News Licensing Announcements.

[Kaiten]

Discuss international licensing rumors and announcements here!! Any company, any genre, and any manga/manhua/manhwa.

Yen Press has announced that a new manga will begin serialization in the August issue of Yen Plus. Anime News Network is reporting that title will be Kuroshitsuji, to be retitled Black Butler for international release.

 

[Horsee]

Yen Plus Black Butler cover:

Spoiler

New VIZ Sigikki titles:
Saturn Apartments (Dosei Mansion) by Hisae Iwaoka
Kingyo Used Books (Kingyoya Koshoten) by Seimu Yoshizaki
Afterschool Charisma (Hōkago no Charisma) by Kumiko Suekane
Tokyo Flow Chart by Eiji Miruno

Yen Press:
Stephenie Meyer's "Twilight" manhwa by Young Kim

 

[magicbulletgirl]

That Twilight manhwa is going to hit it big. Speaking of which, has anyone seen raws of that? I wouldn't mind taking a peek ^^

 

[Kaiten]

Comic Con announcements:

VIZ: Bakuman, Toriko, Vampire Knight (anime), Kekkaishi (anime) and Inuyasha Kanketsu - hen (anime).

Yen Press: Romeo x Juliet, Usagi Drop, Sasameke, Omamori Himara, Fujoshi Kanojo, Darker Than Black, Otometeki Koi Kakumei Love Revo!!, Dragon Girl, Natsukashi Machi no Rozione, Kobato

 

[Rejuvenation]

Viz sure didn't waste any time on the new Inuyasha anime. XD

Nice to see Darker than Black licensed as well. Been meaning to get around to that series for a while now.

 

[Kaiten]

I want to watch the anime; I'll pass on the Darker Then Black manga. I'm looking forward to Usagi Drop, glad it was licensed.

 

[Doragon]

Darker than Black is getting licensed? Does this mean that there won't be anymore Edited Mangas for it out?

Yen Press:
Stephenie Meyer's "Twilight" manhwa by Young Kim

......What?

 

[Drmke]

Darker than Black is getting licensed? Does this mean that there won't be anymore Edited Mangas for it out?

I would guess that there would still be Edited Mangas coming out.

Lots of manga that are currently licensed are still scanlated. Even ones that have been completely released.

 

[Kaiten]

The new Darker Than Black in Young Ace has not been licensed. The original 2007 series from Asuka was.

Del Ray: Panic x Panic, Pink Innocent, Night Head Genesis, Wild @ Heart, Code: Breaker.

 

[Doragon]

The new Darker Than Black in Young Ace has not been licensed. The original 2007 series from Asuka was.

Del Ray: Panic x Panic, Pink Innocent, Night Head Genesis, Wild @ Heart, Code: Breaker.

Oh so it was the shoujo one? Well that's nice to hear.

 

[Drmke]

Del Ray: Panic x Panic, Pink Innocent, Night Head Genesis, Wild @ Heart, Code: Breaker.

Code: Breaker? Hells to the yeah!! I was waiting for this one.

 

[Teeba]

Viz Media Europe's website has "Neuro" listed as one of its anime/manga properties.

http://devvizmedia.megalos.net/uk/property/neuro/anime

Interestingly enough, there are two websites for Viz Europe, vizeurope.com and devvizmedia.megalos.net, with Neuro being found on the later. Since Megalos is responsible for the current design of the Viz Europe website, you can infer that they are currently beta-testing the new additions (or something).

 

[Horsee]

Tokyopop (These titles are not yet announced officially):
Happy Cafe in January, 2010
Deadman Wonderland in February, 2010
Hanako and the Teller of Allegory in March, 2010
.hack//CELL in March, 2010
Kokaku Detective Story in April, 2010

 

[fxu]

I'll buy DW if it comes out in English.

 

[Horsee]

Azumanga Daioh (Omnibus) re-release by Yen Press.
Warcraft: Death Knight (new OEL title by Tokyopop)
StarCraft: Ghost Academy (new OEL title by Tokyopop)
The first Soul Eater volume get a regular and a slipcased edition too.
Akira and Ghost in the Shell will re-released by "Kodansha Comics".

 

[Kaiten]

Glad for the Azumanga reissues, hopefully the Monthly Sunday chapters are included. Akira finally getting a proper release is good. I hate those flipped omnibuses Dark Horse put out.

 

[Akiyama]

CMX Manga Announcemets

51 Ways to Save Her by Usamaru Furuya - September 2010
Nyankoi! by Sato Fujiwara - July 2010
The Phantom Guesthouse by Nari Kusakawa - July 2010
Shissho Holiday by Otsuichi and Hiro Kiyohara - July 2010
Tableau Gate by Rika Suzuki - August 2010
Battle of Genyru: Origins by Shouko Fukaki - August 2009
A Tale of an Unknown Country by Natsuna Kawase - September 2009
Oh! My Brother by Ken Saito - October 2009
Deka Kyoshi by Tamio Baba - November 2009
The Lizard Prince by Asuka Izumi - November 2009
The World I Create by Ayami Kazama - January 2010
Stolen Hearts by Miku Sakamoto - January 2010
Rampage by Yunosuke Yoshinaga - February 2010
My Darling Miss Bancho by Mayu Fujikata - March 2010
Diamond Girl by Takanori Yamazaki - April 2010
Polyphonica: Cardinal Crimson by Ichiro Sasaki, ocelot and Tomo Hirokawa- May 2010
Nadeshiko Club by Miku Sakamoto - June 2010

 

[Kaiten]

CMX is terrible, easily the worst licensing company. Poor translations, poor selection of series. Yen Press has figured out how to have success without access to the big three publishers, Tokyopop has followed suit. CMX is clueless.

 

[Akiyama]

More Tokyopop Some were posted early but these include dates.

Bloody Kissby Kazuko Furumiya: Vol. 1 - August 8, 2009
Domo: The Manga by Clint Bickham, Lindsay Cibos, Jared Hodges, rem and Sonia Leong - September 1, 2009
Game X Rushby Mizuho Kusanagi -July 6, 2009
Zone-00 by Kiyo QJO - August 4, 2009
Momogumi Plus Senki by Eri Sakondo - August 4, 2009
Karakuri Odette by Julietta Suzuki - September 29, 2009
MariaHolic by Minari Endou - September 1, 2009
Mad Love Chase by Kazusa Takashima - September 1, 2009
Cause of My Teacher by Temari Matsumoto - September 29, 2009
Liberty Liberty! by Hinako Takenaga - November 3, 2009
Mikansei No. 1 by Majiko! - November 3, 2009
Madness by Kairi Shimotsuki - December 1, 2009
Portrait of M & N by Higuchi Tachibana - February 2, 2010
Happy Café by Kou Matsuzuki - January 5, 2010
Alice in the Country of Hearts by quinrose and Hoshino Soumei - February 2, 2010
Haru Hana by Yuana Kazumi - March 2, 1010
Kokaku Detective Story by Yoshitsugu Katagiri - April 6, 2010

 

[Drmke]

Eh....not really any manga I'm interested in getting licensed lately. When I saw Bloody Kiss, I thought it said Blood Monday and got really excited for a second lol I wish it would get licensed though soon. Hopefully by Del Ray. They are more expensive but usually worth it cause they do a good job with the translations.