#NYCC2015: American Attack on Titan Graphic Novel Announced
David Gelmini
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Continuing its quest to conquer the world, an American Attack on Titan graphic novel has been announced at the New York City Comic Con.
The idea came about after Ben Applegate, associate director of publishing services for Random House, whose subsidiary, Kodansha Comics, published the English translations of the manga, was asked how to increase the franchise’s recognition in the US:
“When ‘Attack on Titan’ took off, I was editing the English editions, and Kodansha asked me to come up with some ways to add unique extras to our manga releases,” he told CBR News. “My first thought was to do variant covers by Western artists, which we’ve already started doing; Tony Moore just did one for volume 16. But I also had this crazy idea for a collection of original stories by Western writers and artists — like a reverse Animatrix for ‘Attack on Titan.’ We pitched it just ahead of our visit to the Kodansha offices in Tokyo in November 2014, and I was stunned to find that everyone at Kodansha loved the idea — even the executives at the very top were pushing for it.”
In terms of what the stories will be about, the anthology will feature a wide range of different things on offer, as Applegate explains:
“So far, we’ve got a few serious stories in the Titan continuity, a few stories involving Titans in new settings, and a few completely off-the-wall comedy pieces.”
The creative team consists of some of the best of the best, have a look:
Brenden Fletcher
Tomer & Asaf Hanuka (team)
Faith Erin Hicks
Kate Leth & Jeremy Lambert (team)
Michael Oeming
Afua Richardson
Paolo Rivera
Damion Scott
Gail Simone
Scott Snyder
Cameron Stewart
Babs Tarr
Genevieve Valentine
Kevin Wada
Ronald Wimberly
The stories will range from 5-25 pages and there’ll also be pin-up art.
This won’t be the first time that the series has delved into the world of American comic books, as we previously had the all-too-brief Marvel crossover. This effort will undoubtedly help Attack on Titan to become a mega-franchise in the US like it it in Japan.
The Attack on Titan Anthology will be released next year.
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