VIZ Media has announced GalaXic Baseball League, a new sci-fi manga created in partnership between MLB Players, Inc., OneTeam Partners, and Acky Bright’s BW NYC Studios, Inc. Acky Bright is writing and illustrating the GalaXic Baseball League manga, which will begin serialization on July 2 on the VIZ Manga app. Volume 1 of the manga will launch this October.
VIZ Media describes the story as follows:
In the distant future, baseball has rocketed into the cosmos. What was once America’s pastime is now a high-stakes interplanetary competition in which teams from every corner of the universe battle for glory. Amid a sinister plot to wreak havoc on the galaxy, legendary baseball players team up with two unlikely heroes in their quest to save Earth – and the heart and soul of baseball.
“As I watched the 2023 World Baseball Classic final, I kept seeing people saying, ‘Reality just outdid manga!’ That became the seed for this entire story,’’ Bright said. “At the time, I never imagined that my dream of creating a baseball manga would one day become reality – together with MLB Players, Inc. Now, I’m excited to finally be able to share this story with everyone. I hope readers can escape into an epic that brings the heart and soul of baseball to life in another galaxy.”
“When Acky shared his idea of fusing the global language of manga with the global passion for baseball, it ignited a spark in my manga editor’s soul,’’ said Hisashi Sasaki of VIZ Media. “I am thrilled to be a part of this project and to have the opportunity to deliver this story to a global manga audience. It’s an honor to be involved in such a remarkable endeavor.”
