Azuki to Publish Two Series with Scholastic Graphix and Add Four New Manga Series

My favorite digital manga subscription service Azuki, home of my faves My Dear Detective: Mitsuko’s Case Files and newer fave Our Aimless Nights, has 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– at their industry panel at anime convention Anime NYC . 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.

Hikaru in the Light! by Mai Matsuda 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 competition and make her stage debut, or will she fall flat? Read the first chapter for free here! Hikaru in the Light! will appeal to fans of: Shorter manga series (this series has completed with Chapter 27!), idol manga stories, coming of age tales

Mecha-Ude: Mechanical Arms by Yoshino Koyoka and TriF Kita-Kagami City is a pretty normal town… except that some people have gotten their hands on Mecha-Ude: powerful, sentient, mechanical beings that attach themselves to their human hosts and have awesome capabilities….