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Vinland Saga's Makoto Yukimura to Attend San Diego Comic-Con

posted on by Adriana Hazra
Event takes place from July 20-July 23 at San Diego Convention Center

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Image courtesy of Kodansha USA Publishing
Kodansha USA Publishing announced on Thursday that manga creator Makoto Yukimura (Vinland Saga, Planetes) will attend Comic-Con International San Diego 2023. The company stated that that its booth at the event will host signings, giveaways, and "additional surprises." The event will mark Yukimura's debut appearance in the United States.

Yukimura launched his Vinland Saga manga series in Kodansha's Weekly Shōnen Magazine in 2005, but Kodansha moved the series to Afternoon later that year. The manga received the Best General Manga award in Kodansha's 36th Annual Manga Awards in 2012. The series won the Grand Prize in the manga division in the Ministry of Cultural Affairs' 13th Japan Media Arts Festival Awards in 2009. Yukimura started drawing the fourth and final arc of the manga in November 2019. The series has over 7 million copies in circulation. The television anime adaptation of the manga premiered in July 2019. The second season of the anime premiered on January 9.

Yukimura's other work includes 2001 manga Planetes. Dark Horse published the manga in English as an omnibus.

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Comic-Con International San Diego 2023 will take place from July 20 through July 23 at the San Diego Convention Center. The organizers will host the event's preview night on July 19.

Last year's in-person SDCC event was held at the San Diego Convention Center on July 21-24. The organizers had canceled the 2021 physical event due to the pandemic. Instead of a physical event, the organizers held the "Comic-Con@Home" virtual event in July the same year.

Source: Press release


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