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North American Anime, Manga Releases, August 12-18

posted on 2018-08-14 15:41 EDT by Karen Ressler

Eureka Seven: Hi - Evolution 1, planetarian anime; That Blue Sky Feeling manga ship

Anime Releases

Title	Publisher	Suggested Retail Price	Date
Assassination Classroom Season 1 BDPlease	FUNimation Entertainment	US$69.98	August 14
Classroom of the Elite Season 1 BDCite	FUNimation Entertainment	US$64.98	August 14
Ergo Proxy Complete Series Classics BDAnimeNewsNetwork	FUNimation Entertainment	US$69.98	August 14
Eromanga Sensei BD Volume 2Please	Aniplex of America	US$64.98	August 14
Eureka Seven: Hi - Evolution 1 Movie BD/DVDCite	FUNimation Entertainment	US$34.98	August 14
Overlord Season 1 Classics BDAnimeNewsNetwork	FUNimation Entertainment	US$49.98	August 14
Outlaw Star Classics BDPlease	FUNimation Entertainment	US$49.98	August 14
planetarian OVAs + Movie BD/DVDCite	FUNimation Entertainment	US$49.98	August 14
The Seven Deadly Sins Season 1 Complete Collection BDAnimeNewsNetwork	FUNimation Entertainment	US$69.98	August 14

Print Manga Releases

Title	Publisher	Suggested Retail Price	Date
Arakawa Under the Bridge Graphic Novel (GN) 4Please	Vertical	US$17.95	August 14
Bloom Into You GN 5Cite	Seven Seas Entertainment	US$12.99	August 14
Fire Force GN 11AnimeNewsNetwork	Kodansha Comics	US$10.99	August 14
Fullmetal Alchemist Fullmetal Edition GN 2 (Hardcover)Please	Viz Media	US$19.99	August 14
In/Spectre GN 8Cite	Kodansha Comics	US$10.99	August 14
Magi GN 31AnimeNewsNetwork	Viz Media	US$9.99	August 14
RG Veda GN 3Please	Dark Horse Comics	US$24.99	August 15
Species Domain GN 5Cite	Seven Seas Entertainment	US$12.99	August 14
Sleepy Princess in the Demon Castle GN 2AnimeNewsNetwork	Viz Media	US$9.99	August 14
A Strange and Mystifying Story GN 4Please	Viz Media/SuBLime	US$12.99	August 14
That Blue Sky Feeling GN 1Cite	Viz Media	US$10.99	August 14
Toppu GP GN 3AnimeNewsNetwork	Kodansha Comics	US$12.99	August 14

Digital Manga Releases

Title	Publisher	Suggested Retail Price	Date
Aoba-kun's Confessions GN 7Please	Kodansha Comics	US$10.99	August 14
Back Street Girls GN 1-3Cite	Kodansha Comics	US$10.99 each	August 14
Bloom Into You GN 5AnimeNewsNetwork	Seven Seas Entertainment	US$9.99	August 14
Boarding School Juliet GN 4Please	Kodansha Comics	US$10.99	August 14
Drowning Love GN 10Cite	Kodansha Comics	US$10.99	August 14
Fire Force GN 11AnimeNewsNetwork	Kodansha Comics	US$10.99	August 14
In/Spectre GN 8Please	Kodansha Comics	US$10.99	August 14
Kami Kami Kaeshi GN 3Cite	Kodansha Comics	US$10.99	August 14
Kasane GN 13AnimeNewsNetwork	Kodansha Comics	US$10.99	August 14
Lovesick Ellie GN 13Please	Kodansha Comics	US$10.99	August 14
Magi GN 31Cite	Viz Media	US$6.99	August 14
Moteki GN 2AnimeNewsNetwork	Kodansha Comics	US$10.99	August 14
Species Domain GN 5Please	Seven Seas Entertainment	US$9.99	August 14
Sleepy Princess in the Demon Castle GN 2Cite	Viz Media	US$6.99	August 14
A Strange and Mystifying Story GN 4AnimeNewsNetwork	Viz Media/SuBLime	US$6.99	August 14
That Blue Sky Feeling GN 1Please	Viz Media	US$6.99	August 14
Those Summer Days GN 3Cite	Kodansha Comics	US$10.99	August 14
Tokyo Alice GN 2AnimeNewsNetwork	Kodansha Comics	US$10.99	August 14
Toppu GP GN 3Please	Kodansha Comics	US$10.99	August 14

Print Novel Releases

Title	Publisher	Suggested Retail Price	Date
The Rising of the Shield Hero Novel 12Cite	One Peace Books	US$13.95	August 18
Vampire Hunter D Novel 3AnimeNewsNetwork	Dark Horse Comics	US$11.99	August 15

Digital Novel Releases

Title	Publisher	Suggested Retail Price	Date
Grimgar of Fantasy and Ash Novel 10Please	J-Novel Club	US$6.99	August 14
I Saved Too Many Girls and Caused the Apocalypse Novel 9Cite	J-Novel Club	US$6.99	August 12
An Archdemon's Dilemma - How to Love Your Elf Bride Novel 1AnimeNewsNetwork	J-Novel Club	US$6.99	August 17

Other Releases

Title	Publisher	Suggested Retail Price	Date
Kaiju Mono BDPlease	Sentai Filmworks	US$19.98	August 14

This article has a follow-up: North American Anime, Manga Releases, August 19-25 (2018-08-21 17:49)
follow-up of North American Anime, Manga Releases, August 5-11

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