Launches Editorial Standard May 2022
Editorial Standard announces the list of releases for the month of May 2022. Coinciding with the celebration of 40 Comic Barcelona In the first weekend of May, the publishing house has prepared several outstanding novelties, among them the first volume from frieden by Kanehito Yamada and Tsukasa Abe, winner of the 14th edition of the Manga Taisho Awards; as well as Dan Da Dan by Yukinobu Tatsu, one of the revelation works of plus sleeve and it will go on sale in a economic package with the first two volumes of the series at the price of one. Another title to highlight is the release of the first volume of the long-awaited collector’s edition of Neon Genesis Evangelion by Yoshiyuki Sadamoto, which collects this icon of manga and anime in a 7-volume collection.
Original title: DanDaDan (ダンダダン)
Author/s: Yukinobu Tatsu
Genders: action, science fiction, comedy, horror, romance, supernatural
Format: Paperback with soft cover and dust jacket 11.5 x 17.5 cm.
Condition: In publication (4 volume/s)
Spanish Publisher: Editorial Standard
Japanese Publisher: Shueisha
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This entertaining story of aliens and ghosts will leave you wanting more from its first chapter. Oculto, a geek who believes in UFOs, and Ayase, his partner raised by a medium grandmother, will live a story that will make them question everything they have believed up to now… Comedy and romance come together in this unique manga in which everyone world speaks in Japan are you going to miss it?
Original title: Sousou no Frieren (葬送のフリーレン)
Author/s: Kanehito Yamada, Tsukasa Abe
Genders: adventure, comedy, drama, fantasy, slice of life
Format: Paperback with soft cover and dust jacket 11.5 x 17.5 cm.
Condition: In publication (7 volume/s)
Spanish Publisher: Editorial Standard
Japanese Publisher: Shogakukan
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Frieren is an elf, and as for all of her race, the years pass in a flash… but not so for her former battle companions, whom Frieren will see die and grow old. Suddenly Frieren realizes that even though her life moves at a slower pace for her, her experiences with her loved ones are slipping out of her hands. A nostalgic air surrounds this fantastic manga so endearing that it has already sold more than 2.5 million copies in Japan.
Original title: Neon Genesis Evangelion Collector’s Edition (新世紀エヴァンゲリオン -愛蔵版)
Author/s: Yoshiyuki Sadamoto
Genders: science fiction, drama, mecha
Format: Paperback with soft cover and dust jacket 14.8 x 21 cm.
Condition: Finished (7 volume/s)
Spanish Publisher: Editorial Standard
Japanese Publisher: Kadokawa
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Neon Genesis Evangelion, one of the most popular cult manga, returns, but this time it does so in a fantastic collector’s edition that fans of the series will not be able to miss. This revolutionary saga that marked a before and after in its genre mixes science fiction with a dissected analysis of the human soul that does not leave its readers indifferent…
The news does not end here Editorial Standard Facing the Comic Barcelonaas one of the magazine’s hits also hits bookstores Weekly Shonen Magazine. We talk about Shangri-La Frontier by Katarina and Ryōsuke Fuji. This will feature at launch two editions: a regular edition at the price of €9.00 and a special edition called Expansion Pass that includes an extra novel. Another release is the first volume of the delicious josei Kowloon Generic Romance by Jun Mayuzuki, author of Love is when the rain stops.
Original title: Shangri-La Frontier (シャングリラ・フロンティア～クソゲ)
Author/s: Katarina, Ryōsuke Fuji
Genders: adventure, fantasy
Format: Paperback with soft cover and dust jacket 13 x 18.2 cm.
Condition: In publication (7 volume/s)
Spanish Publisher: Editorial Standard
Japanese Publisher:
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Virtual reality seems to Rakuro, a hunter of “junk retro video games” much more interesting than physics and that is that the years he has spent deciphering the bugs of some of his favorite “best / worst” video games, will serve him this time. to play Shangri-La Frontier. Will the protagonist be able to decipher all the secrets of this new video game?
Original title: Kyuuryuu Generic Romance (クーロんジぇネりッくロまンす)
Author/s: Jun Mayuzuki
Genders: science fiction, drama, mystery, psychological, romance, seinen
Format: Paperback with soft cover and dust jacket 13 x 18.2 cm.
Condition: In publication (6 volume/s)
Spanish Publisher: Editorial Standard
Japanese Publisher: Shueisha
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Treating singleness and falling in love from an adult, but fun, point of view, and doing it without losing a real perspective, is not easy to achieve. If we also add that all this is framed in the walled city of Kowloon and that its protagonists hide some mysteries that will gradually be revealed, the result is this addictive romance for adults that you won’t get out of your head.
Also in May will see the light third novel slight of The Promised Neverlandtitled The Promised Neverland: Chronicles of Brothers in Arms, an ideal complement for any fan of the work of Kaiu Shirai and Posuka Demizu; and a new literary classic in manga format. On this occasion the chosen work is the manga based on the literary work Hamlet of William Shakespeare.
During the path that leads them to rescue Emma, who has been kidnapped and taken to GP, Yuugo’s heart recalls painful memories of the past, as well as certain unforgettable memories… And also, in this third novel, information about the Yuugo is revealed! Nigel and Guillian’s unknown past, and the secret story about how Son-Yu and Muyika met by chance!!
A classic of universal literature adapted to manga. This time it is about Hamlet, the immortal tragedy by William Shakespeare in which the Prince of Denmark will have to debate between letting himself be carried away by his feelings of revenge or heeding reason. A new and interesting perspective that will delight any manga reader who wants to approach the universal classics and also those who want to get into the world of manga by reading the classics.
Leaving aside the novelties, also in the month of May two works will say goodbye. At last the long-awaited will arrive in bookstores sixteenth volume from Horimiya. The work of HERO and Daisuke Hagiwara say goodbye in a big way with a double edition: a regular one that will include a gift box and a special limited edition that, in addition to including the box, will contain a small 96-page color artbook. Another series that ends is the Demihuman Ajin with the publication of seventeenth volume of this thriller by Tsuina Miura and Gamon Sakurai.
A new volume of some of the publisher’s popular series, such as the twenty-fifth volume from black clover by Yuki Tabata, the thirteenth volume from Eden’s Zero by Hiro Mashima, the eleventh volume from Snow White Redhead of Sorata Akizuki and of course the phenomenon tokyo avengers with the seventh volume of this manga by Ken Wakui.
These are not the only Norma Editorial releases for the month of May. The publishing house is also ready for the beginning of the month, volume 27 of Blue Exorcist by Kazue Kato, the fifth volume of The man and the cat by Umi Sakurai, the fourth volume of Elf on a diet of Synecdoche, the tenth volume of Fairy Tail 100 Years Quest by Hiro Mashima and Atsuo Ueda, volume #7 of Final Fantasy: Lost Stranger by Hazuki Minase and Itsuki Kameya, the fifth volume of Heavenly Delusion of Masakazu Ishiguro, the ninth volume of Jagan by Muneyuki Kaneshiro and Kensuke Nishida, the return of Noragami of the twenty-third volume of this series of Toka Adachi and Adachitoka, the third volume of Pokemon sun and moon by Hidenori Kusaka and Satoshi Yamamoto, the seventh volume of Seraph of the End: Guren Ichinose, catastrophe at sixteen by Takaya Kagami and Asami You, the fourth part of manga drawing techniques and the fourth volume of the romantic comedy a couple of cuckoos by Miki Yoshikawa.
These and more titles will reach specialized bookstores and the online store of Norma Comics from May 6:
Source: Editorial Standard
