Manga News and Information
September, 2006Iris Print will be releasing a new BL anthology titled When Worlds Collide on October 20, 2006. The new anthology will contain five short comics in a manga-sized trade paperback, and is available for pre-ordered on Amazon.com or at the publisher’s web site. Source: Love Manga Backstage Prince will be replacing Kaze Hikaru in the October 2006 issue of Viz's Shojo Beat anthology. Source: ANN A new light novel label from Enterbrain called B's-LOG Bunko will start next month (14/10/2006). This label will be aimed at female audience, and there will be BL light novels published under this label. According to this post, uncollected chapters of CLAMP's X that did not make it into Tankobon format will appear in the upcoming CLAMP Newtype (PLATINUM) special issue of Newtype. Source: AoD From The AnimeOnDVD.com Staff And Industry Journal comes an interview with Kara A. Stambach, who is currently working on Tokyopop's new light novel Seikai: Crest of the Stars. Broccoli Book has posted some hints on a few new licenses on its blog, below are the "code names" of the new titles: - Madadane Source: MangaBlog Shogakukan is set to release a retrospective of classic manga titles from 1945 to 2005, on October 30th. Titled The Encyclopedia of Contemporary Manga (English title: literal Japanese title is Modern Manga Museum), it introduces roughly 700 titles from 4 eras (1945-58, 59-69, 70-80, 81-2000 and 2001-2005) along with brief excerpts from the manga and publication data. It also includes a mangaka index, manga chronology and complete list of publishers' award winners. From MangaCast comes the Diamond Previews for October 2006, which provides information on new U.S. releases for Dec 06-Jan 07. Tatsuya Fujiwara (24), who plays the role of Light Yagami in the upcoming movie "Death Note - The Last Name," appeared at a DN press event held on 9/20. Despite the recent series of unfortunate events surrounding Death Note, the release date of the upcoming movie will not be affected -- not only will the movie premier in Japan on November 3rd, but it will also be released in Hong Kong and Taiwan on the same day. On September 16, the Hong Kong government held a license plate auction, where a "GUNDAM" plate was sold for 110,000 Hong Kong Dollars (approximately 14,000 USD). Other plates sold during the auction included "1 LOVE U", "HANDSOME", "BEATLES", "BABYFACE", etc. The highest bid was "1 LOVE U" at 1.4 million HKD. In the end the auction generated over 11.25 million HKD. Nine New Series Feature Tales of Adventure, Comedy, Romance, Science Fiction and Mystery San Francisco, CA, September 21, 2006 – VIZ Media, LLC (VIZ Media), one of the entertainment industry's most innovative and comprehensive publishing, animation and licensing companies, has announced the release this fall of nine unique and new manga series. The upcoming releases will delight fans of every stripe with innovative characters and a wide array of subjects including adventure, fantasy, romantic comedy, mystery and science fiction. Broccoli Books has an announced a "never-before published collection of illustrations from Aquarian Age - Juvenile Orion." The artbook, Aquarian Age - Juvenile Orion: Realm of Light Illustration Book, will be released on October 25th. Broccoli also announced that the release date of KAMUI volume 5 has been pushed back 2 weeks to October 25th. Source: AoD ANN reports that Dark Horse is the publisher that licensed MPD-Psycho. The official announcement will be made at this weekend's Anime Weekend Atlanta. NETCOMICS presents three exclusive brand-new titles. With simultaneous releases in both the U.S. and Korea beginning September 2006, these titles are making their debuts only at NETCOMICS.com and eComiX.co.kr (NETCOMICS' Korean affiliate) as an on-going online series. A new project on Lament of the Lamb (by Kei Toume) will be presented at this October's Tokyo Project Gathering (TPG), to be presented by Tokyopop's Stu Levy at TPG in October. Source: ANN According to ANN, MPD-Psycho (Art: Shou Tajima; Story: Eiji Ohtsuka) has been licensed by an unnamed publisher. More details will become available in an upcoming anime convention. Edimagic Publishing has released Gogo's Dragon Ball Z in Brazil. The magazine was put on hold for over an year because Toei Animation didn't have permission to release it in 2005. The new magazine is a mixture of Gogo's universe with the Akira Toriyama's work. Manga top 10 according to Tohan. The NSF and the Feminist Press is planning to publish a graphic novel to get more young girls interested in science:
VIZ Media will be sponsoring Macy's Passport 2006 Teen Night in San Francisco and Los Angeles in the fight against HIV/AIDS. For more information visit here. Source: ActiveAnime Back By Popular Demand! BLOOD ALONE Vol. 1-Also Available For Online Purchase RICHMOND, CA September 19, 2006 Infinity Studios, LLC is releasing NOW Vol. 6-a thrilling, action adventure graphic novel by one of Korea's most well recognized graphic novel artist's (Sung-Woo Park). NOW is the highly anticipated sequel of the international hit series CHUN RHANG YHUR JHUN. With beautifully drawn art, stunning dust jacket, fold out poster and color pages-NOW Vol. 6 will continue to draw fans into its spell! With this month being Kochi-Kame's 30th year of serialization in Weekly Shounen Jump, Mainichi sits down with the artist of Kochi-Kame and talks about what it's like being the creator of the longest running manga series. Everyone in Japan knows "Kochi-kame," the shortened nickname of "Kochira Katsushika-ku Kamearikouen-mae Hashutsujo" (This is the police station in front of Kameari Park in Katsushika ward). This September marks the 30th anniversary of Kochi-kame’s serialization in Weekly Shounen Jump, a competitive battlefield of popular manga series. Today Kochi-Kame has 151 volumes in circulation, with over 135 million copies sold. Yaoi Press has announced the acquisition of three Italian yaoi titles: "Idol" by Dany&Dany Also announced was the creation of a Young Adult line for readers of 13+, the first two titles to be released under the YA line will be Surge (November 06) and Zesty (January 07). ICv2 has posted an article on the recent discovery of edits made to Viz Media's Fullmetal Alchemist manga. According to Viz, changes are made only with the "'approval and input' of the creators". Source: AoD |
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