A round-up of new acquisitions announced during this weekend's NYCC:

Yen Press:

• Bamboo Blade by Igarashi/Totsuka
• Higurashi no Naku Koro ni by Ryuukishi ZeroNana
• Nabari no Ou by Kamatani Yuuki
• Soul Eater by Atsushi Ohkubo
• Sumomomo Momomo by Oohashi Shinobu

Dark Horse:

• Clover by CLAMP

DMP:

• Swallowing the Earth by Tezuka Osamu

Del Rey:

• Gakuen Prince by Jun Yuzuki
• Samurai 7 by Mizutaka Zuhou
• Sayonara Zetsubou-sensei by Kouji Kumeta
• The Case of the Dragon Slayer (novel) by Kouhei Kadono

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MangaCast reports that Fanfare/Ponent Mon has announced the following title at this year's SDCC:

• Summit of the Gods by Yumemakura Baku/Taniguchi Jiro

Also, ICv2 has published an article looking at Fanfare/Ponent Mon's upcoming releases.

From MangaCast comes the news that FanFare has announced a new manga license during Anime Boston:

- Summit of the Gods by Yumemakura Baku/Taniguchi Jiro

"In Publishing Manga With Little Fanfare," Publishers Weekly's Kai-Ming Cha takes a in-depth look at manga publisher Fanfare, and talks about what to expect from the non-mainstream manga publisher in 2007.

Via: animeOnline

MangaBlog's Brigid Alverson interviews Stephen Robson of Fanfare, who explains "the difference between Fanfare and Ponent Mon, why his books are so expensive, and what it's like being on the ground floor of the nouvelle manga revolution."

In its latest article "La Nouvelle Manga," ICv2 takes a look at the Nouvelle Manga movement, and especially titles published by Fanfare/Ponent Mon.