SEVEN SEAS ENTERTAINMENT September 2017 12 Beast, vol. 5 Story and art by OKAYADO The newest monster girl series from the creator behind the New York Times best seller Monster Musume! here are three things you should know about TTouga Eita, second-year high school student and heir to the Touga-style ninjutsu dojo. First, he really, really loves video games. Second, when given a choice between heroics and COVER IN saving his own skin, he will always choose the DEVELOPMENT latter. Third, he’s never so much as kissed a girl. All this changes when a voluptuous girl with wings and taloned feet named Aero appears and calls on Eita to help save her people— the harpies of Re-Verse—from a merciless onslaught of giant robot monsters known as Gigas. Eita will follow his newfound harpy friend into a whole new world, filled with monster girls and fantastical creatures beyond his wildest dreams. • BESTSELLER: 12 Beast vol. 2-3 were both New York Times bestselling manga volumes ONGOING • FAN FAVORITE: Listed on Anime News MANGA Network’s 7 Manga for Monster Girl Lovers Trade Paperback list ISBN: 978-1-626924-45-1 Rated: Older Teen (16+) OKAYADO is a Japanese manga artist best On Sale: September 26, 2017 known for his New York Times bestselling series 5” x 7.125”/ 176 pages Monster Musume and 12 Beast. He recently $12.99/US | $14.99/CAN visited North America for the first time as a special guest at Anime Expo 2016. SEVEN SEAS ENTERTAINMENT September 2017 Anne of Green Gables Story by Lucy Maud Montgomery Illustrated by Maki Minami An all-new illustrated edition of the beloved classic by Lucy Maud Montgomery with artwork by manga artist Maki Minami! hen Matthew and Marilla Cuthbert Wdecide to adopt an orphan to help them tend their farm on Canada’s Prince Edward Island, they are shocked when an eleven-year- old girl is sent to them instead, the affable Anne Shirley. Despite their initial disapointment, the Cuthberts are quickly won over by Anne’s charm, spirit, and wit. Follow Anne as she adapts to her new family and finds a place for herself on the island—befriending neighbors, attending school, exploring her adoration for the written word, and using her endless imagination to enchant locals and readers alike. C OVER F INAL N OT • A LITERARY CLASSIC: A classic piece of literature, beloved for decades by readers of all ages STAND-ALONE • NUMEROUS ADAPTATIONS: Anne of Green ILLUSTRATED NOVEL Gables has been adapted into numerous Trade Paperback films, plays, cartoons, movies, and novels, ISBN: 978-1-626925-40-3 including the recent film starring Martin Sheen and a new TV drama series airing on Rated: All Ages Netflix in 2017 On Sale: September 26, 2017 • ART BY A BELOVED MANGA ARTIST: Maki 5.875” x 8.25”/ 500 pages Minami is known for a number of popular $13.99/US | $15.99/CAN North American published manga series Lucy Maud Montgomery is a Canadian born author best known for her novel Anne of Green Gables, along with its many sequels and related stories. Throughout her life, she wrote over twenty novels and numerous short stories, poems, and plays. Maki Minami is a Japanese manga artist best known for her series S.A., Voice Over!: Seiyu Academy, and Komomo Confiserie. SEVEN SEAS ENTERTAINMENT September 2017 Arpeggio of Blue Steel, vol. 11 Story and art by Ark Performance The popular science fiction series of naval strategy and political drama continues! It’s been seventeen long years since the Fleet of Fog—a mysterious, unmanned fleet of powerful vessels that appeared out of nowhere—took control of the oceans, barring humanity from traveling between continents or islands. Now, a weapon powerful enough to damage the Fog’s vessels has finally been invented, and there’s just one way of getting the critical information and prototypes from Japan to America, where the weapon can be produced. The submarine I-401, with its humanoid avatar—a “mental model” named Iona, who’s taken the shape of a young girl— was once part of the Fleet of Fog, but has chosen to side with humanity. Captained by Chihaya Gunzo and his crew, the I-401 is the C OVER only ship under human control that can move F INAL freely through the seas. But she answers only to N OT her captain, and he answers to no one. ONGOING • LOOT CRATE: The first volume of Arpeggio MANGA of Blue Steel was a recent inclusion in the Trade Paperback anime-exclusive Loot Crate box with over ISBN: 978-1-626925-43-4 60,000 subscribers Rated: Teen (13+) • ANIME ADAPTATION: The Arpeggio of Blue On Sale: September 5, 2017 Steel anime is currently streaming on 5” x 7.125”/ 180 pages Crunchyroll $12.99/US | $14.99/CAN “[...] an interesting, exciting story of mysterious Ark Performance is a Japanese author/artist vessels and warfare on the high seas.” duo whose best known credits include Samurai - Rebecca Silverman, Anime News Network Commando, Arpeggio of Blue Steel and a Mobile Gundam Suit spin-off. In 2011, the “[...] an excellent mix of sci-fi and naval two contributed to the Trigun: Multiple Bullets combat backed up with an exploration of anthology. human emotions through an entertaining cast of sentient battleships.” - Richard Eisenbeis, Kotaku SEVEN SEAS ENTERTAINMENT September 2017 Bloom into You, vol. 3 Story and art by Nakatani Nio For fans of Citrus and Girl Friends comes an all-new yuri series! uu has always loved shoujo manga and Yfantasizes about the day that, she, too, will get a love confession that will send her heart a-flutter. Yet when a male classmate confesses his feelings to her...she feels nothing. Disappointed and confused, Yuu returns to school unsure how to respond. That’s when Yuu sees the beautiful student council president Nanami turn down a suitor with such maturity and finesse that Yuu is inspired to ask her for advice. But when the next person to confess to Yuu is the alluring Nanami herself, has Yuu’s shoujo romance finally begun? • GENRE HIT: One of the most highly requested yuri titles from genre fans C OVER • SERIALIZED: Bloom into You is an ongoing F INAL N series published in the same magazine as OT titles such as Toradora! and Golden Time ONGOING Nakatani Nio is a Japanese manga creator MANGA best known for her extensive doujinshi career Trade Paperback and her original manga Bloom into You. ISBN: 978-1-626925-44-1 Rated: Teen (13+) On Sale: September 19, 2017 5” x 7.125”/ 180 pages $12.99/US | $14.99/CAN “[...] the story and characters here are excellent, and while it may seem like your typical high-school yuri romance, I was surprised several times throughout. Definitely recommended.” - Sean Gaffney, Manga BookShelf SEVEN SEAS ENTERTAINMENT September 2017 Cutie Honey a Go Go! Story by Go Nagai and Hideaki Anno Art by Itou Shinpei Manga icon Go Nagai and the creator of Neon Genesis Evangelion, Hideaki Anno, team up to reimagine everyone’s favorite crimson-haired android in this 400-page omnibus! okyo is under siege by the terrorist Torganization known as Panther Claw, and the beautiful superheroine android known as Cutie Honey appears on the scene to take them on—but fails! For her own protection, Cutie Honey must join forces with government agent Natsuko Aki, and pose as student and teacher at St. Chapel Academy. But there is nowhere to hide from Panther Claw and its leader’s evil machinations! • A CLASSIC FAN FAVORITE: Cutie Honey is C OVER one of the most globally well-known and F INAL N beloved characters since her debut in 1973 OT • MULTIMEDIA FRANCHISE: The Cutie Honey series has numerous manga, anime, OVA, STAND-ALONE live action film, and drama CD adaptations MANGA • GIRL POWER: The series credited with Trade Paperback starring the very first female-lead in a ISBN: 978-1-626926-13-4 shōnen manga • COMPLETE SERIES: This omnibus collects the Rated: Teen (13+) complete Cutie Honey a Go Go! series On Sale: September 26, 2017 5” x 7.125”/ 400 pages $13.99/US | $15.99/CAN Hideaki Anno is is a Japanese author and film director best known as the creator of Neon Genesis Evangelion and Shin Godzilla. Go Nagai is the famed Japanese manga author best known for creating Cutie Honey, Devilman and Mazinger Z, as well as for his innovations in the giant robot genre. Itou Shinpei is a Japanse manga artist best known for Cutie Honey a Go Go! and Moldiver. SEVEN SEAS ENTERTAINMENT September 2017 Dreamin’ Sun, vol. 3 Story and art by Ichigo Takano The latest manga series from Ichigo Takano, the bestselling creator of orange! himana Kameko lives in a home where she Sfeels she doesn’t belong. Her mother is dead, her father has remarried, and her six-month-old baby brother takes up everyone’s attention. Kameko skips school and runs away to a nearby park where she literally stumbles over a mysterious man in a kimono. The stranger, Fujiwara Taiga, offers Kameko a place to stay—on three conditions. The first condition is that Kameko tell him why she ran away from home. The second is that she fetch the stranger’s lost apartment key (he is locked out!). The third condition is...to have a dream. Kameko meets the conditions, moves in, and begins a journey of romance and self- discovery. C OVER F INAL N OT • BESTSELLING AUTHOR: Both volumes of Ichigo Takano’s previous series, orange, ONGOING repeatedly hit the New York Times manga bestseller list MANGA Trade Paperback • JAPANESE BESTSELLER: A hit in Japan with ISBN: 978-1-626925-45-8 over half a million copies of Dreamin’ Sun in print Rated: Teen (13+) • ANIME ADAPTATION OF PREVIOUS WORK: On Sale: September 19, 2017 An anime adaptation of orange is currently 5” x 7.125”/ 180 pages streaming on Crunchyroll $12.99/US | $14.99/CAN Takano Ichigo is the author and artist of the New York Times manga bestseller orange.