I wrote a bit on the Kodansha announcement over at The Comics Reporter, if you aren’t sick of hearing about it yet.
I wrote a bit on the Kodansha announcement over at The Comics Reporter, if you aren’t sick of hearing about it yet.
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July 2, 2008 at 3:35 pm |
That’s a very clear summary.
I’m personally pretty excited about this—since Del Rey is going to be okay, I’m free to squee.
Which licenses are you most looking forward to? Sailormoon and Hataraki Man top my list.
July 2, 2008 at 5:32 pm |
It’s probably wasting my wish, given that it seems like a given, but I’m keeping my fingers crossed for Moyashimon: Tales of Agriculture.
July 2, 2008 at 6:15 pm |
Nice round up, David. Thanks for the plug!
July 3, 2008 at 7:12 am |
Thanks, Jake, and no problem!
July 3, 2008 at 8:54 am |
From what I’ve seen Kodansha’s english book releases are mainly aimed at niche audiences and seem to be on the high-end of production values. It would be very refreshing if the big K adopted this aproach to manga and didn’t just try to flood the market with every Shonen Magazine title in existance (especially since those have never done as well as their Jump/Sunday counterparts). Re-releasing Akira (if true) is an awesome start. The big question is will the company be able to get its product on bookstore shelves like Del Rey and Viz have?
July 3, 2008 at 12:42 pm |
Huff, I think Chris Butcher mentioned that Random House will be handling distribution for them, so that should get them pretty well settled.