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The storied firm will mark the launch of the ‘browser version’ of K Manga with a June 22 online party that is held in Japan, but hosted in English and targets manga (comics) and anime (animation) fans in the U.S.

With a theme of “The Stories Behind the Stories,” the event will take multiple behind-the-scenes peeks at manga production and include fan greetings from more than a dozen manga creators.

Highlights include: a live drawing session with Mashima Hiro, the artist behind “Fairy Tail”; a live talk with Miyajima Reiji, behind “Rent-A-Girlfriend”; an interview session with the manga artist behind hit “” Isayama Hajime; and a session with Terayama Koji, Kodansha editor.

Kodansha is publisher of many of the best-known manga titles in history including “Attack on Titan” and “.” These and some 400 others were available at the launch of the K Manga platform. Its roster includes approximately 70 titles of ongoing manga currently in serialization and span genres including action, thriller, isekai (speculative fiction), romance, and fantasy.

Users have access to K Manga’s library and are able to read limited chapters of some manga free of charge.