Viz Media will launch the Cross Game manga series by Mitsuru Adachi in October.  Online previews will begin in May on the Shonen Sunday Website.  The teen-rated series is a coming of age story focusing on a boy, the family of four sisters who live down the street, and the game of baseball. 

Over 200 million copies of manga by Adachi have been sold in Japan.  With Rumiko Takahashi, he’s considered an anchor of the Shonen Sunday franchise.  Viz launched the brand in the U.S. last year (see “Takahashi  Debuts Shonen Sunday”).