{"rewrite":{"id":"r_3c5f4319610001c4c2b0b735","clusterId":"c_a1e4218a7220d87ce374ec40","slug":"glacier-bay-books-adds-five-manga-licenses","model":"deepseek-v4-1-flash","headline":"Glacier Bay Books Adds Five Manga Licenses","summary":"Glacier Bay Books announced five new manga licenses on Sunday: Serata Naminami's Oedo-chan of Moguraya, Aoi Mukoubi's A Vase of Life, Akino Kogomi's Faraway Blue, Aoi Ikebe's All I Can Do, and Ikuko Hatoyama's The Dovecote Express. Pre-orders for those titles, plus two other books, open next week on Kickstarter. The publisher is also continuing its reprint releases of Star Fruit Books titles.","whyItMatters":"The five licenses and the Kickstarter pre-order window show Glacier Bay Books still adding to its line while it absorbs the Star Fruit Books catalog it took over.","webCardHtml":"\u003cp\u003eGlacier Bay Books named five new licenses on Sunday: Oedo-chan of Moguraya by Serata Naminami, A Vase of Life by Aoi Mukoubi, Faraway Blue by Akino Kogomi, All I Can Do by Aoi Ikebe, and The Dovecote Express by Ikuko Hatoyama. The Oedo-chan release includes an SFB bonus story, and Faraway Blue is described as a debut collection.\u003c/p\u003e\u003cp\u003ePre-orders for those titles, along with Codomopaper\u0026#39;s Juji and Aichi and Courtney Loberg\u0026#39;s We Don\u0026#39;t Go Through the Angelgrass, open next week on Kickstarter. The publisher is also carrying on the Star Fruit Books reprint line.\u003c/p\u003e\u003cul\u003e\u003cli\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eOedo-chan of Moguraya\u003c/strong\u003e: by Serata Naminami; includes the SFB bonus story\u003c/li\u003e\u003cli\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eA Vase of Life\u003c/strong\u003e: by Aoi Mukoubi\u003c/li\u003e\u003cli\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eFaraway Blue\u003c/strong\u003e: by Akino Kogomi; a debut collection\u003c/li\u003e\u003cli\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eAll I Can Do\u003c/strong\u003e: by Aoi Ikebe\u003c/li\u003e\u003cli\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eThe Dovecote Express\u003c/strong\u003e: by Ikuko Hatoyama\u003c/li\u003e\u003c/ul\u003e","blueskyPost":"Glacier Bay Books' five-license batch runs through Kickstarter, so the publisher's slate now leans on crowdfunding pre-orders before the books reach shops.","twitterPost":"Glacier Bay Books is funding its five new manga licenses through Kickstarter pre-orders rather than a standard retail release.","threadsPost":"Glacier Bay Books bundled five manga licenses into one announcement, but the money side sits with Kickstarter: pre-orders for the new titles and two other books open next week, and the publisher is still running Star Fruit Books reprints alongside them.","newsletterBlurb":"Glacier Bay Books announced five new manga licenses on Sunday, led by Serata Naminami's Oedo-chan of Moguraya and Aoi Mukoubi's A Vase of Life. Pre-orders for those titles open next week on Kickstarter. The publisher is also continuing its reprint releases of Star Fruit Books titles.","attributionJson":"[{\"source\":\"Anime News Network\",\"url\":\"https://www.animenewsnetwork.com/news/2026-10-13/glacier-bay-license-oedo-chan-of-moguraya-a-vase-of-life-faraway-blue-more-manga/.242787\",\"title\":\"Glacier Bay License Oedo-chan of Moguraya, A Vase of Life, Faraway Blue, More Manga\"}]","lintFlagsJson":null,"lintHits":0,"costUsd":0,"inputTokens":4640,"outputTokens":807,"status":"published","repairAttempts":0,"nextRepairAt":null,"factsAttemptedAt":1791922937,"createdAt":"2026-10-13T20:16:21.000Z","publishedAt":"2026-10-13T20:21:05.000Z","updatedAt":"2026-10-13T20:21:05.000Z"},"cluster":{"id":"c_a1e4218a7220d87ce374ec40","canonicalTitle":"News\nGlacier Bay License Oedo-chan of Moguraya, A Vase of Life, Faraway Blue, More Manga","representativeArticleId":"a_dd88a5d34729a61df65f1b5f","sourceCount":1,"writtenSourceCount":1,"writeAttempts":0,"isSolo":true,"entitiesJson":"{\"anime_titles\":[],\"manga_titles\":[\"Oedo-chan of Moguraya\",\"A Vase of Life\",\"Faraway Blue\",\"All I Can Do\",\"The Dovecote Express\"],\"work_titles\":[],\"studios\":[\"Glacier Bay Books\"],\"people\":[\"Serata\"],\"type\":\"license\",\"domain\":\"manga\",\"is_roundup\":false}","contentType":"news","status":"published","firstSeenAt":"2026-10-13T19:00:00.000Z","lastSeenAt":"2026-10-13T19:00:00.000Z","updatedAt":"2026-10-13T20:21:05.000Z"},"attribution":[{"source":"Anime News Network","url":"https://www.animenewsnetwork.com/news/2026-10-13/glacier-bay-license-oedo-chan-of-moguraya-a-vase-of-life-faraway-blue-more-manga/.242787","title":"News\nGlacier Bay License Oedo-chan of Moguraya, A Vase of Life, Faraway Blue, More Manga"}],"entities":{"anime_titles":[],"manga_titles":["Oedo-chan of Moguraya","A Vase of Life","Faraway Blue","All I Can Do","The Dovecote Express"],"work_titles":[],"studios":["Glacier Bay Books"],"people":["Serata"],"type":"license","domain":"manga","is_roundup":false},"keyFacts":null}