Salón del Manga Coverage, New Manga Announced and More

During this year's XII Salón del Manga event, which took place in Spain from October 27th to October 29th, many large Spanish manga publishers announced their plans for the upcoming year, as well as new manga titles that will be released in late 2006 and early 2007. Spanish anime and manga news website AniMangaWeb has the full coverage of the event, below are some major announcements that were announced during the event:

La Cúpula (www.lacupula.com/web)
La Cúpula revealed thier interest in publishing more Korean manhwa, ¡Run Bon-Gu! by Byung Byung Jun caught the attention of many during the event. La Cúpula also announced that they have at least 10 works from Senno Knife (False Appearances and Shitaro) to waiting in line, and that they wish to continue to publish manga from this author. Also mentioned was Senno Knife's plan to publish two more works of Hideshi Hino (the Young Worm and The Red Serpent) in 2007 to reinforce the publisher's line of Terror, which was a big success in Spain.

Mangaline

Mangaline announced several new titles:

- Tactics by Sakura Kinoshita and Kazuo Higashiyama
- Gamerz Heaven by Maki Murakami
- Boku to Kanojo no XXX Ai Morinaga
- Vassalord by Nanae Chrono
- Senki Senki Momotama by Nanae Chrono

Glénat (www.edicionesglenat.es)

In the seinen scene, Glénat announced 4 new titles by Motofumi Kobayashi (mangaka of Cat Shit One):

- Omega 7
- Operation Barbarossa
- Vietnam War
- Kampfgruppe ZVB

Other announced seinen manga include:

- The Best Episodes of Golgo 13 by Takao Saito
- Sex by Atsushi Kamijo
- Sky High by Tsutomu Takahashi
- Forget me Not by Kenji Tsuruta
- Dien Bien Phu by Nishijima Daisuke
- Tokyo Tribe 2 by Santa Inoue
- Robot by various

Glénat will also be releasing the following shonen manga:

- Hayate the Combat Butler by Kenjiro Hata

Ikkyu by Hisashi Sakaguchi will be released in catalán. Two manga from Rumiko Takahashi will also be re-edited and released: 1 or W and One Pound Gospel.

In the shojo category, two manga from Yuu Watase: Genbu Kaiden and Imadoki, and Takanashi Mitsuba's Crimson Hero were announced

Last, but not at least, the Collection Clásicos Manga (Manga Classics) will feature 3 works from Osamu Tezuka: The New Treasure Island, Lost World, and Next World.

Planeta DeAgostini (www.planetadeagostinicomics.com)

Planeta DeAgostini announced that the first volume of Pluto will be released in April 2007 in time of the Salón del Comic of Barcelona. Also announced were Shirley by Kaoru Mori.

Planeta DeAgostini also expressed interest in Bobobo, Get Backers, and Dragon Quest kanzenban (Perfect Edition).