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Kodansha USA to Publish Genshiken: Second Season Manga
posted on by Justin Sevakis
ANN has confirmed with Kodansha Comics that it will release the first collection of Genshiken: Second Season, the second series of Shimoku Kio's seinen manga franchise, in North America on September 4. The series, which continues the adventures of the otaku college club "The Society for the Study of Modern Visual Culture" was announced in Japan in 2010.
Kodansha will also release an omnibus 3-in-1 volume of the first series in May.
Over 3 million copies of the manga's compiled book volumes have been published. Del Rey published the first manga series as well as the Kujibiki Unbalance spinoff in North America. Media Blasters licensed the two Genshiken television anime series, the Genshiken videos, and the Kujibiki Unbalance anime.
[Via De Maniax van Ogiue, Crunchyroll]
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