 Hey everybody welcome to another live edition of a week in geekdom and impromptu edition as I like to call them because I Wasn't expecting to do a video For this subject, but I thought you know what it's been a while. Why not? I haven't been live on my channel in a little bit and I I kind of missed it to be honest And what better way than to live stream a little bit just a couple minutes to talk about all the recent Viz media announcements for all the we got light novels. We got manga. We got Weird product placements from Sanrio. We've got a whole bunch of cool stuff to talk about So yeah, welcome everybody if you're watching this for the very first time a geo here from a week in geekdom where I you know go over anime comics and manga on a Semi-weekly basis. So yeah, let's get on straight to it share my screen right here and share with you all the cool announcements from the folks at Viz media Also, if you'd be so kind and help with that YouTube algorithm and hit the like button that would be very much appreciated So we begin our round of announcements. This was a couple hours ago as of this stream video The first one which threw everybody for a loop. I don't think anybody was expecting it is Hideo Kojima related and the actual tweet from Viz as creator of Death Stranding and Metal Gear Solid This series or book explores the influences and inspirations that shape his work the creative gene drops fall 2021 and I don't know if you know creative gene, but then it says the gifted gene and my lovable memes that is a wacky Name title for that for that book. So I'm very interested I think this is the most enigmatic of the announcements and I'm You know, hopefully we get like the proper cover art and all that stuff and a detailed description as to what Inspired Kojima with his creations and all that but nonetheless, I'm excited to check that out. The next announcement is something that I was talking about with On the omnibus collectors network where I also participate in live streams and I was wondering why Don't we get more? Nintendo Manga and I was very excited to see this announcement a lot of people weren't but I was because it gives me hope that we will one day see the Metroid manga content be Resurfaced and worked on and published as a collected edition So this is the animal crossing new horizons deserted island diary a new manga series Featuring your favorite villagers debuting fall 2021 that is really cool. I love animal crossing. I love these Lovable characters and I will be checking it out But this again, this gives me hope that we might see more Nintendo properties Get the collected editions treatment when it comes to their manga and all that stuff I am a huge fan of the Metroid franchise. Those are my favorite games when it comes to Nintendo Alongside Zelda and all that stuff, but yeah, I mostly gravitate towards Metroid. So I'm Hopeful that one day we will see that all the different Whether it be the gag stuff that came out or the Metroid Prime adaptations Well, whatever we can get from Metroid in manga form. That would be fantastic Next up we also have here something that a lot of people were Have been asking for for quite a while now every forum every tweet every YouTube video every whatever Whenever you discuss one piece, everybody always brings up the question. When are we getting box set for? Well, finally, we are getting one piece box set for and it's dropping fall 2021 this will contain volume 71 through 90 which make up the just Rosa so whole cake island and rubbery arcs and It says exclusive bonus gifts with you know, I just presume it's going to be a poster or something like that These box sets aren't known for extravagant gifts if you know what I mean But that is awesome. Obviously, we don't have the artwork for the box. So that's just a placeholder that they released with all the Corresponding volumes that will be in that fourth box set, but finally We will have that freaking fourth box set. Unfortunately, I'm not collecting one piece in that format I prefer the omnibus three and ones But still this is really cool for a lot of you guys that have been Clamoring viz to put out that box set. Here you go. You finally have it The next announcement was something that we all knew was gonna happen. It was only just a matter of time I didn't know it was gonna happen so quickly though. I thought maybe that was going to be announced Next year onwards. I didn't expect it to drop in a couple months as of this video And what am I referring to? Well, it is the Demon Slayer complete box set, which will also drop fall 2021 It says here really live Tanjiro and Nesuko's epic journey, which includes all 23 volumes of the series plus exclusive bonus gifts. I Have like this is really cool for people that want to collect Demon Slayer and don't have it yet Obviously, it's such a hot title that all most of the volumes are out of stock at different stores So this is really awesome for that. However, I've been collecting it for a while now and what am I missing like 21 to missing volumes 20 to 23 which haven't come out yet, right? Yeah So when I do collect those I Hope I know it's very slim. I know it's not gonna happen, but hey, I've been proven wrong in the past I hope that biz Can maybe Offer like an incentive and you get the final volume with you guys Remember when they used to do this with anime DVDs you would buy volume one with the limited edition box set and It's an empty box. It's for you to place the series as you were collecting the volumes, right? I hope they can it'd be fun if they would do that with this Manga and you know, I can buy the box and put all my single Smaller volumes inside something like that. I don't even care about the bonus gifts or any of that stuff But if they could somehow do that I don't know or maybe they can do like that fan image that was circling online with Nezuko's box and you have the little door and all the volumes are inside something like that would be really cool I doubt it, but still if you don't have demon slayer This is a fantastic way to collect the whole series all in one go That's gonna be exciting. So again another fall release Next up. This is something that is really nice and This is of course my hero academia related This is the ultra analysis the official character guide Drops fall 2021. I learned everything about my hero academia heroes and villains includes 288 pages of content. That is awesome I want that's one of my most desired things when it comes to collected editions or For video games and anime and manga. I want these coffee table like Material books. I should say that have all the character data. Yeah, if you know about manga releases and all that stuff several popular Shonen Jump releases have featured character data books in the past and very rarely do we get them like Not at all comes to mind. I have actually one of the character data books. I want that but in a More of a prestige format because I like that and this lends really well to a title like my hero academia Obviously, if you've read it Deku keeps his notes on all the heroes and villains all their superpowers or quirks and you know all that stuff all the stats and it goes Hand in hand with the tradition of stat books if you've collected Marvel and DC comics if you remember the old trading cards in the back They used to have all the stats for all the heroes like the Marvel the official Marvel handbook stuff like that It's really great that a series like my area. They mean I can do that as well and I will definitely be picking this up I love this sort of content where I can just look at all the character data Hopefully with some really cool illustrations for all the heroes and villains all that fun stuff The next announcement is another of these quirky coffee table books as I like to call them I think a lot of people are going to be excited about this. It is of course one piece pirate recipes This is really cool The recipes that power the one-piece crew brought to you with Flaren style by chef Sanji available fall 2021 this is really awesome and hopefully it has some really wonderful Oda illustrations along with the text and how to make all the recipes so hopefully some Will that feature alcohol? Hmm. I don't know but we'll see but regardless I'm excited about that. I kind of want to get this. It's not a priority. But if I see it, I'll probably grab it It looks really cool The next one is a pretty big one. It's one of my most favorite ongoing reads from last year I made a first impressions video on it. You can check it out on this very channel It is kaiju number eight volume one finally comes crashing into stores fall 2021 you guys got to pick this up. This is gonna be a hot title. Everybody's gonna be Picking this up. It's gonna go out of stock. It's a I don't I want to say it'll be another chainsaw man Hype level because it does deserve it It's a fantastic really kick ass series that I highly recommend to check out my video I made a first impressions on what I thought about. I think at the time was like the first 10 chapters or something like that. It's been like close to 30 and it's still awesome I really enjoy this series combining, you know superhero tropes with kaiju stuff really awesome stuff I I'm a big fan of kaiju number eight and I'm so excited that we're finally getting it so quickly same with Dead Dead Unlocked It's also coming out this year. So I like that. We're getting faster release dates for hot new manga So that's awesome. The next one is probably my Favorite announcement out of this batch and it's something I did not see coming It is of course Akira Toriyama's manga theater The manga theater usually is you know collections of short stories and all that stuff. We've seen that in the past with the Rumi-ko Takahashi collections and all that. So this is really cool. You're getting a collection of action-packed short stories from Akira Toriyama and it drops fall 2021 This will be released as a single hardcover edition. So you get and I presume the ones that we're seeing here with the image We're gonna get all those in one sweet hardcover So that's awesome. Hopefully gives me hope for a rumic theater to come out Fingers crossed it actually happens. This is a really good sign of that. So I am definitely excited about this I love Toriyama's art style while I'm not the biggest Dragon Ball fan I'd love his art and I want to own his other material. So this is a must-get and my list Next up is a light novel I did want to feature in here because it is a famous property, of course full metal alchemist This is a new beginning. It says here complete your full metal experience with this winery focused light novel never before published in English that's awesome because you know FMA such a fantastic series overall whether you enjoy the anime or the manga or you play the games of It's such a popular franchise worldwide and it's great for fans of the Manga to own the whole thing, you know as a completionist you put the whole set even if it's a light novel So it's gonna be interesting Definitely recommended if you're a fan of Aracawa or you just want to complete the set when it comes to full metal alchemist The next one is a new title that I don't know anything about but I've heard good things about it A lot of people are talking great things on it some friends. I've mentioned that it's getting good reviews So I'm excited to check it out and it is and I'm probably gonna butcher this name Freeran beyond journeys and volume one which releases fall 2021 for immortal elf freer Freeran the adventures are over now a new adventure begins figuring out what to do with the rest of her life It from what I read up on it. It's like at the end of the quest journey and The main character has lost some friends and all that stuff now Travels back and reminisces and finds new things and it's sort of a fantasy epic world So I'm excited to check that out. I've heard good things about it and it piqued my interest. So we'll see Do I have this image yes, I do this is a this is sort of a nod ball Sanrio pom-poms make fun of make fun pom-poms of Hello Kitty my buddy and all your favorite Sanrio characters This is obviously the top tier announcement of this whole episode right now, right? So yeah, there's that Followed by some Takahashi, you know, I was expecting this to be announced not now but just overall that we would get something from Takahashi because We had mermaid saga. We're getting maizanikoku stuff like that coming out in the Lux format So I figured they're gonna keep announcing Rumi Kotakahashi stuff on these announcement Days and today's not the exception Announcements time here. We have Mao volume one which comes out fall 2021 and Rumi Kotakahashi's latest work Takes us back to a Taisho era Japan Infested with demons and only an exorcist named the Mao can end them. I wonder where I've heard that before right? So there's that This one then this next one is sort of a also I wonder if it's gonna be a standard size or it's gonna be a signature size. That's gonna be interesting hopefully signature sized This next one is If I remember correctly, it's a release for Shoujo beat it is my love mix-up Mali one Boy loves girl girls loves other boy then other boy thinks first boy loves him That's sort of the tagline that I'm seeing here on their announcement. So cool obviously that Shoujo beat Rarely gets love when it comes to announcements because we only had two of them and the next one is Rosenblood volume one makes its debut this fall after an awful carriage accident Stella awakens in a gothic mansion in the presence of four impossibly gorgeous vampires Yeah, so there's Filling up that shoujo Prada, I guess I don't know anything about him. If you guys enjoy those series. Let me know I'm open to reading anything really I I think I've made it clear if you've watched my reviews here on this channel But it looks interesting. I love the cover for it for the two About that one that's pokemon. I like the two covers. They're really nicely drawn The next one is into pokemon. That's another big franchise license for uh vis media They have pokemon journeys the series volume one and this is based off the anime So you're following ash with go in all new adventures I don't necessarily follow those adventures But it's cool for a younger crowd or if you're a fan of the anime and you want to keep those Stories going you could always go back to that Followed by this pokemon Pocket comics sun and moon this new comic series contains puns and gags galore. So what this means this is sort of the four panel Books that not a lot of people not a lot of people enjoy But who knows it could be fun I like uh, I like when you have stuff like this that doesn't you know, it's not too serious It doesn't take itself too serious. I should say so that's going to be interesting plus its pokemon what could go wrong Next is a pretty huge announcement that uh, we all knew was coming eventually if not this year probably next year, but Here it is uh burn the witch volume one is going to be released this year tight Kubo's exciting expansion of bleach spoilers Takes place in the western branch of soul society reverse london and includes a special slipcase. Obviously this cover's not final We'll see. I was a little bit lukewarm on it same with the movie not necessarily my favorite thing But the art is fantastic as always because Kubo's art is just glorious. So Uh, I think I'm going to pick it up because it's only one release. It's just four chapters. Um, I don't know I'll probably pick it up for the art not the story Uh, but yeah burn the witch. Uh, you want to if you want to check out my thoughts on it I believe there's a video on here as well as the omnibus collectors network where We had a little mini discussion on it as well And finally to close this out, you know, we had to another staple of this media is Junji Ito Ito's on a roll, baby. And we get another Uh, hardcover announcement this time. It is Deserter Junji Ito story collection drops fall 2021 and increasing malice and mind-numbing terror The seeds of horror are sown in this collection of the renowned magica's early works That's the key word right there. And that's why I'm really excited about it because yeah, we've had story collections in the past There are quite a few that have been released already in the luxe hardcover But uh, this is the earlier stuff from Ito's career. So I'm really excited to get that And there's still a whole bunch of more stuff to collect from the mangaka. So I'm really excited We're also getting love sickness There's a second one and I'm gonna search it here real time There are three books coming out from Junji Ito this year, which seems to be the norm Uh, I think it's called Uh, shoot. I think it was with an M, right? Let's see Let's see if I search for Junji Ito Um, the name that pops up It's sensor sensors the other one. That's a more recent work that's coming out in august And love sickness as of this video comes out in a couple months, right april So yeah, april you're getting love sickness then sensor in the summer and then fall we're getting Deserter so that's going to be fun and hopefully they keep the yellow Because all the story collections have a different spine and color to them I have them over here shivers, uh light blue frankenstein's purple smash was orange Um, hopefully love sickness is green sensor. I think it's Uh, sort of a pastel colored by bummer correctly and or maybe another shade of orange and here with deserter If they keep with the image, which is really gross and spooky how I like it. That's how I like it. Uh, hopefully it's Uh with a yellow spine. So that's it. That's all the announcements, right? Yeah All the cool stuff that's coming out uh I Like many was expecting I mean, we've already had announcements for Uh fists of the north star and we know that golden winds coming and all that stuff But there's still some really cool stuff that we have not seen Kingdom is still missing a lot of people want that book um What was the other one that's missing uh billy bat From udusawa and stuff like that that still does not have a localized release Hopefully we do get more announcements, uh later in the year and we see those titles finally brought, uh State side so i'm really excited about that. Uh, but of what was shown here I gotta say jiu-jitsu is a must burn the witch I'm 50 50 on it, but i'll probably get it And what was the other one that I want to get? This one I do want Obviously the akira toriyama manga theater and that's gonna be a must-get Uh kaiju number eight. That's another fun series to collect And yeah, my heracademia ultra analysis and the two box sets lots of cool stuff If you ask me But that's about it. That's all the announcements. Thank you everybody for tuning in for watching this improv 2 stream You guys are awesome. Thank you for the constant support I was supposed to upload a video before this but Things got in a way. It's been a little bit hectic here and there But fear not I do have Three manga videos coming and I'll probably Upload them Pretty close to each other. So yeah some first impressions some reviews all that fun stuff and some anime and comics Comic videos are also in the works, but yeah more content soon on this channel. 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