In time for the anime adaptation’s summer Netflix debut, North American publisher Vertical Inc is launching Tsutomu Nihei’s sci-fi manga Knights of Sidonia on ebook platforms including iTunes Bookstore, Kindle and NOOK this week.
Volumes 1 & 2 will be available this week, and next month they should have volumes 3 & 4, with volumes 5 & 6 and 7 & 8 out in June.
Speaking of Sidonia, there’s actually a Hiroyuki Morita and other Studio Ghibli veterans working on the anime…
Knights of Sidonia Production: Polygon Pictures Production Designer: Naoya Tanaka (Princess Mononoke)
— Tsk06 (@tsk06) April 15, 2014
Art Director: Mistunori Kataama (Howl’s Moving Castle) Storyboards: Hiroyuki Morita
— Tsk06 (@tsk06) April 15, 2014
Vertical has also previewed upcoming Flowers of Evil:
Flowers of Evil vol 10′s cover has been approved by Japan.
And yup, as you can see, another arc and another design scheme from Shuzo Oshimi.
Expect volume 10 to go on sale this summer!!
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Scott Green is editor and reporter for anime and manga at geek entertainment site Ain’t It Cool News. Follow him on Twitter at @aicnanime.
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