Kodansha USA Licenses Masamune Shirow Artbook, When a Dragon Calls, Cells at Work! Cat, More for Fall 2026 – News
Kodansha America Publishing Company New releases for fall 2026 were announced during new york comic con panel discussion on Friday.
title: Masamune Shirow: Artwork in a shell (Shirow Masamune’s World – Kōshiki Genga-shū)
author: Masamune Shirow
Summary: Artworks in the Shell is the culmination of any collection focusing on Masamune Shirow, covering his career spanning over 40 years rule and Ghost in the Shell pass apple seedsIntron Depot and more!
At 288 pages and nearly a foot long, this hardcover collection is the most stunning showcase yet of Shirow’s stunning array of color work, tracing his technique from all analog to dozens of early digital tools to the present day. This exhaustive color collection of the Japanese cyberpunk master’s work, which featured in a blockbuster career retrospective in Tokyo last year, includes dozens of rare, uncollected works, including two stunning bi-fold gatefold artworks.
title: Cells at work! picture book (Ehon Yuraku Zhaifang)
Author: Kumi Makimura, original work Akane Shimizu
Summary: The hit anime and best-selling manga are now an entertaining and educational picture book series! Red Blood Cells, White Blood Cells (neutrophils), and their teams take young readers on an exciting behind-the-scenes exploration of all the hard work that goes into keeping the human body healthy. Adorable characters, diagrams, and simple language make science adventures fun.
Title of the series:
- Cells at work! Picture Book 1: The great battle between bacteria and bacterial white blood cells!
- Cells at work! Picture Book 2: The Evil Duo of Flu and Food Poisoning!
- Cells at work! Picture Book 3: I’m not afraid of being shot!
- Cells at work! Picture Book 4: Just a cold? Just a bump?
- Cells at work! Picture Book 5: Busy, Busy Intestinal Worm Friends!
title: Cells at work! cat (Yulezhai room cat)
author: Qingkong’s eldest son (story), Mekukere (Art), Akane Shimizu (supervision)
Synopsis: Red blood cells, white blood cells (neutrophils) and their team put on cat ears as they work, fighting day and night against invaders big and small to ensure these feline friends become happy, healthy, purring machines! Explore what’s going on inside a cat’s body Cells at work! style, while also seeing a human perspective on providing family and tender loving care.
title: yum cat (Ent)
author: Shirimoto
Summary: YuM Cat (Ent) is a cat who just wants to enjoy the finer things in life. But some things that look delicious can be deceiving, and sometimes you need to get a little creative to satisfy your cravings! Thankfully, YuM Cat has a trustworthy partner to help solve life’s tougher problems!
This full-color, mostly wordless comic is based on the illustrator’s popular mascot character ShirimotoPopular on X (Twitter) and recently adapted into short animated series Starring Huihe and Shimono Hiroshi.
Perfect for cute cat fans (and foodies!) of any age!
title: when the dragon calls (Dragon and Tian Niang)
author: Renji Asai (comics), Kashiba Sachiko (Original novel story), Miho Satake (original novel art)
Summary: A fantasy adventure adapted from the popular fantasy novel that will surprise you!
Ten-year-old Mia lives with her aunt in a poor, secluded so-called “criminal village”. The only way out is to be summoned by a dragon and start a new life. One day, humble Mia is chosen for this honor and taken back to the palace on the back of a dragon, a dizzying world of witches, dragon-riding knights, and centuries-old curses that she must find a way to lift.
title: beast player erin (Beast Headquarters) (All comic prints are on sale)
author: give it a try (comics), Naoko Uehashi (Original novel story)
Summary: The new comprehensive edition is printed for the first time!
Erin loves the simple but happy life she lives with her mother, a talented veterinarian who cares for the fearsome giant snakes the kingdom’s warriors ride into battle. But when an entire stable of precious snakes die overnight, their world is turned upside down, and Erin’s mother is blamed. Ten-year-old Irene is unknowingly abandoned to a faraway place where she must learn to survive solely by the words of her mother and the kind guidance of strangers.
title: My husband is a doomsday weapon (Lady Dana is Zhou Songpinghui)
author: Yuki Amamiya (story), Ichihara Yukino (Art)
Synopsis: The first post-apocalyptic hard sci-fi human/robot romance? !
Dedicated to restoring a civilization destroyed by a catastrophic war centuries ago, a young scientist discovers a powerful doomsday weapon that saves her from a marauding robot before quickly transforming into a human and identifying her as its new master. Thanks to an input from romance novels, this handsome anthropomorphic weapon offers his body and soul to our heroine, who in turn realizes this may be the answer to her complete inability to interact with human men…
Filled with humor and beautiful artwork, the series incorporates visual storytelling techniques girl The comic works with effortless spontaneity and precise sci-fi world-building to create something completely unique and truly romantic!
title: You may also be that person (Isso Anata ga Todome wo Sashite)
author: Megumi Seto
Summary: “I hope you will never stop smiling.” Ichika, a college student, just wants to have a normal relationship, but because of her gorgeous appearance, she is often misunderstood. Not ready to give up on a romantic encounter, Ichika attends a drinking party and meets a kind-hearted boy named Kosei. They hit it off immediately and Ichika had a great time talking to him about their mutual interests and other things, and she found herself falling in love with him after he told her that he liked her for who she was. However, he has a secret…? !
title: Love is so charming (Tamaranai no wa Koina no ka)
author: miaroharana
Summary: Highly anticipated BL It’s finally here!
Misuzu never looked for fights—they always came to him. But when he sees local hoodlums trying to cause trouble for his classmate, top student Kitahara, he can’t help but get involved. Since then, Kitahara has been following Misuzu everywhere, trying to get to know this so-called bully who is actually much cuter than he appears. All Misuzu wants is to be left alone…at first. But soon, something begins to bloom between the two – something that may prove too charming to resist.
title: return after destiny
author: Angie Sena
Synopsis: Eli’s boy band VICKS has just debuted, and as the youngest member of the band, far from having everything handed to him as the alpha, he has to work extra hard! One day, he attended a meeting with Lee Suyoung from the top all-alpha group Alpha Code. For longtime fan Eli, this is a dream come true. But what is this sweet smell exuding from Xiuying? Unknowingly, Eli’s mouth moved closer to the back of Suyoung’s neck… There is only one month left before α-code’s big comeback. Now that Eli knows Xiuying’s secret, what will they do?
title: festival boxed
author: Located in UranaGraffiti design Ando Hideyoshi
Abstract: Vol. Graffiti-covered trash can-shaped set contains 1-10 original comics. Bonus item: Reusable cotton tote bag (recycling is important!).
In this highly anticipated new action comic, a young boy is framed for murder and thrown from the edge of a floating city into an abyss, where he battles monsters that the high-flying elite would rather forget. The more dazzling the rich are, the higher the price paid by the poor…
Source: American Kodansha The panel is located new york comic con, American Kodanshaof website
