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GlobalComix Platform Adds Kodansha Manga in English Including Special Issue of Young Magazine
posted on by Crystalyn Hodgkins
Digital reading and distribution platform GlobalComix announced on Thursday it has added more than 500 volumes of manga from Kodansha's library in English, available worldwide via à la carte purchase.
The manga added includes:
- Attack on Titan
- A Silent Voice
- Blue Lock
- Chihayafuru
- Ghost in the Shell, Ghost in the Shell: Stand Alone Complex, and Ghost in the Shell: The Human Algorithm
- MF Ghost
- Medalist
- That Time I Got Reincarnated as a Slime
- Vinland Saga
- Witch Hat Atelier and Witch Hat Atelier Kitchen
- WIND BREAKER
GlobalComix will then add an additional 5,500+ volumes from Kodansha on August 27.
Additionally, GlobalComix released the special English issue of Young Magazine on Thursday, and it will be available on the platform for free through the end of 2025. To celebrate, some Kodansha titles that run in Young Magazine will have a discount on GlobalComix thorugh September 1, including Boys Run the Riot, Dragon Head, MF Ghost, and more.
The English issue features 1,044 pages and includes 19 new series from Japanese artists as well as Kengo Hanazawa's UNDER NINJA manga.
The special premium issue of the magazine will be distributed for free to attendees at Anime NYC on August 21-24, as well as at specific Kinokuniya locations from August 21 to November 10. The titles are also available to read on the magazine's official website, which launched on Thursday.
On GlobalComix, HiHi Studios, the manga- and anime-inspired media company co-founded by game streamer and YouTuber Rachell "Valkyrae" Hofstetter, launched a new series with writer Brandon Chen and artist Thirdphp on Thursday titled Apollyon. A preview is available now, and GlobalComix will release the first chapter on September 10. The team also includes background artist Jaimee De Los Santos, colorist Chromatic Level Studio, and cover artist Xinilius.
Source: Press release
