KODANSHA COMICS
AHO GIRL (CLUELESS GIRL) GN #2
(W) Hiroyuki (A) Hiroyuki (CA) Hiroyuki
Yoshiko is a hopefully clueless high school girl. Her rock-paper-scissors strategy is "rock." She somehow gets zeroes on multiple-choice tests. And she has an often-nearly-fatal weakness for bananas. Her devoted friends have no choice but to hang around and make sure nobody takes advantage of her. (Of course, the entertainment value might have something to do with it, too.) Cute characters, weird gags, and lots and lots of bananas!
ATTACK ON TITAN BEFORE THE FALL GN #11
(W) Isayama Hajime (A) Satoshi Shiki (CA) Satoshi Shiki
This prequel series to the main Attack on Titan series is set before humanity had the weapons to effectively combat the Titans, when the Survey Corps was nothing but a group of ambitious soldiers who dared to dream of Titan extinction.
CLOCKWORK PLANET GN #4
(W) Yuu Kamiya (A) Kuro (CA) Kuro
Naoto's a high school dropout and brilliant amateur tinkerer. He lives in a world that has been so over-exploited that the entire surface has become one vast machine. When a box crashes into his home containing a female automaton, it's a harbinger of change that will rock the entire globe, and give Naoto his chance to be a hero.
FIRE FORCE GN #5
(W) Atsushi Ohkubo (A) Atsushi Ohkubo (CA) Atsushi Ohkubo
Shinra has learned that his brother is not only alive, he's working for the enemy! Will Company 8's strong sense of justice turn Shinra against his own family? Learn the story of how Company 8 was formed and follow their exploits as they confront the unconventional Company 7 in their quest to find the Evangelist.
GHOST IN SHELL README 1995 -2017 HC
(W) Shirow Masamune (A) Shirow Masamune (CA) Shirow Masamune
The definitive history of the most influential cyberpunk anime of all time! This beautiful, color hardcover guide begins with the seminal feature that inspired The Matrix and many other films, comics, and novels, and ends with the live-action Hollywood adaptation starring Scarlett Johansson. Follow the franchise that made manga master Shirow Masamune, legendary director Mamoru Oshii, and the studio Production I.G the legends they are today. In-depth interviews, stunning concept art, and tales of behind-the-scenes triumphs and near-tragedies from the 22-year history of The Ghost in the Shell, beginning with the original anime through the award-winning sequel Innocence and the global smash hit TV adaptation Stand Alone Complex, all the way up to 2017, with the release of the new live-action film from Paramount Pictures.
KIGURUMI GUARDIANS GN #1
(W) Lily Hoshino (A) Lily Hoshino (CA) Lily Hoshino
Hakka Sasakura's life is about to turn upside-down. She comes home from a day of admiring her student body president to discover that a mysterious creature resembling a man in an animal suit has taken up residence her home. What's more, she has been chosen to work with this strange being to fight off invaders from another dimension and save the world... and she has to kiss him to do so?! Lily Hoshino, the beloved artist behind Mawaru Penguindrum, offers her cute and twisted take on the magical girl genre. You probably never thought Sailor Moon needed more hot older guys in full-body mascot costumes, but Kigurumi Guardians will bring you around!
LAND OF THE LUSTROUS GN #2
(W) Haruko Ichikawa (A) Haruko Ichikawa (CA) Haruko Ichikawa
Land of the Lustrous is set in a far future Earth, where humanity's distant descendants live on in a small group of sexless crystalline beings who must fight off an invasion from the Moon. The young gem Phosphorite can't seem to do anything right. "Phos" has nothing but a big mouth and guts. Cinnabar, a classmate, is a loner, shunned by the other gems because of the toxins emitted from their body. But when they get together, they will learn that they both have an essential role to play in the fight against the Moonfolk, who are intent on coming to Earth to abduct the gem folk and destroy their world. A beautifully-drawn new action manga from Haruko Ichikawa, winner of the Osamu Tezuka Cultural Prize.
LOVE AND LIES GN #1
(W) Musao Tsumugi (A) Musao Tsumugi (CA) Musao Tsumugi
"Love is forbidden. When you turn 16, the government will assign your marriage partner." This dystopian manga about teen love and defiance is a sexy, funny, and dramatic new hit! Yukari is dull. He doesn't even stand out enough to be bullied - he's just a generally lower-middle-class kid. He's in love with Misaki, the most popular girl in school. There's just one problem: He's 15, one year away from receiving his government-assigned marriage partner. He normally wouldn't have the courage to defy the law, but his sickly classmate Ririna still believes in love, and won't stop goading him into confessing his feelings!
MAGATSUKI GN #8
(W) Hoshino Taguchi (A) Hoshino Taguchi (CA) Hoshino Taguchi
Yasuke, 15 years old, is about to build up the courage to confess his love to his childhood friend Akari, who's fallen for him, too. There's just one problem: Yasuke's family lives in a Japanese shrine, and when he breaks the shrine's sacred mirror, it triggers a curse, releasing the cute and well-endowed goddess of misfortune, Orihime, into the real world! Now Yasuke can't ever be out of Orihime's sight; if he gets too far away, he dies, and can only be brought back to life with a quick kiss from Orihime!
THAT TIME I GOT REINCARNATED AS A SLIME GN #1
(W) Fuse (A) Taiki Kawakami (CA) Taiki Kawakami
As players of Monster Hunter and Dungeons & Dragons know, the slime is not exactly the king of the fantasy monsters. So when 37-year-old Tokyo salaryman Mikami is abruptly stabbed to death and wakes up in a world of dragons and magic, he's a little disappointed, but not exactly surprised, to find he's not a knight or a wizard. No, Mikami has become a blind, boneless slime monster, and there are chances for even a slime to become a hero!
XXXHOLIC REI GN #4
(W) Clamp (A) Clamp (CA) Clamp
The highly anticipated return of high school medium Watanuki and the mysterious witch, Yuko, as they take on new wishes and new enemies! In xxxHOLiC Rei, Kimihiro Watanuki continues his relationship with the Space-Time Witch, Yuko. In her mysterious shop where wishes are granted - for a price - will he discover even more secrets? And what will he have to trade this time for the answers he seeks?