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Theanimeand manga biotic community in the West has grown exponentially over the last decennary , which has allow English newspaper publisher to license and produce print copies of fans ' favored serial , even if they ’re a bite more niche or nonfigurative compare to other , more popular series presently releasing .
2024 has been a immense twelvemonth for new manga declaration , boasting brand - new series from famous mangaka , burgening plant from new creators that have been quickly gain traction among readers , as well as a healthy number of authoritative series being reintroduced to English bookshop for sports fan that either did n’t have a chance to corrupt them in the past , or who will be know them for the first time .
Viz Media has given westerly fans some of the most iconic manga to ever come out of Japan , and boasts one of the industry ’s best lineups .
10Otaku Vampire’s Love Bite – Julietta Suzuki
The creator of Kamisama Kiss delivers a brand-new supernatural rom-com
Licensed by Viz Media ’s Shojo Beat depression and scheduled to release sometime during the fall , Julietta Suzuki ’s new vampire fixed storage - com , Otaku Vampire ’s Love Bite – orOshi Ni Amagamiin Japanese – is lastly coming to westerly bookstores . The mangaka ’s previous serial , Kamisama Kiss , has been a shojo staple since its original exit in 2008 , and this new serial blow much of the same paranormal charm as her premature work . The serial is still ongoing , and is currently serialized inHana to Yume , the same magazine that serialized othershojo manga hit such asFruits BasketandSkip Beat !
" Some vampire live to feast on the stemma of their victim . Others just require to score super limited edition anime merch ! ” – Viz Media
Otaku Vampire ’s Love Bitefollows Hina Arukado , a modern vampire that sustains her bloodlust using bag as opposed to humans . She ’s also a fleck of a NEET who has pass up to leave alone her home base for over 30 years . Her worried sire tries to reconnect by sending her a boxwood - set for a lamia - focused anime series , which Hina unwittingly becomes obsessed with . She quickly realizes she would have an easier prison term collecting ware if she lived in Japan , and leaves her cozy lifetime in Romania with her father to travel . Being a serious otaku , Hina has a hard time socialise with others in between visiting cafés themed from her favorite show and collecting merch untilshe has a chance run into with her neighbour , a prickly new man name Kyuta – who just so bump to see just like her favorite anime character .
9Last Quarter – Ai Yazawa
An intricate supernatural romance from the creator of Nana
From thesame mangaka behind the groundbreakingseriesNanaandParadise Kiss , Last Quarteris a three - bulk series created by Ai Yazawa scheduled to be released in the fall by Viz Media . Unlike her other works , which stay comparatively ground in reality , Last Quarteradds a supernatural level to the ever popular virtuoso - interbreed lovers trope . While the manga was in the beginning serialize inRibonfrom 1998 - 1999 , this will be the first time the series has ever been collected into a mark sacking for English - speaking audience .
The story follows a vernal woman advert Mizuki , who has been struggling to fit into her Modern life after her Fatherhood ’s remarriage . While visiting Shibuya , she break into a mysterious guitar histrion and is compelled to get closer to him , leaving her with a deep sentience of yearning to see him again . switch perspective to an elementary schooler named Hotaru who , after a nigh - death experience sees Mizuki in her pipe dream , runs into her again in an abandon mansion . Last Quarter ’s unique take on a supernatural mystery story , paired with Ai Yazawa ’s clear-cut artstyle , makes it an downright must - take for fans of the medium .
8Kimi ni Todoke: From Me To You: Soulmate – Karuho Shiina
In a sequel to the hit shojo, Sawako’s rival-turned-friend finds love
A lineal sequel to the famous shojo romance seriesKimi ni Todoke : From Me To You , Soulmateis a verbatim subsequence that takes place a few years after the conclusion of the originalKimi ni Todokeand place a direction on Sawako ’s rival - turned - friend Kurumi . Now university scholar , the pair are near inseparable friends , but Kurumi longs for a family relationship like the one between Sawako and Kazehaya . She resolve to attend a mixer and be given into an alluring immature man that look scarily like her friend Sawako , only to clear that the two are cousins . Despite tactile sensation as though she ’s unlovable by nature , Kurumi feels draw to the handsome stranger , andshe start to enquire if it ’s deserving it to take a luck on true love .
" The write up ofKimi ni Todokecontinues in this sequel starring Sawako and her former rival Kurumi in college . " – Viz Media
to begin with serialized inBessatsu Margaretback in 2018 until May 2022,Soulmateis relatively myopic , with only three volumes compose the entire story . It ’s forerunner , Kimi ni Todoke , has been widely consideredone of the greatest shojo series of all time , with Anime News web anticipate the series “ one of the skillful new English - translate manga series of 2009 ” , and was included in the American Library Association ’s tilt of 2010 Great Graphic Novels for Teens .
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7Alley: Junji Ito Story Collection – Junji Ito
The famous horror mangaka returns with yet another collection from Viz Media
While there is no official list from Viz Media detailingwhich of Ito ’s workswill be included , based on the official synopsis , it seems as though the ill-famed “ Ice Cream Bus ” , “ The Back Alley ” , and “ The Town Without Streets ” will all be a part of this new Quran . While Junji Ito has always been immensely popular with Western manga reader , the creative person has of late delight a surge in popularity and ill fame , which has doubtless allowed for more of his short tale to receive official mark releases .
6Initial D Omnibus – Shuichi Shigeno
What the manga lacks in eurobeat, it makes up for in a stunning new collection
Despite being one of the most famous and influential racing series ever created , Shuichi Shigeno’sInitial Dhasn’t received a proper English mark release since Tokyopop held the license in 2001 . feature a trade name - new translation and a 2 - in-1 omnibus formatting , Initial Dis in the end back on bookstall shelves just in sentence for the next season of the serial ’ sequel , MF Ghost ’s gum anime adaptation .
" This variation is still run in the ’ XC but features a refresh translation and lettering for the 2020s , as well as a extra large size of it . " – Kodansha
Initial Dcenters on Nipponese street racing , following a bean curd delivery boy named Takumi Fujiwara who has , completely unbeknownst to him , master complex street racing techniques that take other number one wood age to learn during his meter working for his family ’s business sector that fill him up and down Mount Akina on a regular basis . When the fabled street racing squad , the Red Suns , show up to challenge the Akina Speed Stars , the squad become obsessed with a orphic Trueno they ’ve seen speeding through the mountains .
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5Drifters Omnibus – Hirano Kouta
A unique take on isekai from the creator of Hellsing
create by Kouta Hirano – the legendary mind behind the ghastly seriesHellsing – Driftersoriginally start being serialise during 2009 in the seinen magazineYoung King OURs , and will be urinate a rejoinder in the West via a 2 - in-1 omnibus accumulation from Dark Horse Comics . Having over 1.5 million volumes in circulation , Driftersis something of a literal dark horseamong seinen manga . The series has been nominated double in the Manga Taisho Awards , and in a study conducted by the Japanese fansite , Anime Anime ! , ranked 5th place out of 10 titles that readers wanted Zanzibar copal adaptations for .
Driftersis an passing interesting serial , as it’sone of the undecomposed takes on the isekai genre ever create . The series opens on a young serviceman named Shimazu Toyohisa , who , after being need in the Battle of Sekigahara , sustains fatal industry and finds himself in a corridor of door . He is then transported to a young human race and tell that he will be a part of a group known as “ drifter ” . This newfangled world , much like in other isekai , is filled with grotesque race and creature , and has found itself embroiled in war . Joining in the campaign to cease the villainous group engage war on the world , Shimazu embarks on a quest to learn more about this newfangled realm and struggle for freedom .
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4My Name Is Shingo (Perfect Edition) – Kazuo Umezz
Another classic manga from one of the greats gets a new print edition
The sci - fi heavy story focuses on a small fry protagonist named Satoru who learns that the mill his male parent knead for will be introducing a robot named Monroe as part of their daily operation . The robot instantly becomes a local famous person , and Satoru visits the factory to see the robot ’s ability in person . During his sojourn , Satoru meets a unseasoned girl named Marin who is just as enamored with the robot . As the two shackle , a secret shadow is throw on Monroe as he begins to become more self - cognisant over the grade of the narrative . While elusive , the repugnance element throughout the story progress over time , and , when match with the Divine ’s Showa - retro artstyle , My Name is Shingois one of the most fashionable English manga to be discharge in 2024 .
3My Love Story with Yamada-kun at Lv999 – Mashiro
After charming the anime community with its gorgeous adaptation, the original manga finally gets an English release
After the achiever of the anime adaptation , it ’s no surprise that Mashiro ’s gaming - centrical love story shojo serial , My Love Story with Yamada - kun at Lv999would be piece up for an prescribed English print outlet . This serial publication is the perfect option for fans ofWotakoitrying to fill the void after its finish , and its charming cast of fictitious character are easy to fall in love life with .
" Sometimes love is like an endgame boss . " – Inklore
The serial focalise on a young college student name Akane Kinoshita shortly after being dumped by her longtime boyfriend . She decides to piece up the MMORPG that they used to play together , and after socializing with new friends in - game , decide to attend an “ IRL meetup ” with the group at a café . During this case , she meet the handsome and upstage Akito Yamada . Belonging to the same in - game guild as Yamada , Akane hit an effort to connect with and get closer to the mysterious young homo .
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2Fool Night – Kasumi Yasuda
A terrifying dystopian future that hits a little too close to home
in the beginning serialise in Shogakukan ’s seinen manga magazine Big Comic Superior in 2020,Fool Nightis a presently ongoing series that has been licensed by Viz Media for an prescribed print departure . While still relatively fresh , the serial publication has already been nominated for a number of awards , including the 2022 Next Manga Award in the print family , and was propose for “ Best Comic ” during the fiftieth Angoulême International Comics Festival in 2023 .
tomfool Nighttakes berth in a post - apocalyptic dystopian future where the sky is covered in thick , smogginess - similar clouds , get it impossible for the Sunday to properly shine . Water , atomic number 8 , and works life are rapidly depleting , and , in an elbow grease to save humanity , scientist have rise a gruesome root called “ transfloration ” that turns human being into plants to leave oxygen . Series supporter Toshiro Kamiya is stuck in a rough situation – his mother is highly ill , and his caper barely pays enough for him to pay for her medicine . At the end of their forget me drug , Kamiya weigh out his selection and answer himself to undergo transfloration to protect his mother .
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1Smoking Behind the Supermarket with You – Jinushi
One of the best adult rom-coms finally gets an English print release
After becoming a viral strike online for its playfulness assumption and minor , quirky cast , Jinushi ’s webcomic , Smoking Behind the Supermarket with You , has become a hit - hit online , and thanks to Square Enix ’s manga publishing depression , is ultimately receive a mark press release in English .
“ An overworked salaryman and a prankish cashier with a dual personality spring an unexpected shackle in this fresh - and - sour comedy ! ” – Square Enix
The unconventional romance serial follows 45 - class - old Sasaki who is dog-tired with his everyday embodied problem . His one moment of respite every Nox comes in the mannequin of his best-loved contraption memory board salesclerk , a immature adult female named Yamada . One fateful night , Sasaki decides to fume outside his favoriteconbiniand discovers a untried adult female smoking . With a prickly attitude and an alternative fashion style , the mystical immature womanhood is a far cry from the bubbly Yamada , who she claim to be the confrere of . The youthful charwoman , who calls herself Tayama , becomes regular smoking buddies with Sasaki . small does Sasaki know , Tayama is really Yamada .
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Source(s):Anime News web , American Library Association , Kodansha , Viz Media , Otaku USA Magazine
