{"rewrite":{"id":"r_1d52f04c9613c9fa5dd88d87","clusterId":"c_2e40c81b42b0118e1a41996c","slug":"kodansha-usa-licenses-10-manga-and-adds-7-print-club-titles","model":"deepseek-v4-1-flash","headline":"Kodansha USA Licenses 10 Manga and Adds 7 Print Club Titles","summary":"Kodansha USA Publishing announced new licenses and Kodansha Print Club releases on Thursday. The Print Club slate has seven titles, among them Moyashi Fujisawa's Burn the House Down and When Arika Went Missing, Shikako and Tsukasa Monma's Manchuria Opium Squad, and two Daisuke Igarashi books, Kamakura Bakeneko Club: Uncanny Cat Tales and Umwelt and Other Stories. The other licenses include Jackpot Girls, Powerless Without You, and Occult Times.","whyItMatters":"The slate spreads across thriller, idol drama, historical crime, and cat folklore, and two of the Print Club picks carry Igarashi's name, the artist behind Children of the Sea and Witches.","webCardHtml":"\u003cp\u003eKodansha USA Publishing split Thursday\u0026#39;s announcement into two buckets: new licenses and new Kodansha Print Club releases. The Print Club list runs seven titles, with release months set from January to March 2027.\u003c/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eTwo creators appear twice. Moyashi Fujisawa has Burn the House Down and When Arika Went Missing, the second drawn by Kumakazu. Daisuke Igarashi has Kamakura Bakeneko Club: Uncanny Cat Tales and Umwelt and Other Stories.\u003c/p\u003e\u003cul\u003e\u003cli\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eBurn the House Down\u003c/strong\u003e: Moyashi Fujisawa, January 2027\u003c/li\u003e\u003cli\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eWhen Arika Went Missing\u003c/strong\u003e: Moyashi Fujisawa story, Kumakazu art, January 2027\u003c/li\u003e\u003cli\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eManchuria Opium Squad\u003c/strong\u003e: Shikako and Tsukasa Monma, January 2027\u003c/li\u003e\u003cli\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eKamakura Bakeneko Club: Uncanny Cat Tales\u003c/strong\u003e: Daisuke Igarashi, February 2027\u003c/li\u003e\u003cli\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eUmwelt and Other Stories\u003c/strong\u003e: Daisuke Igarashi, March 2027\u003c/li\u003e\u003cli\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eFutarijime Romantic\u003c/strong\u003e: Chihiro Kanisawa, March 2027\u003c/li\u003e\u003cli\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eJackpot Girls\u003c/strong\u003e\u003c/li\u003e\u003cli\u003e\u003cstrong\u003ePowerless Without You\u003c/strong\u003e\u003c/li\u003e\u003cli\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eOccult Times\u003c/strong\u003e\u003c/li\u003e\u003c/ul\u003e","blueskyPost":"Two Daisuke Igarashi books land in the Kodansha Print Club slate, which puts his work in front of print buyers rather than the digital-first license list.","twitterPost":"Kodansha Print Club gets two Daisuke Igarashi books, a heavier catalog bet than the digital licenses.","threadsPost":"Kodansha USA split Thursday's announcement into two tracks: 10 licenses and a seven-title Print Club slate. Two Daisuke Igarashi books sit on the Print Club side, which signals where the print investment is going.","newsletterBlurb":"Kodansha USA Publishing announced new licenses and seven Kodansha Print Club titles on Thursday. The Print Club releases run January to March 2027, with Moyashi Fujisawa and Daisuke Igarashi each contributing two titles. 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