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LicenseLas Vegas, NV, March 7, 2007 – Yaoi Press announces Dark Dreams and Dark Prince, two new titles debuting in fall. Yaoi Press has announced the second title to their new line of art books. Dark Dreams will showcase the work of Italian studio Dany&Dany. The 64 page book will focus on beautiful men and male/male romance. Unlike Yaoi Press' explicit Yaoi Gothic art book, Dark Dreams will have a 16+ rating. This is the fourth book Yaoi Press will publish by Dany&Dany in 2007. RICHMOND, CA March 5, 2007 Infinity Studios, LLC announced today that it has entered into an agreement to license acclaimed artist Miyabi Fujieda's highly acclaimed yuri manga IONO-SAMA FANATICS Vol. 1 (ISBN:978-1-59697-015-1) from Mediaworks. Miyabi Fujieda is a highly popular and recognized manga artist who has created numerous hit titles in Japan including NOVA, ALICE QUARTET, KOTONOHA NO MIKO TO KOTODAMA NO MAIO TO and has also been a guest artist for a few chapters in the extremely popular manga hit DI GI CHARAT. Del Rey Manga is pleased to report the acquisition of several new manga series. Initially announced Sunday, February 25, 2007 at the New York Comic Con, these series' initial volumes are planned for publication in Fall 2007 SHIKI TSUKAI manga by Toru Zeku and art by Yuna Takanagi, the action-packed environmental-themed adventures of the shiki tuskai--"Keepers of the Seasons"--who are entrusted with defending the universe's natural order againt the forces that threaten it. Publication rights arranged through Kodansha, Ltd. Dark Horse has announced that it has licensed the novel A Wind Named Amnesia by Hideyuki Kikuchi. Dark Horse's release will contain the original artworks from Yoshitaka Amano that were found in the first editions of the Japanese release. Source: ANN MangaCast points out Kitty Press' new license announcement at NYCC: A King's Lesson by Aoi Futaba and Kurenai Mitsuba. Manga publisher Go! Comi announced three new series and one standalone title at their panel this weekend at New York Comic Con. The titles are evenly split between shojo and shonen titles, and include the latest from the creator of "Those Who Hunt Elves": "LOVE MASTER A" is a series that tells the story of a girl whose inability to get a date causes her to transform the student council into a dating service. CMX TO PUBLISH TWO FLOWERS FOR THE DRAGON CMX, the manga imprint of DC Comics, is proud to announce plans to publish TWO FLOWERS FOR THE DRAGON, vol. 1. Originally published by Hakusensha, this manga features the work of writer/artist Nari Kusakawa (THE PALETTE OF 12 SECRET COLORS) and is slated to reach stores in Spring 2008. MangaBlog reports that while CPM announced no new licenses, they did announce the release dates of many of their titles. Manhwa publisher NETCOMICS has announced plans to publish Japanese manga and global manga. Also, Newtype USA announced the acquisition of CLAMP's Kobato, which will start serialization in Newtype USA later this year. More new titles announced at NYCC 07: Yen Press: Del Rey: Del Rey also announced a Complete Guide to Manga, a guide book to all the manga released in the U.S. CMX: Also, Bandai has announced that it will release its Witchblade manga in June 2007. From MangaCast and ANN comes more reports of new manga licenses announced at NYCC: Dark Horse Go! Comi Viz Media BLU Manga |
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