Kodansha Reveals New BL Print Manga Licenses for Fall 2024 & Spring 2025
As announced today at the New York Public Library Graphic Pride! BL, Yuri & LGTBQ+ manga celebration, Kodansha will publish two new volumes of the fan-favorite, and anime-inspiring, BL series, Twilight Out of Focus.
Twilight Out of Focus 5: Long Take Part 1 and Twilight Out of Focus 6: Long Take Part 2 by jyanome will debut in both print and digital Fall 2024 and Spring 2025, respectively. This announcement arrives ahead of the premiere of the Twilight Out of Focus anime, inspired by the original manga series, which will begin airing July 2024.
These two new print licenses be available starting Fall 2024 and Spring 2025 at physical and online book vendors like Barnes & Noble, Books-A-Million, Amazon, and more. Digital editions of these manga debuts will be available upon release across all our participating vendors, including BookWalker, Amazon Kindle, Apple Books, Google Play, Nook, Kobo, MyAnimeList, and more! Fans can also purchase and read all Kodansha digital manga directly on Kodansha.us.
See below for title details of these upcoming BL manga debuts from Kodansha:
NEW PRINT LICENSES:
Twilight Out of Focus 5: Long Take Part 1
By jyanome
Winter is coming for roommates-turned-lovers Mao and Hisashi, bringing with it a whole slew of unexpected challenges and a noted cooling in their relationship that makes Mao wonder if the foundation they've built really is as strong as it once seemed. To make matters worse, this period of transition before their final year of high school has also shaken up the one constant Mao had always relied on: film. Weighed down by such uncertainty, will the two manage to find something solid to see them through a season of darkness, or will the curtain fall on their romance for good?
Debut Date: Fall 2024
Rated: 18+
wilight Out of Focus 6: Long Take Part 2
By jyanome
Amidst the anxieties of preparing for his final year in high school, film club cameraman Mao plucks up his courage and asks his boyfriend Hisashi to take a big step forward in their relationship. But what seemed like a great idea at first leads to a whole series of other questions that leave Mao at a loss and the two at a crossroads. And just when they most need some quality time together, Mao and Hisashi are forced to split up for a school field trip that threatens to disrupt their connection—and attracts unexpected attention from a clandestine figure lurking in the shadows.
Debut Date: Spring 2025
Rated: 18+
About Kodansha USA Publishing, LLC
A subsidiary of Kodansha, Japan's largest publisher, Kodansha USA Publishing is the English-language publisher of some of the world's most recognizable manga properties, including Katsuhiro Ōtomo's AKIRA and Naoko Takeuchi's Pretty Guardian Sailor Moon, along with a robust catalog of English-language Japanese novels, cookbooks, craft guides, historical and cultural literature, and more. Today, thanks to recent fan-favorite and critically acclaimed hits like Attack on Titan, Battle Angel Alita, Witch Hat Atelier, and the popular Monogatari Novels, Kodansha USA Publishing is one of the best-selling manga publishers in the United States. Kodansha USA Publishing's print offerings are distributed by Penguin Random House Publisher Services, and their digital manga and select digital books are available across a number of digital comics, manga, and book vendors. For more information visit Kodansha.us.
Twilight Out of Focus 5: Long Take Part 1 and Twilight Out of Focus 6: Long Take Part 2 by jyanome will debut in both print and digital Fall 2024 and Spring 2025, respectively. This announcement arrives ahead of the premiere of the Twilight Out of Focus anime, inspired by the original manga series, which will begin airing July 2024.
These two new print licenses be available starting Fall 2024 and Spring 2025 at physical and online book vendors like Barnes & Noble, Books-A-Million, Amazon, and more. Digital editions of these manga debuts will be available upon release across all our participating vendors, including BookWalker, Amazon Kindle, Apple Books, Google Play, Nook, Kobo, MyAnimeList, and more! Fans can also purchase and read all Kodansha digital manga directly on Kodansha.us.
See below for title details of these upcoming BL manga debuts from Kodansha:
NEW PRINT LICENSES:
Twilight Out of Focus 5: Long Take Part 1
By jyanome
Winter is coming for roommates-turned-lovers Mao and Hisashi, bringing with it a whole slew of unexpected challenges and a noted cooling in their relationship that makes Mao wonder if the foundation they've built really is as strong as it once seemed. To make matters worse, this period of transition before their final year of high school has also shaken up the one constant Mao had always relied on: film. Weighed down by such uncertainty, will the two manage to find something solid to see them through a season of darkness, or will the curtain fall on their romance for good?
Debut Date: Fall 2024
Rated: 18+
wilight Out of Focus 6: Long Take Part 2
By jyanome
Amidst the anxieties of preparing for his final year in high school, film club cameraman Mao plucks up his courage and asks his boyfriend Hisashi to take a big step forward in their relationship. But what seemed like a great idea at first leads to a whole series of other questions that leave Mao at a loss and the two at a crossroads. And just when they most need some quality time together, Mao and Hisashi are forced to split up for a school field trip that threatens to disrupt their connection—and attracts unexpected attention from a clandestine figure lurking in the shadows.
Debut Date: Spring 2025
Rated: 18+
About Kodansha USA Publishing, LLC
A subsidiary of Kodansha, Japan's largest publisher, Kodansha USA Publishing is the English-language publisher of some of the world's most recognizable manga properties, including Katsuhiro Ōtomo's AKIRA and Naoko Takeuchi's Pretty Guardian Sailor Moon, along with a robust catalog of English-language Japanese novels, cookbooks, craft guides, historical and cultural literature, and more. Today, thanks to recent fan-favorite and critically acclaimed hits like Attack on Titan, Battle Angel Alita, Witch Hat Atelier, and the popular Monogatari Novels, Kodansha USA Publishing is one of the best-selling manga publishers in the United States. Kodansha USA Publishing's print offerings are distributed by Penguin Random House Publisher Services, and their digital manga and select digital books are available across a number of digital comics, manga, and book vendors. For more information visit Kodansha.us.
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