Viz Sets GalaXic Baseball League Signing Tour With Artist Acky Bright
The touring schedule turns a licensed app-first comic into a retail event, timed to the print volume's release rather than to the digital launch.
Reporting from 1 source: Anime News Network.
Viz Media announced a United States signing tour for the GalaXic Baseball League comic, with artist Acky Bright appearing at Kinokuniya stores in New York, Chicago, Seattle, San Francisco, and Los Angeles. The tour starts October 13, the release date of the first volume, and runs through October 18. Attendees receive a poster. The series launched on the Viz Manga app on July 2.
The tour pairs the comic's first print volume with in-person appearances across five cities. New York and Chicago both run 6:00 p.m. to 8:00 p.m. on October 13 and 14, Seattle the same hours on October 16, San Francisco from 2:00 p.m. to 4:00 p.m. on October 17, and Los Angeles on October 18 with a Little Tokyo stop from 1:00 p.m. to 3:00 p.m. and a Santa Anita stop from 6:00 p.m. to 8:00 p.m. The events are ticketed and each attendee gets a poster of the series.
- New York: October 13, 6:00 p.m. to 8:00 p.m.
- Chicago: October 14, 6:00 p.m. to 8:00 p.m.
- Seattle: October 16, 6:00 p.m. to 8:00 p.m.
- San Francisco: October 17, 2:00 p.m. to 4:00 p.m.
- Los Angeles (Little Tokyo): October 18, 1:00 p.m. to 3:00 p.m.
- Los Angeles (Santa Anita): October 18, 6:00 p.m. to 8:00 p.m.
Synthesized by Yomimono from the 1 cited source below, including Japanese-language reporting where cited, then editorially reviewed before publishing.