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And if you haven’t experienced it, why not give Hagio’s LIL LEO a try.

Moto Hagio’s THEY WERE 11! has been selected as the Best New Mango for 2025 by ANN

Congrats to Moto Hagio as our release if THEY WERE 11! was selected the Best New Manga for 2025!!

Vampeerz Volume 6 by Akili

Took a while (especially since this was sent to print in July) but Vampeerz 6 is now in stores!

This week on Manga Tak, I talk to illustrator and designer @getxxlost.bsky.social about the excellent Short Game by Mitsuru Adachi! Published in English by @denpabooks.bsky.social

Listen here or wherever pods are cast! mangatakpod.buzzsprout.com/2373443/epis...

we’re in the process of switching printers again so if everything works out March/April is more likely. But it’s done on our side.

"Oh, What About Ninjas?" How Kengo Hanazawa Works Through Under Ninja’s Diverse Characters & Complex Storylines Anime Trending spoke with Under Ninja creator Kengo Hanazawa Anime NYC 2025 for a short chat on his influences, unique characters, and the manga's complicated storyline.

My latest interview for @anitrendz.com is now up, where I talk with manga artist Kengo Hanazawa about his current series, Under Ninja (which is available from @denpabooks.bsky.social), at this year's Anime NYC .

anitrendz.net/news/2025/11...

Today’s Manga: #MarchComesInLikeALion
( #SangatsuNoLion ) by Chica Umino

-Localization: @denpabooks.bsky.social
-Translation: Jocelyne Allen
-Proofreading: Varrick Robinson
-Production: Glen Isip, Nicole Dochych, Risa Cho

Cover approved. Keigo Shinzo’s Holiday Junction should be ready to go to print late November.

Our Char’s Counterattack releases as well as They Were 11 also have fold outs.

2. March Comes in Like a Lion - Heartrending, hilarious, and something I think about all the time. Please read this (or watch the anime, that’s also quite good)

from March Comes In Like a Lion volume 4

from March Comes In Like a Lion volume 4

March Comes In Like a Lion is the only manga I own with fold-out color pages. Its very cool

Happy THURSDAY, Minties!

@whitecatcosplay.bsky.social has another Manga OVERVIEW for you today!

This is for They Were 11! by Moto Hagio

Check it out:
youtu.be/MenCieu6X9w

The cover of the Denpa release of Moto Hagio's They Were 11 manga, at 7 x 9.75in

Under the front cover interior of They Were 11, with gorgeous fold-out poster and watercolor illustrations.

Picking up this order at local bookshop, and the salesperson kept saying how beautiful the cover was. High-quality all around!

On a painted blue background, a pale face, shadowed in blue, surrounded by characters that represent humanoid species.

Today on Okazu – They Were 11!

Moto Hagio’s award-winning science fiction epic is out now in a beautiful omnibus edition from Denpa Books!

okazu.yuricon.com/2025/10/05/t...

If Cross Game were still readily available in the US, I'd recommend starting there to get a taste of what makes Adachi so incredible a cartoonist, but in lieu of that, Short Game is fair at giving a taste of some of Adachi's penchant for giving things little twists, sometimes subtle.

While Adachi is most well known (and lauded) for his longer series where he gets to build characterization and drama over time, he's also done quite a few single chapter shorts. There are four collections under the title Short Program, though we only ever got 2 in the US.

And now Short Game!

Short Game by Mitsuru Adachi

This includes some short gag type filler manga that aren't interesting, but if we exclude those, I really liked these! The atmosphere was really good, this captures the fleeting moments and once in a lifetime chances at sports and life very well. I need to read more sports manga.

Copy of They Were 11! Taken on a white, slightly spacey looking backdrop with black circles

The men arrive and discover they’ve gained an extra crew member!

Tada assumes Frol is a woman and they’re not please about it!

The crew discover they’ve left a safe orbit and they’re on a collision course with the planet Onyx!

This week on Manga Tak, I’m joined by Pippa and Georgie to chat the excellent They Were 11! by Moto Hagio (published by @denpabooks.bsky.social )

This groundbreaking sci-fi Shojo is one not to be missed! Get it here or wherever pods are cast! www.buzzsprout.com/2373443/epis...

It arrived at our distributors about three weeks late. But it has been shipping to retailers since the week of Sept 26.

1392.Special training to overcome shyness.

The next staff spotlight in our 40th anniversary celebration features Mary Burns, Consortium’s resident manga expert. Read her Q&A, where Mary discusses a formative manga text, the liberatory possibilities of Black Joy, and childhood rides on library lion statues:

www.cbsd.com/blog/2025/09...

A ninja has their ways…

Acclaimed manga-ka Kengo Hanazawa signs autographs at the Denpa Books booth at #AnimeNYC2025. Hanazawa is the creator of the Under Ninja series which was awarded the first AnimeNYC American Manga Award of Distinction at the historic Japan Society on Thursday evening. #MangaAwards2025 Photo: C.Reid

Picked this up at the @denpabooks.bsky.social booth at Anime NYC. It's Moto Hagio, so of course it's well drawn and well written. Most importantly she really understands cats. As a cat person myself, I really appreciated her humor and portrayal of Leo. Brilliant manga from a master of the form.

For everyone who came to see the B-Team at tonight's @denpabooks.bsky.social panel at #AnimeNYC 2025: thank you very, very much for your love of both Kuma and Denpa. We're grateful for the unbridled enthusiasm and look forward to releasing many more exciting/thrilling/moving/titillating books soon!

Kengo Hanazawa enjoying NYC! Hoping to see you all tomorrow at AnimeNYC

We still have a few slots left for tomorrow’s autograph session with Kengo Hanazawa. Pass by the Denpa booth for tickets.

Back in NY and hoping to see some of you all at Anime NYC this week.

we’d recommend getting to us on thursday to secure a ticket for saturday.

First 30 people who purchase the UNDER NINJA boxset at the Denpa booth over Anime NYC will receive a ticket to Kengo Hanazawa’s autograph session with Denpa on Saturday (2:00p at booth 1827).

UNDER NINJA fans, this week 30 of y’all will get a chance to meet mangaka KENGO HANAZAWA at the Denpa booth @ Anime NYC.

Details in the graphic below…