Viz mixed the popular with the critically acclaimed in their New York Comic Con announcements. Action fans have Mizuki Sakakibara's Tiger & Bunny and Rurouni Kenshin: Restoration to look forward to, while artistically minded audiences can anticipate Taiyo Matsumoto's Sunny and Pepita: Takehiko Inoue Meets Antonio Gaudi.

Tiger & Bunny by Mizuki Sakakibara

April

The NewType Ace version of the super hero story

Pepita: Takehiko Inoue Meets Antonio Gaudi
By Takehiko Inoue
April 16, 2013
108 pages US$25.99

From the Simon and Schuster listing

Antoni Gaudi was the world leader of Catalan modernist movement in architecture. Takehiko Inoue is one of the premier manga artists in the world. Inoue’s journey to Spain and to the world of Gaudi is half travel memoir, half art book, and all beauty.

Takehiko Inoue (Vagabond, Slam Dunk, Real) is one of Japan’s leading manga artists, and he has long been obsessed with the architecture of Antoni Gaudi. Pepita is a travel memoir about Inoue’s travels to Catalan, the people he meets, and the stunning architecture he experiences. It’s also an art book of the highest quality, constructed and framed by a leading practitioner of Japanese comics.

Rurouni Kenshin: Restoration

spring/summer of 2013

Rurouni Kenshin Restoration, a.k.a. Rurouni Kenshin Cinema-Ban ran in Jump SQ ahead of the live action movie with a modified version of the samurai action story

Sunny
By Taiyo Matsumoto
Spring/Summer 2013

From the author of Tekkon Kinkreet, the story of orphans who escape from boredom via a Nissan Sunny 1200. 

Tiger & Bunny four panel anthology

summer 2013

via @Kaminomimemo

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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.