The campaign, which has a goal of US$27,000, also includes a reprint of Imai's manga F.
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Glacier Bay Books' Kickstarter crowdfunding campaign for the English release of Arata Imai's Flash Point manga, a reprint of Imai's F manga and Andrew White's SPRING TIDES poetry-comic book, reached its $27,000 goal on Sunday, four days before the campaign ends on September 19. As of press time, the campaign has raised $27,099 from 339 backers. The campaign began on August 21.
Glacier Bay Books states on its campaign page that all three books are ready to print and that they will send the titles to printers as soon as the campaign ends and the company has completed the printing process.
Imai Manga Flash Point will be 248 pages in A5 format paperback with French fold-out pages and its back section features an interview with Imai.
The Flash Point compiled book manga debuted in August 2023. Glacier Bay Books describes its story:
FLASH POINT, Imai Arata's stunning new award-winning political manga about viral conspiracy theories, social media lynchings, and the assassination of former Japanese prime minister, Abe Shinzo, in 2022. Flash Point is translated by award-winning translator and comics historian Ryan Holmberg and features an interview with the author.
Glacier Bay Books originally published the English version of Arata Imai's F manga in 2021.
Source: Glacier Bay Books Kickstarter page
