Kodansha Comics has announced their first OVA release, following the pattern of Japanese limited editions. Special editions of Attack on Titan 18, scheduled for April, and 19, scheduled for August, priced at $19.99 each, will feature subtitled DVDs of the "No Regrets" Levi shoujo prequel manga adaptation.

These were released with 2014's Japanese releases of volume 15 and 16.

The Vol. 18 Special Edition will also include an original variant dust jacket, with art by the Eisner Award-winning comics artist Cameron Stewart (Batgirl, Catwoman)





There's also news of a Free Comic Book Shop day sampler of their anthology featuring Attack on Titan work by English language comic creators from the acclaimed Evan Dorkin (Milk and Cheese)

So, unless something goes weird I will have work in two #FCBD releases. — Evan Dorkin (@evandorkin) January 15, 2016

The first is the Spongebob Squarepants comic. — Evan Dorkin (@evandorkin) January 15, 2016

The second is the ATTACK ON TITAN ANTHOLOGY preview from @KodanshaUSA. Because we're doing something for that book and all. — Evan Dorkin (@evandorkin) January 15, 2016

I hear someone in the back row saying, "But Evan -- you've made fun of that manga right here on Twitter! You don't like it! WTF?". — Evan Dorkin (@evandorkin) January 15, 2016

A: I made it clear to the editor I'm not a fan. And we talked about it. And I'm doing 5 pgs of gag strips. So there. #attackonattackontitan — Evan Dorkin (@evandorkin) January 15, 2016

These are going to be top-flight, high-class, New Yorker-style ATTACK ON TITAN gags, btw. No shit jokes. Because Titans don't shit. #vomit — Evan Dorkin (@evandorkin) January 15, 2016

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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.