{"rewrite":{"id":"r_ebfc8305e86d13ab8d80a468","clusterId":"c_b7d0a84bf830a7ceb411c993","slug":"viz-sets-galaxic-baseball-league-signing-tour-with-artist-acky-bright","model":"deepseek-v4-1-flash","headline":"Viz Sets GalaXic Baseball League Signing Tour With Artist Acky Bright","summary":"Viz Media announced a United States signing tour for the GalaXic Baseball League comic, with artist Acky Bright appearing at Kinokuniya stores in New York, Chicago, Seattle, San Francisco, and Los Angeles. The tour starts October 13, the release date of the first volume, and runs through October 18. Attendees receive a poster. The series launched on the Viz Manga app on July 2.","whyItMatters":"The touring schedule turns a licensed app-first comic into a retail event, timed to the print volume's release rather than to the digital launch.","webCardHtml":"\u003cp\u003eThe tour pairs the comic\u0026#39;s first print volume with in-person appearances across five cities. New York and Chicago both run 6:00 p.m. to 8:00 p.m. on October 13 and 14, Seattle the same hours on October 16, San Francisco from 2:00 p.m. to 4:00 p.m. on October 17, and Los Angeles on October 18 with a Little Tokyo stop from 1:00 p.m. to 3:00 p.m. and a Santa Anita stop from 6:00 p.m. to 8:00 p.m. The events are ticketed and each attendee gets a poster of the series.\u003c/p\u003e\u003cul\u003e\u003cli\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eNew York\u003c/strong\u003e: October 13, 6:00 p.m. to 8:00 p.m.\u003c/li\u003e\u003cli\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eChicago\u003c/strong\u003e: October 14, 6:00 p.m. to 8:00 p.m.\u003c/li\u003e\u003cli\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eSeattle\u003c/strong\u003e: October 16, 6:00 p.m. to 8:00 p.m.\u003c/li\u003e\u003cli\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eSan Francisco\u003c/strong\u003e: October 17, 2:00 p.m. to 4:00 p.m.\u003c/li\u003e\u003cli\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eLos Angeles (Little Tokyo)\u003c/strong\u003e: October 18, 1:00 p.m. to 3:00 p.m.\u003c/li\u003e\u003cli\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eLos Angeles (Santa Anita)\u003c/strong\u003e: October 18, 6:00 p.m. to 8:00 p.m.\u003c/li\u003e\u003c/ul\u003e","blueskyPost":"Viz's GalaXic Baseball League tour starts October 13, the same day volume one hits. The signing schedule doubles as a launch push: Volume 1 sales and app readership move together.","twitterPost":"The GalaXic Baseball League tour opens October 13, the day volume one releases. Viz built the signings around the book's first week, not its app run.","threadsPost":"Viz scheduled the GalaXic Baseball League signing tour to open October 13, the exact release day of volume one, and close October 18. The dates tie the in-store push to the book's first week rather than the July 2 app launch.","newsletterBlurb":"Viz Media will send artist Acky Bright on a US signing tour for the GalaXic Baseball League comic, with stops at Kinokuniya stores in New York, Chicago, Seattle, San Francisco, and Los Angeles between October 13 and 18. The first volume goes on sale the day the tour begins in New York, and attendees receive a poster. The series, a collaboration with MLB Players, Inc. and OneTeam Partners, launched on the Viz Manga app on July 2.","attributionJson":"[{\"source\":\"Anime News Network\",\"url\":\"https://www.animenewsnetwork.com/news/2026-10-07/exclusive-viz-hosts-signing-tour-for-galaxic-baseball-league-comic-artist-acky-bright/.242574\",\"title\":\"Exclusive: Viz Hosts Signing Tour for GalaXic Baseball League Comic Artist Acky Bright\"}]","lintFlagsJson":null,"lintHits":0,"costUsd":0,"inputTokens":4697,"outputTokens":868,"status":"published","repairAttempts":0,"nextRepairAt":null,"factsAttemptedAt":1791384728,"createdAt":"2026-10-07T14:46:16.000Z","publishedAt":"2026-10-07T14:51:05.000Z","updatedAt":"2026-10-07T14:51:05.000Z"},"cluster":{"id":"c_b7d0a84bf830a7ceb411c993","canonicalTitle":"News\nExclusive: Viz Hosts Signing Tour for GalaXic Baseball League Comic Artist Acky Bright","representativeArticleId":"a_b822d6a5f1d773cf0519aea3","sourceCount":1,"writtenSourceCount":1,"writeAttempts":0,"isSolo":true,"entitiesJson":"{\"anime_titles\":[],\"manga_titles\":[\"GalaXic Baseball League\"],\"work_titles\":[],\"studios\":[\"Viz\"],\"people\":[\"Acky Bright\"],\"type\":\"event\",\"domain\":\"manga\",\"is_roundup\":false}","contentType":"news","status":"published","firstSeenAt":"2026-10-07T13:15:30.000Z","lastSeenAt":"2026-10-07T13:15:30.000Z","updatedAt":"2026-10-07T14:51:05.000Z"},"attribution":[{"source":"Anime News Network","url":"https://www.animenewsnetwork.com/news/2026-10-07/exclusive-viz-hosts-signing-tour-for-galaxic-baseball-league-comic-artist-acky-bright/.242574","title":"News\nExclusive: Viz Hosts Signing Tour for GalaXic Baseball League Comic Artist Acky Bright"}],"entities":{"anime_titles":[],"manga_titles":["GalaXic Baseball League"],"work_titles":[],"studios":["Viz"],"people":["Acky Bright"],"type":"event","domain":"manga","is_roundup":false},"keyFacts":null}