Kinokuniya USA will be at New York Comic Con 2024! Our NYCC booth 3301 will be featuring exclusive items as well as manga, art books, figures and more! Also, be sure to check out the signing events happening at Kinokuniya New York during NYCC.

Check our Facebook, X, and Instagram for the most updated information.

ACKY BRIGHT Live Drawing

10/17~20 (Thu-Sun)

Acky Bright, Japanese manga artist and illustrator, known for his live drawing performances, kawakakkoii (cute and cool) art style, and his works for McDonalds, DC Comics, and Hasbro, will be live drawing at our NYCC booth! He will also be doing signing events on the following days at our booth.

Signing Events:

① 10/17 (Thu) 4pm~ ② 10/18 (Fri) 4pm~
③ 10/19 (Sat) 4pm~ ④ 10/20 (Sun) 2pm~

Join us at booth SH-1706 for our biggest Anime Expo event yet from July 3-6! In addition to exclusives, early releases, and collaborations with Kodansha, Yen Press, PIE International, futekiya, Aloha Comics, our booth will be packed with manga, art books, CDs, stationery, and more!

Make sure to follow Kinokuniya USA on Instagram, Facebook, and X for more Anime Expo news.

Wind Breaker and The Fragrant Flower Blooms with Dignity - Free special shikishi and poster with qualifying purchase

• Purchase any volume of Wind Breaker or The Fragrant Flower Blooms with Dignity in English to receive a shikishi correlated to the purchased title.

• Purchase any volumes from both titles, and receive both shikishi boards and a mini poster with an exclusive collaboration art.

Free Special CITY Sticker Sheet with qualifying purchase

Celebrate the highly anticipated anime release of Keiichi Arawi’s (author of Nichijou) newest surreal daily life series CITY with our Kinokuniya x Kodansha CITY sticker sheet!

Receive Kinokuniya exclusive CITY sticker sheet with purchase any volume of CITY in English!

LAM Tote Bag and Poster

Tote bag and poster featuring art by Japanese Illustrator LAM will be available at our Kinokuniya booth while supplies last!

LAM Artworks IKADUCHI - Comes with Kinokuniya Exclusive Keychains

This carefully curated selection of published works to date and numerous original artworks lets readers fully enjoy LAM’s work.

Both regular edition or special edition will come with one random Kinokuniya Exclusive keychain! The book also comes with a signing ticket. Learn more here.

The Art of Link Click

Kinokuniya Exclusive The Art of Link Click: Moments will be available for early release at Anime Expo Kinokuniya Booth! Special thanks to Aloha Comics, customers will receive our exclusive art board featuring the cover illustration, in addition to bonus poster, bookmark, and 3 postcards with the book purchase!

futekiya

In addition to the “old man yaoi” manga, KOH-BOKU, English print editions of Here and There and Us and The Farthest Love in the World, the BL manga by futekiya (Manga Planet's BL Branch) will be releasing early at our Anime Expo booth!

LIMITED EDITION SETS of KOH-BOKU and The Farthest Loce in the World will also be available

Scenes From Lullaby of the Dawn: Celebrating 1.7 Million Copies Sold! Merchandise

Scenes From Lullaby of the Dawn: Celebrating 1.7 Million Copies Sold! merchandise and reprints of the Lullaby of the Dawn booklets will be available at our Anime Expo booth!

Smiski & Sonny Angels

Buy 3 Smiski or Sonny Angel blind boxes and receive bonus item!

Meet Smiski
Smiski will make a daily appearance at our booth at random times of the day for photo ops!

Mai Yoneyama Prints

Autographed and elegantly framed holographic prints from Mai Yoneyama, ending sequence animator of LAZARUS and Cyberpunk: Edge Runners, will be available at our booth.

*4 designs with and without autographs available while supplies last.

 Illustrator LAM

Signing Events at KINOKUNIYA LOS ANGELES
July 4th - 6th (Tickets Required)

With over 825k followers on X, LAM —original character designer of Takt op. Destiny— will be visiting Kinokuniya Los Angeles during Anime Expo 2025 for special signing events! Purchase one of his books listed below and get his autograph! See below for more details!

Can't make it to our events at Kinokuniya LA? He will also be signing at Anime Expo! Click here to learn more. 

LAM Special Signing Events
at Kinokuniya Los Angeles

July 4 (Fri): 10am - 12pm
July 5 (Sat): 10am - 12pm
July 6 (Sun): 7pm - 9pm

How to Get Tickets

Purchase LAM Artworks IKADUCHI (either standard or special edition) at Kinokuniya Online Store and get a ticket for the signing events at Kinokuniya Los Angeles!

Please note:

• Tickets are available while supplies last, and limited to one per person.

• Book and ticket will be available for pick up the day of the signing event at Kinokuniya Los Angeles. Shipping is not available. 

• ID and email receipt will be required as proof of purchase when picking up book and ticket.

• One autograph on one official merchandise per person.

• Photography/videography will not be allowed during the event.

In cooperation with PIE International.

 Kumo Kagyu & Mokumokuren

Signing Events
at Kinokuniya Los Angeles 7/3 & 7/5

Special thanks to Yen Press, we are pleased to host signing events with Kumo Kagyu (author of Goblin Slayer and Blade & Bastard) and Mokumokuren (author of The Summer Hikaru Died) at Kinokuniya Los Angeles during Anime Expo!

 Event Schedule/How To Attend 

Receive ticket to attend signing events with qualifying book purchase. Tickets will be available on our online store tomorrow, June 13 at 11am PDT while supplies last.

Please note:

• Tickets are available only by purchasing Blade & Bastard Light Novel Vol. 1 and Kinokuniya Exclusive Variant Cover The Summer Hikaru Died Vol. 1 in English and not other volumes. 

• Tickets are available while supplies last, and limited to one per person.

• Book and ticket will be available for pick up the day of the signing event at Kinokuniya Los Angeles. Shipping is not available. 

• ID and email receipt will be required as proof of purchase when picking up book and ticket.

• One autograph on one official merchandise per person.

• Photography/videography will not be allowed during the event.

Featured Books

*Please note content is the same as the standard edition of The Summer Hikaru Died Vol. 1 released in July 2023. / This does not come with Kinokuniya Exclusive Shikishi

The Summer Hikaru Died

Manga
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Light Novel
In English >>
In Japanese >>

Blade & Bastard

Light Novel
In English >>
In Japanese >>

Manga
In English >>
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Goblin Slayer

Light Novel
In English >>
In Japanese >>

Manga
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Signing Events at Kinokuniya Los Angele
During Anime Expo

During Anime Expo, we will be hosting signing events with Japanese illustrator LAM, Kumo Kagyu (Blade & Bastard and Goblin Slayer), and Mokumokuren (The Summer Hikaru Died).

Can't make it to our events at Kinokuniya LA? He will also be signing at Anime Expo! Click here to learn more. 

Please note:

• Tickets are available while supplies last, and limited to one per person.

• Book and ticket will be available for pick up the day of the signing event at Kinokuniya Los Angeles. Shipping is not available. 

• ID and email receipt will be required as proof of purchase when picking up book and ticket.

• One autograph on one official merchandise per person.

• Photography/videography will not be allowed during the event.

Stop by our Anime NYC booth 321 to shop special merchandise, check our early releases, and more! Pick up a free copy of the special Young Magazine issue in English available at our booth or receive a ticket to see the creator of Love Bullet with qualifying purchase! 

Signing Event with inee & Love Bullet Pop-Up Shop

inee, the creator of Love Bullet, will be appearing at Kinokuniya booth this Saturday, 8/23 at 1pm! Spend $100 or more (before tax, after discount) on special Love Bullet merchandise to receive a ticket! Please note that your purchase must include poster, and tickets are available in limited quantities.

Young Magazine Special Issue in English

In celebration of the 45th anniversary of Young Magazine, Kinokuniya will be giving away a free special issue! This special issue features 20 pilot chapters in English and a cover illustration by Shirow Masamune, the creator of Ghost in the Shell!

Kinokuniya and Kodansha Collaboration Merchandise

Shop special merchandise featuring gorgeous manga illustrations from hit series, Witch Hat Atelier, Initial D, and The Fragrant Flower Blooms with Dignity. Merchandise include, tote bag, and more! Please note that the shirts will not be available at our Anime NYC booth.

10th Anniversary Wotakoi Special Merchandise 

If your a fan of Wotakoi make sure to grab the special merchandise! As a bonus, you'll receive a special postcard with every $30 you spend on the Wotakoi merchandise.

The Summer Hikaru Died Bag

Purchase Kinokuniya exclusive The Summer Hikaru Died, Vol. 1 and one additional book published by Yen Press at our Anime NYC booth to receive exclusive tote bag!

Chill Chill BL Award Pop-Up Shop

Shop special merchandise from Chill Chill BL Award Pop-Up Shop at our Anime NYC booth! Don’t miss your chance to explore special items and celebrate your favorite titles!

EARLY RELEASE: SANDA Vol. 1

Get a copy of SANDA with Kinokuniya Exclusive Cover, ahead of the highly anticipated anime adaptation produced by Science SARU which releases this October.

Signed by the Author: Koh-Boku Limited Edition

Author Sonoo Michiru has signed the Koh-Boku Limited Edition exclusively for Kinokuniya! Signed copies will be available in limited quantities and this special edition also includes a bonus sticker and an exclusive manga page.

EARLY RELEASE: Perfect Propose and Try & I Love You

Make sure to be the first one to check out the early print releases of Perfect Purpose and Try & I Love You!

Scenes From Lullaby of the Dawn: Celebrating 1.7 Million Copies Sold!

Special merchandise from Scenes From Lullaby of the Dawn: Celebrating 1.7 Million Copies Sold! will be available for purchase.

King's Maker Vol. 1

Don’t miss out on checking out the first English edition of King’s Maker manga at our Kinokuniya NYC booth!