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North American Anime, Manga Releases, August 20-26

posted on 2017-08-22 17:10 EDT by Karen Ressler

Bakuon!!, Rainbow Days anime; Love and Lies, That Time I Got Reincarnated as a Slime manga ship

Anime Releases

Title	Publisher	Suggested Retail Price	Date
Bakuon!! BDPlease	Sentai Filmworks	US$59.98	August 22
Bakuon!! DVDCite	Sentai Filmworks	US$49.98	August 22
Beyond the Boundary -I'LL BE HERE- BD/DVDAnimeNewsNetwork	Sentai Filmworks	US$49.98	August 22
Rainbow Days BD/DVDPlease	Funimation Entertainment	US$54.98	August 22

Manga Releases

Title	Publisher	Suggested Retail Price	Date
Animal Land Graphic Novel (GN) 12Please	Kodansha Comics	US$10.99	August 22
Anne Happy GN 6Cite	Yen Press	US$12.99	August 22
Aoharu x Machinegun GN 6AnimeNewsNetwork	Yen Press	US$12.99	August 22
Blood Lad GN 9Please	Yen Press	US$12.99	August 22
BTOOOM! GN 18Cite	Yen Press	US$16.99	August 22
Chihayafuru GN 4 (Digital)AnimeNewsNetwork	Kodansha Comics	US$10.99	August 22
A Centaur's Life GN 12Please	Seven Seas Entertainment	US$13.99	August 22
Citrus GN 6Cite	Seven Seas Entertainment	US$13.99	August 22
Clockwork Planet GN 4AnimeNewsNetwork	Kodansha Comics	US$12.99	August 22
Delicious in Dungeon GN 2Please	Yen Press	US$14.99	August 22
Demonizer Zilch GN 3Cite	Yen Press	US$12.99	August 22
Dimension W GN 7AnimeNewsNetwork	Yen Press	US$12.99	August 22
Domestic Girlfriend GN 5 (Digital)Please	Kodansha Comics	US$10.99	August 22
Fire Force GN 5Cite	Kodansha Comics	US$10.99	August 22
First Love Monster GN 7AnimeNewsNetwork	Yen Press	US$12.99	August 22
Girls' Last Tour GN 2Please	Yen Press	US$14.99	August 22
High School DxD GN 9Cite	Yen Press	US$12.99	August 22
Inuyashiki GN 8AnimeNewsNetwork	Kodansha Comics	US$12.99	August 22
Kiss and White Lily for My Dearest Girl GN 3Please	Yen Press	US$12.99	August 22
Land of the Lustrous GN 2Cite	Kodansha Comics	US$12.99	August 22
Log Horizon The West Wind Brigade GN 6AnimeNewsNetwork	Yen Press	US$12.99	August 22
Love and Lies GN 1Please	Kodansha Comics	US$12.99	August 22
Murcielago GN 3Cite	Yen Press	US$12.99	August 22
Princess Resurrection GN 17 (Digital)AnimeNewsNetwork	Kodansha Comics	US$10.99	August 22
Re:ZERO -Starting Life in Another World- Chapter 2: A Week at the Mansion GN 2Please	Yen Press	US$12.99	August 22
Real Girl GN 2 (Digital)Cite	Kodansha Comics	US$10.99	August 22
Rokka Braves of the Six Flowers GN 3AnimeNewsNetwork	Yen Press	US$12.99	August 22
Spirits & Cat Ears GN 3Please	Yen Press	US$13.99	August 22
Stop Quibbling About Love GN (Adult)Cite	Project-H	US$19.95	August 22
That Time I Got Reincarnated as a Slime GN 1AnimeNewsNetwork	Kodansha Comics	US$12.99	August 22
Trinity Seven GN 10Please	Yen Press	US$12.99	August 22
Tsuredure Children GN 2 (Digital)Cite	Kodansha Comics	US$10.99	August 22
Ubel Blatt GN 9AnimeNewsNetwork	Yen Press	US$19.99	August 22
What Did You Eat Yesterday? GN 12Please	Vertical	US$12.95	August 22
Yowamushi Pedal GN 6Cite	Yen Press	US$23.99	August 22

Other Releases

Title	Publisher	Suggested Retail Price	Date
The Asterisk War Novel 4AnimeNewsNetwork	Yen Press	US$13.99	August 22
A Certain Magical Index Novel 12Please	Yen Press	US$13.99	August 22
The Devil is a Part-Timer Novel 8Cite	Yen Press	US$13.99	August 22
Goblin Slayer! Novel 3AnimeNewsNetwork	Yen Press	US$13.99	August 22
The Irregular at Magic High School Novel 5Please	Yen Press	US$13.99	August 22
Konosuba God's Blessing on This Wonderful World Novel 3Cite	Yen Press	US$13.99	August 22
Rokka Braves of the Six Flowers Novel 2AnimeNewsNetwork	Yen Press	US$13.99	August 22
Sword Art Online Novel 11Please	Yen Press	US$13.99	August 22
Vampire Hunter D Novel 26Cite	Dark Horse Comics	US$11.99	August 23

This article has a follow-up: North American Anime, Manga Releases, August 27-September 2 (2017-08-29 16:12)
follow-up of North American Anime, Manga Releases, August 13-19

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