Manga News and Information
JapanAkita Shoten will be releasing a new bishoujo magazine titled "Champion Red Ichigo" later this year. The first issue of a new magazine from Square-Enix titled "GanGan Custom" will be released on 9/30. The debut issue of GanGan Custom will serialize a new manga series called Souten no Koumori (Bat of the Blue Sky) by Hiromu Arakawa, creator of Fullmetal Alchemist. A special issue of Comic BomBom titled Abrakadabra was released on 9/29. The magazine contains a preview "chapter 0" of the upcoming "Negima!? neo" manga, set to start in the November issue of Comic BomBom. Yomiuri Online has an article on an exhibition currently being held at the Suginami Animation Museum in Suginami Ward, titled Tezuka Osamu no Atomu to Songoku Ten, where "visitors can watch the Chinese animated film--Saiyuki: Tessenkoshu no Maki (Japan title, 1941)--that Tezuka says was the inspiration for his manga series...." On September 20, Impress R&D's Internet Life Laboratory released the result of their 2005 analysis on the Japanese electronic manga market in (04/2004 - 03/2005). According to the report, the electronic manga market was worth 3.4 billion yen in fiscal year of 2005. The electronic book market was worth 9.4 billion last year, with the electronic manga market occupying 36% of the entire market. The investigation was based on two reports, "Electronic Book Business Analysis Report 2006" and "Electronic Manga Business Analysis Report 2006," both from Internet Life Laboratory. The reports study the rapidly increasing trend of the electronic book market. Magikano by Takeaki Momose, currently serialized in Kodansha's Magazine Z, will be put on hiatus due to the Takeaki Momose's bad health and recent injury. ANS has translated the announcement on Takeaki Momose's official site: Manga top 10 according to Tohan. Pop Japan Travel has announced several new tours for 2007: Samurai and Snow Festival Tour - Feburary 1st-9th, 2007 TV Asahi is now accepting votes for its annual Top 100 Anime survey. To vote simply go to to TV Asahi's website. Go here for past survey results. Source: Papo de Budega The Yukan Fuji blog reports that Shogakukan is looking to create online versions of at least 2 magazines out of its existing lineup, part of a growing trend towards creating "net" books and magazines, online versions of the print media, as a new revenue source. (Full story in extended) |
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