Manga News and Information
August, 2007An exhibition featuring artworks submitted to Tokyopop's U.K. The Rising Stars of Manga competition will take place at the Museum of East Asian Art in Bath, England 21st August, 2007:
Source: ANN ICv2 has released the July 2007 top 100 graphic novel sales estimates and the top 300 comics sales estimates based on Diamond Indexes and Publisher Title Data. Also from ICv2 is an analysis of the trends in July based on the graphic novel sales chart. Kadokawa Shoten will be releasing the first issue of Kerokero Ace, a new manga/toys/game informational magazine, on 10/26. The magazine will be released on a bi-monthly basis, and will cost 480 yen. Source: Ultimatum Tidbits In the latest issue of Flipped, David Welsh interviews CMX's Jim Chadwick (Editor) and Asako Suzuki (Director of Manga), who talk about CMX's recovery as well as growth. Via: Icarus Blog Anime News Networking is currently looking for a new Assistant Programmer as well as an Ad Sales Person:
According to SaiAni, an announcement was made in the October issue of Square Enix's Gekkan G Fantasy that Switch by Naked Ape (Otoh Saki (story) and Tomomi Nakamura (art) will be adapted into an OAV as well as a stage show. Source: theOtaku The American Library Association has its list of nominations for the Great Graphic Novels for Teens Award, compiled by the Young Adult Library Services Association, a division of the American Library Association. Below are a list of manga nominated, compiled by Giapet.net: According to Chuosha, the November issue (9/19) of Tokuma Shoten's Comic Ryu will come with a free DVD of the Legend of the Galactic Heroes film: Legend of the Galactic Heroes: My Conquest is the Sea of Stars. The special supplement is meant to celebrate the 1 year revival of Comic Ryu, as well as the 20th anniversary of the Legend of the Galactic Heroes novels. Source: ANN Canned Dogs reports that the Japanese blog Dekadenbiyori is not impressed with the English version of the Shakugan no Shana light novel, commenting on the poor translation and the fact that the protagonist Yuji Sakai's speech are composed of 41% "Ugh," 25% What?!, and the rest some other kinds of exclamatory statements.
The Reason I Quit My Job as a Manga Editor Part IV If you don't try something for yourself, you won't be able to understand: that's how it is with everything.
Comiket 72 took place from August 17th - 19th. According to Mantan Web, over 170,000 fans attended Comiket 72 on day 1, 180,000 attended on day 2 and 200,000 on day 3, resulting in a total attendance of 550,000 - the highest attendance in Comiket history. Below are some English Comiket 72 reports from around the web: Celsys, the company behind the manga creation software Comic Studio, has announced an English version (PDF) of the Comic Studio Enterprise. The new software is intended to aid foreign artists in the creation of mobile manga, e-books and comics, and also aims to increase Celsys' presence in the oversea market. According to the announcement, those who already own the Japanese version of the software can simply sign a new contract in order to gain access to the English version. Active Anime has announced the winners of its 3rd anniversary contests:
According to its latest blog post, Broccoli Book's yaoi imprint Boysenberry imprint will have a booth at this year's Yaoi-Con, with Delivery Cupid and Pet on Duty available at the booth. Also mentioned was a possible cooperation with Aurora Publishing at Yaoi-Con:
Houbunsha has released a new magazine on 8/8 titled Kyuukyoku Renai Chocolat, an add-on magazine to Manga Time Special. Also, Ohzora Shuppan has released a new "teens love" manga magazine magazine on 7/31 titled Koi Mato Dengon (RabuDen). Hit Shuppansha has launched the official websites for two of its adult magazines:
From PingMag comes an interview with Simona Pini, an Italian/English manga translator who translated titles such as Air Gear, Bleach, Steel Ball Run, Host Club and Nana. In the interview Simona shares her experience as a manga translator:
Via: Icarus Blog Beating the summer heat, contests and reviews in Episode 47! GRIMES, IA, August 17, 2007 – Anime producer and mega-online anime retailer Right Stuf, Inc. is pleased to present this year's Anime Iowa 2007 special - featuring new interviews with convention guests Jonathan Klein and Greg Ayres, segments with representatives from several upcoming Midwest conventions, chats with cosplayers and convention attendees, and more - all in episode 47 of ANIME TODAY! ADV Films has re-launched its official website. As a result, the ADV Manga section of the website also received a re-design after almost three years of inactivity. Below is a round-up of all the manga-related adaptation news announcements for the first half of August: - The Prince of Tennis will be adapted into a live-action drama in China. - VIZ Pictures has announced plans to release a Lovely Complex live-action movie in the spring of 2008. - Shigeshoshi by Mitsukazu Mihara (DOLL), known as The Embalmer in the U.S., will be adapted into a live-action television drama. Mainichi Daily News has published an article on Comiket 72, which is taking place from the 17th through the 19th at the Tokyo Big Sight:
Fred Gallagher, one of the first guests announced for Connichi 2007, revealed that he won't be able to attend this year's convention "due to family circumstances." Connichi 2007, one of the biggest anime and manga convention in Germany, will take place from September 7th to 9th at the Kongress Palais in Kassel, Germany. Source: ANN From The Daily Cross Hatch comes part 1 of an interview with Paul Gravett, author of Manga: Sixty Years of Japanese Comics and his friend Nick Bertozzi. Via: The Beat Deutsche Mangaka reports that Tokyopop Germany has licensed a few new manga, as well as some old works:
The 10th Bucheon International Comics Festival (BICOF 2007) is taking place from August 16th - August 19th at the Boksagol Culture Center in Bucheon-si, Gyeonggi-do. Many Chinese artists are attending this year's event to participate in a special China-Korea Illustration exhibition. Also, the Dong-A Ilbo reports that the well-known Chinese artist Chenweidong is attending the event:
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