North American publisher of manga and light novels, Seven Seas Entertainment, has this morning announced swaths of new acquisitions for titles they are planning to commence publishing in the first half of 2024. Scroll down to see if any of these licenses may be of interest to you!
GRAVITATION: Collector’s Edition
Format: Manga
By: Maki Murakami
Release Date (Volume 1): April 2024
Price: $24.99 USA / $32.99 CAN
Shindou Shuichi is a young, energetic, and optimistic rockstar wannabe. He’s in a band with his best friend and is determined to top the charts. When a romance novelist named Eiri Yuki criticizes his lyrics, Shuichi takes it badly and wants to make Yuki eat his words…but as he starts to follow Yuki around, Shuichi falls hard for him. Yuki, despite his cold and prickly demeanor, even seems to like Shuichi back! Still, Yuki has a past full of trauma that he’s never fully faced, and Shuichi discovers that succeeding in the music biz might cost him his soul. Can these two very different men support each other and make this relationship work?
First published in English by TOKYOPOP, Gravitation is a license rescue by Seven Seas Entertainment, having been long out of print.
Noss and Zakuro
Format: Manga
By: rariatoo
Release Date (Volume 1): April 2024
Price: $15.99 USA / $19.99 CAN
In Shadowsville, a supernatural land that exists between this world and the next, there lives a pair of spooky vampires. Well, not that spooky—the beautiful Noss (the Nosferatu) and her adopted daughter Zakuro don’t even suck human blood, since that’s gross and mean. A juice-box equivalent sustains them as they frolic around their town shopping for anti-sun accessories, meeting up with other monster buddies, and supporting each other like a real mother and daughter…because blood is less important when you find a good substitute.
Yes, No, Or Maybe?
Format: Manga
By: Michi Ichiho and Yukimura
Release Date (Volume 1): November 2024
Price: $14.99 USA / $18.99 CAN
Kunieda Kei is the up-and-coming prince of the evening news. Inside, he’s the opposite: brash, hot-tempered, and prickly as can be. For years, Kei has successfully juggled his private and professional personas—until a chance meeting with stop-motion animator Tsuzuki Ushio threatens to bring it all crashing down. But is that really as frightening as the possibility that someone might love and accept both sides of who he is?
The Evil Queen’s Beautiful Principles
Format: Light Novel
By: Maki Murakami
Release Date (Volume 1): April 2024
Price: $15.99 USA / $19.99
In a world of royalty and magic, a young Japanese woman is reincarnated as Princess Luxeria. But the princess is born with magical abilities so strong and terrible that she agrees to live her life locked away in a tower. When her family is betrayed and her royal parents are murdered, she’s forced to step out of her self-imposed exile and into a treacherous world. Princess Luxeria must pretend to be the perfect puppet ruler…all while concealing her burning desire for vengeance.
I’ll Never Be Your Crown Princess! – Betrothed
Format: Manga
By: Saki Tsukigami, Rena Kamono, and Enn Tsutamori
Release Date (Volume 1): July 2024
Price: $14.99 USA / $18.99 CAN
Liddy, who was Japanese in her previous life, is now the daughter of a duke and engaged to marry the gorgeous Crown Prince Friedrich—despite her complaints. But her plan to lose her virginity to a stranger and break her own engagement backfired when she accidentally slept with the prince himself! These hot-and-cold lovers are still bound together, in the streets and in the sheets. Follow what happens next in this sequel to the hit original series!
Chasing Spica
Format: Manga
By: Chihiro Orihi
Release Date (Volume 1): June 2024
Price: $14.99 USA / $18.99 CAN
Nekozuka Serina is a serious third-year high school student who’s studying hard to qualify for a scholarship. Her cute and stylish looks, however, don’t exactly meet the school dress code—which Tachibana Reiko, a member of the disciplinary committee, is always on her case about. Plus, no matter how much Serina tries, Reiko always bests her in grades and athletics. One day, however, Serina spots Reiko meeting with an unknown woman after school…and going to a love hotel! What will happen between Serina and Reiko now that they share a secret?
