Kodansha Comics USA

Kodansha Comics USA

Parent company	Kodansha
Founded	July 1, 2008
Country of origin	United States
Headquarters location	New York, New York
Distribution	Random House Publisher Services
Key people	Yoshio Irie (President & CEO)
Publication types	Books
Official website	www.kodanshacomics.com

Kodansha Comics USA is a manga publishing imprint. It is the American subsidiary of Japanese publisher Kodansha. The company was formed on July 1, 2008.^[1] Their launching titles were the re-prints of Masamune Shirow's Ghost in the Shell and Katsuhiro Otomo's Akira manga, previously published by Dark Horse Comics.^[2] On October 4, 2010, it was announced that manga publisher Del Rey Manga would be shut down. Kodansha Comics then started publishing in earnest, picking up many old Del Rey Manga titles, with Random House serving as the distributor.^[3][4]

Titles

• Air Gear - by Oh! great (Formerly published by Del Rey)
• Akira - by Katsuhiro Otomo (Formerly published by Dark Horse & Epic Comics)
• Animal Land - by Makoto Raiku
• Arisa - by Natsumi Ando (Formerly published by Del Rey)
• @ Full Moon - by Sanami Matoh
• Attack on Titan - by Hajime Isayama
• Attack on Titan: Before the Fall - by Satoshi Shiki
• Attack on Titan: No Regrets - written by Gun Snark, art by Hikaru Suruga
• Attack on Titan: Junior High - by Saki Nakagawa
• Attack on Titan: Lost Girls - by Ryōsuke Fuji
• Battle Angel Alita: Last Order - by Yukito Kishiro
• Black Museum: The Ghost and the Lady - by Kazuhiro Fujita
• Bloody Monday - written by Ryō Ryūmon, art by Megumi Kouji
• Cage of Eden - by Yoshinobu Yamada
• Cells at Work! - by Akane Shimizu
• Codename: Sailor V - by Naoko Takeuchi
• Complex Age - by Yui Sakuma
• Danza - by Natsume Ono
• Deltora Quest - by Makoto Niwano (based on the original novels by Emily Rodda)
• Fairy Tail - by Hiro Mashima (Formerly published by Del Rey)
• Fairy Tail: Blue Mistral - by Rui Watanabe
• Fairy Tail: Twin Dragons of Sabertooth - by Kyōta Shibano and Hiro Mashima
• Fairy Tail Zero - by Hiro Mashima
• GDGD-DOGS - by Ema Tōyama
• Genshiken - by Shimoku Kio (Formerly published by Del Rey)
• Genshiken: Second Season - by Shimoku Kio
• The Ghost in the Shell - by Masamune Shirow (Formerly published by Dark Horse)
• Ghost in the Shell: Stand Alone Complex - by Yu Kinutani
• Gon - by Masashi Tanaka (Formerly published by Paradox Press and CMX, both imprints of DC Comics)
• In/Spectre - by Kyo Shirodaira and Chasiba Katase
• Interviews with Demi-Girls - by Petos
• I am Here! - by Ema Tōyama (Formerly published by Del Rey)
• Kiss Him, Not Me - by Junko^[5]
• Kitchen Princess - by Natsumi Ando and Miyuki Kobayashi (Formerly published by Del Rey)
• Love Hina - by Ken Akamatsu (Formerly published by Tokyopop)
• Let's Dance a Waltz - by Natsumi Ando
• Maga-Tsuki - by Hoshino Taguchi
• Mardock Scramble - by Yoshitoki Oima (based on the original novels by Tow Ubukata)
• Miles Edgeworth: Ace Attorney - by Kenji Kuroda
• Missions of Love - by Ema Tōyama
• Monster Hunter Orage - by Hiro Mashima
• Monster Soul - by Hiro Mashima
• My Little Monster - by Robico
• Negiho - by Ken Akamatsu and YUI
• Negima! Magister Negi Magi - by Ken Akamatsu (Formerly published by Del Rey)
• Negima!? neo - by Takuya Fujima (based on the original manga) (Formerly published by Del Rey)
• Nekogahara: Stray Cat Samurai - by Hiroyuki Takei
• Neo Parasyte f - anthology
• Ninja Girls - by Hosana Tanaka (Formerly published by Del Rey)
• Ninja Slayer Kills - by Bradley Bond and Philip Ninj@ Morzez
• No. 6 - written by Atsuko Asano, illustrated by Hinoki Kino
• Noragami: Stray God - by Adachitoka
• Parasyte - by Hitoshi Iwaaki (Formerly published by Tokyopop & Del Rey)
• Phoenix Wright - Ace Attorney - written by Kenji Kuroda, art by Kazuo Maekawa
• The Prince in His Dark Days - by Hiko Yamanaka
• Rave Master - by Hiro Mashima (Formerly published by Tokyopop & Del Rey)
• Sailor Moon - by Naoko Takeuchi (Formerly published by Tokyopop)
• Sankarea - by Mitsuru Hattori
• Say "I love you". - by Kanae Hazuki
• Sayonara, Zetsubou-Sensei - by Kōji Kumeta (Formerly published by Del Rey)
• Sherlock Bones - written by Yuma Ando and illustrated by Yuki Sato
• The Seven Deadly Sins - by Nakaba Suzuki
• Shugo Chara! - by Peach-Pit (Formerly published by Del Rey)
• Shugo Chara Chan! by Peach-Pit
• Spoof on Titan
• Sweetness and Lightning - by Gido Amagakure
• That Wolf-Boy is Mine! - by Yōko Nogiri
• Tokyo Mew Mew - written by Reiko Yoshida, art by Mia Ikumi (Formerly published by Tokyopop)
• Tokyo Mew Mew à la Mode - by Mia Ikumi (Formerly published by Tokyopop)
• Tsubasa: Reservoir Chronicle - by CLAMP
• Until the Full Moon - by Sanami Matoh (Formerly published by Broccoli Books)
• Vinland Saga by Makoto Yukimura
• The Wallflower - by Tomoko Hayakawa (Formerly published by Del Rey)
• Welcome to the Ballroom - by Tomo Takeuchi
• UQ Holder! - by Ken Akamatsu (Sequel to Negima! Magister Negi Magi)
• xxxholic: Rei - by CLAMP
• XxxHolic - by CLAMP
• Yamada-kun and the Seven Witches - by Miki Yoshikawa
• Your Lie in April - by Naoshi Arakawa

References

1. "Kodansha To Publish, Sell Manga In U.S. In September". Anime News Network. 2008-07-01. Retrieved 2011-01-21.
2. "Kodansha Confirms Plans To Publisher Manga In U.S.". Anime News Network. 2009-10-05. Retrieved 2011-01-21.
3. "Kodansha USA To Take Over Del Rey Titles". Anime News Network. 2010-10-04. Retrieved 2011-01-21.
4. "Kodansha USA Did Not Take Over ALL Del Rey Titles". Twitter. 2013-06-05. Retrieved 2013-06-15.
5. "Kodansha USA Licenses Maria the Virgin Witch Exhibition, Appleseed α, Fairy Tail Spinoff Manga". Anime News Network. January 14, 2015. Retrieved January 22, 2015.

External links

• Official Website
• Kodansha Comics USA at Anime News Network's encyclopedia