Seven Seas License Yokohama Kaidashi Kikou Manga Omnibus
Date: 2022 Feb 17 23:58
Posted by eeper
Los Angeles-based publisher seven Seas The long-sought manga, Yokohama Kaidashi Kikou, has been announced to be licensed in several omnibus volumes.
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Los Angeles – February 16, 2022
LA-Based Publisher Seven Seas announced via twitter that he had acquired the English language license for Hitoshi Ashinano’s beloved post-cataclasmic science fiction manga, Yokohama Kaidashi Kikou (Yokohama Shopping Log). Winner of the 2007 Seyun Award, Manga Alpha follows the adventures of an android who works in a coffee shop along the Japanese coast. Set after an irreversible disaster that has caused the eventual downfall of humanity, the story follows the Alphas as they attempt to navigate the end of days for humanity while maintaining their inner peace.
The original manga was published in fourteen volumes from 1994 to 2006, while Seven Seas announced that they would publish the series in five omnibus volumes starting in August 2022.
The press release is as follows:
Seven Seas Entertainment is thrilled to announce the license acquisition of Yokohama Kaidashi Kiko, the manga series by Hitoshi Ashinano. Don’t miss this dynamic, critically acclaimed classic manga (which inspired the anime), about an android slowly dying running a coffee shop in Japan—published in English in omnibus volumes for the first time. !
Set hundreds of years in the future after an environmental disaster, Yokohama Kaidashi Kikou (also known as Yokohama Shopping Log) focuses on the simple life of Alpha, an android who runs a small coffee shop in coastal Japan. Alpha witnesses the end of humanity’s days with coffee, a slice of watermelon, and the sound of his moon guitar backed by a distant seagull. Quiet and bubbly, this story is about the gloomy beauty that can be found even as the end nears.
Winner of the Seiyun Science Fiction Award for Best Manga, this beloved series debuted in the mid-1990s and ran for 14 volumes, inspiring anime and receiving critical acclaim. Seven Seas is proud to present this series in English for the first time, combining the entire story into a sizable five-volume set.
Yokohama Kaidashi Kikou: Omnibus Collection 1 will be released for the first time in North America in August 2022 for $24.99 USA / $32.99 CAN, available in print and on digital platforms in five large-trim omnibus versions.
Source: Seven Seas Twitter Account