Viz Announces New Manga Acquisitions

Viz Media has announced English translation plans for four new manga titles originally published in Shogakukan’s Ikki Magazine. Saturn Apartments, Kingyo Used Books, Afterschool Charisma, and Tokyo Flow Chart will join a selection of previously announced titles on Viz Signature & Ikki Magazine’s Sigikki.com website. Titles that prove popular will later be published in graphic novel format.

On July 23rd the SIGIKKI site will debut BOKURANO: OURS, by Mohiro Kitoh; DOROHEDORO, by Q Hayashida; SATURN APARTMENTS, by Hisae Iwaoka; and I’LL GIVE IT MY ALL…TOMORROW, by Shunju Aono. These titles will be quickly followed on July 30th with the opening chapters of KINGYO USED BOOKS, by Seimu Yoshizaki; HOUSE OF FIVE LEAVES, by Natsume Ono; AFTERSCHOOL CHARISMA, by Kumiko Suekane; and TOKYO FLOW CHART, by Eiji Miruno.