Kazé, a manga imprint under HarperCollins, announced at Anime NYC that it will launch in the United States in fall 2027 with five to eight titles and expand to 25 to 30 titles per year by 2029, while also entering Brazil and Spain. Kazé was founded in France in 1994 and was acquired by Shogakukan and Shueisha in 2009, later becoming part of the Viz Media Europe Group after a 2019 agreement in which Crunchyroll took a majority stake. The imprint will also draw on the experience of its sister imprint HarperAlley and plans to publish original English manga, as well as titles from Japan, Brazil, Spain, France and Germany. Its first release will be SOL Sistah, an original English manga by Saxton Moore and Phillip Johnson that is described as a Pan‑African, kaiju‑focused, teen slice‑of‑life story centered on a high‑schooler protagonist. Kazé said it will target a broad range of genres and seek works by creators who have not previously been published in the United States. The company also intends to publish manhwa, manhua and original English titles from manga creators in France and Germany, leveraging its 2026 rebranding of Crunchyroll’s French and German manga operations under the Kazé name. Kazé added that it will not use AI translations for its publications. The growth plan represents a development for the North American manga market, and the impact of its international expansion and original English titles will be evaluated over the coming years.