Tokyopop has reached an agreement with indie creative company Noir Caesar Entertainment, which supports and nourishes art from marginalized communities in animation, film, television, and comics, to publish their manga-inspired comics, beginning with three graphic novels this summer, the companies announced.
Noir Caesar Entertainment was founded by former NBA (and current international) player Johnny O’Bryant III in 2017 with a focus on original stories by BIPOC creators to bring diversity to anime and manga.
Tokyopop’s summer Noir Caesar releases, all at $13.99, include:
XOGenaSYS Vol. 1, written by Johnny O’Bryant & Tre Mcintosh, with art by Nikolas Draper-Ivey will be released July 25. XOGenaSYS is a gladiator sport fought with powered exoskeletons in an overcrowded, gang-ridden future world. An artistic youth who has a hidden talent as an explosive fighter is recruited to become the next new competitor.
Primus 7 Vol. 1, written by Johnny O’Bryant, Vaughn Alexander, & Marcus Johnson, will be released July 25. A resistance movement arises when a prominent member of the Marine Corporation, which has maintained the peace of Primordia for years, goes rogue and installs himself as dictator.
Try Again Vol. 1, created by Will Brown, written by John Lawrence and Marcus Kwabena, with art by Win Dolores, will be released August 22. A hitwoman in the Cacciatore Guild tried to reconcile her memories from the past with the life she now leads.Source: ICv2
