Graphix to Publish Two Azuki Manga | News
Big news from the Azuki Manga panel at AnimeNYC last weekend: Graphix will publish two manga currently running on the Azuki digital service, Hikaru in the Light, by Mai Matsuda, and Mecha-Ude: Mechanical Arms, by Yoshino Koyoka. These are the second and third titles to be revealed in the new Graphix manga program, which kicked off this week with the first volume of Unico.
Hikaru in the Light is the story of a middle-school girl with a beautiful voice who takes part in a “pop star survival camp” in hopes of becoming a pop idol. The series is complete in four volumes and is rated for ages 8-12; Graphix will publish the first volume on March 4, 2025, in both hardcover and paperback formats.
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Mecha-Ude: Mechanical Arms is the story of a middle-schooler named Hikaru who accidentally becomes the host of a powerful mechanical being with no memory of its past. The series is based on an original net anime, and a television anime is slated to premiere in October 2024 on Crunchyroll. The first volume is set for April 15, 2025, and it too is rated for ages 8-12 and will be published as both a hardcover and a paperback.
About Brigid Alverson
Brigid Alverson, the editor of the Good Comics for Kids blog, has been reading comics since she was 4. She has an MFA in printmaking and has worked as a book editor, a newspaper reporter, and assistant to the mayor of a small city. In addition to editing GC4K, she is a regular columnist for SLJ, a contributing editor at ICv2, an editor at Smash Pages, and a writer for Publishers Weekly. Brigid is married to a physicist and has two daughters. She was a judge for the 2012 Eisner Awards.
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