Manga
about manga titles have been doing pretty well in the west, so I think this one would too.
You can read
about the manga titles out this week over at my On The Shelf article for Otaku USA.
You can read
about the manga titles out this past week over at my On The Shelf article for Otaku USA.
Not exact matches
A few weeks ago on Twitter, there was a discussion
about Osamu Tezuka's
manga and whether he deserves the title «God of Manga», and it got me thin
manga and whether he deserves the
title «God of
Manga», and it got me thin
Manga», and it got me thinking.
Before Tokyopop started their free preview volumes /
manga sampler at conventions, you could only read
about new authors or
titles from the end of a
manga volume or printed magazines (that is, if you didn't look).
Toriko «s strange combination of First of the North Star style heroes and the cooking
manga genre, Bakuman «s
manga about making
manga aspect and Yura «s anime tie - in make for an excellent range of
titles.
With hopes to publish in July 2012 now that they've reached their fund raising goal, it looks I could be writing
about the first license - and - print on - demand
manga title in English this coming Summer.
Heaven's Design Team (debuting May 8), an imaginative new
manga series
about Heaven's Animal Design Department, where designers create a variety of new animals while contending with the unreasonable requests of their client (Japanese
title: Tenchi souzou design - bu)
The Wizard and His Fairy (debuting May 15), Chisato Nesumi «s pretty fantasy
manga about an eccentric wizard and the beautiful and strong - willed fairy he takes in (Japanese
title: Kirikagohime to mahoutsukai)
A Kiss, For Real (debuting May 29), Fumie Akuta «s sweet, but sadistic, high - school romance
manga about a mask - wearing girl and a free - spirited boy (Japanese
title: Sekirara ni Kiss)
(debuting May 1), Yuji Onda «s romantic - comedy
manga about a high - school girl who finds herself living with some scary new stepbrothers (Japanese
title: Kamiki kyoudai okotowari)
It says a lot
about the problems they faced over their years as a
manga publisher and makes me more thankful than ever for the great
titles we did get from them, some I know we'd never have gotten from anyone else (Key to the Kingdom — I love it, but really?).
It was one of the most anticipated
manga related events as the company's marketing director, Ed Chavez, paved the way to it with teasing hints
about new
titles they'd be revealing.
This past Friday the 13th wasn't unlucky for Yen Press, who made a post
about some on - going
title updates, and four new
manga licenses:
Viz will provide a number of
titles, including Cross Game, a baseball / coming of age story; Dawn of the Arcana, a fantasy romance
about a princess forced to marry the prince of a rival nation; Kekkaishi, a good - natured battle
manga (Shaenon Garrity wrote the best article ever
about Kekkaishi); Maoh: Juvenile Remix, Natsume Ono's indy - ish not simple, Sand Chronicles, and the thoughtful sci - fi tale Saturn Apartments, which is my favorite
manga of all time.
Viz recently raised the prices on their digital
manga, but the Google Play store is offering a price break on three
titles for this week only: Every volume of One Piece (the best - selling
manga in Japan), Demon Love Spell (a romance / comedy fantasy
about a shrine maiden who accidentally seals a sexy demon and has to team up with him to fight monsters), and Case Closed (a detective series) is only $ 5.99, a buck off list.
Viz Media, the largest
manga publisher in the U.S., has been aggressive
about marketing their
titles digitally (which makes sense when you realize that some of their series run to over 50 volumes).
There's an oddball
title in the number ten spot, though: Chapter 16 of a digital - first
manga about a boy and his robot maid that came out last July.
We are also continuing to improve the VIZ.com site as the best place for readers to find out
about print and digital availability by providing links to iBooks, Nook, Kindle, and our own Viz
Manga platform for all available
titles.
Meca Tanaka's latest
title is coming out tomorrow, so here's five things you might want to know
about it from the editor of this
manga.
He also had a handful of other
titles to announce including «Neko Ramen,» a gag
manga about a cat who runs a ramen restaurant that was formerly licensed by Tokyopop, as well as «If You Wan na Destroy the World,» «My Sweet Dragon,» «Aoi Hana,» «Elemental Gelade» and «Yasuko and Kenji.»
Last we heard concretely from MB
about their
manga line was back in June 2010 when they cancelled a handful of their boys» love
titles.
DC's own Vertigo imprint will be adding six additional series
titles to the digital day - and - date releases, while other highly anticipated
manga series from Japan, including
titles from Yen Press and Viz Media among others, will be launching several nearly simultaneous print and digital releases, reducing the time from Japanese publication to digital English translation to
about two weeks.
When asked
about Osamu Tezuka's Princess Knight, which is often one of the most requested
manga titles from fans, they acknowledge the series is always brought up during Osamu Tezuka discussion with licensors and fans alike.
I also follow quite a few other
manga titles for more specific and limited reasons, whether we're talking
about my fondness for the far - future SF concepts of Yukito Kishiro's Battle Angel Alita: Last Order, the lunatic bread - baking minutiae of Takashi Hashiguchi's Yakitate!!
Ed Chavez over at MangaCast also made note late in 2008 that a number of these Digital
Manga titles had not yet been published, and true enough to his words then, nothing has been been heard
about their status since.
Just
about every current
manga publisher showed up for shipping this week; seven publishers total for a variety of
manga titles.
Off * Beat was one of the Tokyopop OEL
manga titles, a quirky series by Jen Lee Quick
about a boy genius and the friend he obsesses over.
I have been introduced to the world of
manga, but would like to hear
about what great
titles are out there to check out.
Digital
Manga says more news
about this massive acquisition will be coming in the next few weeks, so we'll see what new details and
title - specific news comes with it.
Deb Aoki posts
about the
manga events on Friday and takes a closer look at the Yen Press announced
titles.
About VIZ Media, LLC Headquartered in San Francisco, California, VIZ Media distributes, markets and licenses the best anime and
manga titles direct from Japan.
It made reading a
title I enjoy downright painful, and that's not what digital
manga should be
about.
We've been getting
titles about the inside workings of
manga lately, so it's not a stretch for voice acting, since these actors will not only work on anime, but also drama cds.
Brigid Alverson at Robot 6 makes some observations including how nice it was that some of the scanlators complied without making a big deal
about it, and that it's odd for a
manga company to go after
titles not licensed.
This side - by - side comparison of two Shonen Jump
titles speaks volumes
about how the male gaze shapes the
manga we read.
Of all the English
manga titles and trends started in 2011, I think it'll be most known for bringing
about two of the most long - awaited
manga series of all time — Naoko Takeuchi's Sailor Moon and Osamu Tezuka's Princess Knight.
Princess Mononoke — The First Story, a storybook using the original concept for the film from 1980, started off the panel, followed by talk of Kiss of the Rose Princess, the 5 - volume series of the Resident Evil: The Marhawa Desire
manga, and a helpful reminder
about All You Need Is Kill — helpful because thanks to Viz, Takeshi Obata - the artist behind All You Need Is Kill as well as
titles such as Death Note and Hikaru no Go - was at New York Comic - Con as well.
Although watching this cast of quirky characters is fun, it's all the gags
about shojo
manga that make this
title really funny.
I suspect that Kai Asou might have been indulging in little irony when she
titled Only Serious
About You (Digital
Manga Publishing), as her storytelling is extremely conscientious.
The last time I wrote
about their
manga licenses was for Black Bard and Smuggler, two
titles I'm really looking forward and that are scheduled for this Winter.
1 By Setsuko Kaneko Futabasha, Jour Suteki no Shifutachi JManga.com Windows XP, Firefox 11.0 It is sometimes hard to read this
title without thinking of With The Light, the josei
manga about raising an autistic child that Yen Press put out.
Word has been circulating for a while
about Digital
Manga's big yaoi
title announcement, promising many happy fans, and that they'll be making said - announcement at the upcoming Yaoi Con.
1, Japanese Cuisine By Tetsu Kariya and Akira Hanasaki Viz
Manga app iPad 2, iOS 4.3 — One of the wonderful things
about new digital platforms is that they give underappreciated
titles (and I must apologize in advance for the following, potentially multilayered pun) a second bite at the Apple.
JManga.com currently has 376 volumes of
manga available and is adding new
titles at a rate of
about ten a week.
Cosmopolitan Magazine France Andrew Zimmern's column in Mpls St. Paul Magazine Travel Channel: Bizarre Foods with Andrew Zimmern Bizarre Magazine (UK: 4 - page spread) Front page of CNN International and CNNGo The Guardian (UK: her book Cute Yummy Time was one of the oddest book
titles of the year) Washington Post (Cute Yummy Time is recommended) Mediabistro Galleycat BoingBoing LA Weekly interview LA Times feature
about her book Cute Yummy Time About.com feature about her Theme Restaurants book, also recommended in About's Manga gift guide CNNGo (Asia: photo fea
about her book Cute Yummy Time
About.com feature about her Theme Restaurants book, also recommended in About's Manga gift guide CNNGo (Asia: photo fea
About.com feature
about her Theme Restaurants book, also recommended in About's Manga gift guide CNNGo (Asia: photo fea
about her Theme Restaurants book, also recommended in
About's Manga gift guide CNNGo (Asia: photo fea
About's
Manga gift guide CNNGo (Asia: photo feature)