Slaughter Adventurers
Dowman Sayman, trans. by John Neal. Yen, Feb. 24 ($13 trade paper, ISBN 979-8-8554-1880-4)
The custodians in charge of maintaining a fantasy dungeon decide to create their own challenges for the adventurers who keep messing the place up.
Fish and Water
Gengoroh Tagame, trans. by Anne M. Ishii. Pantheon, June 23 ($30, ISBN 978-0-593-70222-2)
Two men become unlikely friends—and maybe more—during the Covid-19 pandemic in the latest manga from the creator of My Brother’s Husband.
Hide and Seek
Naono Yoshiko, trans. by Ryan Holmberg. Smudge, Mar. 12 ($19.95 trade paper, ISBN 978-1-961581-16-6)
This collection contains 12 chilling dramas from the 1970s by a cult-favorite creator of horror manga for girls.
That’s Not Love
Peko Watanabe, trans. by Sawa Matsueda Savage. Kodansha, May 26 ($13.99 trade paper, ISBN 979-8-88877-749-7)
In this drama from the creator of the 1122: For a Happy Marriage series, two childhood friends uncover memories of sexual abuse by a teacher who has since become an acclaimed artist.
They Are Still Being Shaken This Morning
Eiji Masuda, trans. by Miki Z. Seven Seas, Mar. 3 ($13.99 trade paper, ISBN 979-8-89561-998-8)
Two shy teenagers start to fall for each other on their daily commute to school, and soon everyone on the train is rooting for them.
Unemployed Killers Support Group
Rio, trans. by Vanessa Liu. Titan Manga, Apr. 21 ($12.99 trade paper, ISBN 978-1-78774-962-7)
After a sniper loses his vision, he finds unlikely help in a support group for former assassins—but the killer who blinded him is still at large.
Wandering Cat’s Cage
Akane Torakai, trans. by Jocelyne Allen. Takumigraphics, May 26 ($34.99, ISBN 979-8-8750-0239-7)
The debut title in Fantagraphics’ new Asian comics line is set in a dystopian near future where a fertility crisis has upended traditional gender roles and led to new restrictions on freedom.
Wicked Spot
Sal Jiang, trans. by Mei Amaki. Vertical, May 26 ($13.95 trade paper, ISBN 978-1-64729-572-1)
An ancient witch goes public on social media and develops a love-hate relationship with her biggest troll, a super-strong woman with a resistance to magic.
Manga Longlist
Abrams Fanfare
Colossal by Rutile and Diane Truc (May 5, $26.99, ISBN 978-1-4197-7782-0). In this hit webtoon rom-com, a French aristocrat gets entangled in romantic drama, but her real passion is for powerlifting. Ages 14 and up.
Airship
Beacon of Light in the Dark Sea by Softcoral, trans. by Soyo Hong (May 26, $19.99 trade paper, ISBN 979-8-89561-515-7), follows a man trapped in an underwater base after a mysterious attack.
A Good Day Starts with Cats and Books by Satori Satori and Wamizu, trans. by Emily Hemphill (Feb. 10, $15.99 trade paper, ISBN 979-8-89561-777-9). This light novel offers a gentle getaway to a bookstore with plenty of enticing books and cats to curl up next to.
Dark Horse
The Credits Roll into the Sea by John Tarachine, trans. by Jocelyne Allen (Mar. 17, $14.99 trade paper, ISBN 978-1-5067-5213-6). In the latest series by the creator of Witch of Thistle Castle, a widowed grandmother finds new passion for life when she enrolls in film school alongside a 20-something student.
Cyberpunk: Edgerunners Madness by Bartosz Sztybor and Asano (Feb. 24, $14.99 trade paper, ISBN 978-1-5067-5292-1). Two siblings survive as mercenary “edgerunners” in the graphic novel prequel to the Netflix anime series Cyberpunk: Edgerunners.
Drawn & Quarterly
Narrow Rooms by Sungmin Choi, trans. by Janet Hong (May 19, $30 trade paper, ISBN 978-1-77046-852-8). A young woman who feels alienated in the big city develops an unhealthy obsession with her handsome neighbor and uncovers more than she bargained for.
The Definitive Yokai Field Guide by Shigeru Mizuki, trans. by Zack Davisson (Apr. 14, $20 trade paper, ISBN 978-1-77046-820-7). A perennial bestseller in Japan, this guide to traditional Japanese monsters and spirits showcases the spooky skills of Eisner Hall of Fame creator Mizuki.
Ghost Ship
I’m Fine with Being the Second Girlfriend by Ninoko, Joyo Nishi, and Retake, trans. by Nomnom Namako (July 14, $15.99 trade paper, ISBN 979-8-89765-752-0). Two young people settle for dating each other while pursuing the true objects of their affections, but their arrangement sparks inconvenient feelings.
Glacier Bay
Outdoor Unit Room by Chome, trans. by Kristjan Rhode (May 8, $20, ISBN 978-1-953629-54-8), brings together magical realism short stories about people whose lives intersect unexpectedly. Ages 13 and up.
Vase of Life: The Collected Short Stories of Mukoubi Aoi by Mukoubi Aoi, trans. by rkp (Apr. 17, $25, ISBN 978-1-953629-52-4), is a new collection of science fiction stories from the creator of To the Sea.
Graphix
Captain Underpants: The First Epic Manga by Dav Pilkey and Motojiro (Apr. 7, $14.99 trade paper, ISBN 978-1-5461-5121-0). The first volume of the bestselling Captain Underpants series gets adapted into a graphic novel by manga artist Motojiro.
Ages 7 and up.
Inklore
The Knight and Her Emperor by G.M., Heyum, and Winter (Feb. 3, $20 trade paper, ISBN 978-0-593-97602-9) adapts a Korean web novel series about a courageous female knight who joins forces with a young king to build an empire.
The Makeup Remover by Lee Yeon (Mar. 3, $20 trade paper, ISBN 978-0-593-87270-3). A college student frustrated by her inability to stand out teams up with a makeup artist who sees her plain face as his perfect canvas.
Sora & Haena! by Jackbull (July 14, $20 trade paper, ISBN 978-0-593-87297-0). Two teenage girls agree to help each other reach seemingly impossible goals—the nerd wants a boyfriend and the delinquent wants to get into college—but fall in love along the way.
Ize
The Merman Trapped in My Lake by R.PPOBI and Mitchu (Feb. 17, $20 trade paper, ISBN 979-8-4009-0460-8). An heiress encounters the handsome merman her family once imprisoned to serve as a companion to a lonely, sickly young woman, but is he back for love or revenge?
Kana
Blades of the Guardians by Xianzhe Xu, trans. by Nube (Mar. 3, $12.99 trade paper, ISBN 978-1-4197-8499-6). One of the bestselling manhua in China, this wuxia-style epic chronicles the empire-shaking adventures of a wandering swordsman-for-hire and his three-year-old son.
Chiisakobee by Minetaro Mochizuki, trans. by Andria McKnight (May 26, $17.99 trade paper, ISBN 978-1-4197-8628-0). A struggling young carpenter, a housemaid, and a gaggle of homeless children form a found family in this modernized adaptation of a classic Japanese novel.
Kodansha
Cat-Life Balance by Akari Otokawa, trans. by Sarah Lindholm (May 12, $13.99 trade paper, ISBN 979-8-88877-777-0). A gregarious but secretly burned-out office worker discovers his antisocial coworker’s secret: she turns into a softy around cats.
Drawing from Your Memory by Shiki Kawabata, trans. by Sawa Matsueda Savage (Apr. 14, $13.99 trade paper, ISBN 979-8-88877-689-6). In the latest from the creator of the Netflix miniseries Switched, a manga artist is transported to her high school days and has the chance to set things right with the classmate whose ideas she’s been stealing all these years.
Mars by Fuyumi Soryo, trans. by Stephen Paul (June 16, $22.99, ISBN 979-8-88877-784-8). The classic shojo manga about an aspiring artist and her romance with the school’s motorcycle-racing bad boy is back in a new edition timed to celebrate the anniversary of its original Japanese publication.
LoveLove
Ayaka Is in Love with Hiroko! by Sal Jiang, trans. by Katie Kimura (Feb. 17, $13.99 trade paper, ISBN 978-1-4278-8489-3). In this girls’-love romance, sparks fly between an office worker and her boss, but circumstances keep conspiring to make each think the other is straight.
Wandervogel by Sakae Kusama, trans. by Chris Craigo (Feb. 10, $14.99 trade paper, ISBN 978-1-4278-8505-0). During a typhoon, a traveler takes shelter at the home of a mysterious, sexually enticing writer who claims to be able to read his mind.
Mad Cave
Speed Racer by David Pepose and Davide Tinto (Feb. 17, $17.99 trade paper, ISBN 978-1-5458-2342-2). Speed Racer braves the underground racing circuit and takes on a criminal syndicate in this reimagining of the 1960s action classic.
Magnetic Press
Live Memorium by Miki Makasu and Ben Bourget (Mar. 24, $24.99 trade paper, ISBN 978-1-962413-39-8). In a cyberpunk future, a man jacks into an illegal technology that allows users to reshape their memories, but the lines between past, present, and virtual reality begin to blur.
Manga Quest
Manga Quest Science: Dinosaur Adventures by Momota, trans. by Tokyo Otaku Mode and David Bove (Mar. 17, $16.99 trade paper, ISBN 978-1-4278-7848-9). An alien explorer takes kids back to prehistory to learn about dinosaurs in this full-color educational manga. Age 10–17.
Nakama
Aperture by Kirstin Thompson and Huenito (July 7, $10.99 trade paper, ISBN 978-1-5458-2728-4). With the help of a time-traveling camera, a present-day college student falls in love with a student living in the lead-up to WWI. Ages 14 and up.
The World Enders by James Patrick and Nicola Izzo (July 21, $10.99 trade paper, ISBN 978-1-5458-2729-1). In a post-apocalyptic world, four antiheroes set out to destroy the remainder of humanity and put Earth out of its misery.
New York Review Comics
Nekojiru Udon by Chiyomi Hashiguchi, trans. by Alexa Frank (June 23, $29.95 trade paper, ISBN 978-1-68137-983-8). This 1990s alternative manga, a cult hit and basis of an acclaimed anime adaptation, follows the surreal, startling adventures of a pair of cartoon cats.
Noir Caesar
Deep 3 by Mitsuhiro Mizuno and Ryôsuke Tobimatsu, trans. by Massiel Gutierrez (Mar. 3, $16.99 trade paper, ISBN 978-1-4278-8589-0). A mixed-race basketball player suffering from the yips strives to get back in the game and make it into the pros.
Super Nova by Will Brown (Feb. 24, $13.99 trade paper, ISBN 978-1-4278-7810-6). A cyber mechanic joins the underground speed-skating circuit to track down the criminal syndicate responsible for the death of her girlfriend’s family.
Random House Graphic
Our Aimless Nights by Koumori, trans. by Jan Mitsuko Cash (June 2, $20.99, ISBN 979-8-217-11831-1). Two high schoolers from different cliques secretly fall in love as they meet outside a convenience store at night. Ages 12 and up.
Seven Seas
Ghost & Witch by Kore Yamazaki, trans. by Adrienne Beck (Feb. 3, $13.99 trade paper, ISBN 979-8-89561-992-6). A girl possessed by a mysterious spirit seeks help from an Irish witch in the latest fantasy from the creator of the Ancient Magus’ Bride series.
Hibana by Asumiko Nakamura, trans. by Jocelyne Allen (Feb. 17, $15.99 trade paper, ISBN 979-8-89561-675-8). In this thriller, a teenage girl becomes increasingly disturbed by her boyfriend’s behavior as he fixates on bullying the new girl in class.
Koharu and Minato: Happy Life with My Girlfriend by Hyaluron & Daruma, trans. by Megan Turner (Apr. 14, $15.99 trade paper, ISBN 979-8-89765-222-8). Two long-distance girlfriends finally move in together in this slice-of-life manga based on the creators’ own relationship.
Square Enix
The Prince’s Keeper by Oto Nagatsuki and Himako Neko, trans. by Meredith Singer (Apr. 14, $12.99 trade paper, ISBN 978-1-64609-483-7). An apprentice witch is assigned to care for a prince who’s been transformed into a cat.
A Starlit Darkness by Yuu Toyota, trans. by Kiki Piatkowska (May 12, $14.99 trade paper, ISBN 978-1-64609-485-1). Two writers in early-20th-century Japan become creatively and romantically entwined in this boys’-love historical romance from the creator of Cherry Magic!
Steamship
The Tea Ceremony Master’s Rich and Steamy Service: Spoiled by His Skillful Hands by Nyakehiko, trans. by Christine Dashiell (Mar. 10, $15.99 trade paper, ISBN 979-8-89561-947-6). A government worker who’s always been too busy for relationships gets private lessons in love from a master of traditional tea arts.
Sublime
May I Have a Taste? by Amidamuku, trans. by Jan Mitsuko Cash (Apr. 14, $12.99 trade paper, ISBN 978-1-9747-6182-1). A straitlaced office worker tries to hide his secret identity as a vampire, but a handsome male colleague proves too curious—and delicious.
Takumigraphics
Lovers of the Empire by Yudori (June 23, $24.99, ISBN 979-8-8750-0225-0). In 1920s Korea, occupied by colonial forces from Japan and the West, two young people from opposing backgrounds fall in love.
Titan Manga
Aoashi by Kobayashi Yuugo, trans. by Motoko Tamamuro and Jonathan Clements (May 12, $24.99 trade paper, ISBN 978-1-78774-864-4). A boy from a struggling family becomes a rising soccer star in the manga that inspired the hit Crunchyroll anime series.
Colori Colore Creare by Kozue Amano, trans. by Andria McKnight (May 26, $12.99 trade paper, ISBN 978-1-78774-881-1). A giant black cat draws a girl away from her quiet island life and into adventure in this fantasy by the creator of the classic healing manga Aria.
Record Journey by Ryoichiro Kezuka, trans. by Jan Cash (Apr. 7, $12.99 trade paper, ISBN 978-1-78774-978-8), follows a woman working at a small record shop who helps customers find the perfect album for every need.
Tokyopop
Apprentice Nail Artist in a Foreign Land by Marukawa, trans. by Massiel Gutierrez (Apr. 7, $14.99 trade paper, ISBN 978-1-4278-8486-2). In this fantasy that originated on the creator’s X account, a woman is transported to a magical world where her talent for nail art finds an appreciative audience.
Beneath the Falling Camellia Blooms by Natsuwo Ichikawa, trans. by Chris Craigo (May 19, $14.99 trade paper, ISBN 978-1-4278-8494-7). An orphaned young man is hired to care for a spoiled little girl in this historical drama.
Tuttle
Aya and Her Magic Cat by Sam Ita (May 5, $15.99 trade paper, ISBN 978-4-8053-1998-7). Through the adventures of a teenage girl and a Japanese cat spirit, readers learn how to create origami figures. Ages 8–14.
My Journey to Japan: Escape from Yokai Mountain by Matthew Loux (Apr. 14, $14.99, ISBN 978-4-8053-1939-0). Two twins and their yōkai friend travel Japan while learning about Japanese history and culture. Ages 8–13.
Vertical
Chi’s Sweet France by Konami Kanata and Catherine Bouvier (Apr. 21, $9.95 trade paper, ISBN 978-1-64729-577-6). This sequel to the popular series Chi’s Sweet Home follows irrepressible kitten Chi and her owners to their new home in France.
Smells Like Green Spirit by Saburo Nagai, trans. by Jo Lumley (July 21, $24.95 trade paper, ISBN 978-1-64729-558-5). In a rural town, a teenage boy who’s bullied for being gay discovers that one of his worst tormentors is questioning his own sexuality.
Whoever You Are, I Love You by Keiku Hagiwara, trans. by Annelise Ogaard (June 23, $13.95 trade paper, ISBN 978-1-64729-574-5). A woman gets engaged to a seemingly perfect man she meets on a dating app, only to learn that his online identity is a lie and he may be a murderer.
Viz
Bug Ego by One and Kiyoto Shitara, trans. by Jan Mitsuko Cash (Apr. 21, $14.99 trade paper, ISBN 978-1-9747-6264-4). Two high schoolers learn how to hack reality by exploiting “bugs” in the fabric of the universe in this horror comedy scripted by the creator of One-Punch Man.
Ichi the Witch by Osamu Nishi and Shiro Usazaki, trans. by Adrienne Beck (Feb. 3, $11.99 trade paper, ISBN 978-1-9747-5775-6). In a world where only women can be witches, a young hunter accidentally gains magical power and becomes the first male witch.
Magical Girl Dandelion by Kaeru Mizuho, trans. by Mei Amaki (Mar. 3, $11.99 trade paper, ISBN 978-1-9747-5779-4). A sunny magical girl and a shady villain share a secret: when they’re not fighting on opposite sides, they’re best friends.
Webtoon Unscrolled
The Reaper and the Waiting by January Sun (May 5, $19.99 trade paper, ISBN 978-1-83411-008-0). The grim reaper is haunted by a spirit who refuses to move on until the reaper remembers his previous mortal life.
Yen
The Idol’s Escape by Ito Kira, trans. by Matthew Alberts (Feb. 24, $24 trade paper ISBN 979-8-8554-1311-3). A withdrawn gay man helps the idol he admires escape from an exploitative producer.
Once upon a Witch’s Death by Kenu and Saka, trans. by Amber Tamosaitis (Feb. 24, $13 trade paper, ISBN 979-8-8554-3024-0). An apprentice witch learns from her master that she’s doomed to die on her 18th birthday unless she can collect a thousand tears of joy.
A Pen, Handcuffs, and a Common-Law Marriage by Tank Gasuyama and Shinichi Sawaragi, trans. by Ko Ransom (Mar. 24, $13 trade paper, ISBN 978-8-8554-1791-3). To solve a mystery, a detective has to decipher the doodles of a nonspeaking teenage girl who witnessed the crime—and has a crush on him.
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