DrMaster Publications Inc. was an American distributor of manga and

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with offices in the

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, Republic of China and Japan. It was headquartered in Fremont,

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. It began strictly as a printer of manga, and entered the publishing business after taking over most of

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's manga and manhua titles. DrMaster's Publications Inc. went out of business around 2009 and its offices in Fremont are gone. The building was later occupied by Sunesys Telecommunications.

Manga

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'' * '' Hinadori Girl'' * '' Imperfect Hero'' * ''

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Iron Wok Jan is a Japanese manga written and illustrated by Shinji Saijyo. The manga was licensed in English by ComicsOne before the license was transferred to DrMaster. A sequel, ''Iron Wok Jan! R: The Summit Operations'', was also released in Japan ...

'' * '' Maniac Road'' * ''

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'' * '' Tori Koro'' * '' Stellvia'' * ''

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Manhua

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'' * '' Chinese Hero: Tales of the Blood Sword'' * ''

Divine Melody ''Divine Melody'' ( zh, t=仙曲, p=Xiān qǔ) is a Taiwanese manhua comic series written by Yi Huan. It is published in Taiwan by Tong Li Comics and was distributed in English in 2009 by DrMaster. Plot ''Divine Melody'' is the story of Cai Shen ...

'' * '' Feng Shui Academy''

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References

External links

DrMaster English website
Manga distributors Manhua distributors Comic book publishing companies of the United States Companies based in Fremont, California Publishing companies based in the San Francisco Bay Area {{comics-company-stub