| It's hardly the shock news of the century, but Platinum End Volume One is being planned for publication by Viz Media. That was the major announcement of vague interest to us given at last week's Anime Boston convention. Platinum End is the latest manga collaboration between Tsugumi Ohba and Takeshi Obata, the duo who brought us Death Note. It focuses upon the adventures of suicidal protagonist Mirai, who acquires the ability to see and interact with his guardian angel, whilst mid-fall. Divine intervention saves his life, but eternity still beckons. Mirai, it transpires, is just one of currently twelve human slated to become gods upon their eventual demise. How and why this is a thing will have to await your reading of the manga itself. The collation and publication of Platinum End as a single volume of manga will occur roughly concurrent with the Death Note live-action movie is released in cinemas. Nothing like a nice bit of tie-in publicity all round! Look for both around the autumn (or Fall, if you're American) of 2016. No set date has yet been released, but you'll be the first to know when we do. |  |
