Vertical
- Publishing Began:
- 2001
- Comics Publishing Began:
- 2001
- Publishing Ended:
- 2021
- Comics Publishing Ended:
- 2021
- Country:
- United States
- Indicia / Colophon Publishers:
- 2
- Brand Groups:
- 1
- Brand Emblems in Use:
- 3
- Total Number of Series:
- 105
- Total Number of Issues:
- 487
- Show Covers by Month:
- using on-sale date or using publication date
- Show Issues by Month:
- using on-sale date or using publication date
- Creator Checklist:
- via linked story records
- Web Site:
- https://web.archive.org/web/20201101031436/https://www.readvertical.com/
- Notes:
- A publisher that was dedicated to translating Japanese works into the English language. They published prose as well as graphic novels.
On-sale dates are taken from the publisher's web site or Previews World/Comic List, whichever is earliest.
Kodansha and Dai Nippon Printing acquired a majority stake of the company in 2011. Management was consolidated in 2020, and then completely absorbed into the parent company in 2021 under the new name Kodansha Books. All still-ongoing series were carried over and continued with the same Vertical Comics brand on the book spines.
Editing
| Series | Year | Issues | Covers | Published |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 5 Centimeters per Second | 2012 | 1 issues (0 indexed) | Gallery | [June] 2012 |
| 7 Billion Needles [b] | 2010 | 4 issues (0 indexed) | Gallery | 2010 - 2011 |
| After the Rain [b] | 2018 | 5 issues (0 indexed) | Gallery | [September] 2018 - [September] 2019 |
| Ajin: Demi-Human [b] | 2014 | 16 issues (0 indexed) | Have 13 (Need 3) | 2014 - 2021 |
| Andromeda Stories | 2007 | 3 issues (1 indexed) | Have 1 (Need 3) | 2007 - 2008 |
| Apollo's Song [b] | 2007 | 1 issues (1 indexed) | Gallery | 2007 |
| Apollo's Song | 2010 | 2 issues (0 indexed) | Add | 2010 - 2010 |
| Aposimz [m] | 2018 | 1 issues (1 indexed) | Gallery | 2018 |
| Aposimz [b] | 2018 | 6 issues (0 indexed) | Have 3 (Need 3) | [October] 2018 - 2021 |
| Arakawa Under the Bridge [b] | 2017 | 8 issues (0 indexed) | Have 6 (Need 2) | [November] 2017 - 2020 |
| Aranzi Machine Gun [b] | 2007 | 3 issues (0 indexed) | Gallery | 2007 - 2007 |
| Ayako [b] | 2010 | 1 issues (1 indexed) | Gallery | [November] 2010 |
| Ayako | 2013 | 1 issues (0 indexed) | Gallery | 2013 |
| The Bad Book [b] | 2007 | 1 issues (0 indexed) | Gallery | 2007 |
| Bakemonogatari [m] | 2019 | 1 issues (1 indexed) | Gallery | [October] 2019 |
| Bakemonogatari [b] | 2019 | 7 issues (0 indexed) | Have 2 (Need 5) | [October] 2019 - 2021 |
| Black Jack [m] | 2008 | 1 issues (0 indexed) | Gallery | 2008 |
| Black Jack [b] | 2008 | 17 issues (10 indexed) | Gallery | 2008 - 2011 |
| Black Jack [b] | 2008 | 3 issues (3 indexed) | Gallery | 2008 - 2009 |
| Blame! Master Edition [b] | 2016 | 6 issues (0 indexed) | Gallery | [September] 2016 - 2017 |
| Blame! The Electrofishers’ Escape [b] | 2019 | 1 issues (0 indexed) | Gallery | 2019 |
| Blood on the Tracks [b] | 2020 | 4 issues (0 indexed) | Add | [February] 2020 - 2021 |
| The Book of Human Insects | 2011 | 1 issues (1 indexed) | Gallery | 2011 |
| Buddha [b] | 2003 | 8 issues (4 indexed) | Gallery | October 2003 - 2005 |
| Buddha [b] | 2006 | 8 issues (7 indexed) | Gallery | 2006 - 2007 |
| Cardfight!! Vanguard [b] | 2014 | 12 issues (0 indexed) | Gallery | 2014 - 2018 |
| Chi's Sweet Adventures [b] | 2018 | 4 issues (0 indexed) | Gallery | 2018 - [May] 2019 |
| Chi's Sweet Home [b] | 2010 | 12 issues (0 indexed) | Have 9 (Need 3) | [June] 2010 - [November] 2015 |
| CITY [b] | 2018 | 10 issues (0 indexed) | Have 6 (Need 4) | 2018 - 2020 |
| The Complete Aranzi Hour [b] | 2008 | 1 issues (0 indexed) | Gallery | 2008 |
| The Complete Chi's Sweet Home [b] | 2014 | 4 issues (0 indexed) | Gallery | July 2014 - 2016 |
| The Daily Lives of High School Boys [b] | 2020 | 4 issues (0 indexed) | Add | [August] 2020 - present |
| The Delinquent Housewife! [b] | 2018 | 4 issues (0 indexed) | Gallery | 2018 - [March] 2019 |
| Devils' Line [b] | 2016 | 14 issues (0 indexed) | Have 12 (Need 2) | 2016 - [March] 2020 |
| Dissolving Classroom [b] | 2017 | 1 issues (0 indexed) | Gallery | 2017 |
| Don’t Toy with Me, Miss Nagatoro [b] | 2019 | 5 issues (0 indexed) | Have 1 (Need 4) | [November] 2019 - 2021 |
| Dororo | 2008 | 3 issues (3 indexed) | Gallery | [April] 2008 - [August] 2008 |
| Dororo The Omnibus Edition [b] | 2012 | 1 issues (0 indexed) | Gallery | [March] 2012 |
| Dream Fossil: The Complete Stories of Satoshi Kon [b] | 2015 | 1 issues (1 indexed) | Gallery | 2015 |
| The Drops of God [b] | 2011 | 5 issues (3 indexed) | Have 4 (Need 1) | 2011 - present |
| The Flowers of Evil [b] | 2012 | 11 issues (11 indexed) | Have 8 (Need 3) | 2012 - 2014 |
| The Flowers of Evil - Complete [b] | 2017 | 4 issues (0 indexed) | Gallery | 2017 - [October] 2018 |
| Flying Witch [b] | 2017 | 9 issues (9 indexed) | Gallery | March 2017 - [February] 2022 |
| From the New World [b] | 2013 | 7 issues (0 indexed) | Gallery | 2013 - 2015 |
| FukuFuku: Kitten Tales [b] | 2016 | 2 issues (0 indexed) | Gallery | [February] 2016 - present |
| The Garden of Words | 2014 | 1 issues (0 indexed) | Gallery | 2014 |
| A Girl on the Shore [b] | 2016 | 1 issues (0 indexed) | Gallery | 2016 |
| Go with the Clouds, North-by-Northwest [b] | 2019 | 4 issues (0 indexed) | Have 1 (Need 3) | [April] 2019 - 2020 |
| The Gods Lie. [b] | 2016 | 1 issues (0 indexed) | Gallery | 2016 |
| The Golden Sheep [b] | 2019 | 3 issues (0 indexed) | Have 1 (Need 2) | [September] 2019 - [March] 2020 |
| GTO: 14 Days in Shonan [b] | 2012 | 9 issues (0 indexed) | Have 8 (Need 1) | 2012 - 2013 |
| GTO: The Early Years [b] | 2012 | 5 issues (0 indexed) | Gallery | 2012 - 2012 |
| The Guin Saga Manga: The Seven Magi [b] | 2007 | 3 issues (0 indexed) | Gallery | 2007 - 2008 |
| Haru's Curse [b] | 2021 | 1 issues (0 indexed) | Add | 2021 |
| Helter Skelter: Fashion Unfriendly [b] | 2013 | 1 issues (0 indexed) | Gallery | 2013 |
| Helvetica Standard Bold [b] | 2017 | 1 issues (0 indexed) | Gallery | [October] 2017 |
| Helvetica Standard Italic [b] | 2018 | 1 issues (0 indexed) | Gallery | 2018 |
| Heroman [b] | 2012 | 5 issues (5 indexed) | Gallery | [November] 2012 - [July] 2013 |
| Immortal Hounds [b] | 2016 | 6 issues (0 indexed) | Gallery | [July] 2016 - 2018 |
| Imperfect Girl [b] | 2017 | 3 issues (0 indexed) | Gallery | [October] 2017 - 2018 |
| In Clothes Called Fat | 2014 | 1 issues (0 indexed) | Gallery | 2014 |
| Insufficient Direction | 2014 | 1 issues (0 indexed) | Gallery | 2014 |
| Kino's Journey The Beautiful World [m] | 2019 | 1 issues (1 indexed) | Gallery | 2019 |
| Kino’s Journey: The Beautiful World [b] | 2019 | 7 issues (0 indexed) | Have 4 (Need 3) | [February] 2019 - 2020 |
| Knights of Sidonia [b] | 2013 | 15 issues (15 indexed) | Gallery | [February] 2013 - present |
| Knights of Sidonia Master Edition [b] | 2019 | 7 issues (0 indexed) | Have 3 (Need 4) | [April] 2019 - present |
| Limit [b] | 2012 | 6 issues (0 indexed) | Gallery | 2012 - 2013 |
| Lychee Light Club | 2011 | 1 issues (0 indexed) | Gallery | 2011 |
| Message to Adolf [b] | 2012 | 2 issues (2 indexed) | Gallery | 2012 - 2012 |
| Mobile Suit Gundam Wing Endless Waltz: Glory of the Losers [b] | 2017 | 14 issues (0 indexed) | Gallery | 2017 - [November] 2019 |
| Mobile Suit Gundam: The Origin [b] | 2013 | 12 issues (0 indexed) | Gallery | 2013 - [December] 2015 |
| Moteki: Love Strikes! [b] | 2018 | 2 issues (0 indexed) | Gallery | 2018 - present |
| MW [b] | 2007 | 1 issues (1 indexed) | Gallery | [October] 2007 |
| MW [b] | 2010 | 1 issues (0 indexed) | Gallery | 2010 |
| My Boy [b] | 2018 | 6 issues (0 indexed) | Have 5 (Need 1) | 2018 - [July] 2020 |
| My Neighbor Seki [b] | 2015 | 10 issues (1 indexed) | Gallery | 2015 - present |
| Mysterious Girlfriend X [b] | 2016 | 6 issues (0 indexed) | Gallery | 2016 - present |
| Nichijou: My Ordinary Life [b] | 2016 | 10 issues (4 indexed) | Gallery | March 2016 - 2017 |
| Ninja Slayer [b] | 2015 | 8 issues (0 indexed) | Gallery | [October] 2015 - [May] 2017 |
| No Longer Human [b] | 2011 | 3 issues (1 indexed) | Have 1 (Need 2) | 2011 - 2012 |
| Ode to Kirihito | 2006 | 1 issues (1 indexed) | Gallery | 2006 |
| Ode to Kirihito | 2010 | 2 issues (0 indexed) | Add | 2010 - 2010 |
| Paradise Kiss | 2012 | 3 issues (0 indexed) | Gallery | 2012 - ? |
| Paradise Kiss: 20th Anniversary Edition [b] | 2019 | 1 issues (0 indexed) | Gallery | 2019 |
| Peepo Choo [b] | 2010 | 3 issues (0 indexed) | Gallery | 2010 - 2010 |
| Pink | 2013 | 1 issues (0 indexed) | Gallery | 2013 |
| Pop Team Epic [b] | 2018 | 2 issues (0 indexed) | Gallery | [October] 2018 - present |
| Princess Knight | 2011 | 2 issues (0 indexed) | Gallery | 2011 - 2011 |
| Prophecy [b] | 2014 | 3 issues (0 indexed) | Gallery | 2014 - 2015 |
| Sakuran [b] | 2012 | 1 issues (0 indexed) | Gallery | [July] 2012 |
| She and Her Cat [b] | 2018 | 1 issues (0 indexed) | Gallery | 2018 |
| Sickness Unto Death | 2013 | 2 issues (0 indexed) | Gallery | 2013 - ? |
| Summer Wars [b] | 2013 | 2 issues (0 indexed) | Gallery | [October] 2013 - present |
| Summer Wars Complete Edition [b] | 2018 | 1 issues (0 indexed) | Gallery | 2018 |
| To Terra | 2007 | 3 issues (0 indexed) | Have 2 (Need 1) | February 2007 - June 2007 |
| To the Abandoned Sacred Beasts [b] | 2016 | 11 issues (0 indexed) | Have 9 (Need 2) | 2016 - 2021 |
| Tokyo ESP [b] | 2015 | 8 issues (8 indexed) | Gallery | [October] 2015 - present |
| Tropic of the Sea | 2013 | 1 issues (1 indexed) | Gallery | 2013 |
| The Twin Knights [b] | 2013 | 1 issues (1 indexed) | Gallery | [July] 2013 |
| Twin Spica [b] | 2010 | 12 issues (8 indexed) | Have 10 (Need 2) | 2010 - present |
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