Glacier Bay Books Launches Kickstarter Campaign for Its Fall Manga Releases
Campaign includes True Blue Never Fades, Universe from the Balcony, The Cursed Body, Box Garden Beetle, Baku Chan titles
On Tuesday, Glacier Bay Books started a Kickstarter campaign featuring their upcoming manga releases such as Yumi Tada 's True Blue Never Fades ( True Blue wa Kesshite Iroasenai ), Konomi Oumi 's Universe from the Balcony ( Veranda kara Uchū ), Tokushige Kawakatsu 's The Cursed Body ( Hakushi no Kuru ), Akino Kondoh 's Box Garden Beetle ( Hako Niwa Mushi ), and Jūshichi Masumura 's new manga title Baku Chan ( Baku Chan ). These titles are planned for release this fall.
Title: True Blue Never Fades ( True Blue wa Kesshite Iroasenai )
Author: Yumi Tada
Summary: Bonnie and Mickey share a romantic relationship, yet Mickey has a demanding job as a long-distance truck driver. Despite having a child together, their relationship becomes strained due to broken promises and passing time. All that remains of their connection are small keepsakes, postcards, and recollections.
After a naïve, pure-hearted young man enters their orbit, things slowly begin to change…
Shodensha originally published the manga in March 1995 under its Feel Comics imprint.
Title: Universe from the Balcony ( Veranda kara Uchū )
Author: Konomi Oumi
Summary: Konomi's Universe from the Balcony is a collection of stories that will captivate and enlighten readers with its exploration of ethereal beings in space, the subtle fragrance of a goldfish bowl, silent plant spirits, impossible romantic relationships, and a mermaid struggling to remember how to swim.
Oumi originally released ( link ) the manga at the COMITIA 145 event in September 2023.
In 2023, Tokushige Kawakatsu 's manga series The Cursed Body will be released by Glacier Bay Books after being announced for publication in 2022.
The company describes the story:
Cat Head Isle follows a group of three friends that boat out to visit a small island. The only presence on the island is a cat shrine, but as they explore the island the friends start to exhibit increasingly erratic behavior...
Willow Weep for Me is the story of a mother and son who encounter a mysterious beggar on an afternoon walk. After the beggar's body is fished up from the river later that evening, the strange, even gruesome, events begin to mount.
These tales have strong connections to rental manga (kashihon) and traditional ghost stories. They showcase the author's extensive knowledge of Japanese and English literature. This book is highly recommended for fans of both horror manga and gekiga.
Title: Box Garden Beetle ( Hako Niwa Mushi )
Author: Akino Kondoh
Synopsis: Unfurling fields of morning glories and buttony polka dots. Wormholes of childhood memories and cabinets of magical curiosities. Balletic bands of laughter and creeping stippled shadows.
Glacier Bay Books first announced ( link ) the manga's release on May 15.
Seirinkogeisha published the short story collection manga in Japan in 2004.
Title: Baku Chan (original edition)
Author: Jūshichi Masumura
Synopsis: A devastatingly beautiful short comic about an immigrant tapir on Earth by the author of CHILDREN OF MU-TOWN (published by Glacier Bay Books , 2021). Baku Chan is a young tapir emigrated to Tokyo, Earth all the way from their home planet, the distant Star of the Tapirs. Once they arrive, they find Earth a strange and alien, yet somehow familiar, world full of surprises. With the help of their newfound friend Hana they navigate the various challenges, uncertainties, as well as the humorous and beautiful moments of their new life as an immigrant. Set in a world that's a looking glass reflection of our own, and drawn in the wake of the escalating global politics of the 2010s, Masumura Jushichi's timeless tale was awarded the 21st Japan Media Arts Festival's New Face Award in 2018.
Masumura released the manga's original version in 2016, and Kadokawa serialized ( link ) In 2019, the manga was featured in Monthly Comic Beam magazine. Kadokawa released two compiled book volumes of the manga in 2020 and 2021.
As of now, Glacier Bay Books' fundraising effort has received support from 315 individuals who have pledged a total of US$36,147 towards their goal of raising US$60,000. The campaign will conclude on September 11th.
Sources: Email correspondence, Kickstarter ( link )
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