Blood Blockade Battlefront Omnibus Volume 1

Illustrated by Yasuhiro Nightow
Paperback
$29.99 US
On sale Sep 02, 2025 | 672 Pages | 9781506750088

From the creator of the international hit Trigun! A collection of the first three volumes and more of Yasuhiro Nightow’s frantic, fast action, sci-fi manga series!

Welcome to Hellsalem’s Lot, formerly known as New York City—a magical city trapped in an impenetrable bubble where a breach between Earth and the Beyond has forced the human inhabitants to coexist with magic, monsters, and mystical creatures. A group of stylish superhumans stands between the ordinary citizens and supernatural violence, but someone is threatening to sever the bubble to unleash the chaos to the rest of the world! And a young man with special eyes aims to join the fight!

Collects Blood Blockade Battlefront Volumes 1–3 and the chapter “E-Den of Master Fighters” from Volume 4.
Yasuhiro Nightow is a Japanese manga artist and game creator who created the anime and manga Trigun. Nightow was born on April 8, 1967, in Yokohama, Japan. He moved to Yokosuka when he was in elementary school and spent his junior high and high school years in Shizuoka.

Before the release of the popular manga Trigun, Nightow studied social science and then majored in media studies. Nightow became popular in the United States thanks to the US release of Trigun. Trigun, the TV series, had a limited broadcast run in 1998. Nightow also created the characters and story for the Sega/Red Entertainment anime and third-person shooter video game series Gungrave. The author lives in Tokyo, Japan. View titles by Yasuhiro Nightow

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From the creator of the international hit Trigun! A collection of the first three volumes and more of Yasuhiro Nightow’s frantic, fast action, sci-fi manga series!

Welcome to Hellsalem’s Lot, formerly known as New York City—a magical city trapped in an impenetrable bubble where a breach between Earth and the Beyond has forced the human inhabitants to coexist with magic, monsters, and mystical creatures. A group of stylish superhumans stands between the ordinary citizens and supernatural violence, but someone is threatening to sever the bubble to unleash the chaos to the rest of the world! And a young man with special eyes aims to join the fight!

Collects Blood Blockade Battlefront Volumes 1–3 and the chapter “E-Den of Master Fighters” from Volume 4.

Author

Yasuhiro Nightow is a Japanese manga artist and game creator who created the anime and manga Trigun. Nightow was born on April 8, 1967, in Yokohama, Japan. He moved to Yokosuka when he was in elementary school and spent his junior high and high school years in Shizuoka.

Before the release of the popular manga Trigun, Nightow studied social science and then majored in media studies. Nightow became popular in the United States thanks to the US release of Trigun. Trigun, the TV series, had a limited broadcast run in 1998. Nightow also created the characters and story for the Sega/Red Entertainment anime and third-person shooter video game series Gungrave. The author lives in Tokyo, Japan. View titles by Yasuhiro Nightow

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