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I’ll spare you the 15 minutes of whooping and sqeeing that this announcement provoked.
Sooo… Wishlist time! With Thorn on board Poem of wind and tree is an obvious candidate, though I hear that the reason no-one has bagged it already is that Shogakukan is asking for oodles of cash. But still, we can dream. For Hagio my most desired series would be A cruel god reigns, which at 17 volumes of ANGST! and torment is an outside bet at best, but it does have substantial critic-cred (and it’s BL-flavored and could be crossmarketed to the fujoshi).
Let’s not forget that “Hourou Musuko” is actually an Enterbrain property, so whatever deal Fantagraphics has with Shogakukan doesn’t seem to be an exclusive one.
[…] Dirk Deppey broke the news at Journalista this afternoon, the confirmation drew immediate, elated results across the blogosphere… and this was before there was even an official press release. Even […]
I found it sort of funny that the license request for Wandering Son was inspired by one of the people who was probably already involved in bringing it over at that time 😉
Still, congrats on getting another one filled ^^
I’m also waiting for Song of Wind in Trees – Keiko Takemiya. But I’m guessing that only about 10k would sell were it licensed. Simply not enough to rationalize oodles of cash 0_0
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The Manga Curmudgeon 
I’ll spare you the 15 minutes of whooping and sqeeing that this announcement provoked.
Sooo… Wishlist time! With Thorn on board Poem of wind and tree is an obvious candidate, though I hear that the reason no-one has bagged it already is that Shogakukan is asking for oodles of cash. But still, we can dream. For Hagio my most desired series would be A cruel god reigns, which at 17 volumes of ANGST! and torment is an outside bet at best, but it does have substantial critic-cred (and it’s BL-flavored and could be crossmarketed to the fujoshi).
Let’s not forget that “Hourou Musuko” is actually an Enterbrain property, so whatever deal Fantagraphics has with Shogakukan doesn’t seem to be an exclusive one.
[…] Dirk Deppey broke the news at Journalista this afternoon, the confirmation drew immediate, elated results across the blogosphere… and this was before there was even an official press release. Even […]
I found it sort of funny that the license request for Wandering Son was inspired by one of the people who was probably already involved in bringing it over at that time 😉
Still, congrats on getting another one filled ^^
Thanks! I’m hoping this means that Otherworld Barbara will be next.
I’m also waiting for Song of Wind in Trees – Keiko Takemiya. But I’m guessing that only about 10k would sell were it licensed. Simply not enough to rationalize oodles of cash 0_0
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