At Otakon this past weekend, Viz announced the acquisition of Takako Shimura’s Sweet Blue Flowers, as well as a sequel to Kyousuke Motomi’s QQ Sweeper called Queen’s Quality, and both are coming to bookstore shelves in the Fall of 2017. Additionally, Viz has also announced that they will publish the re-release of Super Mario Adventures this Fall and The Legend of Zelda: Twilight Princess in Spring of 2017.
Source: Digital Manga Inc. Not the VIZ edition.
Queen’s Quality volume 1, Japanese Flower Comics edition. Not VIZ.
Official Viz solicitations for new acquisitions:
SUPER MARIO ADVENTURES · Available October 2016
Long out of print, this stunning, full-color graphic novel features a story by Kentaro Takekuma and art by Charlie Nozawa, and will become available once again for the first time in more than 20 years!! Super Mario Adventures, inspired by the bestselling Super Mario™ video game franchise, is a collection of comics that originally ran in Nintendo Power™ magazine in 1992-93.
The peril-plagued Princess Toadstool is kidnapped by the diabolical deadbeat Bowser™ but super plumbers Mario™ and Luigi™ hatch a plan with their new friend Yoshi™ to rescue her. Are the Super Mario Bros’ plans a pipe dream? Can they stop the Koopa King before he forces the Princess to be his bride?!
THE LEGEND OF ZELDA: TWILIGHT PRINCESS · Available Spring 2017
The newest series from THE LEGEND OF ZELDA manga creator Akira Himekawa continues the fantastic adventures inspired by the video game of the same name and is set for an English debut in March 2017.
Once upon a time, wizards tried to conquer the Sacred Realm of Hyrule. The Spirits of Light sealed the wizards’ power within the Shadow Crystal and banished them to the Twilight Realm beyond the Mirror of Twilight. Now, an evil menace is trying to find Midna, Princess of the Twilight Realm, and the fragments of the Shadow Crystal to gain the power to rule over both the Twilight Realm and the World of Light.
SWEET BLUE FLOWERS · Available Fall 2017
Fumi Manjome, an introverted, bookish teenage girl, is beginning her first year of high school at Matsuoka Girls’ High School. She enters the school year with her heart broken by a previous relationship. At about the same time, she reconnects with her best friend from ten years ago, Akira Okudaira, who is now attending Fujigatani Girls’ Academy as a first-year high school student. As they reconnect, they both deal with their own respective problems, and help each other get through them.
QUEEN’S QUALITY · Available Fall 2017
The sequel series to QQ SWEEPER! Fumi Nishioka lives with Kyutaro Horikita and his family of “Sweepers,” people who specialize in cleaning the minds of those overcome with negative energy and evil spirits. Fumi had displayed mysterious abilities previously, but what will happen when her powers as a Queen begin to awaken?
Kyutaro is a quiet but formidable Sweeper, and he may be the only one who can keep Fumi’s powers under control. When he tells her that he’ll never leave her side, Fumi unexpectedly starts to fall for him!
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