Kodansha Comics highlighted a number of new and upcoming manga series at their Comic-Con panel on Saturday, July 22, 2017. The panel kicked off with a number of samplers being given out to attendees that contained the first chapter of a handful of different series, including Land of the Lustrous, Welcome to the Ballroom, Aho-Girl, and Interviews with Monster Girls, among others.

The panel proper kicked off with a look at Sailor Moon Eternal Edition, with the first volume due to arrive in January 2018. This edition has a brand new translation and new lettering, plus is larger than any Sailor Moon manga published ever before. The premium paperback editions will feature covers coated in a holographic finish that the mangaka, Naoko Takeuchi, selected herself. The logo treatment will also feature metallic ink. All ten covers will feature brand new illustrations by Takeuchi specifically for this edition, which was shown off at the panel.

Kodansha also looked at Land of the Lustrous, which was just released and will be turned into an anime series beginning this October. A brief trailer was shown for the manga that was done by the same studio working on the series. It was described as a hybrid manga that draws from a number of different sources and was compared to the Cartoon Network series Steven Universe. The second volume arrives in August.

Kigurumi Guardians was also discussed. It is a shoujo manga by Lily Hoshino, who did the character designs on the anime Mawaru Penguindrum. This is Hoshino’s first shoujo title, and is a traditional magical girl series that has a lot of tongue in cheek humor.

Fairy Tail S: Tales from Fairy Tail was also looked at. It is a two-volume collection of short stories by the mangaka, Hiro Mashima, that includes some never before published chapters. Kodansha also confirmed that Mashima will be attending New York Comic Con as a guest of honor this fall.

Battle Angel Alita: Mars Chronicle was also looked at. It is a finely-detailed prequel that looks at Alita’s life growing up on Mars, and will arrive in February 2018. The original Battle Angel Alita, which has been out of print for a number of years now, will also be returning in a new edition; it will feature an updated translation with new lettering in a large format hardcover edition that will be available on November 21, 2017.

Ghost in the Shell: Global Neural Network was also discussed. It is an anthology book being worked on with franchise creator Shirow Masamune himself and will contain a number of short stories by both Japanese and Western creators. Max Gladsone and Alex de Campi were both announced as collaborators on the project, which will arrive in 2018.

The new box set for Akira was also looked at in detail. This is the first new edition of the manga in more than a decade, and is notably the first time it will be published in English in the original Japanese right to left reading format. It arrives in October 2017, and will include an iron-on patch of Kaneda’s pill jacket design and be in a hardcover format for the first time. It also contains the Akira Club artbook, which is full of publicity and concept art from the manga.

A representative from Vertical was also present at the panel to make some announcements as well. First up for them was Chi’s Sweet Adventure, a sequel to Chi’s Sweet Home, which arrives in 2018. It will be available in full color and is based on the animated series of the same name. Chi fans will also be able to pick up Chi’s Coloring Book, available in December 2017.

Fans of the Monogatari series got a few new announcements, including a look at Nisemonogatari volume 2, which arrives on August 29. Nekomonogatari Black will release in November 2017, and will be followed by Nekomonogatari White in January 2018. Kabukimonogatari was announced at the panel, and is a direct sequel to Bakemonogatari that looks into the past of a ghost named Mayoi; it arrives in early 2018.

The panel was then joined by Yumi Sukemune, a manga editor from Japan who happens to be the editor of the Eisner-nominated Princess Jellyfish. Sukemune discussed working with Akiko Higashimura, the mangaka of Princess Jellyfish, and showed off some manuscripts of the upcoming chapter 83 of the series - it was the first time anyone had seen them, as the chapter has not even yet released in Japan.

The panel was punctuated by a quick Q&A session which was then followed by a jan-ken-pon (rock-paper-scissors) game played by everyone in the room to determine who would receive a special Attack on Titan poster.