ANN has reported on the upcoming discontinuation of Young You, a magazine aimed at adult women that has published favorites such as Honey and Clover. ANN has translated the article in full on their site, a snippet of which can be read below:
It has been almost 20 years since “YOUNG YOU” was first published in 1986. As a manga magazine designed for adult women, YOUNG YOU has published close to 350 volumes, including supplemental issues.
Many of the titles that have appeared in YOUNG YOU have been able to earnestly portray fashionable and beautiful stories of women growing up. The magazine has produced many hit series, many of which were made into TV dramas and Anime.
Read the full article!
The English translations of Negima!(volume #7) and Fullmetal Alchemist (volume #3) appeared in USA Today’s top 150 bestselling books chart, based on sales through Oct 02. Not too shabby!
Source: Manga News
Two manga by Yukari Ichijo, Designer and Tadashii Ren’ai no Susume (Advice for Sane Romance) currently have live-action adaptations airing on Japan’s TBS network.
The two series come from very different periods of her career and were created for the same audience, but for very different perdiods in that audience’s life. In 1974 Designer was serialised in Ribbon Magazine, a shoujo magazine geared towards elementary school girls.
Tadashii Ren’ai no Susume was released some twenty years later and was serialised in Young You, a magazine for adult women.
Today Ichijo’s manga are particularly popular with women in their 30s and 40s who have been following her career since they were children and the two TV series are succeding in the afternoon soap-opera slot.
Source: Anime News Network
Rei Mikamoto’s newest horror-mystery manga, Barukirii, starts serialization in Bunkasha Comics Horror-M.
Masanori Mita’s newest manga, Beshari-gurashi, started serialization in the October 3rd issue of Weekly Shounen Jump (Issue 44).
Hotaru Odagiri has a new manga series in Asuka magazine called Uragiri wa Boku no Namae o Shitteiru (Betrayal is Knowing my Name). The first installment was published in the November issue, which went on sale September 24th.
Source: Anime News Network
This seemed relevant, since I’ve reported on Takuhai a few times before (the most recent of which being yesterday):
Tokyopop has changed the name of their Takuhai magazine to Manga Magazine. According to an editorial included in issue #2 this change was made to reflect the fact that the magazine will now be available at bookstores and newsstands. As “Takuhai” means “Home Delivery” it was felt that name was no longer appropriate. The magazine will remain completely free.
Source: Anime News Network
This is a pretty sweet deal!
TOKYOPOP presents the “Win a Nano of TOKYOPOP Manga” contest–this time you can win an iPod Nano loaded with exclusive TOKYOPOP manga pods! All you need to do is share Manga magazine with as many of your friends and loved ones as you can!
An iPod full of manga! (It must be small, I wonder how you can read it! XD) The entry method sounds spamtastic, but the prize sounds great. Check out the press release here!
Rose of Versailles mangaka Ikeda Riyoko recently announced her plans to publish a manga based on the famous novel series Haru no Yuki (by Mishima Yukio). It will begin its print run in Shukan Josei on the 11th of October.
Source: Anime News Network
Tokyopop has confirmed a number of new licenses for English manga they will be publishing in the upcoming seasons. Battle Club, Gacha Gacha, Last Fantasy, Made in Heaven, Neba Giba! and Someday’s Dreamers are the announced titles, as well as some additional non-tankubon publications, such as a DN Angel artbook and Gravitation novel. All are planned for March 2006.
While most of these are relatively obscure titles on this side of the pond, Someday’s Dreamers (pictured at right) was also known as Mahou Tsukai ni Taisetsu na Koto, and the 2003 anime is fairly well-known. I know I’m looking forward to seeing the manga version!
Source: Anime News Network
Anime News Network has written on the new Ishinomori Shoutarou Manga Encyclopedia that will be published this coming winter:
The encyclopedia is a massive undertaking, cataloging and recording 790 titles and hundreds of tankoubon produced by the late Shotaro Ishinomori, creator of works such as Cyborg 009, Kikaider and Masked Rider.
Read the article here.
I was recently linked to a blog that contained reviews in Japanese of hundreds of Volume 1 mangas, with more being added each day!
http://happysad.jugem.jp/
The site contains reviews and ranking as well as links to buy from Amazon.co.jp. It’s a great resource and will surely help you in finding new favorites!
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