If you weren't able to attend Anime Expo, fear not: Brigid Alverson has a handy round-up of major licenses from Kodansha, which include a new edition of Initial D and a new series from Tsutomu Nihei (Blame, Knights of Sidonia), while Josh Piedra runs down the licensing news from Square Enix, VIZ, and Yen Press. Also
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