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Kimagure Orange Road Kickstarter Funds 2nd Omnibus Volume

Digital Manga Inc.'s Kickstarter campaign to publish Izumi Matsumoto's romantic comedy manga Kimagure Orange Road reached its first stretch goal of US$56,900 on Tuesday. This will allow the company to publish a second 3-in-1 omnibus volume for the manga.

The other four omnibus volumes will be stretch goals at the following amounts:

• Omnibus volume 3: US$74,900
• Omnibus volume 4: US$89,900
• Omnibus volume 5: US$105,900
• Omnibus volume 6: US$119,900

The Kickstarter reached its initial goal of US$34,900 on April 4, which allows the company to publish the first 3-in-1 omnibus volume.

The campaign will end on May 10 at 6:00 p.m. EDT. As of press time, the campaign has raised US$56,939.

Add-on merchandise includes: a set of seven posters; a USB drive; a "beach bundle" that includes a beach towel, sunglasses, and an orange eco bag; a large limited wallscroll; a pub glass; and a set of three different stickers. The merchandise add-ons range from US$12 to US$80, and all of the merchandise add-ons are only available to pledges of the US$20-US$170 reward tiers.

Backer tiers range from US$1 to US$1,500, and rewards include: digital or print editions of the manga, bookmarker magnets, a pub glass, USB drives, beach towels, sunglasses, eco bags, wall scrolls, signed soundtrack CDs, stickers, reproduction prints, reproduction shikishi boards, posters, and an artbook.

Thanks to Daniel Zelter for the news tip