MLB Players, Inc., OneTeam Partners, manga artist Acky Bright and Viz Media are launching “GalaXic Baseball League,” a science-fiction manga series built around real, active Major League Baseball players. Digital chapters will debut July 2 on the Viz Manga app in the U.S. and Canada, followed by a print volume in October.

Billed by the partners as the first original manga IP to incorporate active professional baseball players, the series draws on the officially licensed names, images and likenesses of current MLB stars through the MLB Players, Inc. and OneTeam Partners arrangement. Players depicted include Aaron Judge and Jazz Chisholm Jr. of the New York Yankees, Juan Soto of the New York Mets, Yoshinobu Yamamoto of the Los Angeles Dodgers, Fernando Tatis Jr. of the San Diego Padres, Vladimir Guerrero Jr.…