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Twin Engine to Release 5 Manga Series & 5 1-Shots on December 3
posted on by Joanna Cayanan
Anime production company Twin Engine announced on Wednesday that it will start digitally releasing five new manga series and five one-shot manga titles on December 3. The releases will precede Twin Engine's full-scale launch of its new manga business, scheduled for next summer. Twin Engine will release the following manga series next week:
Creator: Kazusa Inaoka
Audience: Shōnen
Summary: An heartwarming action comedy manga that imagine what if a spy, a magical girl, and a psychic live in the same world. (preview)
Creator: Kage
Audience: Shōnen
Summary: A fantasy adventure about finding "the girl" in a world full of monsters (preview)
Creator: Kogedonbo
Audience: Josei
Summary: Japan's top judo competitor wins a victory and gets summoned into an otome game as a villainess, all in the same day. (preview)
Creator: Mochiyoshi
Audience: Seinen
Summary: An ultra-high-end combat android is mistakenly transported to modern-day Japan, where there is no war and no mission for him. (preview)
Creator: Yuta
Audience: Shōjo
Summary: A girl is kicked out of her house and somehow ends up selling meat buns in town where humans and beastfolks live. (preview)
Twin Engine will also launch the following one-shot manga:
- Tsuki to Ōkami (The Moon and the Wolf) by Aki (preview)
- Sonna Aitsura ga Kuwadateru no wa Jinrui Kyani-ka Keikaku (What They're Proposing Is a Plan to Turn Humanity Into Crabs) by Kanikamayonezuko (preview)
- Nina-chan wa Ukitakunai (Nina-chan Doesn't Want to Levitate) by Ao Kutani (preview)
- SNAKE&SPICE by Ren Tsumori (preview)
- Maki-chan no Kagebōshi (Maki-chan's Silhouette) by Takashi Nanokawa (preview)
Twin Engine opened its preview pages for these titles on its manga website, although all preview pages are currently in Japanese. The company will also distribute the titles to other e-book stores including Apple Books, Kindle, Google Play Store, BookLive, and Comic Cmoa.
Twin Engine announced in 2024 its newcomer manga audition contest, in conjunction with a new manga label and web manga magazine that the company launched in spring. The contest's winners were announced on March 21. The contest only announced silver and bronze prize winners. No gold prize winner, which includes cash prize and serialization rights, was announced.
Twin Engine and Straight Edge announced in September 2024 the "Anime de Sekai e! Shōsetsu Taishō" (literally: Anime to the World! Novel Prize, titled "Aniseka Novel Award" for short) literary award. The winner of the contest is guaranteed a novel and an anime adaptation of their work. The companies announced the staff for the anime of the winning story by author Puri on September 17.
Source: Press release
