American-based indie comic book publisher Mad Cave Studios has announced that it is launching Nakama Press — a new imprint that will publish manga, manhwa, manfra, and manhua titles from around the world. It will feature “a mix of both original and licensed content.”
The publisher hosted a panel at this year’s Anime NYC titled “Manga-Inspired Graphic Novels with Mad Cave” with senior editor Kristen Simon and director of marketing Allison Pond.
At the panel, it also unveiled its first lineup of new licenses that consist of a mix of manga, manhua, and manfra. The five titles will be released sometime in 2025 and include:
- • Infini-T Force (manga)
- • Indigo (manhua)
- • The Architect’s Epiphany (manhua)
- • The Theory of K.O (manfra)
- • Hokis, Focus (comic)
A sampler featuring all five titles was given out to Anime NYC attendees from Mad Cave Studios’ booth. The publisher is aiming to release the first four titles sometime in Summer 2025, with Hokis, Focus being released later at an undetermined date.
If you’re at #AnimeNYC2024 Nakama Press is here at Booth #765 giving out samplers
Here’s the full list of titles they licensed:
• Infini-T Force
• Indigo
• The Architect’s Epiphany
• The Theory of K.O
• Hokis, Focus pic.twitter.com/FFL9QdPkV7— MangaAlerts #uw7s (@MangaAlerts) August 24, 2024
Look inside the sampler#AnimeNYC2024 pic.twitter.com/tO3imXKxCh
— MangaAlerts #uw7s (@MangaAlerts) August 24, 2024
Ukyo Kodachi and Tatsuma Ejiri‘s Infini-T Force manga was previously licensed by Udon Entertainment, but Nakama Press confirmed that it is rereleasing the series starting from volume one, with a new translation and lettering. It inspired a 12-episode TV anime series in 2017 and a theatrical feature film in 2018.
Mad Cave Studios has previously established partnerships with Tatsunoko Production on a series of Gatchaman comics and Rainbow Group with its Winx Club graphic novels.
Source: Mad Cave Studios press release, Anime News Network, Manga Alerts Official Twitter
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