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North American Anime, Manga Releases, April 14-20

posted on 2019-04-18 17:27 EDT by Jennifer Sherman

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Anime Releases

Title	Publisher	Suggested Retail Price	Date
The Ancient Magus' Bride Part 2 BD/DVDPlease	Funimation Entertainment	US$64.98	April 16
Dragon Ball Super: Broly BD/DVDCite	Funimation Entertainment	US$34.98	April 16
Dragon Ball Super: Broly DVDAnimeNewsNetwork	Funimation Entertainment	US$29.98	April 16
Kokkoku Complete Collection BDPlease	Sentai Filmworks	US$69.98	April 16
March comes in like a lion BD 4Please	Aniplex of America	US$159.98	April 16
Please Teacher! BDPlease	Nozomi Entertainment	US$39.99	April 16

Print Manga Releases

Title	Publisher	Suggested Retail Price	Date
Aho-Girl Graphic Novel (GN) 12Please	Kodansha Comics	US$12.99	April 16
Dead Dead Demon's Dededede Destruction GN 5Please	Viz Media	US$14.99	April 16
Fire Punch GN 6Please	Viz Media	US$12.99	April 16
Getter Robo Devolution GN 3Please	Seven Seas Entertainment	US$12.99	April 16
Golden Kamuy GN 9Please	Viz Media	US$12.99	April 16
Go With the Clouds North by Northwest GN 1Please	Vertical	US$12.95	April 16
Himouto! Umaru-chan GN 5Please	Seven Seas Entertainment	US$12.99	April 16
If It's for My Daughter, I'd Even Defeat a Demon Lord GN 3Please	Seven Seas Entertainment	US$12.99	April 16
A Midsummer Night's Dream GNPlease	Udon Entertainment	US$17.99	April 16
A Midsummer Night's Dream GN (hardcover)Please	Udon Entertainment	US$24.99	April 16
Otherworldly Izakaya Nobu GN 3Please	Udon Entertainment	US$12.99	April 16
The Rising of the Shield Hero GN 10Please	One Peace Books	US$11.95	April 16
Smashed: Junji Ito Story Collection GN (hardcover)Please	Viz Media	US$22.99	April 16
Tokyo Ghoul:re GN 10Please	Viz Media	US$12.99	April 16

Digital Manga Releases

Title	Publisher	Suggested Retail Price	Date
Aho-Girl GN 12Please	Kodansha Comics	US$10.99	April 16
All Out!! GN 9Please	Kodansha Comics	US$10.99	April 16
Altair: A Record of Battles GN10Please	Kodansha Comics	US$10.99	April 16
Back Street Girls Novel 10Please	Kodansha Comics	US$10.99	April 16
Creature! GN 9Please	Akita Publishing	US$4.99	April 16
Days GN 13Please	Kodansha Comics	US$10.99	April 16
Dead Dead Demon's Dededede Destruction GN 5Please	Viz Media	US$8.99	April 16
Fire Punch GN 6Please	Viz Media	US$8.99	April 16
Golden Kamuy GN 9Please	Viz Media	US$8.99	April 16
Himouto! Umaru-chan GN 5Please	Seven Seas Entertainment	US$9.99	April 16
If It's for My Daughter, I'd Even Defeat a Demon Lord GN 3Please	Seven Seas Entertainment	US$9.99	April 16
Initial D GN 1-38Please	Kodansha Comics	US$10.99 each	April 17
Kira-kun Today GN 6Please	Kodansha Comics	US$10.99	April 16
My Sadistic Boyfriend GN 1Please	Futabasha Publishers	US$6.99	April 16
Ran the Peerless Beauty GN 2Please	Kodansha Comics	US$10.99	April 16
Seto Utsumi GN 5Please	Akita Publishing	US$3.99	April 16
Shinobi Life GN 6Please	Akita Publishing	US$4.99	April 16
Smashed: Junji Ito Story Collection GN (hardcover)Please	Viz Media	US$15.99	April 16
Tokyo Ghoul:re GN 10Please	Viz Media	US$8.99	April 16
Tokyo Revengers GN 6Please	Kodansha Comics	US$10.99	April 16
The Walls Between Us GN 5Please	Kodansha Comics	US$10.99	April 16

Print Novel Releases

Title	Publisher	Suggested Retail Price	Date
Clockwork Planet Novel 4Please	Seven Seas Entertainment	US$13.99	April 16

Digital Novel Releases

Title	Publisher	Suggested Retail Price	Date
I Saved Too Many Girls and Caused the Apocalypse Novel 13Please	J-Novel Club	US$6.99	April 20
Outbreak Company Novel 8Please	J-Novel Club	US$6.99	April 15
Restaurant to Another World Novel 1Please	Seven Seas Entertainment	US$9.99	April 18

Video Game Releases

Title	Publisher	Suggested Retail Price	Date
Our World Is Ended PlayStation 4, Nintendo Switch gamePlease	PQube	US$59.99	April 17

This article has a follow-up: North American Anime, Manga Releases, April 21-27 (2019-04-25 17:25)
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