Releases

According to ICv2, Tokyopop will be releasing Fruits Basket creator Natsuki Takaya's first manga, Phantom Dream, this December:

The five volume series, Takaya's first published manga, was known as Geneimuso in Japan. It will be cross-promoted with Fruits Basket via a preview in Fruits Basket Vol. 21.

Also, MangaBlog reports that Tokyopop is planning on promoting volume 19 of its Fruits Basket manga by making the manga completely free online to Tokyopop.com members for 19 minutes:

Read More »

ICv2 has an article that looks at Tokyopop's arsenal of videogame manga, including the Warcraft, Starcraft and Kingdom Hearts franchise.

Also revealed in the article is that Castlevania: Curse of Darkness by Kou Sasakura, a 2-volume series based on Konami's Castlevania franchise, will be released by Tokyopop this September.

SAN JOSE, CA - March, 2008 - DrMaster Publications has announced the impending release of three new titles, Mamoru the Shadow Protector by Sai Madara & Taro Achi, Nephylym by Rei Kusakabe, and Feng Shui Academy by Haruka Shouji.

Read More »

Unique Subjects And Genres Ranging From Action Adventure And Romance To Vampires And Horror To Be Offered

San Francisco, CA, March 11, 2008 - VIZ Media, LLC (VIZ Media), one of the entertainment industry's most innovative and comprehensive publishing, animation and licensing companies, has announced its plans to launch nine eagerly awaited new manga (graphic novel) series in the Second Quarter of 2008.

Read More »

From MangaCast comes the Diamond Previews for March 2008, which provides information on new U.S. releases for May/June 2008.

SAN JOSE, CA - February 2008 - DrMaster has just announced the publication of Chinese Hero: Tales of the Blood Sword volume 5 by Wing Shing Ma, Lunar Legend Tsukihime volume 5 by TYPE-MOON and sasakishonen, and a new series by Yuki Fujisawa, Metro Survive volume 1.

Read More »

Dark Horse has posted preview chapters of Park Joong-Ki's Shaman Warrior online:

You can now find links on the darkhorse.com home page and on our "Manga Zone" home page to free online preview chapters of Park Joong-Ki's SHAMAN WARRIOR Volume One.

[...]

Basically, we want to turn you on to an amazing manhwa (Korean comics) series -- check it out from the beginning and come by every Friday for a new chapter.

Source: Mecha Mecha Media