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SpainThe 14th Salón de Manga de Barcelona took place in Spain between October 30th – November 2th. The event featured a variety of activities such as expositions, anime, and magazines, the Spanish section of the World Cosplay Summit, and other competitions. Artists from the Japan's entertainment industry also appeared at the event: Kaiji Kawaguchi, (Eagle's mangaka), Yoshikazu Yasuhiko (Gundam: The Origin), Junko Mizuno (Cinderalla), art director Ian Lovett (the games Fable II). The Ministry of Foreign Affairs and Japan Foundation invited Takamasa Sakurai and Michihiko Suwa as well. Spanish publisher Norma Editorial has announced its 3rd Manga Competition for original manga. The deadline is August 31st 2008. It was not specified whether the entry has to be in Spanish. More information available in Spanish at Norma Editorial's Competition page (PDF). The winner of the competition will receive 2000 Euros. Source: Papo de Budega From Mision Tokyo comes a list of the manga that will be available at this year's Salón del Manga, an annual manga convention that takes place in Spain. Via: Sheila According to Mision Tokyo, Spanish publisher MangaLine has licensed Great Teacher Onizuka (GTO) by Tohru Fujisawa and Yûgo (Yûgo el Negociador) by Shinji Makari & Shuu Akana. Thanks Sheila Spanish publisher Norma Editorial has announced its "II Manga Competition" original manga competition. The publishing company will accept original titles until September 28th. Norma Editorial hopes to use this competition to stimulate the growth of new authors in Spain. All information are available in Spanish at Norma Editorial's Competition page (PDF). The winner of the competition will receive 2000 euros. The sale of Fullmetal Alchemist manga was a complete success during this year's XII Salón del Manga de Barcelona. Norma Editorial sold 6,000 copies in just three days, and is already printing the second edition. Fullmetal Alchemist is one of Norma Editorial's fastest selling manga at the moment. Source: Papo de Budega 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.
Mangazine will explore other areas in Asian comic such as manhwa (Korean comics), manhua (Chinese comics), as well as European and American comics. The 12th Salón de Manga de Barcelona will take place in Spain between October 27th - October 29th. The event will feature a diverse range of activities such as expositions, announcement of manga, anime, and magazines, the Spanish stage of the World Cosplay Summit, and competitions. Artists from the Japanese entertainment industry will also be appearing at the event: Hironobu Kageyama (singer of Saint Seiya, Dragon Ball Z, Bakusou Kyoudai Let's & Go WGP themes), Blood, Masakazu Katsura (Video Girl Ai, DNA, I's), Atsuko Nakajima (Character Design, Animation Director of Ranma, Urusei Yatsura, You're Under Arrest), Tachibana Higuchi, Hideshi Hino, Monkey Punch (Lupin III). |
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