Seaside Stranger: Umibe no Étranger
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- Seven Seas Entertainment announced their latest manga license acquisitions, starting with Seaside Stranger by Kanna Kii, also known as Umibe no Étranger: a love story between an openly gay novelist and a young man coping with grief that was recently turned into an anime film!
- Story:Shun has been living in Okinawa with his grandmother ever since a disastrous coming out to his parents. One day he meets Mio, a high school student who recently lost his parents and who now spends his days sitting by the sea. The two of them are just starting to bond when Mio reveals that he’s heading for the mainland. Three years later, an adult Mio returns to Okinawa...and he’s come to find Shun and reveal what’s in his heart.
- Seven Seas will publish the manga Seaside Stranger: Umibe no Étranger in North America in print and on digital platforms. The book will be released in July 2021 for $13.99 USA / $17.99 CAN.
Great Pretender Manga Series
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- Great Pretender by Ryouta Furusawa, Hiro Kaburagi, Yoshiyuki Sadamoto, and Daichi Marui—the manga adaptation of the hit Netflix anime, featuring a team of international con artists trying to make it big in America!
- Story: Edamura Makoto may be young, but he’s already one of Japan’s best conmen. However, he meets his match when he gets tangled up with Laurent Thierry, a French con artist with big plans. Soon, Makoto is in LA, working (begrudgingly) with Laurent to swindle a big-time movie producer/drug dealer. Laurent’s plan is a good one, but can Makoto trust him?
- Seven Seas will begin publishing the Great Pretender manga in North America in print and on digital platforms in July 2021 for $12.99 USA / $16.99 CAN.
- The Invincible Shovel (Manga) series by Yasohachi Tsuchise and Renji Fukuhara, the manga adaptation of the hilarious fantasy light novels also published by Seven Seas!
- Story: The strongest miner in the world, Alan, can reduce mountains to rubble with a swing of his trusty shovel—a legendary tool that grants him immortal life and can blast through the strongest of foes. When this legendary miner teams up with a runaway princess to track down cursed jewels and save her kingdom from an invading demon force, evil doesn’t stand a chance. A hilarious fantasy tale for fans of RPGs, with adventure...in spades!
- Seven Seas will publish the series The Invincible Shovel (Manga) for the first time in North America in print and on digital platforms in single volume editions. Volume 1 will be released in July 2021 for $12.99 USA / $16.99 CAN.
- Mars Red by Bunou Fujisawa and Kemuri Karakara, the historical vampire thriller that’s soon to be an anime!
- Story:It’s the early 20th century and Aoi is a young newspaper reporter investigating a series of grisly murders. When she gets too close to the culprit, she discovers that there is a secret team of vampires working for the military...and that one of the vampires is her supposedly dead friend! This team, known as Code Zero, is the government’s best hope at stopping violence caused by other vampires. What on earth has Aoi stepped into?
- Seven Seas will publish the manga series Mars Red for the first time in North America in print and on digital platforms in single volume editions. Volume 1 will be released in July 2021 for $12.99 USA / $16.99 CAN.
- Chronicles of an Aristocrat Reborn in Another World by Yashu and nini, a story about a modern man who finds himself reincarnated as a young nobleman with powerful magic!
- Story:After dying in the act of stopping a crime in modern Japan, our hero is reincarnated as Cain von Silford, third son of a noble family in a world of swords and sorcery. In his new life, all children receive a blessing from the gods...but Cain is unexpectedly blessed with an absolutely enormous, over-the-top cornucopia of magical powers. If his dream of traveling the world as a free spirit is to come true, he can’t reveal too much of his potential to the wrong people. A light-hearted, escapist adventure in another world begins!
- Seven Seas will publish the manga series Chronicles of an Aristocrat Reborn in Another World for the first time in North America in print and on digital platforms in single volume editions. Volume 1 will be released in August 2021 for $12.99 USA / $16.99 CAN.
- My Wife Has No Emotion by Jiro Sugiura, a bittersweet love story between a lonely salaryman and his household robot.
- Story:Takuma is a single guy who does nothing but go to work and come home. Too tired to do chores, he decides to get a robot to cook and keep house. “Mina-chan” is such a good housekeeper, Takuma jokes that she should become his wife. Mina takes Takuma’s joke seriously, and slowly the two start doing more things together, like having a picnic outside. As time goes by, Takuma starts to fall for Mina, but can a human and a robot ever have an equal, loving relationship?
- Seven Seas will publish the manga series My Wife Has No Emotion for the first time in North America in print and on digital platforms in single volume editions. Volume 1 will be released in August 2021 for $12.99 USA / $16.99 CAN.
- Trapped in a Dating Sim: The World of Otome Games is Tough for Mobs (Manga) by Yomu Mishima and Jun Shiosato, the manga adaptation of the hilarious light novels also published by Seven Seas!
- Story:Office worker Leon is reincarnated into a dating sim video game, where women reign supreme and only beautiful men have a seat at the table. But Leon has a secret weapon: he remembers everything from his past life, which includes a complete playthrough of the very game in which he is now trapped. Can Leon spark a revolution to change this new world order?
- Seven Seas will publish the series Trapped in a Dating Sim: The World of Otome Games is Tough for Mobs (Manga) for the first time in North America in print and on digital platforms in single volume editions. Volume 1 will be released in July 2021 for $12.99 USA / $16.99 CAN.
The Invincible Shovel Manga Series
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Mars Red Manga Series
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Chronicles of an Aristocrat Reborn in Another World Manga Series
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My Wife Has No Emotion Manga Series
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Trapped in a Dating Sim: The World of Otome Games is Tough for Mobs Manga Series
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Source: Official Press Release
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Seaside Stranger: Umibe no Étranger is one of my favorites!
My Wife Has No Emotion sounds interesting...