Hello fellow Manga readers,
it is time for another installment of "Me-Geeking-About-Upcoming-Manga-For-A-Whole-Newsletter!" - or the FOC Manga Newsletter if you want it more efficient! 🤪
So, without further ado, let us check out what the FOC's of this week have in store - shall we slide in?
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🏍️ Akira Hardcover Vol. 5 🏍️
Akira Hardcover Collection 5 HC *PRE-ORDER*
€29,79
€35,99
The epic, timeless hit that inspired the legendary anime film and made the word "manga" part of the global vocabulary returns in a new hardcover edition. The AKIRA Hardcover Collection features the original right-to-left manga reading format and Katsuhiro Otomo's… read more
Gosh, this one makes me a bit emotional...
When I started working at Walt's, the first article I ever wrote was about this legendary Manga (Check it out - I am still very proud of it!)...
I still remember that we decided for this one to be my first article, because Katsuhiro Otomo's birthday was coming up. Walt immediately asked me if I knew Akira and could write something about it ASAP to match the upcoming sale. My brain just froze, because I thought to myself: "OMG - this will be my job now!!! A DREAM COME TRUE!"
I nodded and got to work right away. A sleepless night later, I presented Walt my finished article that was just oozing with passion.
What a great memory... 😭
And now, a few months later, I am sitting here and once again want to urge you to read this manga!!!
Not only is it one of the most iconic stories that the anime-/manga-world has to offer and that brought this world to the West, but it also has a special place in my heart. What is it about, I hear you ask? No worries, I got you!
Decades after a mysterious explosion destroys all of Tokyo, the city is rebuilt as Neo-Tokyo - a seemingly wealthy and bright city, which is actually filled with gang violence and turmoil. 🏍️ This doesn't mean that the military is giving up on the city, which results in Shōtarō Kaneda, a young gang leader, and his friend Tetsuo Shima being captured by them. But now it becomes clear that Tetsuo Shima is definitely not your average kid - far from it!
This whole mess then uncovers a dark truth behind Neo-Tokyo, which will leave you baffled! 🤯
If you ask me, now is the second best time to enjoy this story! So do not miss out on pre-ordering the 5th volume of this beautiful hardcover edition, before the 6th and last one comes out soon! 👀
🥊 Ashita No Joe: Fighting For Tomorrow Vol. 4 🥊
Ashita No Joe: Fighting For Tomorrow 4 HC *PRE-ORDER*
€48,99
€59,95
A massive cultural phenomenon, made even bigger by the hit anime based on it. To this day, "Ashita no Joe" remains one of the most important manga of all time, and now it will finally see the light of day… read more
Talking about one classic, we are continuing with another one that hits this week's FOC: Ashita No Joe! 🥊
When I first started reading manga, this one was one of the big titles that I always wished I could read. However, no English release made this one pretty difficult to access, which made my dreams crumble before me... (Okay, maybe this is a bit dramatic, but I know that you know this feeling! 😭)
Anyway... ever since news hit that we would not only get the manga in English but also in a beautiful hardcover edition, my dreams reassembled as if they were never broken and ten times brighter! 😍
And now we are already at the 4th volume - time really flies!
If you are not aware, Ashita No Joe is your perfect underdog story, if you are a sucker for that like me! 🚀
Joe Yabuki, a young street-fighter with no real perspective, wanders aimlessly through the slums of Tokyo, picking fights and wreaking havoc whenever he can. And while most people just avoid him, a failed boxer sees something special in Joe, which births a partnership that will change Joe's life forever! But will he be able to find discipline and make his way to the top? Goosebumps! 👀
👾 That Time I Got Reincarnated As A Slime Vol. 28 🌕
That Time I Got Reincarnated As A Slime 28 *PRE-ORDER*
€10,99
€12,99
As players of Monster Hunter and Dungeons & Dragons know, the slime is not exactly the king of the fantasy monsters. So when a 37-year-old Tokyo salaryman dies and wakes up in a world of elves and magic, he's a… read more
Talking about two classics, the last one on the FOC Newsletter is not really a CLASSIC classic, but rather a series that has been going on for A WHILE now! 🤯
Since 2017 we can regularly pick up a manga with a title that just seems so bizarre to be true: "That Time I Got Reincarnated As A Slime" - I mean, what? 💀
It is no surprise that Japan is obsessed with reincarnating characters into different worlds, but this one just feels a bit more --- man... I wanted to come up with a funny slime pun, but I cannot come up with one... :(
However, although the title seems odd, the story has a lot of fans and even brought some people to anime and manga! And I mean.. The story doesn't sound too bad - especially if you love Dungeons and Dragons! 🐉
If you've played DnD before, you will know that the Slime is by far one of the weakest monsters out there. I guess it is a good low-level monster to level up with, but other than that? Poor thing :( This is probably what the 37-year-old Tokyo salaryman (our protagonist) thought after he woke up in a world filled with magic and fantasy beings! A few seconds before, he just died, and now he is a blind, boneless slime in the midst of the arrival of the new Demon Lord - how great! But maybe... just maybe... this little slime can become something more! 👀
So, if you are not caught up yet with the series, you can already pick up the previous 27 volumes right now and find out what this little slime can become if he works hard enough!
I guess I am the first person to ever utter that sentence. What an honor!
What an Emotional FOC! 🥹
Gosh, I have to wipe away my nostalgic tears in a second...
But, before I do that: You can check out every FOC this week, right here. All of our pre-orders run until Saturday at 4pm.
If you have any doubts or questions, you can message us, and we will gladly help you out.
But if you cannot wait and need some new manga right now, you can always check out our Beyond The Panels-Blog, where I already talked about a lot of different manga that you can get right away! :D
See ya,
Daniel
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