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Tanoshimi
Tanoshimi was the United Kingdom arm of US publisher Random House and was responsible for the publication of their English Language, English-language manga titles. Its relationship with Random House was the same as Del Rey Manga, Del Rey, which released the same Manga titles for its parent company in the United States. The company came into existence in June 2006, and has since released ten new Manga titles and over 50 books into the UK market. Since 2009 Tanoshimi no longer licenses manga volumes for distribution in the United Kingdom. To continue to follow manga volumes previously released by Tanoshimi, imports could be made from Del Rey in the United States. With the closure of Del Rey, ongoing titles (such as Negima) are now being published by Kodansha USA under the Kodansha Comics imprint. Titles * Air Gear - ''(January 2007)'' * Basilisk: The Kouga Ninja Scrolls, Basilisk - ''(August 2006)'' * Free Collars Kingdom - ''(January 2007)'' * Ghost Hunt (novel series), Ghost Hunt ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Free Collars Kingdom
is a Japanese manga series written and illustrated by Fujima Takuya. The individual chapters were serialized in ''Magazine Z'', and compiled into three ''tankōbon'' volumes released by Kodansha from February 2003 to March 2004. Set in Ikebukuro, Japan, the series revolves around the struggle of two Feral, stray cat groups. Cyan, a young newly abandoned cat, joins one of them, the Free Collars. Each cat has two appearances; to humans, they appear as normal cats, but to other cats, they appear as Catgirl (anime and manga), catboys and catgirls. Each cat has their own attack, and some carry weapons. While drawing the series, Fujima changed his art style from one used previously, though he was asked to use his original styling. He also noted that the series was different from his other works, and was unsure of how the audience would respond to it. ''Free Collars Kingdom'' is licensed for English language release in the United States by Del Rey Manga, Del Rey, which released the ser ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Othello (Satomi Ikezawa Manga)
is a ''shōjo'' manga series by Satomi Ikezawa. It was originally serialized by Kodansha in ''Bessatsu Friend'' and collected in seven ''tankōbon'' volumes. It is distributed by Del Rey Manga in North America. The story is about a shy, naive Japanese teenager with a split personality. The manga is titled after the board game Othello, and not the Shakespearian play. The game involves a lot of switching back and forth between black and white pieces, representing Yaya and Nana's constant flip-flop. Plot Yaya is a shy, quiet teen with a passion for singing, Japanese rock music, Gothic Lolita, cosplay and music in general. But she has a secret: When she looks in a mirror or hits her head, Yaya's second personality, aptly named Nana, takes over her body and puts the wrong-doers in their places, shouting her catchphrase "Heavenly Punishment!" and once the damage is dealt, "Justice is done!" The series chronicles Yaya and Nana's somewhat episodic adventures against bullies, perver ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Guru Guru Pon-chan
is a Japanese manga series by Satomi Ikezawa about a Labrador puppy, named Ponta, who turns into a human and falls in love with Mirai Iwaki, who's very popular in his school. In 2000, it won the Kodansha Manga Award for shōjo. It was published in the United States by Del Rey Manga. Plot Ponta, the Koizumi family's labrador retriever puppy one day eats the 'talking bone' that the grandfather invented to allow an animal who licks it the power of speech. Instead of just being able to talk however, she transforms into a human girl. When she rushes out into traffic as a girl, she is saved by the most popular boy at school and falls in love with him. To be near him she enrolls in school and tries to learn how to live as a human. Characters * Ponta Koizumi — The lead character of the series. Grandpa Koizumi's invention transformed her from a puppy into a small child. * Mirai Iwaki — A popular and attractive boy at school. * Go Fujinaga — A boy who loves animals and is at ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
School Rumble
is a Japanese ''shōnen'' manga series written and illustrated by Jin Kobayashi. First serialized in ''Weekly Shōnen Magazine'' from October 22, 2002 to July 23, 2008, all 345 chapters were later collected in 22 ''tankōbon'' volumes by Kodansha. ''Magazine Special'' published ''School Rumble Z'' monthly from August 20, 2008 to May 20, 2009. A romance comedy centering on relationships between Japanese high school students, ''School Rumble'' focuses on a love triangle involving the series' two protagonists, Tenma Tsukamoto and Kenji Harima, and one of their classmates, Oji Karasuma. The series often discards realism in favor of comedic effect. ''School Rumble''s popularity has resulted in its adaptation into multiple forms of media. TV Tokyo broadcast a 26-episode anime program between October 2004 and April 2005. In December 2005, a two-part original video animation (OVA) entitled ''School Rumble: Extra Class'' was released. A second season, ''School Rumble: 2nd Sem ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Ghost Hunt (novel Series)
, originally titled , is a light novel series written by Fuyumi Ono. It follows the adventures of Shibuya Psychic Research as they investigate mysterious occurrences all over Japan with a team of other spiritualists and clever assistants. Although the last novel was published in 1994, the story was left incomplete. The novels were adapted into a radio drama for ''Akuryō Series'' in 1997. A manga adaptation written and illustrated by Shiho Inada began serialization in ''Nakayoshi'' in the July 7, 1998 issue and ended on the September 30, 2010 issue. The individual chapters have been collected and published in twelve ''tankōbon'' volumes by Kodansha. It is licensed for English-language release, under the name ''Ghost Hunt'' in North America by Del Rey Manga and in the United Kingdom by Tanoshimi. An anime television series adaptation of the manga was animated by J.C.Staff and premiered on October 3, 2006 in Japan on TV Tokyo where it ran for twenty-five episodes until its c ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Magister Negi Magi
''Negima! Magister Negi Magi'', known in Japan as , is a Japanese manga series written and illustrated by Ken Akamatsu. It was serialized in Kodansha's ''Weekly Shōnen Magazine'' from February 2003 to March 2012, with its chapters collected into 38 ''tankōbon'' volumes. ''Negima!'' was adapted into a 26-episode anime television series produced by Xebec that was broadcast on TV Tokyo from January to June 2005. A second 26-episode series produced by Shaft titled ''Negima!?'', which is alternate retelling, was broadcast on TV Tokyo from October 2006 to March 2007. In addition, four different sets of original video animations, an anime film and a live-action television series have also been produced. In North America, the manga was licensed for English language release by Del Rey Manga and later by Kodansha USA. In the UK the first sixteen volumes were published by Tanoshimi. Both anime and the second OVAs were licensed by Funimation. Sentai Filmworks re-licensed the se ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Mamotte! Lollipop
is a Japanese shōjo manga series written and illustrated by . It was serialized in the magazine ''Nakayoshi'' and published by Kodansha in Japan between February 2003 and July 2005. The story revolves around female protagonist Nina Yamada, a seventh grader who accidentally swallows the Crystal Pearl thinking it was candy. The pearl is the goal of a sorcery examination where the students must retrieve it to pass. But since Nina has swallowed the pearl, she is now the target. Two of the examinees decide to protect her from the other students while they work on a potion to extract the pearl from Nina. In 2006, ''Mamotte! Lollipop'' was adapted into a thirteen episode anime television series by Marvelous Entertainment and Sunshine Corporation under the direction of . The anime series aired between July 1 and September 2006 on Kumamoto Asahi Broadcasting, KAB. In 2009, Funimation dubbed the anime under the name ''Save Me! Lollipop''. Plot Nina Yamada is a seventh grade student ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Manga
Manga (Japanese: 漫画 ) are comics or graphic novels originating from Japan. Most manga conform to a style developed in Japan in the late 19th century, and the form has a long prehistory in earlier Japanese art. The term ''manga'' is used in Japan to refer to both comics and cartooning. Outside of Japan, the word is typically used to refer to comics originally published in the country. In Japan, people of all ages and walks of life read manga. The medium includes works in a broad range of genres: action, adventure, business and commerce, comedy, detective, drama, historical, horror, mystery, romance, science fiction and fantasy, erotica ('' hentai'' and ''ecchi''), sports and games, and suspense, among others. Many manga are translated into other languages. Since the 1950s, manga has become an increasingly major part of the Japanese publishing industry. By 1995, the manga market in Japan was valued at (), with annual sales of 1.9billion manga books and manga magazi ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Del Rey Manga
Del Rey Manga was the manga-publishing imprint of Del Rey Books, a branch of Ballantine Books, which in turn is part of Random House, the publishing division of Bertelsmann. History Del Rey Manga was formed as part of a cross-publishing relationship with Japanese publisher Kodansha. Some of the Del Rey titles, such as ''Tsubasa Chronicle'' and '' xxxHolic'', are published in the United Kingdom by Tanoshimi. Tricia Narwani, the editor of Del Rey, stated that "Del Rey finds most of its talent through conventions and existing professional contacts". In October 2010, Kodansha and Random House announced that the US division of Kodansha, Kodansha USA, will take over publishing over all Del Rey Manga titles as well as their own manga, starting on December 1. Random House will act as the sales and marketing distributor. Titles Del Rey made its debut in May 2004 with four manga titles: * '' Mobile Suit Gundam Seed'' (''Kidō Senshi Gundam SEED'') - by Masatsugu Iwase * ''Negima! ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Manga Distributors
This article lists distributors of manga in various markets worldwide. Chinese Traditional Chinese *Daran Comics (defunct) (Taiwan) * Kadokawa Comics Taiwan (Taiwan) *Tong Li Comics (Taiwan) *Ever Glory Publishing (Taiwan) * Sharp Point Publishing (Taiwan) * King Comics Hong Kong (Hong Kong) * Culturecom Comics (Hong Kong) * Jade Dynasty (Hong Kong) *Jonesky (Hong Kong) * Kwong's Creations Co Ltd * Rightman Publishing Ltd Simplified Chinese * ChuangYi Publishing (Singapore) * WitiComics (Hong Kong) Czech *CREW Dutch * Glenat * Kana * Xtra English *ADV Manga (defunct) * Aurora Publishing (online series delisted) * Blast Books * Broccoli Books (defunct) *Chuang Yi (defunct) * CMX (defunct) *ComicsOne (defunct) *CPM Manga (defunct) *Cross Infinite World *Dark Horse Comics *Del Rey Manga (defunct) * Denpa *DH Publishing *Digital Manga *DramaQueen *Drawn & Quarterly *DrMaster *eigoMANGA *Go! Comi *J-Novel Club *Kaiten Books *Kodansha Comics *Madman Entertainment *Netcomics ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Comic Book Publishing Companies Of The United Kingdom
a medium used to express ideas with images, often combined with text or other visual information. It typically the form of a sequence of panels of images. Textual devices such as speech balloons, captions, and onomatopoeia can indicate dialogue, narration, sound effects, or other information. There is no consensus amongst theorists and historians on a definition of comics; some emphasize the combination of images and text, some sequentiality or other image relations, and others historical aspects such as mass reproduction or the use of recurring characters. Cartooning and other forms of illustration are the most common image-making means in comics; '' fumetti'' is a form that uses photographic images. Common forms include comic strips, editorial and gag cartoons, and comic books. Since the late 20th century, bound volumes such as graphic novels, comic albums, and ' have become increasingly common, while online webcomics have proliferated in the 21st century. The history ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
