Haikasoru Reveals New Acquisitions

Viz Media’s Haikasoru line of Japanese genre novels has scheduled four new titles, while Viz Media’s manga line has announced the release of a translated Bleach manga guidebook.

The first of Housuke Nojiri’s four Rocket Girls novels will premiere in English on July 20, 2010. The second book will follow next fall. The novel series was the basis of a 2007 TV anime.

The late Project Itoh’s (Ito Keikaku) award winning speculative sci-fi drama novel Harmony will be released in English on July 20, 2010.

Jyouji Hayashi’s space exploration fiction novel The Ouroboros Wave will debut in English on September 21, 2010.

Otsuichi’s novelette collection Summer, Fireworks, and My Corpse will also premiere in English on September 21, 2010.

Viz’s manga line will release the Color Bleach+: The Bleach Official Bootleg illustrated guide book on July 20, 2010. The English translation of the 2007 Bleach Official Bootleg: Kara-Buri+ book is an exhaustive guide to “Soul Society” and its shinigami residents.