March 11th, 2007
Digital Manga could not be left out of the licensing festivities that took place over the last 10 days or so. The group has licensed a number of titles... A large number of titles. These titles will begin to street this summer and this will make up the majority of their 3Q and 4Q calendar.
More JOEL from DMP. Those who are curious or can't afford to go on a PJT tour then sample the manga here.
And what is left from Yoshinaga Fumi?
So I haven't read a single book from this list, but I know those names are familiar. And sign me up for Taiyou no Shita de Warae. Any book with boxing gloves on the cover I will automatically classify as SAMA.
Keep this between the two of us but Sakura Ashika she does mainstream manga. Had to mention that as she is one of my favorite artists. No one does loli-bunnies and big-boobed meganekko like Sakura Ashika.
If you can find info on Stepping Stone, send it on over.
DMP Books
| ポップJapan Travel by： マコト ナカジマ Pop Japan Travel by: Makoto Nakajima DMP Books/JOEL shounen/1 vol |
彼は花園で夢を見る by: よしながふみ Garden Dreams by: Yoshinaga Fumi Shinshokan/Wings Comics shoujo/1 vols |
9th SLEEP by: 立野 真琴 9th Sleep by: Tateno Makoto BiBLOS/Zero Comics BL/1 vol |
More JOEL from DMP. Those who are curious or can't afford to go on a PJT tour then sample the manga here.
And what is left from Yoshinaga Fumi?
June
| ほしがりません！勝つまでは by: 樹 要 After I Win by Itsuki Kaname Houbunsha/Hanaoto Comics BL/1 vol |
カメラ・カメラ・カメラ by: 松本花 Camera Camera Camera by: Matsumoto Kazura Shinshokan/Dear+ Comics BL/2 vols |
てのひらの星座 by: 穂波ゆきね/桜木知沙子 Constellations in My Palm by: Honami Yukine/Sakuragi Chisako Tokuma Shoten/Chara Comics BL/1 vol |
| 愛のチカラで恋をするのだ by: 夏水りつ Crushing Love by Natsumizu Ritsu Houbunsha/Hanaoto Comics BL/1 vol |
かわいいビースト つげ雨夜 Cute Beast by: Tsuge Amayo Houbunsha/Hanaoto Comics BL/1 vols |
ダッシュ！ by: 夏目 イサク Dash! by: Natsume Isaku Oakla Shuppan/Aqua Comics BL/1 vol |
| デュエット by: 九条ＡＯＩ Duetto by: Kujou AOI Oakla Shuppan/Aqua Comics BL/1 vol |
落下速度 by: 富士山 ひょうた Freefall Romance by: Fujiyama Hyouta Frontier Works/Daira Comics BL/1 vol |
ある日 空から 突然に。 by: 暮越咲耶 From Up Above by: Sakuya Kurekoshi Oakla Shuppan/Aqua Comics BL/1 vol |
| 小さなガラスの空 by: 山田ユギ Glass Sky by: Yugi Yamada Houbunsha/Hanaoto Comics BL/1 vol |
君の愛は見えにくい by: 本庄りえ Invisible Love by: Honjou Rie Houbunsha/Hanaoto Comics BL/1 vol |
花信風 by: 立野真琴 Ka Shin Fu by: Tateno Makoto Oakla Shuppan/Aqua Comics BL/1 vol |
| 太陽の下で笑え。 by: 山田ユギ Laugh Under the Sun by: Yugi Yamada Houbunsha/Hanaoto Comics BL/1 vol |
感情回路 by: やまがたさとみ Maniac Love by: Yamagata Satomi Houbunsha/Hanaoto Comics BL/1 vol |
どうせ、めろめろ by: タクミ ユウ Melted Love by: Takumi Yuu Kaiohsha/GUSH Comics BL/1 vol |
| プリンスチャーミング by: 高井戸あけみ Prince Charming by: Takaido Akemi Houbunsha/Hanaoto Comics BL/3 vols |
スペル by: 富士山ひょうた Spell by: Fujiyama Hyouta Frontier Works/Daria Comics BL/1 vol |
君の名はスター☆ by: 紺野 けい子 Star by: Konno Keiko Frontier Works/Daria Comics BL/1 vol |
| その時ハートは盗まれた by: 金丸マキ/穂波ゆきね Stolen Heart by: Kanamaru Maki/Honami Yukine Houbunsha/Hanaoto Comics BL/1 vol |
てっぺんのひまわり by: 富士山ひょうた Sunflower by: Fujiyama Hyouta Frontier Works/Daria Comics BL/2 vol |
ヴァニラ by: やまかみ梨由 Vanilla by: Yamakami Riyu Shinshokan/Dear+ Comics BL/2 vol |
So I haven't read a single book from this list, but I know those names are familiar. And sign me up for Taiyou no Shita de Warae. Any book with boxing gloves on the cover I will automatically classify as SAMA.
801 Media
| センシティブ・ポルノグラフ by：さくらあしか Sensitive Pornograph by: Sakura Ashika Magazine Magazine/June Comics BL/1 vol |
生意気。 by: 鹿乃 しうこ I'm Not Your Stepping Stone by Shiuko Kano Magazine Magazine/June Comics BL/1 vol |
Keep this between the two of us but Sakura Ashika she does mainstream manga. Had to mention that as she is one of my favorite artists. No one does loli-bunnies and big-boobed meganekko like Sakura Ashika.
If you can find info on Stepping Stone, send it on over.
I see that BroBooks has posted cover art for a couple spring releases, so I guess that means I can finally share what I know with you.
Actually I don't know a thing. If I shared with you what I got from BroBooks before NYCC officially started, I'd be hurt big time Yoki, Koto, Kiku style. Well, that's not true, I know for a fact that the World of Disgaea book is possibly one of the finest productions of a video game character guide/mook I have seen in the west. With its hardcover and extras this thing is right up there with some of the better Japanese game mooks. Nothing compares with the Shinseisha Street Fighter Collections but this is a looker (expect a Disgaea only podcast soon). I got to make sure the Prinnys do not hang around it, don't want to see it blown up accidentally.
I got to sit down with Broccoli Editor/Producer Dietrich Seto at NYCC on Thrusday. We did the MangaBio thing, Dietrich is more of an anime fan than a manga fiend but he knows enough to hold his own. We didn't go into too much detail about Boysenberry... We both took a red-eye into NY earlier that day and BL was not really on our minds. But we did talk about vinyl figures... Listen to it here:
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And after you listen to me and Dietrich jet lag in stereo pre-order the following books okay. Do it or who knows what the FoxGirl will do!?
Actually I don't know a thing. If I shared with you what I got from BroBooks before NYCC officially started, I'd be hurt big time Yoki, Koto, Kiku style. Well, that's not true, I know for a fact that the World of Disgaea book is possibly one of the finest productions of a video game character guide/mook I have seen in the west. With its hardcover and extras this thing is right up there with some of the better Japanese game mooks. Nothing compares with the Shinseisha Street Fighter Collections but this is a looker (expect a Disgaea only podcast soon). I got to make sure the Prinnys do not hang around it, don't want to see it blown up accidentally.
I got to sit down with Broccoli Editor/Producer Dietrich Seto at NYCC on Thrusday. We did the MangaBio thing, Dietrich is more of an anime fan than a manga fiend but he knows enough to hold his own. We didn't go into too much detail about Boysenberry... We both took a red-eye into NY earlier that day and BL was not really on our minds. But we did talk about vinyl figures... Listen to it here:
And after you listen to me and Dietrich jet lag in stereo pre-order the following books okay. Do it or who knows what the FoxGirl will do!?
Dear MangaCast,
The year is going so by so fast already! Spring is almost here!
This spring looks to be an exciting one for us as we launch several new titles – Murder Princes, Kon Kon Kokon, and Coyote Ragtime Show!
We’re also gearing up for the convention season. We’ll be attending the upcoming Sakura-Con and Los Angeles Times Festival of Books. Stay tuned for several exciting announcements from Broccoli Books as we kick off spring!
Kon Kon Kokon: Volume 1 (of 2+)
Written and illustrated by: Koge Donbo
Release date: 06/13/2007
ISBN-13: 978-1-59741-065-6
Format: Trade Paper
Trim Size: 5 x 7
Age Range: 10 & up
Page Count: 224
US Price: $9.99
Description
Ren just wants to be one of the cool kids, but it doesn’t help that secretly he’s just a nerdy monster fanatic. That is, until a young girl named Kokon shows up. She claims to be a fox that he had helped years ago and now she wants to return the favor. With the fox girl Kokon by his side, will Ren be able to become the most popular kid in school?
Coyote Ragtime Show: Volume 1
Story by: ufotable
Illustrated by: tartan check
ISBN-13: 978-1-59741-155-4
Format: Trade Paper
Trim Size: 5 x 7
Age Range: 13 & up
Page Count: 208
Insert/Illus.: Color and B&W illustrations
US Price: $9.99
Description
In 7 days planet Graceland is about to be destroyed. The planet, locked in a vicious civil war, has been threatened with termination by the Milky Way Federation.
But hidden somewhere on the planet is an immense fortune placed there by the deceased Pirate King Bruce . Bruce bequeathed the fortune to his young daughter Franka, but she’s not the only one looking for the treasure.
Now a race is on. Bruce’s daughter Franka along with the space pirate Mister and his band of coyotes must battle against the 12 SISTERs led by Madame Marciano. With only 7 days left it’s going to be one explosive treasure hunt.
To get information on our current and upcoming releases, please check out our official website – BroccoliBooks.com for more information!
http://www.broccolibooks.com
Previews... AHHHH!
I have done it. I lost my Palm PDA in New York and I replaced it with a Treo, which means I am now tethered to the net all the time. No way in hell am I sharing my phone number with you all but I will share the fruits of this new relationship... More time for previews!!
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Category: Freaks #3 - Preview
DrMaster - Jan, 2007
by: Gokurakuin Sakurako
The battle against Hainuwele and her salacious spawn rages on as Asagi and his crew struggle to help a young woman save her brother, who was reborn as a flesh doll freak, from the beautiful but deadly black freaks. Elsewhere, Hainuwele bides her time in a provisional lair in a dark corner somewhere in the sprawling expanse that is Tokyo as she recovers from her last scrap with the Stand. Later, a brief lull in the war against the freaks provides Asagi time for a much needed rest, and Izumi the opportunity to entertain the others (and us!) with a haunting, but illuminating, tale from the past. Ever wonder how and when the Stand came to be? The only way to find out is to pick up this action-packed third installment of Category: Freaks.
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Times of Botchan #3 - Preview
Fanfare - Feb, 2007
by: Taniguchi Jiro
The Meija Era (1868-1912) was probably the most defining period in Japanese history. It was a time of massive change from the more traditional; Takugawa era to a positioning of Japan in the modern world. Contemporary writer, Soseki Natsume, suffered due to all the social and cultural changes and expressed his feelings through his character Botchan, a classic in the vein of Mark Twain or Charles Dickens. This massive work over 10 volumes could, in other hands, have been but an informed text book. However, the solid script by Sekigawa explores the period through an adult story whilst the art by Taniguchi portrays the material with exquisite and elegant detail. An internationally renowned work finally becoming available in English.
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MAIL #3 - Preview
Dark Horse - March 14, 2007
Story by: Yamasaki Housui
Private detective Reiji Akiba has a theory about those awkward moments and weird coincidences we all encounter in life. They are actually encounters with the dead-their way of sending us a message. But you may not want to open such strange mail from beyond-not unless you can see the ghostly attachment, like Akiba can. And not unless you carry a tool that can kill what isn't alive, like Akiba's sanctified gun Kagutsuchi . . . digging a divine grave to lay to rest the evil dead!
Volume Three opens with Detective Akiba taking a trip down memory lane, to his childhood, when as a young blind boy, he befriended a little girl in the woods near his house. In "Un-notifying," Detective Akiba must help a young woman terrorized by the ghost of a lonely girl whose lifeline to the world of the living is an old cell phone.
? Note this is the final installment of Mail, but Akiba's adventures continue in two months, when he crosses over to appear in The Kurosagi Corpse Delivery Service Vol. 4!
I have done it. I lost my Palm PDA in New York and I replaced it with a Treo, which means I am now tethered to the net all the time. No way in hell am I sharing my phone number with you all but I will share the fruits of this new relationship... More time for previews!!
DrMaster - Jan, 2007
by: Gokurakuin Sakurako
The battle against Hainuwele and her salacious spawn rages on as Asagi and his crew struggle to help a young woman save her brother, who was reborn as a flesh doll freak, from the beautiful but deadly black freaks. Elsewhere, Hainuwele bides her time in a provisional lair in a dark corner somewhere in the sprawling expanse that is Tokyo as she recovers from her last scrap with the Stand. Later, a brief lull in the war against the freaks provides Asagi time for a much needed rest, and Izumi the opportunity to entertain the others (and us!) with a haunting, but illuminating, tale from the past. Ever wonder how and when the Stand came to be? The only way to find out is to pick up this action-packed third installment of Category: Freaks.
Fanfare - Feb, 2007
by: Taniguchi Jiro
The Meija Era (1868-1912) was probably the most defining period in Japanese history. It was a time of massive change from the more traditional; Takugawa era to a positioning of Japan in the modern world. Contemporary writer, Soseki Natsume, suffered due to all the social and cultural changes and expressed his feelings through his character Botchan, a classic in the vein of Mark Twain or Charles Dickens. This massive work over 10 volumes could, in other hands, have been but an informed text book. However, the solid script by Sekigawa explores the period through an adult story whilst the art by Taniguchi portrays the material with exquisite and elegant detail. An internationally renowned work finally becoming available in English.
Dark Horse - March 14, 2007
Story by: Yamasaki Housui
Private detective Reiji Akiba has a theory about those awkward moments and weird coincidences we all encounter in life. They are actually encounters with the dead-their way of sending us a message. But you may not want to open such strange mail from beyond-not unless you can see the ghostly attachment, like Akiba can. And not unless you carry a tool that can kill what isn't alive, like Akiba's sanctified gun Kagutsuchi . . . digging a divine grave to lay to rest the evil dead!
Volume Three opens with Detective Akiba taking a trip down memory lane, to his childhood, when as a young blind boy, he befriended a little girl in the woods near his house. In "Un-notifying," Detective Akiba must help a young woman terrorized by the ghost of a lonely girl whose lifeline to the world of the living is an old cell phone.
? Note this is the final installment of Mail, but Akiba's adventures continue in two months, when he crosses over to appear in The Kurosagi Corpse Delivery Service Vol. 4!
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