Go! Comi Launches 07-Ghost Website With Previews and Contest

After announcing their plans to publish 07-Ghost manga earlier this year, Go! Comi is pulling out all the stops to put this hot supernatural adventure series on manga fans' radar. First, the 07-Ghost website was launched this week, complete with animated trailer, character and creator bios, downloadable icons and wallpapers.

To celebrate the arrival of 07-Ghost, Go! Comi is also giving away a 6-volume set of the original Japanese editions of the manga by Yuki Amemiya and Yukino Ichihara, as seen in ZERO SUM magazine. Just visit their 07-Ghost contest page, and enter to win. You must be 13 years and older, and you'll need to get your entry in before Monday, October 20.

So what is 07-Ghost about? According to the Go! Comi website:

Days are long and training is hard at the prestigious Barsburg Academy... especially for an orphan and a former slave. Despite the derision of his peers, Teito Klein is at the top of his class. He and his best friend Mikage pass the final exam -- a deadly class using the magical art of Zaiphon - with flying colors, and things are going well.... until a chance encounter with the man who killed his father destroys everything.

Imprisioned by those he trusted, Teito makes an daring escape. Taking refuge in a rival empire, he stumbles onto a secret so horrifying that history itself has tried to erase it. Stunned and lost, Teito finds himself trapped in an ancient battle between a wicked god and seven ghosts with only three mysterious priests to guide him.

In the midst of this chaos, Teito discovers a power that could save the world... and shed light on his own mysterious past.

07-Ghost Volume 1 will arrive in comic shops and bookstores in December 2008. Visit Go! Comi's 07-Ghost Forums for more news about this hotly anticipated new series.

Image credit: © Yuki Amemiya and Yukino Ichihara / Ichijinsha Inc.