Leiji Matsumoto is best known for his involvement in Space Battleship Yamoto (Star Blazers in the US). Now his 1978 space opera Queen Emeraldas will receive its first English release in beginning in July 2016. The story follows a young man who sneaks aboard a spaceship to escape Earth. The new edition will be published in two large-format, 400+ page hardcover volumes. Queen Emeraldas was also adapted into a four-episode OVA released in the U.S. by ADV Films in the late 1990s.
Nao Emoto’s Forget Me Not is a romantic shonen manga based on a popular novel by Taiwanese author Mag Hsu. The story follows Serizawa, who was hit by a truck one day, and was helped by a woman that he recognized, but can’t quite remember now. The first volume releases in March 2016.
