Seven Seas Entertainment has announced nine manga titles, including a hardcover omnibus of the classic manga series Kamen Rider. You can check out all the new titles recently announced below:
Relax with Seven Seas' License of CHILLIN' IN ANOTHER WORLD WITH LEVEL 2 SUPER CHEAT POWERS Manga Series
Seven Seas Entertainment is pleased to announce the license acquisition of the manga series Chillin' in Another World with Level 2 Super Cheat Powers by Miya Kinojo and Akine Itomachi, a charming isekai comedy about an unremarkable merchant summoned to another world to be a hero…or maybe just hang out.
Banaza, a humble merchant, is summoned to another world as a hero candidate, in the hopes that he has what it takes to defeat the demon army. When his summoners discover that he possesses no special skills, Banaza is summarily dismissed…but something goes wrong, and he can't go back home. Now he must find a way to survive in this new kingdom. Luckily, Banaza might be more powerful than anyone–including Banaza himself–realized!
Seven Seas will publish the series Chillin' in Another World with Level 2 Super Cheat Powers (Manga) 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.
Seven Seas Comes in Peace with License of I GOT CAUGHT UP IN A HERO SUMMONS, BUT THE OTHER WORLD WAS AT PEACE! Manga Series
Seven Seas Entertainment is delighted to announce the license acquisition of the manga series I Got Caught Up In a Hero Summons, but the Other World was at Peace! by Toudai and Jiro Heian, an isekai fantasy that's more about making friends than making war!
When you get summoned to another world, things are supposed to go a certain way: become a hero, battle monsters, and slay demons, right? But when Kaito gets his summons, things are a little different. First off, he's not even the hero…but it doesn't matter, because the world he's been thrust into is at peace. With nothing better to do, Kaito finds himself taking it easy in this unexpectedly mellow fantasy world. Now he can breakfast with its beautiful denizens, learn magic with the help of a spunky demon girl, go to barbeques, and so much more!
Seven Seas will publish the series I Got Caught Up In a Hero Summons, but the Other World was at Peace! (Manga) 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.
Purrfectly Spooky: Seven Seas Licenses CREEPY CAT Graphic Novel Series
Seven Seas Entertainment is thrilled to announce the license acquisition of Creepy Cat by Cotton Valent, a full-color young adult graphic novel series that originated as a webcomic about a beloved ghostly cat!
Flora has just moved into an old house with a gothic flare and a hint of mystery. She soon realizes that she's not alone in this place: a weird cat already lives there, and it's not leaving. It behaves like no cat she's ever seen, phasing through solid objects and attempting to eat a police officer. As Flora cozies up to her new creepy yet adorable roommate, she learns there are more spooky surprises in store!
Since 2014, Cotton Valent's hilarious webcomic Meawbin The Creepy Cat has charmed online audiences across the world. Enjoy this full-color graphic novel series for audiences new and old!
Seven Seas will publish the full-color graphic novel series Creepy Cat for the first time in North America in print and on digital platforms in single large-trim editions. Volume 1 will be released in October 2021 for $14.99 USA / $18.99 CAN.
Seven Seas is for Real with License of THE NPCS IN THIS VILLAGE SIM GAME MUST BE REAL! Light Novel and Manga Series
Seven Seas Entertainment is pleased to announce the license acquisition of the light novel and manga series The NPCs in this Village Sim Game Must Be Real! by Hirukuma, Namako, and Kazuhiko Morita. Invited to play a secretive, strangely realistic video game, one man develops a deep connection with its characters, who seem almost human.
Yoshio is 30 years old, with no job and a shut-in lifestyle. His mundane days and nights are suddenly interrupted when he receives a copy of “The Village of Fate,” an experimental game with graphics like nothing he's ever seen before. In the game, he takes on the role of a guardian deity who watches over the people of a new village…but he finds that the game characters are so intelligent, reactive, and human that he starts wondering if they could be real people somehow. Through his connection to their strangely vivid lives, Yoshio begins to discover the brightness that had been missing from his own existence.
Seven Seas will publish the series The NPCs in this Village Sim Game Must Be Real! (Light Novel) for the first time in North America in print and (early) on digital platforms in single large-trim editions. Volume 1 will be released in print in August 2021 for $13.99 USA / $17.99 CAN as part of Seven Seas' Airship imprint.
Seven Seas will publish the series The NPCs in this Village Sim Game Must Be Real! (Manga) for the first time in North America in print and on digital platforms in single volume editions. Volume 1 will be released in September 2021 for $12.99 USA / $16.99 CAN.
Talk It Up: Seven Seas Licenses THE MOST NOTORIOUS “TALKER” RUNS THE WORLD'S GREATEST CLAN Light Novel and Manga Series
Seven Seas Entertainment is excited to announce the license acquisition of the fantasy light novel and manga series The Most Notorious “Talker” Runs the World's Greatest Clan by Jaki, fame, and Yamorichan. A cunning, ruthless boy does whatever it takes to leave his mark on the world in this swords-and-sorcery tale!
Noel has grown up idolizing his grandfather, a legendary adventurer of the class known as Seekers. But when it comes time for Noel to set out on his own, much to his dismay, he turns out to be a Talker: a support class with meager abilities. But Noel's got ambition in spades–and the smarts to match–so he's determined to do whatever it takes to make the world know his name!
Seven Seas will publish the series The Most Notorious “Talker” Runs the World's Greatest Clan (Light Novel) for the first time in North America in print and (early) on digital platforms in single large-trim editions. Volume 1 will be released in print in September 2021 for $14.99 USA / $18.99 CAN as part of Seven Seas' Airship imprint.
Seven Seas will publish the series The Most Notorious “Talker” Runs the World's Greatest Clan (Manga) for the first time in North America in print and on digital platforms in single volume editions. Volume 1 will be released in February 2022 for $12.99 USA / $16.99 CAN.
Seven Seas Games On with License of TAI ARI DESHITA: OJŌ-SAMA WA KAKUTŌ GAME NANTE SHINAI Manga Series
Seven Seas Entertainment is delighted to announce the license acquisition of the manga series Tai Ari Deshita: Ojō-sama wa Kakutō Game Nante Shinai by Eri Ejima. This over-the-top comedy about delicate young ladies indulging in hardcore gaming is soon to be an anime!
Kuromi Girls' Academy is a refined, elegant school that expects the very best in deportment from its young ladies. Aya got into this peerless rich-girls' institution on a scholarship, and hopes to grow as lovely as her fellow student and idol Shirayui. But Shirayui hides a terrible secret: she's a trash-talking, combo-chaining, newbie-stomping, ruthless hardcore gamer! Could a mutual indulgence in no-holds-barred video game combat grow into a deeper rapport between these two girls?
Seven Seas will publish the manga series Tai Ari Deshita: Ojō-sama wa Kakutō Game Nante Shinai for the first time in North America in print and on digital platforms in single volume editions. Volume 1 will be released in September 2021 for $12.99 USA / $16.99 CAN.
Survival with a Smirk: Seven Seas Licenses JK HARU IS A SEX WORKER IN ANOTHER WORLD Mature-rated Manga Series (Ghost Ship imprint)
Seven Seas Entertainment is pleased to announce, through its Ghost Ship imprint for older readers, the license acquisition of the Mature-rated series JK Haru is a Sex Worker in Another World (Manga) by Ko Hiratori and J-Ta Yamada, the manga adaptation of the popular light novel! A tough girl in a fantasy world does what she can to stay alive in this biting isekai satire.
The otaku boys get to have adventures when they're hit by the inevitable truck and find themselves in yet another fantasy world. The girls, on the other hand…well, Haru finds out the hard way when her classmate Chiba gets the two of them truck-murdered into a fantasy world that treats women even worse than our world does. But a girl's gotta do what she can to make the cash for survival, and Haru? She intends to thrive.
Seven Seas will publish the Mature-rated series JK Haru is a Sex Worker in Another World (Manga) 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 $13.99 USA / $17.99 CAN as part of Seven Seas' Ghost Ship imprint.
“Henshin!” Seven Seas Transforms with License of KAMEN RIDER – THE CLASSIC MANGA COLLECTION Hardcover Omnibus
Seven Seas Entertainment is thrilled to announce the license acquisition of Kamen Rider – The Classic Manga Collection by Shotaro Ishinomori, the complete 4-volume original run of the genre-defining Kamen Rider manga, now in English in a special 50th anniversary hardcover omnibus!
Fans the world over have long been enthralled by tales of Kamen Rider, the masked, motorcycle-riding superhero who protects the world from injustice. Kidnapped and experimented upon by the evil terrorist organization known as Shocker, Takeshi Hongo manages to escape their clutches and use his newfound strength to fight against their schemes. The adventures of Kamen Rider span dozens of television series and films, but in these pages are collected his very first adventures in manga print, drawn and written by original creator and manga superstar Shotaro Ishinomori. This beautiful hardcover edition, over 800 pages long, contains the entirety of Volumes 1-4 of Kamen Rider in an all-new translation.
Seven Seas will publish the manga series Kamen Rider – The Classic Manga Collection for the first time in North America in print in a single, large-trim hardcover omnibus. The book will be released in December 2021 for $32.99 USA / $40.99 CAN.
About Seven Seas Entertainment
Established in 2004, Seven Seas Entertainment specializes in bringing the best of Japanese manga and light novels to North American audiences, and producing original comics, graphic novels, and youth literature. As of July 2021, Seven Seas and all of its book imprints are distributed by Penguin Random House Publisher Services. For more information, visit sevenseasentertainment.com
