Manga News and Information
U.S.New look for 20th Anniversary, plus expanded sections for anime superstore, Nozomi Entertainment & Anime Today podcast. GRIMES, IA, October 30, 2007 - Anime producer and distributor Right Stuf, Inc. continues its 20th anniversary celebration with the Web site launch of the "new" RightStuf.com, featuring expanded sections for its online anime superstore, Nozomi Entertainment production division and Anime Today podcast. Many new acquisition announcements have been made at this year's Yaoi Con (list compiled by ANN): Yen Press:
Broccoli:
Boysenberry (Broccoli):
UDON and d/visual Join Forces to Continue Popular Artbook Series Toronto, ON - Oct 29, 2007 - Conceived and edited by Range Murata ("Last Exile", "Blue Submarine No.6"), and published in Japan by Wanimagazine, ROBOT is a unique, full color anthology series which unites Japan's greatest Manga creators, many of whom are experimenting with color stories for the first time. New volumes of the series' English language version have been absent from store shelves for nearly a year. Now, UDON Entertainment and d/visual have teamed up to continue bringing the series to English readers, starting with ROBOT Volume 4 in December 2007. San Diego, California, Tuesday, October 30, 2007 -- JAST USA affiliate brand G-Collections, the leading publisher of Japanese PC dating sim games in English, today announced the acquisition of Japanese adult PC game maker Sekilala's hit title Cosplay Fetish Academy, the latest planned release in G-Collections' popular line of bishoujo ("beautiful girl") dating simulation games. In Cosplay Fetish Academy you portray Ryouji, an average student living and attending school with his beautiful twin cousins Yuuki and Shana. One day while walking home with them a mysterious storm cloud gathers above, and he is struck by a bolt from the blue - only to awaken in a world where From Taipei Times comes an article titled "Animamix: fusion art," which delves into the world of animamix artists, a new breed of artists influenced by Japan's visual culture:
From Yaoi Suki comes the annual Yaoi Awards. In '06-'07 Yaoi Awards: Finale, the winners are:
Yaoi Suki has announced that it will be interviewing Hinako Takanaga, creator of Challengers, The Tyrant who Fell in Love, and Little Butterfly, during Yaoi Con, and is currently looking for interview questions from its readers. Also, Broccoli Books has announced its Yaoi Con plans on its blog:
MangaCast points to an AoD post, which has discovered a new manga listed under Broccoli Books on Amazon.com:
Also discovered by MangaCast are three new tentative adult titles from Icarus Publishing:
ZUDACOMICS.COM INVITES WEB COMICS CREATORS AND JOURNALISTS TO CELEBRATE SITE LAUNCH WITH HAPPY HOUR AND LIVE SUBMISSIONS EVENT (October 24, 2007; New York, NY) - Zudacomics.com, the first ever web comics imprint from DC Comics, will go live on Tuesday, October 30th, 2007, it was announced today by Richard Bruning, DC Comics Creative Director, SVP. A round up of the new comic release list for the week of October 24th 2007: |
Manga Zombie
Finale: Panelosophy
An ongoing conversation about the philosophy behind manga both in the U.S. and abroad. Manga Ranking
Monthly charts of comparative manga rankings based on aggregate online sales listings from Matt Blind. |
ComiPress teams up with writer Udagawa Takeo and translator John Gallagher to publish an online version of the English-language translation of Manga Zombie.
