It looks like ComiXology is expanding more into the manga side as reported by ANN as the digital comics platform that Amazon owns has picked up two pretty great properties that fans have been hoping for.
The service now has the first fourteen volumes of Harold Sakuishi’s series Beck available with volumes fifteen through 34 coming up next year. The series kicked off in 1999 and wrapped up in 2008 while gaining a lot of attention with its anime that Funimation brought out. The first fourteen volumes saw release previously through Tokyopop.
Additionally, they’ve also brought on the first four volumes of Seven Shakespears this week. This series began in 2009 and wrapped up in 2011 with six volumes but launched a sequel last year that has five volumes.
Beck: Fourteen-year-old Yukio Tanaka is one heck of a boring guy. He has no hobbies, a weak taste in music, and only a small vestige of a personality. His shy and somewhat neurotic personality makes him his own worst enemy. Little does he know that his life will be forever changed when he meets rocker Ryusuke Minami, an unpredictable sixteen-year-old with a cool dog named Beck. Ryusuke has just returned to Japan from America, and when he inspires Yukio to get into music, the two begin a journey through the world of rock ‘n’ roll dreams! Lace up your Docs and head to the mosh pit—Harold Sakuishi’s manga series that spawned the hit anime is back!
Seven Shakespeares: He’s said to be the greatest playwright and poet in history, the author of Romeo and Juliet, Hamlet, and Macbeth, but just who was William Shakespeare? Harold Sakuishi unlocks the secrets behind the writer you only thought you knew!
