Seven Seas Needs No Con For Three New Manga Licenses
It’s a big weekend around North America for anime conventions – Anime North, Fanime, A-Kon – just to name a few. But while some companies are picking and choosing their con(s) of choice, Seven Seas skipped that in between step by announcing several new manga licenses directly on Twitter earlier today:
Devils and Realist - Madoka Takadono & Utako Yukihiro
Dragonar Academy – Shiki Mizuchi & Ran
Strike Witches: Maidens in the Sky – Yuuki Tanaka
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Swag Bag: Biz With Viz, Passion and Perils
It’s been March since the last Swag Bag! Well that won’t do, now will it? While my post about TCAF outlined a bunch of my most recently purchased comics, there’s been lots of manga bought between the last Swag Bag and that post. Because I’m too lazy to go through my bookshelves to find each and every one, let’s take a look at some notables!
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Otaku USA: On The Shelf - May 22, 2013
And now it’s time for this week’s new manga! And last week’s manga! Last week’s On The Shelf article wasn’t posted, but this week’s is up so you can head over to read my thoughts on the new manga released today.
This week’s quick-list below also includes last’s week releases:
07 Ghost (Vol.04) [Amazon CAN, Amazon US, RightStuf]
Disgaea 3: School of Devils (Vol.01) [Amazon CAN, Amazon US, RightStuf]
InuYasha VizBIG (Vol.15) [Amazon CAN, Amazon US, RightStuf]
Jormungand (Vol.11) [Amazon CAN, Amazon US, RightStuf]
Negiho [Amazon CAN, Amazon US, RightStuf]
Neon Genesis Evangelion 3-in-1 (Vol.03) [Amazon CAN, Amazon US, RightStuf]
The Passion of Gengoroh Tagame [Amazon CAN, Amazon US]
Saturn Apartments (Vol.07) [Amazon CAN, Amazon US, RightStuf]
Sunny (Vol.01) [Amazon CAN, Amazon US, RightStuf]
TCAF 2013 Report – Comics, Comics, Everywhere!
Last weekend was the Toronto Comics Art Festival – a “celebration of comics and graphic novels and their creators, which culminates in a two-day exhibition and vendor fair featuring hundreds of comics creators from around the world.”. Summed up, TCAF is an event where comic creators and lovers from around the world come together to celebrate and adore all things comic-related. And it’s wonderful!
This was my third year attending and the show continues to impress, getting bigger and better every time. Thankfully it’s yet to ever waver in the consistency of it’s spirit – this is an event free from the Hollywood and mainstream influence that shadow over comic conventions such as NYCC. Thousands and thousands of people, all crowding (quite calmly and politely) into a library. It’s all about the comics and the creators, and there was no shortage of art to buy and people to talk to.
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Super Savings: Manga for May at Amazon.ca’s Victoria Day Sale
Kansai Club Publishing Launches Kickstarter for Tezuka’s The Crater
Kansai Club Publishing launched their Kickstarter for Osamu Tezuka’s The Crater today. News of the launch initially went out via their Twitter account, while we first heard about this upcoming project when they sent out PR in April.
The new publisher is seeking $3500 for the printing of this collection of Tezuka short stories which it plans to release as 2000 limited edition hardcovers. Each book will also come with special art prints, and other goodies depending on the level of support backing given through the duration of the Kickstarter. The goal is to have the books published by July.
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UPDATE: RightStuf Warns of Boys’ Love Book Seizing at Canada Customs
RightStuf has updated their warning about the series Bond of Dreams, Bonds of Love:
Note: We cannot ship this item to Canadian addresses, and it likely will be seized by Customs if ordered.
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PictureBox Inc Releasing Massive Bara Anthology in Spring 2014
This past weekend’s Toronto Comics Art Festival had comics, comics and more comics, and also managed to slip in some manga industry news from attending publisher, Picture Box Inc. The company announced they’ll be releasing a new anthology of gay erotic manga called Massive: Gay Erotic Manga And The Men Who Make It. The book is planned for Spring 2014.
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Otaku USA: On The Shelf – May 8, 2013
Oops on my belated posting of last week’s On The Shelf! But I was at TCAF, so can you blame me? I’ll have some write-ups on my recent trip there later this week. You can read my thoughts on last week’s new manga by checking out On The Shelf for May 8, 2013 with this week’s new manga coming soon!
Bakuman (Vol.19) [Amazon CAN, Amazon US, RightStuf]
Black Bird (Vol.16) [Amazon CAN, Amazon US, RightStuf]
Bleach 3-in-1 (Vol.05) [Amazon CAN, Amazon US, RightStuf]
Claymore (Vol.22) [Amazon CAN, Amazon US, RightStuf]
Dance in the Vampire Bund (Vol.14) [Amazon CAN, Amazon US, RightStuf]
Dengeki Daisy (Vol.12) [Amazon CAN, Amazon US, RightStuf]
Heroman (Vol.04) [Amazon CAN, Amazon US, RightStuf]
Hunter x Hunter (Vol.30) [Amazon CAN, Amazon US, RightStuf]
La Corda Doro (Vol.17) [Amazon CAN, Amazon US, RightStuf]
Naruto 3-in-1 (Vol.05) [Amazon CAN, Amazon US, RightStuf]
Naruto (Vol.61) [Amazon CAN, Amazon US, RightStuf]
Otomen (Vol.15) [Amazon CAN, Amazon US, RightStuf]
Pokémon Adventures (Vol.16) [Amazon CAN, Amazon US, RightStuf]
Psyren (Vol.10) [Amazon CAN, Amazon US, RightStuf]
Strobe Edge (Vol.04) [Amazon CAN, Amazon US, RightStuf]
Tegami Bachi (Vol.13) [Amazon CAN, Amazon US, RightStuf]
Wandering Son (Vol.04) [Amazon CAN, Amazon US, RightStuf]
We Were There (Vol.16) [Amazon CAN, Amazon US, RightStuf]
Zero’s Familiar Omnibus (Vol.01) [Amazon CAN, Amazon US, RightStuf]
RightStuf Warns of Boys’ Love Book Seizing at Canada Customs
We have ketchup chips, Kinder Eggs and house the fantastic, and recently completed, Toronto Comics Art Festival, but even we here in Canada aren’t perfect. It saddened and concerned me to read this bit of news over the weekend, credit for which goes to Ash on Twitter.
RightStuf has posted the following warning on all four volumes of SuBLime‘s boys’ love series,Bonds of Dream, Bonds of Love by Yaya Sakuragi:
“Note: This item is banned in Canada, and will be seized by Customs if ordered.”
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