IKKI June 2009
News

Daisuke Igarashi's manga Children of the Sea was just the tip of the iceberg, the crest of the wave, the edge of the shore... Okay, oceanic metaphors aside, we're excited to announce that the VIZ Signature IKKI site has now fully launched with nine manga series. You'll get a few new chapters a week; see below for the series list and links.

And if you're at San Diego Comic-Con, come meet Mr. Hideki Egami, editor-in-chief of Japan's IKKI magazine, at Saturday's noontime panel, and head down afterwards to our IKKI launch event. Check our blog for details on IKKI at SDCC.

Still wondering what in the world IKKI is? Check out our About Page for the ever-evolving saga of Japan's unique manga magazine.

Manga
Nine is the magic number! Starting July 23, you'll be able to enjoy weekly online chapters of these nine series:

Starting July 23:
Bokurano: Ours
Children of the Sea (ongoing)
Dorohedoro
I'll Give it My All...Tomorrow
Saturn Apartments

Starting July 30:
Afterschool Charisma
House of Five Leaves
Kingyo Used Books
Tokyo Flow Chart
Features
Features
This month's piece on Mohiro Kitoh's Bokurano: Ours touches on the mecha mash-up goodness of this fan favorite. And coming soon: we'll debut "IKKI Underground," our thought-provoking monthly dialog with people on the forefront of Japanese comics. Think of it as the conversational subway that connects the Japanese and US manga communities. We're excited to kick it off with IKKI Japan's editor-in-chief, Hideki Egami, delving into the roots of the magazine and the international appeal of comics.
Reviews
This month's release of Children of the Sea got the bloggers a-bloggin' and the reviewers a-reviewin'. MangaCast's Ed Chavez has been waiting for it since crawling out of Ikebukuro, Anime News Network's Carlos Santos turned right onto it, Sam Kusek at Manga Recon gives it a Shock Value of A, and at her lovely blog, There It Is, Plain As Daylight, Melinda Beasi recommends it as a cure for your land-lubbin' blues.
Blogs and Polls
Blogs
Ikki's bloggers are happily squealing about Children of the Sea's July 21 release as a graphic novel, cooing over new additions to the IKKI extended family, and treating an airplane cold by eating Pikachu-topped ochazuke. And don't forget to enter our shiny new online polls. We want to hear what you have to say.

じゃね! See you next month.
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