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A Certain Scientific Railgun, vol. 9 Story by Kazuma Kamachi Art by Motoi Fuyukawa
The New York Times bestselling SF manga series continues
elcome to a world where mysticism and science collide, Wand supernatural powers are derived from either science or religion. At the heart of this world is Academy City, an advanced metropolis whose population is comprised mostly of students. The majority of students are enrolled in the city’s “Power Curriculum Program,” where they must learn to master their latent psychic powers. Out of several million students, only seven are deemed powerful enough to have Level 5 status.
Meet Mikoto Misaka, the third most powerful Level 5 esper in Academy City. Together with her best friend Kuroko Shirai and the other members of Judgment, a student-run law enforcement agency, Mikoto delves deep into the dark heart of the scientific (cover not final) sprawl she calls home and uncovers secrets she wishes she hadn’t! MARKETING PLANS: • Promotion at Seven Seas website gomanga.com A Certain Scientific Railgun is a must-have manga series for fans • Promotion on twitter.com/ of stories that blend science and magic like Psychic Academy gomanga and facebook. and Full Metal Alchemist. com/gomanga The “Certain” franchise began with the long-running light novel ALSO AVAILABLE: series A Certain Magical Index, which was adapted into both A Certain Scientific Railgun, vol. 8 a manga and an anime series. Its spin-off, A Certain Scientific (8/13) Railgun, became a breakout hit with a better selling manga ISBN: 978-1-937867-39-3 and higher rated anime series. In October 2010, a new anime $12.99 ($14.99 CAN) series following the further adventures of both series’ protagonists A Certain Scientific Railgun, vol. 7 began airing in Japan. A second season of the TV anime A (4/13) Certain Scientific Railgun began airing in Japan in 2013. ISBN: 978-1-937867-21-8 $12.99 ($14.99 CAN) “Part girl. Part railgun. All awesome.” —JAPANATOR.COM A Certain Scientific Railgun, vol. 6 (12/12) Kazuma Kamachi is a Japanese writer of light novels and manga. ISBN: 978-1-937867-03-4 $12.99 ($14.99 CAN) He is best known for A Certain Magical Index and A Certain A Certain Scientific Railgun, vol. 5 Scientific Railgun. (8/12) ISBN: 978-1-935934-78-3 Motoi Fuyukawa is a Japanese manga artist and illustrator best $12.99 ($14.99 CAN) known for A Certain Scientific Railgun. MANGA Trade Paperback ISBN: 978-1-937867-79-9 $12.99 ($14.99 Canadian) 5” x 7.173”/ 256 pages Age: T (13+) April 2014 SEVEN SEAS
Alice in the Country of Clover: Nightmare Story by QuinRose; Art by Yobu
Nightmare in his own solo adventure!
Seven Seas is pleased to present Alice in the Country of Clover: Nightmare, a oneshot volume that the focuses on the mysterious character of Nightmare Gottschalk, the incubus of bad dreams.
Alice in the Country of Clover: Nightmare chronicles the further adventures of Alice as she goes deeper down the rabbit hole. Like the other New York Times bestselling books in the Alice in the Country of Clover series, this new volume is an oversized edition that features impressive artwork and color pinups.
(cover not final) ightmare Gottschalk, the personification of bad dreams in MARKETING PLANS: NWonderland, often appears to Alice when she sleeps. But • Promotion on Seven Seas website now the sickly incubus, often seen coughing up blood, has come gomanga.com to Alice in person, and claims to love her. Alice must decide if • Promotion on twitter.com/gomanga and facebook.com/gomanga the eccentric Nightmare, who sports an eyepatch and can read minds, is truly the man of her dreams.
ALSO AVAILABLE: Also includes a special bonus Crimson Empire short story! Alice in the Country of Clover: Cheshire Cat Waltz, vol. 4 (3/13) Praise for Alice in the Country of Hearts: ISBN: 978-1-937867-10-2 $13.99 ($15.99 CAN) “It may be impossible to beat Lewis Carroll at his own game, Alice in the Country of Clover: Cheshire Cat Waltz, vol. 3 (11/12) but as Alice in the Country of Hearts shows, there are still ways ISBN: 978-1-935934-93-6 to succeed.” —ANIME NEWS NETWORK $13.99 ($15.99 CAN) Alice in the Country of Clover: “Nicely done art and hunky hunks make Alice in the Country Cheshire Cat Waltz, vol. 2 (9/12) of Hearts eye candy for shoujo manga fans.” —ABOUT.COM ISBN: 978-1-935934-92-9 $13.99 ($15.99 CAN) QuinRose is a Japanese game developer who created the Alice Alice in the Country of Clover: franchise of video games, which spun off into novels, manga, Cheshire Cat Waltz, vol. 1 (7/12) ISBN: 978-1-935934-91-2 and an anime feature film. $13.99 ($15.99 CAN) Yobu is a Japanese manga artist best known for Alice in the Country of Clover: Nightmare and Alice in the Country of Clover: MANGA The Lizard’s Aide. Trade Paperback ISBN: 978-1-626920-53-8 $13.99 ($15.99 Canadian) 5.8” x 8.2”/ 192 pages Age: OT (16+)
April 2014 SEVEN SEAS
Amazing Agent Luna, vol. 10 Story by Nunzio DeFilippis and Christina Weir Art by Shiei
“Cleanly spaced visuals and an anime-ready sense of character design make this a fun and fast read.” —ANIME NEWS NETWORK
rown in a lab from the finest genetic material, fifteen-year- Gold Luna Collins has been trained all her life by a covert government agency as the ultimate espionage agent. But now, the Agency has created an even deadlier super-soldier whose mission is to eliminate Luna and replace her as its newest agent.
Plotlines past, present, and future all collide in this penultimate installment of Seven Seas’ longest-running original series!
“An addictive storyline with some truly amazing artwork.” —NEO (cover in development) Nunzio DeFilippis & Christina Weir are a husband and wife writing MARKETING PLAN • Promotion at Seven Seas team who have worked in television on HBO’s Arli$$ and Disney’s website gomanga.com Kim Possible. As veteran comic book writers, they have written • Promotion on twitter.com/ such series as New Mutants and New X-Men, and numerous gomanga and facebook.com/ manga and graphic novels. They live in Southern California. gomanga ALSO AVAILABLE Shiei is the artist for Aoi House and Avalon: the Warlock Diaries. Amazing Agent Luna, vol. 9 She is the most prolific Original English Language manga artist in (6/13) the US, having illustrated eighteen manga so far. ISBN: 978-1-937867-29-4 $11.99 ($13.99 CAN) Amazing Agent Luna Omnibus 3 (3/12) ALSO AVAILABLE: ISBN: 978-1-935934-15-8 $14.99 ($16.99 CAN) Amazing Agent Luna Omnibus 2 (11/09) ISBN: 978-1-934876-66-4 $14.99 ($16.99 CAN) Amazing Agent Luna Omnibus 1 (6/08) ISBN: 978-1-933164-74-8 $14.99 ($16.50 CAN) Omnibus 1 (Vols. 1-3) Omnibus 2 (Vols. 4-5) Omnibus 3 (Vols. 6-7) Volume 8 MANGA Trade Paperback ISBN: 978-1-937867-80-5 $11.99 ($13.99 Canadian) 5” x 7.5”/ 192 pages Age: all ages
April 2014 SEVEN SEAS
Dance in the Vampire Bund Omnibus 5 Story and art by Nozomu Tamaki
The New York Times bestselling manga series is now a 656-page omnibus!
This omnibus edition contains volumes 13-14 from the hit manga series Dance in the Vampire Bund.
ina Tepes, the princess of vampires, has set up a special Mdistrict for vampires off the coast of Tokyo. Mina’s extensive preparations include founding a school that she herself attends, along with her passionately loyal werewolf bodyguard, Akira, in tow.
Ever since the day the school opened, rival vampire factions have opposed Mina’s grand vision. They continue targeting the human populace in order to smear Mina’s reputation and sabotage her well-laid plans of vampires and humans living together in peace.
MARKETING PLANS: Dance in the Vampire Bund features stunning artwork and an • Promotion on Seven Seas website enthrallingly original supernatural narrative. The manga has been gomanga.com adapted into a hit anime series in Japan and licensed by • Promotion on twitter.com/gomanga and facebook.com/gomanga FUNimation for North America. Dance in the Vampire Bund has repeatedly hit the New York Times Manga Bestsellers List with each ALSO AVAILABLE: new release.
Dance in the Vampire Bund Nozomu Tamaki is the writer/artist of Dance in the Vampire Bund Omnibus 4 (11/13) ISBN: 978-1-937867-85-0 and the artist of Angel Para Bellum. $19.99 ($22.99 CAN) Dance in the Vampire Bund Omnibus 3 (8/13) ISBN: 978-1-937867-75-1 ALSO AVAILABLE: $19.99 ($22.99 CAN) Dance in the Vampire Bund Omnibus 2 (2/13) ISBN:978-1-937867-24-9 $19.99 ($22.99 CAN) Dance in the Vampire Bund Omnibus 1 (12/12) ISBN: 978-1-937867-04-1 $19.99 ($22.99 CAN) Omnibus 1 Omnibus 2 Omnibus 3 Omnibus 4 MANGA Trade Paperback ISBN: 978-1-626920-21-7 $19.99 ($22.99 Canadian) 5.875” x 8.25”/ 656 pages Age: OT (16+) Rating: partial nudity
April 2014 SEVEN SEAS
Devils and Realist, vol. 1 Story by Madoka Takadono Art by Utako Yukihiro
For fans of Black Butler comes a new manga about a handsome teen noble and the demons who surround him
Devils and Realist is an all-new supernatural manga series that pits a young, suave nobleman against Hell’s princely demons.
Each volume of Devils and Realist features beautiful bishounen- styled artwork and a color insert. An anime adaptation of Devils and Realist will air on Japanese TV in July 2013.
illiam Twining has it all—a sharp intelligence, dashing good Wlooks, and a noble station in life. There’s only one problem: he’s broke. With no way to finance his prestigious education, William decides to search through his uncle’s mansion for something of value to sell. But William’s logical worldview is about (cover not final) to take a hit, when he comes across a mystical seal which he unintentionally uses to summon a demon. MARKETING PLANS: • Promotion at Seven Seas The demon’s name is Dantalion, a Grand Duke of Hell, who website gomanga.com informs the young nobleman of his destiny—that he is the new • Promotion on twitter.com/ “Elector” whose sole responsibility is to appoint the next ruler of gomanga and facebook. Hell in place of Lucifer. Such news might drive a lesser man mad, com/gomanga but not William Twining. He’s a realist whose views don’t allow for the existence of demons, even when scores of demonic candidates begin to knock down his door and seek his favor. None of this can possibly be real—can it?—and besides, he’s got bills to pay.
Madoka Takadono is a Japanese author best known as the writer of Gun Princess and Devils and Realist.
Utako Yukihiro is a Japanese manga artist whose works include Uta no Prince-Sama and Devils and Realist. MANGA Trade Paperback ISBN: 978-1-626920-32-3 $12.99 ($14.99 Canadian) 5” x 7.125”/ 192 pages Age: OT (16+)
April 2014 SEVEN SEAS
Dictatorial Grimoire: Red Riding Hood (Volume 3) Story & Art by Ayumi Kanou
For fans of Once Upon a Time and Fables comes a shoujo- styled manga series about the Grimm Brothers’ most notorious characters!
Dictatorial Grimoire is an all new three-volume manga series that reimagines characters straight out of the Brothers Grimm fairy tales. Much like Seven Seas’ bestselling Alice in the Country of Clover series, Dictatorial Grimoire puts an edgy spin on beloved classic characters, with a focus on Cinderella, Snow White, and Little Red Riding Hood. Each book in the trilogy is presented in an oversized edition that features impressive shoujo-styled artwork and color inserts.
rimm Otogi, a farflung descendant of the renowned Grimm GBrothers, has always regarded the fairy tales his ancestors concocted as pure fiction. Unfortunately for the introverted half- Japanese teen, he is about to discover that the Grimm legacy is anything but pure. MARKETING PLANS: • Promotion on Seven Seas website Upon receiving a posthumous letter from the father he never gomanga.com knew, Otogi transfers to a new school and moves into an • Promotion on twitter.com/gomanga and facebook.com/gomanga abandoned mansion as part of his inheritance. There, he finds a manuscript that reveals the truth about his ancestors: the Brothers Grimm made a deal with mystical beings known as the ALSO AVAILABLE: Märchen Demons, who now have a claim on Otogi’s life. With a Dictatorial Grimoire: Snow White dashing male Cinderella as his guide, can Otogi Grimm unlock vol. 2 (1/14) the power of the manuscript and stop the fairy tale demons ISBN: 978-1-937867-94-2 before they destroy him first? $13.99 ($15.99 CAN) Dictatorial Grimoire: Cinderella Ayumi Kanou is a Japanese manga artist and author best known vol. 1 (9/13) for her work on the manga adaptation of the Tales of the Abyss ISBN: 978-1-937867-93-5 video game by Namco Bandai. $13.99 ($15.99 CAN) ALSO AVAILABLE: MANGA Trade Paperback ISBN: 978-1-937867-95-9 $13.99 ($15.99 Canadian) 5.8” x 8.2”/ 176 pages Age: T (13+)
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Love in Hell, vol. 3 Story & Art by Reiji Suzumaru
The manga trilogy about Hell comes to a diabolical conclusion!
Love in Hell is a hilarious and irreverant manga trilogy that takes place in a setting that is endlessly fascinating—Hell. For fans of supernatural comedies like Rosario + Vampire, Love in Hell is sure to entertain those who like their stories devilishly naughty.
intaro Senkawa is a regular guy in his mid-20’s who got a Rlittle drunk one night and fell to his death. But that is just the beginning of Rintaro’s story, as he finds himself unexpectedly in Hell where he meets his guide, the painfully sexy devil Koyori. Can Rintaro take his situation seriously enough to repent for the sins of his former life or is he fated to be eternally tempted, teased, and tortured by scantily clad devils with iron spiked clubs?
Reiji Suzumaru is a Japanese manga creator who is best known for Love in Hell. MARKETING PLANS: • Promotion at Seven Seas ALSO AVAILABLE: website gomanga.com • Promotion on twitter.com/ gomanga and facebook. com/gomanga
ALSO AVAILABLE: Love in Hell, vol. 2 (1/14) ISBN: 978-1-937867-99-7 $11.99 ($13.99 CAN) Vol. 1 Vol. 2
Love in Hell, vol. 1 (10/13) ISBN: 978-1-937867-89-8 $11.99 ($13.99 CAN)
MANGA Trade Paperback ISBN: 978-1-626920-14-9 $11.99 ($13.99 Canadian) 5” x 7.173”/ 192 pages Age: OT (16+)
April 2014 SEVEN SEAS
Strike Witches: Maidens in the Sky, Vol. 2 Story by Humikane Shimada Art by Yuuki Tanaka
The dieselpunk manga sensation!
Strike Witches is a highly popular dieselpunk franchise that spans manga, light novels, video games and anime. The series reimagines World War II as a confrontation between the allied human forces and an invading alien menace. Most of the battles featured are fictional recreations of actual World War II dogfights, but in this alternate history, teen girls with advanced weaponry and magic powers perform aeriel combat against alien aircraft.
In addition to the ongoing Strike Witches manga series, the franchise has been adapted into light novels, as well as several TV anime which aired in Japan and are available in North America from FUNimation. In 2012, an animated feature film was released entitled “Strike Witches: The Movie.” (cover not final) n 1939, an enigmatic alien force called the Neuroi launched MARKETING PLANS: Ia widescale invasion of Earth, destroying nation after nation. • Promotion at Seven Seas Humanity’s last hope at survival is to form an international elite website gomanga.com fighting force of flying aces known as “Strike Witches!” • Promotion on twitter.com/ gomanga and facebook. Strike Witches are young women with innate magical powers who com/gomanga are equipped with the latest in military technology: Striker Units, which provide the user with a unique array of weaponry that can only be controlled by magic.
ALSO AVAILABLE: Enter a young healer named Yoshika Miyafuji, the newest inductee Strike Witches: Maidens in the Sky, into the 501st Joint Fighter Wing. Yoshika may be opposed to the vol. 1 (2/14) military, but if she wants to survive, she better learn quick from ISBN: 978-1-626920-28-6 veteran ace and strict displinarian, Mio Sakamoto, what it means $12.99 ($14.99 CAN) to be a Strike Witch.
Praise for the Strike Witches anime:
“Does a fine job of presenting a rich alternate history world and a fun, fanservicey war story that doesn’t disappoint.” MANGA —ANIME NEWS NETWORK Trade Paperback ISBN: 978-1-626920-29-3 Humikane Shimada is the creator of the Strike Witches franchise and $12.99 ($14.99 Canadian) has written numerous manga and novels in the series. 5” x 7.125”/ 192 pages Age: OT (16+) Yuuki Tanaka is a Japanese manga artist whose works include Code Geass: Queen and Strike Witches: Maidens in the Sky.
April 2014 SEVEN SEAS
World War Blue, vol. 5 Story by Anastasia Shestakova Art by Crimson
For fans of Hetalia comes a video game parody like no other!
World War Blue is an all-new fantasy manga series inspired by the “console wars”, the historic struggle for market share between manufacturers in the video game industry. In World War Blue, this conflict is represented by satirical versions of famous video game characters, who fight each other in a sprawling RPG-like world.
World War Blue is a ten-volume manga series drawn in the tradition of popular shonen manga like Fairy Tail and Rave Master. Each book includes a large array of extra content, such as color maps and pinups, detailed character bios, and fun bonus features that delve into video game history and lore.
World War Blue has been adapted into an ongoing anime which currently airs on Japanese TV and is simulcast in English on Crunchyroll. (cover not final) n the continent of Consume, an endless war rages between bitter MARKETING PLANS: rivals: the Segua Kingdom vs. the Ninteldo Empire. Upon his dinosaur • Promotion at Seven Seas I steed, the stern Emperor Marcus has led the Ninteldo Empire to website gomanga.com near-victory. Now, with the majority of Consume under its control, • Promotion on twitter.com/ Ninteldo has Segua up against the ropes. gomanga and facebook. com/gomanga Enter a fleet-footed lad named Gear, who seeks vengeance against ALSO AVAILABLE: Ninteldo for his brother’s death. After joining Segua’s Army, Gear World War Blue vol. 4 (2/14) is enlisted in the Special Forces, due to his amazing speed. Yet the ISBN: 978-1-626920-05-7 inexperienced, hasty youth may not be ready for the realities of $12.99 ($14.99 CAN) war—or he might just become the Segua Empire’s last and greatest hope. World War Blue vol. 3 (11/13) ISBN: 978-1-937867-98-0 Anastasia Shestakova is the author of World War Blue. $12.99 ($14.99 CAN) Crimson is a Japanese manga artist best known for his work on World World War Blue vol. 2 (8/13) War Blue. ISBN: 978-1-937867-97-3 $11.99 ($13.99 CAN) ALSO AVAILABLE:
World War Blue vol. 1 (7/13) ISBN: 978-1-937867-96-6 $11.99 ($13.99 CAN)
MANGA Trade Paperback ISBN: 978-1-626920-13-2 $12.99 ($14.99 Canadian) 5” x 7.125”/ 244 pages Volume 1 Volume 2 Volume 3 Age: T (13+)
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