Denpa is the Pulse of Japan’s comic scene. Home of Kaiji, March Comes in Like a Lion, Under Ninja, Heavenly Delusion, Vampeerz, Gundam... Distributor of KUMA
We’ve known about this since January but decided to wait until this month to announce that we have acquired
@CHICAUMINO
‘s MARCH COMES IN LIKE A LION.
We hope to launch this multiple award winning series Summer 2022.
In collaboration with Chica Umino, Hakusensha and Studio GAGA we will be releasing a limited edition dust jacket for MARCH COMES IN LIKE A LION Vol 2 drawn by Kentaro Miura (the creator of Berserk).
We’ll post details about how to get these in the coming weeks.
On sale today…
@navigavi
‘s artbook TABEGIRL
Collecting their original character art as well as a couple comic pages this is a must have for fans of this illustrator.
Our next license announcement is MOBILE SUIT GUNDAM: CHAR’S COUNTERACK - Beltorchika’s Children from
@isi_basi
We should also be launching this 7 volume series next summer.
In the meantime, forward to the MEN WHO CREATED GUNDAM this summer.
And our last new license announcement for this season is Moto Hagio’s THEY WERE ELEVEN! -Complete-
We’re excited to bring back this award-winning title in a special release.
Hoping to have this out Q3 2022.
COVER ALERT:
@CHICAUMINO
's MARCH COMES IN LIKE A LION Vol 1
Fingers crossed that we'll get this in by March/April.
Unfortunately, this will be printed overseas, so we'll be at the mercy of shipping.
The future of manga... Will soon be in your hands!
Nobuyuki Fukumoto's Gambling Apocalypse KAIJI, Vol1 is now available for preorder on Amazon!
520pgs of ざわ.. ざわ..
Said farewell to
@tam_00xx
after enjoying a lovely dinner.
We hope the fans enjoyed their time with TAa as much as we did. And we wish her a safe trip home and continued success with her series!
From all of us in New York and Portland, thanks!
Before we leave for our holiday break, we wanted to our readers know that
@Murata_Range
's new artbook FUTURELOG is now on sale.
250+ pages of art and comics from one of Japan's finest anime/game character designers.
Title number 3:
Gambling Apocalypse Kaiji by Nobuyuki Fukumoto
We’ll be releasing the first arc, featuring everyone’s favorite version of rock-paper-scissors, in six 500+ page omnibus editions starting Q1 2019
ざわざわ
Final proofs of Volume 2 and the LE dust jack are in. They look great!
Now that all the ducks are lined up, we should be sharing deets about the dust jacket around Feb 1.
NEW COVER ALERT!
Just got the cover for Mobile Suit Gundam: CHAR'S COUNTERATTACK - Beltorichika's Children Vol 1 approved by Sunrise and Kadokawa.
Should be sending this to the printer very soon. Fingers crossed we'll see these in stores late Aug/early Sept.
License number seven:
Dining with the Emiya Family by TAa and TYPE-MOON (with food from Makoto Tadano)
The inspiration for the lovely anime from ufotable combines modern Japanese cuisine and your favorite characters from the world of Fate/
Expect to see Volume 1 early 2019
Looks like Heavenly Delusion is now available for streaming on hulu for US fans. Please search for the JP title TENGOKU DAIMAKYO.
It should be live on Disney+ and it’s regional partners elsewhere.
The Denpa staff is deeply saddened by the news of the passing of Kentaro Miura.
Miura was a true modern manga master. An amazing artist, a powerful story teller, and an inspiration to a generation of artists (in and outside of Hakusensha).
1/2
Feels good to say this but...
@CHICAUMINO
's MARCH COMES IN LIKE A LION Vol 1 is now on sale.
Most US retailers should have their stock by now.
UK has shipped.
Canada and Diamond's second order is in process.
Very limited stock left after the preorders go through.
And some factual news...
We are proud to announce a new artbook from
@shuzo_oshimi
:
FEMME FATALE -The Art of Shuzo Oshimi-
Collecting almost two decades of color art from one of manga’s more passionate artists.
We hope to have this available this Fall!
A Journey Beyond Heaven a remporté le Daruma du meilleur scénario de l'année !
Kôji Terayama, éditeur du magazine Afternoon, est allé récupérer le prix sur scène 🔥
Title number 1:
PEZ by Hiroyuki Asada
Full color shonen fantasy title set in the universe of Asada’s other work TEGAMIBACHI -Letter Bee-
Expect this Q4 2018
NEW LICENSE ANNOUNCEMENT:
We can’t wait for you all to sink your teeth into
@akilim85000
‘s yuri vampire tale - VAMPEERZ.
We’ll be launching this now three volume romcom next summer.
We have been in talks with MangaMoguraRE, and have come to a conclusion that there has been a misunderstanding. Unfortunately, both Mogura and Denpa have been in agreement from the get go and we never considered our tweets to be malicious or misinformative. 1/3
My tweet is not misinformation. All of our manga news tweets are primarily about the japanese manga market unless stated otherwise. We tag one or two local publishers to help followers out if they want to purchase the series. This is a thing for years now & usually people are
FINALLY!!
The MARCH 2 jackets are in (a month after the books arrived).
We should release deets within the next week as we mail these out to our couple retail partners.
We should be selling direct as well. We’ll release a date by the week of 3/18.
It is with great sadness that everyone at DENPA wishes manga master Akira Toriyama rest in peace. His works brought a world full of readers and animation fans together and helped lead the way to manga becoming the beloved and respected entertainment medium it is now.
Ahhhhh!!! They’re here!!
Our first shipment of DENPA BOOKS!!
PEZ is here. We’ll be shipping these out to our retail partners soon.
(We’re a real publisher now!!) (´°̥̥̥̥̥̥̥̥ω°̥̥̥̥̥̥̥̥`)
Our biggest volume of Kaiji yet is finally here!!
One more to go after this!
These should hit stores mid Sept as these are printed in the US.
Might have a few at AnimeNYC too.
DISTRIBUTION NEWS:
We are happy to announce that DENPA Books will be distributed by Consortium starting in September!!
What does that mean to readers?
Books in B&N and BAM!
Sales in Canada!
Sales in the UK!
Improved distro to libraries and indie bookstores!
Couple books came in today…
First one is
@Computerozi
‘s BABY BEAR’S BAKERY PART 1
A two-color mostly 4-panel comic about a bear cub who opens a bakery. Bear may be a great baker but sadly he’s just a baby so he has no real business sense.
And our second book is…
THE MEN WHO CREATED GUNDAM by
@hideki6809
A more than true look at the people who created the legendary mecha series and changed anime history forever!
Expect to see this 560 pg omnibus in stores next month!
New book alert:
Looks like vol 2 of GAMBLING APOCALYPSE KAIJI is now hitting stores.
It’s cold and lonely out there, so why not lift your spirits and brighten your days with your old pals Kaiji, Furuhata, Ando, Funai and Tonegawa. ざわ..ざわ.. ✊️🖐✌️
New Cover Alert:
We got the cover for GAMBLING APOCALYPSE: KAIJI, VOL. 4 approved for release.
We've got a little backlog to go through, so this one won't come out until later in the fall.
But a lot of the production for this has wrapped up already.
Anime NYC License No.2:
Fate/Grand Order: Chaldea Scrapbook
by Nakatani
The inspiration for F/GO: Absolute Demonic Front episode 0 Initium Iter features a number of shorts detailing the personalities within the F/GO universe
Our next DM sale is this Friday at Noon Pacific.
We'll be selling copies of:
TABEGIRL
KAIJI, Vol 4
HEAVENLY DELUSION, Vol 5
MARCH COMES IN LIKE A LION, Vol 1
Along with some new merchandise we just received as well.
Units are limited, and as usual first come first served.
NOW ON SALE:
Our latest from
@shuzo_oshimi
is a one-shot about finding your voice when you physically thought you never had one.
SHINO CAN’T SAY HER NAME is now available at better bookstores everywhere.
Got in touch with our US partner for the MARCH LION Vol 2 LE and Jacket.
All things are go!!
Their units should ship out by early next week.
We’ll reveal deets no later than Friday.
Oka, so who is on board for some josei and yuri romance manga?
@asmk_gengaten
‘s MAIDEN RAILWAYS just arrived in our office and they look great! Expect them to start hitting shelves within the next week or two.
NEW LICENSE:
Fans of
@shuzo_oshimi
will be happy to know that we have added his short WALTZ to our eBook catalog.
We hope to add this to DENPA DIRECT by this spring.
Our release of
@tam_00xx
's TODAY'S MENU FOR THE EMIYA FAMILY Vol 1 is now available for preorder at the Right Stuf and Amazon.
Preorder your copy today!
US MARCH COMES IN LIKE A LION VOL 2 LE news.
Copies of the LE edition and the loose jacket will be available via Books Kinokuniya stores across the US (as well as their website).
New Cover Alert!
We had news about volume 4 going on sale today. Welp, we also got approval for the cover of KAIJI volume 5 recently.
If everything goes to plan, this should go to print in the US next month.
Anime NYC License No.3:
Koguma no Keiki-ya-san (Baby Bear’s Bakery tentative)
by: KamenTotsu
A bear cub runs a cake shop but because he’s just a baby, despite being a master baker, he doesn’t have the best business sense.
New Release! TODAY’S MENU FOR THE EMIYA FAMILY VOL 1 is now shipping!
Along with 9 heartwarming stories from TAa and Type-Moon this edition also features 11 mouth watering recipes, including Emiya’s Hamburg Steak and three variations of Saber’s Fluffy Pancakes!
Anime NYC License No.4:
Leo-kun (Lil’ Leo tentative title)
by Moto Hagio
Anything you can do this cat can do. Leo can go to school. Leo can find a job. Leo can be a manga assistant...
A humorous look at humanism thru a feline’s life
All books have been sent to retailers and the extra jackets should head to Kinokuniya today.
For DM sales we have 96 units of the book with jacket and 50 jackets that will go on sale via this feeds DM when I get back from South America - April 9th.
New Cover Alert!
Hopefully debuting in July is
@syunsuke1009
‘s THE GIRL WITH THE SANPAKU EYES vol. 1
A full-color manga about a pure-hearted, love struck high schooler with an intense glare.
Preorder it at better book stores!
While DENPA officially launched in Nov. 2017... We actually started this project that May.
It's taken a lot of work and a lot of effort, but we're 10 books in since November '18 (w/ three more at the printers). And we can't wait to share even more w/ you in the coming years.
License number five:
Maiden Railways by Asumiko Nakamura
One volume anthology, collecting a variety of thoughtful and heart-warming train themed romances from legendary women’s anthology RAKUEN ~le Paradis~
On sale: Q1 2019
New Cover Release:
Just got the cover for
@akilim85000
's VAMPEERZ, Vol 1
This series will be a rare DENPA mango that will be printed overseas. Fingers crossed that we won't see major delays.
And these are our licenses for this summer.
FISH SOCIETY by panpanya
SHORT GAME by Mitsuru Adachi
TAWAWA ON MONDAY by Kiseki Himura
We might announce at least one more this year at AnimeNYC. Still need to sign the paperwork on that one.
Title number 2:
Inside Mari by Shuzo Oshimi
As seen on
@Crunchyroll
... 9 volume body-swap tale from the creator of Flowers of Evil
Series debuts in print Q4 2018
As promised some pic of Moto Hagio’s LIL’ LEO
Flexback so its kinda a hardcover but not as expensive and 40 larger than the JP edition.
Oooh, fancy book bands in the book’s colors!! And gold foil!!!
Woah!! Original casing and end papers.
Leo is a mango artist?! LOL!
His Berserk was beloved by readers worldwide and inspired many to fight against all odds.
We wish to extend our deepest condolences to Miura’s family, his friends, Hakusensha, and his readers.
Rest in peace.