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North American Anime, Manga Releases, December 29-January 4

posted on 2019-12-31 16:52 EST by Jennifer Sherman

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Anime Releases

Title	Publisher	Suggested Retail Price	Date
Haikyu!! 3rd Season Premium Box Set BD/DVDPlease	Sentai Filmworks	US$149.98	December 31

Print Manga Releases

Title	Publisher	Suggested Retail Price	Date
10 Dance Graphic Novel (GN) 5Cite	Kodansha Comics	US$12.99	December 31
How NOT to Summon a Demon Lord GN 6AnimeNewsNetwork	Seven Seas Entertainment	US$12.99	December 31
Kakegurui - Compulsive Gambler GN 11Please	Yen Press	US$14.99	December 31
Machimaho: I Messed Up and Made the Wrong Person Into a Magical Girl! GN 4Cite	Seven Seas Entertainment	US$12.99	December 31
Magia Record: Puella Magi Madoka Magica Side Story GN 1AnimeNewsNetwork	Yen Press	US$12.99	December 31
Sacrificial Princess and the King of Beasts GN 8Please	Yen Press	US$12.99	December 31
Waiting for Spring GN 12Cite	Kodansha Comics	US$10.99	December 31
What Did You Eat Yesterday? GN 14AnimeNewsNetwork	Vertical	US$12.95	December 31

Digital Manga Releases

Title	Publisher	Suggested Retail Price	Date
10 Dance GN 5Please	Kodansha Comics	US$10.99	December 31
Disney Tim Burton's The Nightmare Before Christmas: Zero's Journey GN 3Please	Tokyopop	US$9.99	January 2
GTO: Paradise Lost GN 11Cite	Kodansha Comics	US$10.99	December 31
Hotaru's Way GN 11AnimeNewsNetwork	Kodansha Comics	US$10.99	December 31
The Island of Giant Insects GN 1Please	Akita Publishing	US$5.99	December 31
Kakafukaka GN 9Cite	Kodansha Comics	US$10.99	December 31
Kakegurui - Compulsive Gambler GN 11AnimeNewsNetwork	Yen Press	US$6.99	December 31
Kounodori: Dr. Stork GN 12Please	Kodansha Comics	US$10.99	December 31
Legend of the Rainbow GN 2Cite	K.K. HarperCollins Japan	US$4.99	December 31
Machimaho: I Messed Up and Made the Wrong Person Into a Magical Girl! GN 4AnimeNewsNetwork	Seven Seas Entertainment	US$9.99	December 31
Magia Record: Puella Magi Madoka Magica Side Story GN 1Please	Yen Press	US$6.99	December 31
Sacrificial Princess and the King of Beasts GN 8Cite	Yen Press	US$6.99	December 31
To Be Next to you GN 1AnimeNewsNetwork	Kodansha Comics	US$10.99	December 31
Waiting for Spring GN 12Please	Kodansha Comics	US$10.99	December 31

Print Novel Releases

Title	Publisher	Suggested Retail Price	Date
The Alchemist Who Survived Now Dreams of a Quiet City Life Novel 2Please	Yen Press	US$14.99	December 31
Combatants Will Be Dispatched! Novel 2Cite	Yen Press	US$14.99	December 31
The Irregular at Magic High School Novel 14AnimeNewsNetwork	Yen Press	US$13.99	December 31
Is It Wrong to Try to Pick Up Girls in a Dungeon? Novel 14Please	Yen Press	US$13.99	December 31
Our Last Crusade or the Rise of a New World Novel 2Cite	Yen Press	US$14.99	December 31
Owarimonogatari Part 1 NovelAnimeNewsNetwork	Vertical	US$15.95	December 31
Seraph of the End: Guren Ichinose: Catastrophe at Sixteen Novel 1Please	Vertical	US$13.95	December 31
Spice & Wolf Novel 21Cite	Yen Press	US$13.99	December 31

Digital Novel Releases

Title	Publisher	Suggested Retail Price	Date
The Alchemist Who Survived Now Dreams of a Quiet City Life Novel 2AnimeNewsNetwork	Yen Press	US$7.99	December 31
Combatants Will Be Dispatched! Novel 2Please	Yen Press	US$7.99	December 31
Full Metal Panic! Novel 5Cite	J-Novel Club	US$6.99	December 30
The Irregular at Magic High School Novel 14AnimeNewsNetwork	Yen Press	US$7.99	December 31
Is It Wrong to Try to Pick Up Girls in a Dungeon? Novel 14Please	Yen Press	US$7.99	December 31
Our Last Crusade or the Rise of a New World Novel 2Cite	Yen Press	US$7.99	December 31
Outbreak Company Novel 12AnimeNewsNetwork	J-Novel Club	US$6.99	December 31
Spice & Wolf Novel 21Please	Yen Press	US$7.99	December 31

Other Releases

Title	Publisher	Suggested Retail Price	Date
Miniature Final Fantasy book (hardcover)Cite	Dark Horse	US$19.99	January 1

This article has a follow-up: North American Anime, Manga Releases, January 5-11 (2020-01-07 17:34)
follow-up of North American Anime, Manga Releases, December 22-28

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