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Anime Expo 08 Manga License Round-up
An attempt at rounding-up all the newly announced series at this weekend's AX.
Aurora Publishing
- Hitohira by KIRIHARA Izumi
LuvLuv
- Pretty Poison by NARUKAMI Yutta - July 2008
- Make Love and Peace by YONETANI Takane - September 2008
- Sounds of Love by TANAKA Rin - November 2008
- "Object of Desire" by NOGUCHI Tomoko - December 2008
Deux Press
- Red Blinds The Foolish by est em
CMX
- Astral Project by TSUCHIYA Garon
- Ballad of a Shinigami by IZUMI Asuka
- Classical Medley by KANA Sanae
- Fire Investigator Nanase by HASHIMOTO Izo and ISHIKAWA Tomoshige
- Go West! by YAGAMI Yu
- Jihai by NIGOSHI Toshimi
- Shirley by MORI Kaoru
- Suihelibe! by AZUMA Naomi
- The Girl Who Runs Through Time by TSUTSUI Yasutaka and TSUGANO Gaku
- The Name of the Flower by SAITOU Ken
- Venus Capriccio by NISHIKATA Mai
Dark Horse
- Neon Genesis Evangelion: The Shinji Ikari Raising Project by TAKAHASHI Osamu - Spring/Summer 2009
- Clover (Clamp) by CLAMP (Omnibus edition) - March 2009
DMP
- Ghost Hunt Scramble! by OTOTACHIBANA
- Lyrical Nanoha Strikers by TSUZUKI Maki and HASEGAWA Kouji
- Overclock - Once in a Blue Moon by HOZUMI Riya and SEKI Ryouko
- RH Plus by SUWA Ayako
- Tale of a White Night by MIYAGI Tooko
- "Time for Magic" by Morehe Yoshida
- Utahime by Aki
June/801 Media
- Clan of the Nakagamis 2 by Homerun Ken
- Cut by KAWAI Touko
- "Desire - Dangerous Feelings" by GOTOU Shinobu
- Dog x Cat by AMASAKI Yoshimi
- Double Trouble by KANZAKI Takashi
- "Eat or Be Eaten" by ENJIN Yamimaru and FUYUNO Jinko
- Heaven's Smile by SENOO Aki
- Hey Class President by MONCHI Kaori
- Hey Sensei by SAKURAGI Yaya
- Honey/Chocolate by OKUDA Nanao
- Life for Love by ITSUKI Satoand MAYAMA Jun
- Longest Time by TATENO Tooko
- Love Potion by FUJII Sakuya
- Love Syndrome by MIYAZAWA Yura
- Love/Knot" by ISHIMARU Hiroko
- Manhattan Love Story by TENZEN Momoko
- Moonlit Promises by HIMAWARI Souya
- Object of my Affections by OKUDA Nanao
- Planet of Earthquake by TAKAYA Miou
- Pure Heart (FUJIYAMA Hyouta) by FUJIYAMA Hyouta
- Spiral of Sand by TAKAMURE Tamotsu
- Suggestive Eyes by TENZEN Momoko
- "The Lonely Egoist" by Hikaru Masaki and MINASE Masara
- The Way To Heaven by ENJIN Yamimaru
- Then Comes Love by YAMAKAMI Riyu
- Tricky Prince by HASHIDA Yukari
- Where has Love Gone? by TSUNODA Ryoku
Doki Doki
- Crimson Cross by NEGISHI Kyoko and MAEDA Sakae
- Happy Boys by TATENO Makoto
- Millennium Prime Minister by EIKI Eiki
- Otodama by NITTA Youka
- Princess Princess+ by TSUDA Mikiyo
- Wolf God by TENKAWA Ai
Go! Comi
- Crown by HIGURI Yuu and WADA Shinji
- "Days of Cool Idols"
- Bound Beauty by TAKEUCHI Mick
Tokyokpop
- Castle of Dreams by TSUDA Masami
- Demon Sacred by ITSUKI Natsumi
- Kaichou wa Maid-sama! by FUJIWARA Hiro
- Momo Tama by CHRONO Nanae
- NG Life by KUSANAGI Mizuho
- Peacemaker Kurogane by CHRONO Nanae
- Phantom Dream by TAKAYA Natsuki
- This Ugly Yet Beautiful World by MORIMI Ashita
- Togainu no Chi (CHAYAMACHI Suguro) by CHAYAMACHI Suguro, Tomoe Sato, and Nitro+CHiRAL
- Tsubasa: Those with Wings by TAKAYA Natsuki
- .hack//G.U. (Novel)
- "Orange and Remember" by Benjamin (Hong Kong) - 2009
- "Pixie" by Mathieu Mariolle and Aurore (France) - 2009
- "Luna" (Spain) - 2009
Viz Media
- Otomen by KANNO Aya - January 2009
- Magic Touch by TSUBAKI Izumi - January 2009
- Heaven's Will by TAKAMIYA Satoru - January 2009
- Oishinbo by KARIYA Tetsu and HANASAKI Akira - January 2009
- Honey Hunt by AIHARA Miki - March 2009
- Gestalt by KOUGA Yun - June 2009
Edited to include links to our database (took several hours...) ><
For missing stuff, please help out by posting comments!
Aurora Publishing
- Hitohira by KIRIHARA Izumi
LuvLuv
- Pretty Poison by NARUKAMI Yutta - July 2008
- Make Love and Peace by YONETANI Takane - September 2008
- Sounds of Love by TANAKA Rin - November 2008
- "Object of Desire" by NOGUCHI Tomoko - December 2008
Deux Press
- Red Blinds The Foolish by est em
CMX
- Astral Project by TSUCHIYA Garon
- Ballad of a Shinigami by IZUMI Asuka
- Classical Medley by KANA Sanae
- Fire Investigator Nanase by HASHIMOTO Izo and ISHIKAWA Tomoshige
- Go West! by YAGAMI Yu
- Jihai by NIGOSHI Toshimi
- Shirley by MORI Kaoru
- Suihelibe! by AZUMA Naomi
- The Girl Who Runs Through Time by TSUTSUI Yasutaka and TSUGANO Gaku
- The Name of the Flower by SAITOU Ken
- Venus Capriccio by NISHIKATA Mai
Dark Horse
- Neon Genesis Evangelion: The Shinji Ikari Raising Project by TAKAHASHI Osamu - Spring/Summer 2009
- Clover (Clamp) by CLAMP (Omnibus edition) - March 2009
DMP
- Ghost Hunt Scramble! by OTOTACHIBANA
- Lyrical Nanoha Strikers by TSUZUKI Maki and HASEGAWA Kouji
- Overclock - Once in a Blue Moon by HOZUMI Riya and SEKI Ryouko
- RH Plus by SUWA Ayako
- Tale of a White Night by MIYAGI Tooko
- "Time for Magic" by Morehe Yoshida
- Utahime by Aki
June/801 Media
- Clan of the Nakagamis 2 by Homerun Ken
- Cut by KAWAI Touko
- "Desire - Dangerous Feelings" by GOTOU Shinobu
- Dog x Cat by AMASAKI Yoshimi
- Double Trouble by KANZAKI Takashi
- "Eat or Be Eaten" by ENJIN Yamimaru and FUYUNO Jinko
- Heaven's Smile by SENOO Aki
- Hey Class President by MONCHI Kaori
- Hey Sensei by SAKURAGI Yaya
- Honey/Chocolate by OKUDA Nanao
- Life for Love by ITSUKI Satoand MAYAMA Jun
- Longest Time by TATENO Tooko
- Love Potion by FUJII Sakuya
- Love Syndrome by MIYAZAWA Yura
- Love/Knot" by ISHIMARU Hiroko
- Manhattan Love Story by TENZEN Momoko
- Moonlit Promises by HIMAWARI Souya
- Object of my Affections by OKUDA Nanao
- Planet of Earthquake by TAKAYA Miou
- Pure Heart (FUJIYAMA Hyouta) by FUJIYAMA Hyouta
- Spiral of Sand by TAKAMURE Tamotsu
- Suggestive Eyes by TENZEN Momoko
- "The Lonely Egoist" by Hikaru Masaki and MINASE Masara
- The Way To Heaven by ENJIN Yamimaru
- Then Comes Love by YAMAKAMI Riyu
- Tricky Prince by HASHIDA Yukari
- Where has Love Gone? by TSUNODA Ryoku
Doki Doki
- Crimson Cross by NEGISHI Kyoko and MAEDA Sakae
- Happy Boys by TATENO Makoto
- Millennium Prime Minister by EIKI Eiki
- Otodama by NITTA Youka
- Princess Princess+ by TSUDA Mikiyo
- Wolf God by TENKAWA Ai
Go! Comi
- Crown by HIGURI Yuu and WADA Shinji
- "Days of Cool Idols"
- Bound Beauty by TAKEUCHI Mick
Tokyokpop
- Castle of Dreams by TSUDA Masami
- Demon Sacred by ITSUKI Natsumi
- Kaichou wa Maid-sama! by FUJIWARA Hiro
- Momo Tama by CHRONO Nanae
- NG Life by KUSANAGI Mizuho
- Peacemaker Kurogane by CHRONO Nanae
- Phantom Dream by TAKAYA Natsuki
- This Ugly Yet Beautiful World by MORIMI Ashita
- Togainu no Chi (CHAYAMACHI Suguro) by CHAYAMACHI Suguro, Tomoe Sato, and Nitro+CHiRAL
- Tsubasa: Those with Wings by TAKAYA Natsuki
- .hack//G.U. (Novel)
- "Orange and Remember" by Benjamin (Hong Kong) - 2009
- "Pixie" by Mathieu Mariolle and Aurore (France) - 2009
- "Luna" (Spain) - 2009
Viz Media
- Otomen by KANNO Aya - January 2009
- Magic Touch by TSUBAKI Izumi - January 2009
- Heaven's Will by TAKAMIYA Satoru - January 2009
- Oishinbo by KARIYA Tetsu and HANASAKI Akira - January 2009
- Honey Hunt by AIHARA Miki - March 2009
- Gestalt by KOUGA Yun - June 2009
Edited to include links to our database (took several hours...) ><
For missing stuff, please help out by posting comments!
Comments (limited to first 100 replies)
» Kratos330 on July 6th, 2008, 11:58am
This makes me angry cuz some of the tokyopop series i stream, and most of them have gotten banned from being viewed through internet. But its good that most of these series are being licensed at the same time as bad =D
» StarlightDreams on July 6th, 2008, 12:14pm
I agree. It's good that good manga is being licensed, but then the groups that were already scanlating them might drop them, and everyone will have to wait months for them to come out in their country. So it is good but bad at the same time. *sigh* I just hope that they get released faster. But some of my favorite manga are being licensed now.
» Xeronia on July 6th, 2008, 12:50pm
This will probably get more people into anime/manga, considering that most of the population is completely oblivious to the scanlation community. But on the other side, me being a leecher, I am secretly dissapointed.
» cuttlefishii on July 6th, 2008, 7:19pm
Venus Capriccio <333 I was hoping that that on would get liscensed ^.^ AND KAICHOU WA MAID-SAMA <3333333 That one was a surprise. Wasn't expecting that one to get liscensed, even though I love it to DEATH. Anyways, I hope neither of these series get dropped by the scanlation groups, but I'll be SURE to buy them when they're released 8D
» lchen on July 7th, 2008, 3:15am
i m happy princess princess+ finally got licensed and i can get my hands on otomen (since it's been dropped so long). but i m kinda angry at the thought of losing venus cappriccio and honey hunt (i kno the groups will definitely stop) and i can hope the publishers will release them quaterly or sooner but most likely they'll release twice a year (if we're lucky).
» sarah00891 on July 7th, 2008, 7:30am
I am soooo happy that maid sama and honey hunt are going to be licensed! No one can understand how excited I am right now....♥
» Dubby on July 7th, 2008, 1:04pm
Kaichou wa Maid-sama, Venus Cappricio and Honey Hunt got licensed?! I'm pretty sure the scanlation groups will drop the series, but... I'm happy cause I can finally buy it. ^^;
» otakubaybay on July 7th, 2008, 2:39pm
Heck yes to all the yaoi and BL licenses!!! ^o^
» Invalent on July 8th, 2008, 10:45am
Shoujo/Shounen Ai/Yaoi/manga adaptions of anime, a few shounen and like 1or 2 seinen, guess the american publishers realized that the current manga readers won't start to read mature series, bust instead stop reading manga. interesting read
» lifewithinone on July 8th, 2008, 3:26pm
Yay! I'm looking forward to 6 yaoi titles while other titles seem not up to my list, though. =)
» gostop on July 8th, 2008, 5:00pm
Omg finally Otomen's licensed!! I knew it wasn't gonna be that long for Otomen to get licensed :3
» CatzCradle on July 8th, 2008, 9:14pm
Thank you very much for sharing the list of licensed stuff in one list and linking all the series for us; much appreciated! <3
» juliab on July 9th, 2008, 7:41am
woah, viz licensed Oishinbo? neat?
» xKaidoh on July 9th, 2008, 10:53pm
Iono VIZ does a lot of crappy shit. Like for Koukou Tekken-den Tough, the released up til volume 6 then stopped dead. They also like to pick and choose what to release and what not to release. Like the above series, they cut out a bunch of chapters from the first volume.
» juliab on July 12th, 2008, 11:13am
well that's a bummer
» saneta on July 11th, 2008, 9:20pm
OMG nooooo! so many good series are being licensed, specially honey hunt, please not honey hunt!! I mean I'm happy for the mangaka, but there is no way I'll be able to get the manga once they're out, I mean I think I could barely afford the shipping fees!
» Jhono1 on July 12th, 2008, 9:44am
Interesting, the vast majority of this is Shoujo/Yaoi. Does that imply that the american manga market is, say 90-95% made up of females?
» Hermit-chan on January 8th, 2009, 7:29am
woah! Crimson cross is licensed?! Awesome!
I've checked the Junemanga website, it seems that the manga hasn't released yet.
Wonder when it will be released..?
I'll definitely purchase it once it's OUT!!
I've checked the Junemanga website, it seems that the manga hasn't released yet.
Wonder when it will be released..?
I'll definitely purchase it once it's OUT!!