Uploaded November 2025 | Updated September 2026, 1 week ago

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As shared at Library Journal and School Library Journal's LibraryCon Live! 2025:

Join manga experts Ben Applegate and TJ Ferentini from Kodansha's editorial team, as they discuss how we put together some of the most popular books in your library today! We'll look at how we choose titles, how we localize them for the US, and the kinds of choices we make as we put a book together for your customers and patrons. This behind-the-scenes tour of this popular medium will introduce you to some of our biggest titles for fall and winter!

Check out Kodansha's list of titles on the Penguin Random House Library website: penguinrandomhouselibrary.com/division-landing-page/?divisionCode=DJ&divisionName=Kodansha%20USA