Vertical Inc. has a few new titles out this summer that fans will be all over and slowly but surely those releases are getting their cover art approved by the Japanese licensor. While it may seem like an easy process, there’s always some uncertainty as to how the original rights holder will want their work represented in other languages and sometimes even the smallest placement of a period can have the whole thing go through the approval process again. Vertical has revealed three of their July covers that you’ll be seeing in the coming months with two ongoing series From the New World by Toru Oikawa and What Did You Eat Yesterday? by Fumi Yoshinaga as well as the standalone volume from the always entertaining and thought provoking Moyoco Anno with In Clothes Called Fat.
Concept: A hard-working middle-aged gay couple in Tokyo come to enjoy the finer moments of life through food. After long days at work, either in the law firm or the hair salon, Shiro and Kenji will always have down time together by the dinner table, where they can discuss their troubles, hash out their feelings and enjoy delicately prepared home cooked meals!
Concept: From the pen of Moyoco Anno comes a stunning tale of self-image and self-loathing. In Clothes Called Fat details the lives of young women earnestly revealing the struggles women may have with their bodies and sexuality.
Noko appears to be living a great life, she’s got a good job and a loving boyfriend, but beneath a thin veneer is a young woman who is struggling with her self-image and self-confidence as she fights to keep her weight down. To Noko, being 5 pounds overweight means being miles away from happiness in her lovelife and in her work-place.
Concept: Saki and her schoolmates enjoy what they consider normal lives in a peaceful provincial setting. Only their village cannot be of this era. Its customs differ from those of any known in modern day Japan. The landscape, while familiar, is also much more constrained than what modern day maps may exhibit. So when six friends embark on a journey of mental and physical training, this fateful journey will lead them to a series of mind-shattering truths.
[Source: Vertical]