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New York, NY—At their industry panel at anime convention Anime NYC, digital manga app Azuki revealed that two series released as digital exclusives on Azuki — Hikaru in the Light! and Mecha-Ude: Mechanical Arms — will receive full-color print editions from Scholastic, the global children’s publishing, education, and media company, under the Graphix imprint. Additionally, Azuki is adding four new manga series to its subscription: Kotonoha, Ryoji Renjo: Gourmet Detective, Sweeter Than Cake, and Dreamnautes, all distributed by MediBang.

The first volume of Hikaru in the Light! by Mai Matsuda will be published by Graphix in March 2025, and the first volume of Mecha-Ude: Mechanical Arms by Yoshino Koyoka and TriF will follow in April 2025. The Mecha-Ude TV anime series is produced by TriF and will be released in October 2024.

The new titles from MediBang are now available worldwide (except Japan) on the Azuki website and iOS and Android apps, with select free chapters available.

Disclosure: Three former Crunchyroll employees are among the founders of Azuki. Digital manga service Azuki had a handful of new titles to announce during its Anime NYC panel this weekend, including two for print in a collaboration with Scholastic Graphix. Both Mai Matsuda's Hikaru in the Light! and Yoshino Koyoka and TriF's Mecha-Ude: Mechanical Arms are getting full-color print releases in English in spring 2025. Read on for more on the print editions, including full-color sample pages, and a look at what Azuki has added from MediBang. Azuki x Scholastic Graphix Hikaru in the Light! by Mai Matsuda Synopsis: Middle-school student Hikaru Ogino is known as the “songbird” of her family’s bath house in Tokyo. But when her best friend Ran — a former girl group idol — invites her to try out for a pop star “survival camp” together, it’ll put her talents to the test. Can Hikaru outshine the...