VERTICAL COMICS
KNIGHTS OF SIDONIA MASTER ED GN #2
(W) Tsutomu Nihei (A) Tsutomu Nihei (CA) Tsutomu Nihei
One of the manga world's most intriguing artist returns with a science-fiction tour de force which combines post apocolyptic action, modern sci-fi video game tropes and a traditional Japanese aesthetic in The Knights of Sidonia. Knights of Sidonia has been complied into a Master Edition featuring larger print, colored inserts and omibused volumes. Each Master's Edition volume compiles 2.5 volumes of the original Knights of Sidonia volumes.
MOBILE SUIT GUNDAM WING GLORY OF THE LOSERS GN #13
(W) Katsuyuki Sumizawa (A) Tomofumi Ogasawara (CA) Usamaru Furuya
One of the biggest anime/manga properties of all time returns with the release of Mobile Suit Gundam Wing. "The Glory of Losers" retells the original WING story by incorporating elements of the anime and its recent light novel adaptations. Following the actions of five fighters and their mobile suits (large robots made for destruction), Gundam Wing is a heavily political, dramatic action work that is centered around a war between Earth and its surrounding colonies in space.
VOICES OF A DISTANT STAR LIGHT NOVEL SC
(W) Makoto Shinkai (A) Arata Kanoh (CA) Arata Kanoh
Award-winning director and author Makoto Shinkai offers a romantic sci-fi tale about young love and space adventure, based on his animated film. Sixteen-year-old Mikako Nagamine enlists as a pilot to fight in the interstellar war against a force of alien invaders, leaving behind her one true love. Mikako's only connection to Noboru Terao, who's living the life of an ordinary high school student, is through cell-phone text messages. As Mikoko travels farther away, it starts to take longer and longer for Noboru to receive her messages, until finally one arrives eight years and seven months after she sent it. The war rages on, and years pass, but out in space, Mikako barely ages. When at last the fighting ends, she is left stranded on the spacecraft carrier. A rescue mission is launched to help - including Noboru, who's now a lot older. When they meet again, they'll discover whether their young love survived.
WITCHCRAFT WORKS GN #12
(W) Ryu Mizunagi (A) Ryu Mizunagi (CA) Ryu Mizunagi
Witchcraft Works is a romance comedy where magic and supernational powers shape the lives of a handful of high school kids.