Manga News and Information
BLHouston, Texas, 7th June 2006. DramaQueen has announced that they acquired one new yaoi Title: Worthless Love by Yuuya Gardena, CA, May 25, 2006 - Digital Manga Publishing, one of the industryâs most innovative manga licensing and publishing companies, is happy to announce Makoto Tateno as a guest of honor for Otakon 2006. Gardena, CA, May 9, 2006 - Digital Manga Publishing, one of the industry's most innovative manga licensing and publishing companies, has announced the acquisition of two highly anticipated titles. "DMP does more than just yaoi!" exclaims Eric Rosenberger, Sales and Distribution Manager, "Look for more mainstream titles to be announced during the upcoming convention season." It's MANHWA MANIA at DRAMAQUEEN! To all our fans and friends, you all know DQ for the yaoi/boys' love manga that we publish. It is our hope that you will also embrace the wonderful manhwa (man-hwa) stories that we will be bringing out this summer. The manhwa titles from DQ will be some of the best stories from some very talented Korean authors. According to publishing-industry news source Shinbunka Online, Animate, a vendor dealing in anime-related merchandise, is set to purchase the B-Boy franchise from the publisher Biblos, which recently filed for bankruptcy. Hekitensha, a publishing company which dealt primarily with joint publications and self-financed works, had ceased operations around the middle of last month, and filed for bankruptcy on the 31st of March. This started off a chain reaction which resulted in two other publishers filing for bankruptcy protection effective April 5th in Tokyo District Court: Biblos, an affiliate company that handled Boy's Love publications and which Hiroaki Yamamoto, president of Hekitensha, was the CEO of, and Highland, a creditor company which also dealt with Boy's Love material. There is no word yet on what will happen to other affiliate companies of Hekitensha, such as the e-book publisher Bibloport. |
Manga Zombie
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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. |
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