Quote from ANN

The North American publisher Vertical has announced at its Anime Weekend Atlanta panel on Sunday that it licensed the Velveteen & Mandala (Becchin to Mandara) manga by Jiro Matsumoto. The story centers around Velveteen (Becchin), a high school girl who lives in a battle tank on a riverbed in Tokyo's Suginami ward, and her friend Mandala. Together, the two exterminate the zombies of dead Suginami citizens.

Matsumoto launched Velveteen & Mandala in Ohta's Manga Erotics F magazine after ending his Freesia manga last year. Ohta compiled and published the manga in one book volume last November.

Vertical will ship the manga in August of 2011.

Update: Vertical marketing director Ed Chavez notes that the book will spelled Velveteen & Mandala in English.

http://www.animenewsnetwork.com/news/2010-09-19/vertical-adds-jiro-matsumoto-velveteen-and-mandara-manga

Cool beans. 😎

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Quote from purple716

Is there any manga where the male lead has an illness known as stomach ulcers.Yaoi are fine top.

I guess this would be the first Jiro Matsumoto work to be licensed...?

If that is the case, that's really awesome. I just realized that I really like the selections Vertical chooses (such as Litchi Hikari Club).

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