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Exclusive: Titan Unveils English Cover, Pages for Aoashi Manga
posted on by Anita Tai
Titan Manga revealed to ANN on Thursday the cover and spreads from its upcoming English release of Yūgo Kobayashi's Aoashi manga:
Titan will release the manga in English in an omnibus format comprising three volumes, beginning on May 12. The manga is available for pre-order at Amazon, Barnes & Noble, Books-a-Million, and Forbidden Planet.
The company describes the story:
To the world stage! Glory and ambition lie ahead of young Ashito Aoi as he takes the first steps to becoming a pro soccer player. But after being catapulted into a new harsh environment, can he hold onto his spider's thread and climb his way to the top?A fateful encounter on Futami Beach in Ehime, Japan leads to the meeting between Fukuda Tatsuya; once a rising star and a player on the cusp of greatness whose career ended all too soon, and Aoi Ashito; a brash and hot-headed striker who loves soccer despite his selfish tendencies.
After being selected to try out for the Tokyo City Esperion Youth club, Ashito Aoi stakes his future on the chance to create a better life for his single mother and older brother, all while realizing his own shortcomings and dealing with the highly competitive world of J-Youth Soccer.
Kobayashi launched the Aoashi manga in Shogakukan's Weekly Big Comic Spirits magazine in January 2015. The series ended in June. Naohiko Ueno is credited for research and original story collaboration up to the manga's 17th compiled book volume. The manga has 40 volumes and has over 15 million copies in circulation. It won the Best General Manga at the 65th Shogakukan Manga Awards.
The Aoashi anime by Production I.G premiered on the NHK Educational channel in April 2022, and it had 24 episodes. Crunchyroll streamed the anime as it aired. The anime will have a second season by TMS Entertainment next year.
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