What's it about? Let's let the Engrish do the talking: Minimization of the computer proceeds more and a base becomes thinner than paper with a cable like a thread. Computers becomes "the clothes" spun in the terminal of the thread, and it became the existence which was necessary for the human life.
Get it? To put it in regular terms, Cloth Road takes place in a future where clothes are computers, basically like nano-technology. Fashion designers and computer programmers are now one and the same. Such clothes aren't shown off on a runway, though, they're exhibited in a game known as War-King, where "models" fight each other with the abilities from their outfits. Fergus is an apprentice tailor trying to improve his skill, and through a twist of fate he gets reunited with Jennifer, the sister he never knew he had. With Fergus as designer and Jennifer as his model, they'll enter War King and fashionable combat shall ensue!
Let's talk art. Okama's drawings are amazing. You may have seen his work for some anime, like the Gunbuster 2 ending, or the Glass Fleet cover art. He's also done some work for the Robot anthology, and a handful of doujin-type works. His style is immediately recognizable, and all the outfit designs are nicely detailed, which is important given the story's subject. The way the combat plays out is kind of fascinating with the clothes morphing and shifting from blades to fists to just about anything. The outfits themselves range from straight-up oddities to regular clothes like kimonos and business suits. As you can see in the pictures below, he gives the action scenes quite a bit of flair.
The writer seems to like using unlikely everyday objects as weapons (he also wrote Read or Die). I've only read the first few chapters, so I'm not 100% sure where the series goes, but it seems pretty clear that it will be a tournament based series. Usually, I don't quite like it when a series is entirely tournament based, but in this case the concept and the world are quirky enough and the art gorgeous enough to carry it.
Edit: Forgot to mention, check these links from Shueisha's site for previews of volumes 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, and 7.
Who: Viz
Likelihood: Not so sure about this one. Viz has released some Ultra Jump stuff before, they recently started Dogs and announced Biomega at AX, but there are other Ultra Jump series that have been around much longer that they haven't licensed. If they start to bring over more Ultra Jump series, which could be the case, than this has a decent chance of making it. I'll say 75%.
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