Following up on Friday’s bombshell announcement of its tie-up with Scholastic’s Graphix Books, digital manga platform Azuki had even more to share at its own panel held on Friday night of Anime NYC, with four new titles from Medibang, which are listed below.
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Kotonoha by Kisugae When Fujita was in high school, she had but one romantic encounter — and it was with another girl. It happened one day when they ended up kissing. However, somewhere inside her, she knew a girl kissing another girl was wrong, so she chose to remain as just friends. Even when graduation came, she could not confess her feelings about her, and so the two girls split ways. Five years later, Fujita still thinks back to that romantic encounter. Meanwhile at work, due to one of her colleagues going on maternity leave, a new designer is brought into the company… and who does that designer turn out to be? None other than her high school crush! |
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Ryoji Renjo: Gourmet Detective by Tadashi Kato Ryoji is just supposed to be that private detective everyone hires to solve their trivial personal cases. But why does he have this outstanding cooking skill that mesmerizes every cook he meets in the investigation? What is his connection with the famous head from Togawa restaurant? Together with Aoi, the outgoing woman who’s also a foodie, Ryoji spreads his cooking skill that will bring more taste to Japan’s urban culinary scene! |
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Sweeter Than Cake by Yuga Kuromiya For Takuya Otsuki, his everyday routine after school is to pick up his brother Yuta at daycare, then go home and make dinner for the two of them, while their parents both work. He doesn’t stop by the game center, go out for karaoke, or visit cafes like the rest of his classmates. He is responsible for Yuta… who’s just disappeared into thin air!? As big bro Takuya chases after his small but swift baby brother, he finally catches him at the park, ogling at some cakes held by a suspicious looking red-haired man! Uh oh… What will Takuya have to do to pay him back for the trouble Yuta has caused….? Be his cake taster…? Is that… some sort of euphemism…? |
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Dreamnautes by Yasuyuki Oshima Every time Nattsu shuts his eyes, his world changes into a cloudy dimension with bizarre creatures and strange humans. What exactly is Nattsu’s purpose for him in that world? Why does he keep getting more and more tired? Dreamnautes is an instant shonen classic with unique art and a charming concept. Not to be missed. |
The first volume of Hikaru in the Light! by Mai Matsuda will be published by Graphix in March 2025, and the first volume of Mecha-Ude: Mechanical Arms by Yoshino Koyoka and TriF will follow in April 2025. The Mecha-Ude TV anime series is produced by TriF and will be released in October 2024.
