At this weekend's Katsucon event, North American publisher Vertical announced a slate of new licenses. In addition to recent online reveals She and Her Cat, Helvetica Standard and Gundam Wing, this included novel Anime Supremacy by Mizuki Tsujimura, Imperfect Shoujo by Nisioisin (Monogatari) and Mitsuru Hattori (Sankarea) - a 2016 adaptation of the novels also known as Shōjo Fujūbun, Hikaru Nakamura's 2004-2015 Arakawa Under the Bridge - inspiration for the 2010 Shaft anime, and Mizu Sahara's 2004 adaptation of Makoto Shinkai's Voices of A Distant Star.

Plans for a podcast were also announced.

ANNOUNCEMENT: Anime Supremacy "Best way to describe is a novelization of Shirobako" pic.twitter.com/iQfWYQCiVR — Helen oh god Katsu (@WanderinDreamr) February 18, 2017

ANNOUNCEMENT: Imperfect Shojo (this is Nisiosin @Link3693 !) pic.twitter.com/M8ut3iIBDM — Helen oh god Katsu (@WanderinDreamr) February 18, 2017

ANNOUNCEMENT: Arakawa Under the Bridge pic.twitter.com/5OYKbQJlCz — Helen oh god Katsu (@WanderinDreamr) February 18, 2017

ANNOUNCEMENT: Voices of A Distant Star pic.twitter.com/ZKRgXor4St — Helen oh god Katsu (@WanderinDreamr) February 18, 2017

ANNOUNCEMENT: Gundam Wing manga retelling from the writer of the same tv series "20 years not 10" "oh god we're old" pic.twitter.com/W2xN22DWd7 — Helen oh god Katsu (@WanderinDreamr) February 18, 2017

ANNOUNCEMENT: Helvetica Standard from Nichijou manga-ka. Not sure how they're doing lettering yet. pic.twitter.com/AWbkwW0L86 — Helen oh god Katsu (@WanderinDreamr) February 18, 2017

ANNOUNCEMENT: She and Her cat pic.twitter.com/C5UCJIeUjR — Helen oh god Katsu (@WanderinDreamr) February 18, 2017

Vertical is launching a podcast soon, includes an interview with the editor of Devil's Line. — Helen oh god Katsu (@WanderinDreamr) February 18, 2017

Podcast will be talking with industry folks, think English and Japanese, about the manga industry. Coming very soon! — Helen oh god Katsu (@WanderinDreamr) February 18, 2017

(Plan is once a month) — Helen oh god Katsu (@WanderinDreamr) February 18, 2017

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Scott Green is editor and reporter for anime and manga at geek entertainment site Ain't It Cool News. Follow him on Twitter at @aicnanime.