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North American Anime, Manga Releases, April 2-8

posted on 2023-04-04 17:00 EDT by Alex Mateo

Record of Ragnarok, Fantasista Doll anime; Tista, Please Go Home, Miss Akutsu! manga ship

Anime Releases

Title	Publisher	Suggested Retail Price	Date
Cowboy Bebop 25th Anniversary Limited Edition BDPlease	Crunchyroll/Funimation	US$84.98	April 4
Cowboy Bebop 25th Anniversary Special Edition BDCite	Crunchyroll/Funimation	US$64.98	April 4
Fantasista Doll BDAnimeNewsNetwork	Sentai Filmworks	US$49.98	April 4
Record of Ragnarok Season 1 BDPlease	Viz Media	US$44.98	April 4

Print Manga Releases

Title	Publisher	Suggested Retail Price	Date
Attack on Titan Omnibus Graphic Novel (GN) 10Please	Kodansha USA	US$19.99	April 4
Bite Maker: The King's Omega GN 7Cite	Seven Seas	US$12.99	April 4
Cinderella Closet GN 1AnimeNewsNetwork	Seven Seas	US$13.99	April 4
Daigo The Beast: Umehara Fighting Gamers! GN 5Please	Udon Entertainment	US$19.99	April 5
Dr. Stone GN 25Please	Viz Media	US$9.99	April 4
Gacha Girls Corps GN 3Please	Kaiten Books	US$13.99	April 7
GAME: Between the Suits GN 3Please	Seven Seas	US$14.99	April 4
Kaguya-sama: Love Is War GN 25Please	Viz Media	US$9.99	April 4
The Knight Blooms Behind Castle Walls GN 2Please	Seven Seas	US$13.99	April 4
Let's Buy the Land and Cultivate It in a Different World GN 3Please	Seven Seas	US$13.99	April 4
Lovesick Ellie GN 9Please	Kodansha USA	US$10.99	April 4
Might as Well Cheat: I Got Transported to Another World Where I Can Live My Wildest Dreams! GN 5Please	Seven Seas	US$13.99	April 4
Moriarty the Patriot GN 11Please	Viz Media	US$9.99	April 4
My Love Mix-Up! GN 7Please	Viz Media	US$9.99	April 4
My Sister, The Cat GN 2Please	Seven Seas	US$13.99	April 4
One Piece GN 102Please	Viz Media	US$9.99	April 4
Please Go Home, Miss Akutsu! GN 1Please	Seven Seas	US$13.99	April 4
Quality Assurance in Another World GN 1Please	Kodansha USA	US$12.99	April 4
Rainbow Days GN 3Please	Viz Media	US$9.99	April 4
Romantic Killer GN 3 (color)Please	Viz Media	US$16.99	April 4
She Professed Herself Pupil of the Wise Man GN 8Please	Seven Seas	US$12.99	April 4
Snow White with the Red Hair GN 24Please	Viz Media	US$9.99	April 4
Sweat and Soap GN Box Set 2Please	Kodansha USA	US$64.95	April 4
Tista GN 1Please	Viz Media	US$9.99	April 4
World End Solte GN 2Please	Seven Seas	US$12.99	April 4

Digital Manga Releases

Title	Publisher	Suggested Retail Price	Date
Chihayafuru GN 37Please	Kodansha USA	US$10.99	April 4
Chihiro-kun Only Has Eyes for Me GN 8Cite	Kodansha USA	US$10.99	April 4
Cinderella Closet GN 1AnimeNewsNetwork	Seven Seas	US$9.99	April 4
Don't Toy With Me, Miss Nagatoro GN 14Please	Seven Seas	US$7.99	April 4
Dr. Stone GN 25Please	Viz Media	US$6.99	April 4
The God-Tier Guardian and the Love of Six Princesses GN 7Please	Kodansha USA	US$10.99	April 4
Kaguya-sama: Love Is War GN 25Please	Viz Media	US$6.99	April 4
The Knight Blooms Behind Castle Walls GN 2Please	Seven Seas	US$9.99	April 4
Let's Buy the Land and Cultivate It in a Different World GN 3Please	Seven Seas	US$9.99	April 4
Life GN 2Please	Kodansha USA	US$10.99	April 4
Lovely Muco! GN 1Please	Kodansha USA	US$10.99	April 4
Medaka Kuroiwa is Impervious to My Charms GN 6Please	Kodansha USA	US$10.99	April 4
MF Ghost GN 12Please	Kodansha USA	US$10.99	April 4
Moriarty the Patriot GN 11Please	Viz Media	US$6.99	April 4
My Love Mix-Up! GN 7Please	Viz Media	US$6.99	April 4
My Sister, The Cat GN 2Please	Seven Seas	US$9.99	April 4
One Piece GN 102Please	Viz Media	US$6.99	April 4
Orient GN 14Please	Kodansha USA	US$10.99	April 4
Phantom of the Idol GN 5Please	Kodansha USA	US$10.99	April 4
Please Go Home, Miss Akutsu! GN 1Please	Seven Seas	US$9.99	April 4
Rainbow Days GN 3Please	Viz Media	US$6.99	April 4
Raised by the Demon Kings! GN 7Please	Kodansha USA	US$10.99	April 4
Romantic Killer GN 3 (color)Please	Viz Media	US$11.99	April 4
The Saga of Lioncourt GN 4Please	J-Novel Club	US$8.99	April 5
She Professed Herself Pupil of the Wise Man GN 8Please	Seven Seas	US$9.99	April 4
Snow White with the Red Hair GN 24Please	Viz Media	US$6.99	April 4
Tista GN 1Please	Viz Media	US$6.99	April 4
Watari-kun's ****** Is About to Collapse GN 13Please	Kodansha USA	US$10.99	April 4
World End Solte GN 2Please	Seven Seas	US$9.99	April 4

Print Novel Releases

Title	Publisher	Suggested Retail Price	Date
Irina: The Vampire Cosmonaut Novel 4Please	Seven Seas	US$14.99	April 4
The Weakest Tamer Began a Journey to Pick Up Trash Novel 3Please	Seven Seas	US$14.99	April 4

Digital Novel Releases

Title	Publisher	Suggested Retail Price	Date
Ascendance of a Bookworm Part 5 Novel 3Please	J-Novel Club	US$7.99	April 5
Bibliophile Princess Novel 6Cite	J-Novel Club	US$7.99	April 6
Black Summoner Novel 12AnimeNewsNetwork	J-Novel Club	US$7.99	April 7
Holmes of Kyoto Novel 14Please	J-Novel Club	US$7.99	April 6
The Ideal Sponger Life Novel 11Please	J-Novel Club	US$7.99	April 6
The Master of Ragnarok & Blesser of Einherjar Novel 22Please	J-Novel Club	US$7.99	April 6
The Misfit of Demon King Academy Act 1 Novel 4Please	J-Novel Club	US$7.99	April 7
Private Tutor to the Duke's Daughter Novel 7Please	J-Novel Club	US$7.99	April 6
To Another World... with Land Mines! Novel 6Please	J-Novel Club	US$7.99	April 4
The World's Fastest Level Up Novel 3Please	Seven Seas	US$9.99	April 6

Video Game Releases

Title	Publisher	Suggested Retail Price	Date
GrimGrimoire OnceMore Switch, PS5, PS4 gameAnimeNewsNetwork	NIS America	US$49.99	April 4

Other Releases

Title	Publisher	Suggested Retail Price	Date
A History of Modern Manga Book (hardcover)AnimeNewsNetwork	Insight	US$39.99	April 4

Disclosure: Kadokawa World Entertainment (KWE), a wholly owned subsidiary of Kadokawa Corporation, is the majority owner of Anime News Network, LLC. Yen Press, BookWalker Global, and J-Novel Club are subsidiaries of KWE.

This article has a follow-up: North American Anime, Manga Releases, April 9-15 (2023-04-11 17:00)
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