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Interplanetary Baseball Series Tour Featuring Real-Life Baseball Players Begins October 13 in New York
Viz Media announced on Wednesday a signing tour of the United States for the GalaXic Baseball League Comic series: Viz collaboration with MLB Players, Inc., OneTeam Partners and BW NYC Studios by Japanese artist Acky Bright. The tour will begin on October 13, the release date of the comic’s first volume. Ticket signing events will feature artist Acky Bright on Kinokuniya bookstores in New York, Chicago, Seattle, San Francisco and Los Angeles. Attendees will also receive a special poster for the comic series.
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The detailed event schedules are as follows:
- New York: October 13 – 6:00 pm to 8:00 pm
- Chicago: October 14 – 6:00 pm to 8:00 pm
- Seattle: October 16 – 6:00 pm to 8:00 pm
- San Francisco: October 17 – 2:00 p.m. to 4:00 p.m.
- Los Angeles (Little Tokyo): October 18 – 1:00 p.m. to 3:00 p.m.
- Los Angeles (Santa Anita): October 18 – 6:00 pm to 8:00 pm
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He GalaXic Baseball League series released exclusively in the Viz Manga application on July 2.
Viz describes the story of the comic:
In the distant future, baseball has rocketed into the cosmos. What was once America’s pastime is now a high-stakes interplanetary competition as teams from all corners of the universe battle for glory. Amid a sinister plot to wreak havoc on the galaxy, legendary baseball players join two unlikely heroes on their quest to save the Earth and the heart and soul of baseball.
Viz credits Acky Bright with the story of what it describes as the first intellectual property of its kind to feature active baseball players. The artist cites the finals of the 2023 World Baseball Classic as inspiration for the project. The series features baseball stars Shohei Ohtani (Los Angeles Dodgers), Yoshinobu Yamamoto (Los Angeles Dodgers), Aaron Judge (New York Yankees), Fernando Tatis Jr. (San Diego Padres), Jazz Chisholm Jr. (New York Yankees), Kyle Schwarber (Philadelphia Phillies), Paul Skenes (Pittsburgh Pirates) and more.
Acky Bright is a Japanese visual artist who has worked on projects for DC Comics and Marvel from its studios, including one in New York. He founded the Brightworks design studio in 2002. He was one of six artists chosen by Museum of Modern Art curator Paola Antonelli to showcase Japanese art to travelers to Japan. Narita and Haneda airports installed their manga-style video starting in February 2021. Acky Bright has designed products for Hasbro‘s Transformers franchise. He has collaborated with BMW of Germany on the Heroes of Rivalry title with esports teams Cloud 9, FNATIC, FunPlus Phoenix, G2 Esports, T1 and OG Esports. Most recently, Acky Bright drew the illustrations for a limited time campaign for WcDonald’s.
MLB Players is the marketing arm of the Major League Baseball Players Association, which represents all professional baseball players of all 30 Major League Baseball teams in collective bargaining and licensing. OneTeam Partners is a joint venture of the NFL Players Association, MLB Players Association, Women’s National Basketball Players Association, MLS Players Association and US Women’s National Team Players Association for sports licensing, marketing, sponsorship and media.
Source: Press release