Kodansha USA Publishing came to Anime Expo Lite 2020 with an online presentation packed full of new manga releases. Between their Kodansha Comics and Vertical. imprints, they regularly release dozens of titles each month in digital and print formats, and the series they showcased here join that already amazing library. Cat with Monocle was watching and cannot wait to get our paws on all of them!

Kodansha Comics – Coming in Summer 2020

• Cells at Work: Bacteria! – Available now (digital)
• Cells at Work: Platelets! – Available now (digital)
• Cells at Work: Baby – Available now (digital) and Spring 2021 (print)

These spinoffs join the roster of existing Cells at Work! manga that you can read right now: Cells at Work!, Cells NOT at Work!, Cells at Work!: CODE BLACK, and Cells at Work and Friends!

Anime in Summer 2020

Fire Force and Rent-A-Girlfriend both have anime series airing right now. Read along with action and antics in both print and digital formats!

Also check out Kodansha’s exclusive interview with Reiji Miyajima, the creator of Rent-A-Girlfriend.

Vertical. – Coming in Fall 2020

• Blood on the Tracks – Available in August (print & digital)
• Weathering With You – Available in September (print & digital)
• With a Dog AND a Cat, Every Day is Fun – Available in September (print & digital)
• Pretty Boy Detective Club (novel) – Available in September (print)

Kodansha Comics – Coming in Fall 2020

• Cardcaptor Sakura
• Magic Knight Rayearth Manga Box Set
• Chobits 20th Anniversary Edition
• Clover (Hardcover Collector’s Edition)

• Heaven’s Design Team
• Orient
• Life Lessons With Uramichi Oniisan

• Blue Period
• That Time I Got Reincarnated as a Slime: Trinity Tempest
• The Witch and the Beast

• Sachi’s Monstrous Appetite
• Shikimori is Not Just a Cutie
• Not-So-Sweet Boys

• Whisper Me a Love Song
• Sayonara Football
• Sue & Tai-chan

Vertical. – Coming in 2021

• Haru’s Curse – Available in February (print & digital)
• A School Frozen in Time – Available in February (print & digital)

Kodansha Comics – Coming in Spring 2021

• Star⇄Crossed!! – Available in February (print)
• A Sign of Affection – Available in March (print)
• Chasing After Aoi Koshiba – Available in March (print & digital)
• My Summer of You / My Summer With You –  (print & digital)