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| Prince of Tennis Ending |
Kaioh writes:
According to issue 41 of Shounen Jump (Japanese version), Prince of Tennis will end serialization in issue 52 of Shounen Jump, after eight years of publication.
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| Posted by lambchopsil on September 12th 5:53pm |
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| Viz Responds to Letter from Scanlation Group, Serialization Updates, and More |
Scanlation News
Viz to "Collaborate" with Scanlation Group? According to this post, Viz has replied to a letter sent by Freelance-Manga regarding improvements on Viz's Inuyasha graphic novel. According to the response, one of Viz's supervising editor will be examining Freelance-Manga's IY scanlations to see if there is learn anything that will help improve Viz's handling of the manga.
NCIS/Lurk Conflict? (Updated): The blog Tiamat's Anime and Manga Reviews has written an article on groups that place restrictions on their releases, and mentions a recent conflict between Lurk and NCIS. However, according to NCIS, there was no conflict whatsoever between NCIS and Lurk (as opposed to what we previously reported)
Japan News
Serialization Updates:
Evening No.20 (9/25)
Starting:
- "ADAMAS" by Ryouji Minagawa
Morning No.41 (9/13)
Starting:
- "Inanna" by Reiko Okano
Young Animal No.11 (10/5)
Starting:
- "Assistant Romance Keika" by Rosuke Nishikawa
New Japanese Copyright Portal Site Debuting in 2008: 17 of Japan's copyright holder groups have announced plans to create "a free Internet portal with a searchable database system of product details and copyright information for music, movies, television, music, literature, comics, anime, art/photo, and games next January."
Goodbye Toen Shobo: Toen Shobo, an adult manga publisher, recently closed business due to financial troubles. |
| Posted by Gum on September 11th 9:55pm |
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| Japan Publication News, ICv2 Interviews Tokyopop |
Japan News
Comic Yoshimoto to Cease Publication: A few months after its debut (in June), comedy magazine Comic Yoshimoto will cease publication on 9/18.
JoJo Creator Draws Cover for Science Journal: Hirohiko Araki, mangaka of JoJo's Bizarre Adventure, drew the cover for a American science journal called Cell (volume 130, issue 5). The cover can be seen here. When the news was announced on Friday, Cell's website crashed after experiencing a surge in visitors.
Serialization News: Yorukishi Monogatari (Night Knight Story) will become a web serialization.
New BL Magazine from MediaWork: MediaWorks has announced a new BL magazine titled CLaCLa (will be released in October).
U.S. News
Tokyopop Interviewed: ICv2 interviews Tokyopop's publisher Mike Kiley about the manga market. |
| Posted by Gum on September 8th 12:27am |
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| Shueisha Updates Jump Square Lineup |
lambchopsil edit: And just to introduce him, Gum is our new "News Administrator" and will be adding a lot more interesting tidbits of info from the Japanese world of manga~
Shueisha has updated the manga lineup of its upcoming shounen magazine Jump Square, the current lineup is as follows:
From Monthly Shonen Jump
- Claymore by Norihiro Yagi
- Gag Manga Biyori by Kousuke Masuda
- Rosario + Vampire by Akihisa Ikeda
- Tegami Bachi (Letter Bee) by Hiroyuki Asada
From JUMP the REVOLUTION
- Embalming - The Another Tale of Frankenstein by Nobuhiro Watsuki
New Manga
- 3-Z Class's Ginpachi-sensei by Hideaki Sorachi & Oosaki Tomohito
- DRAGONAUT -THE RESONANCE- by Satoshi Kinoshita
- Kure-nai by Katayama Kentaro & Yamamoto Yamato
- Luck Stealer by Hajime Kazu
- Paraman no Jounetsu teki na Hibi by Fujiko Fujio (A)
- Sekai no Choushin de Taiyou ni Hoeru by Ponse Maeda
- Tales of Innocence by Hiroyuki Kaidou
- TISTA by Tatsuya Endou
- Tsumikabatsu by Mikami Honemaru
Unamed manga & one-shots
- A new manga by Masanori Katakura
- A one-shot by Yoko Kamio (Hana Yori Dango)
- A one-shot by Masanori Morita & Takeshi Obata |
| Posted by Gum on September 5th 9:35pm |
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| Naruto Manga Volume Releases |
wellzy4eva writes: Manga Licenced distributer Viz has officially announced they are picking up the pace with distribution of Naruto manga in America.
commencing from September 4th, volumes 16-18 of Naruto will be released, with a following three new mangas released each month for four months.
With Naruto now up to Volume 39 in Japan, and the next volume pending soon, this is a chance for Americans (Other nations to follow) to boost their collections.
Source: http://blogcritics.org/archives/2007/08/31/224458.php |
| Posted by Manick on September 3rd 3:36pm |
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| new webzine |
We apologize to Comi Press for not giving credit to them for this news: View at this link:
http://comipress.com/news/2007/08/31/2574
wellzy4eva writes: Japanese doujinshi shop Toranoana has launched a new webzine called Comic Holic (ComiHoli). Manga from this web manga magazine will be published in tankoubon form by Fox Shuppan under the Fox Comics imprint.
http://www.toranoana.jp/webcomic/holic/ |
| Posted by Manick on September 3rd 9:40am |
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