In celebration of Star Trek’s 40th Anniversary Tokyopop will be releasing its first Star Trek Manga. It will be issued in five stories all taking place within the TOS era of Captain James T. Kirk and crew.
ICv2 is reporting that the 192-page volume (MSRP $9.99) carries an age rating of 13+ and the five stories include a tale of the last survivors of a gender war who live on as spirits in machinery and take control of the Enterprise, the story of a dying race that unwittingly creates the ultimate resistance to disease, the ironic saga of a small colony trying to cheat death by uploading its collective consciousness to a satellite, a very manga-esque narrative about a group of teen warrior-robot pilots who turn to pillaging out of boredom, and the chronicle of failed diplomatic efforts between two warring planets exchanging peace offerings, one of which turns deadly, via the Enterprise.
Look for them by September 2006.