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eigoManga Publishes First Squad Manga in Fall

Publisher EigoMANGA announced on Tuesday that it will publish Enka Sugihara's First Squad - The Moment Of Truth manga this fall.

EigoMANGA describes the manga:

The story is set in the opening days of World War II on the Eastern Front and centers around a Soviet teenager who possesses supernatural abilities to commune with the dead. Nadya has been recruited by the Red Army to fight the invading German army and is tasked to journey into the spiritual realm of the dead.

There Nadya must recruit her fallen comrades and form the First Squad in order to oppose the evil Baron Von Wolff, who is raised from the dead by the Nazis, and his occult army of 12th century Crusaders. The First Squad and Crusaders engage in a spiritual battle known as the "Moment of Truth". Whomever wins the supernatural battles within the spiritual realm dictate the outcome of physical battles waged between the Red Army and the Germans.

Studio 4°C's First Squad - The Moment Of Truth anime is based on a story by Russian artists Misha Sprits and Aljosha Klimov. The anime debuted in 2009.

Source: Press release