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Home»News»Entertainment News»Anime & Animation News»Anime Expo 2018: Seven Seas Announces New Licenses

Anime Expo 2018: Seven Seas Announces New Licenses

By Josh PiedraJuly 8, 2018
Seven Seas

During their panel at Anime Expo, Seven Seas Entertainment announced several new manga and light novel titles. The following titles were announced:

Light Novel

  • Division Maneuver
  • Classroom of the Elite
  • Mushoku Tensei

Manga

  • Transparent Light Blue
  • Sotsugyoushi
  • A Certain Scientific Railgun: Astral Buddy
  • Miss Kobayashi’s Dragon Maid: Elma’s Office Lady Diary
  • Sorcerous Stabber Orphen Heed My Call, Beast!
  • Classmates
  • Dragon Quest Monsters+

On the manga side of things, Classmates is slated for a Spring 2019 release, Sotsugyoushi is slated for a Summer 2019 release, and Dragon Quest Monsters+ is slated for a Winter 2019 release. All other manga titles did not have a release time frame announced. For light novels, Classroom of the Elite and Mushoku Tensei are slated for a either a Spring or Summer 2019 release while Division Maneuver has no release time frame.

In addition to the license announcements, Seven Seas also mentioned that their Shinobi 7 division is working on and will release a My Hero Academia card game. A release date for the card game was not announced. VIZ Media currently holds the license to publish the My Hero Academia manga in North America.

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Josh has been an anime fan for nearly twenty years. In addition, he is a light novel author with over 25 books published as well as the owner of Meteora Press, his personal publishing label. Anime and otaku culture isn't Josh's only area of expertise. He also has a Bachelor of Arts in Game Design and has created a handful of independent games along with a deep working knowledge of the gaming industry.

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