Digital Manga is a California-based publishing company that licenses and releases Japanese

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, and related merchandise in the English language. Digital Manga also owns and operates eManga, a

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site for manga and light novels, that publishes books and e-book editions of works from other publishers. The non-publishing division includes Pop Japan Travel (a tour service) and several e-retail sites for books and for import products, including Akadot Retail and Yaoi Club. Since 2011, Digital Manga has utilized

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for funds. The first Kickstarter project was to reprint

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's titles, and the most successful project to be funded was to print the Finder series by Yamane Ayano.

Subdivisions

Digital Manga Publishing

The company has co-published manga with publishing house

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, including '' Berserk'', ''

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'', '' The Ring'', and ''

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''.

Imprints

* The DMP Books imprint is used for general-audience manga. The company prints how-to books on drawing manga, as well as online tutorials and contests, under the "Manga Academy" imprint. * Akadot Retail was the official retail store for Juné and Digital Manga Publishing. The shop imported manga, clothing, figures, magazines, and miscellaneous merchandise from Japan. * Juné is DMP's (male-male romance, also known as boys' love or BL) line of manga, novels, and other related books. Until April 2006, all of DMP's manga bore the DMP label, but starting with ''The Art of Loving'' by Eiki Eiki, a new design was displayed on the dust cover, featuring a white rose beneath Juné's text logo. The imprint was named after the Japanese magazine ''

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'', which in turn was named after

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, particularly the Japanese pronunciation of "Genet" as "Jooneh". Some Juné titles originally published by Taiyoh Tosho or Oakla Publishing are

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with the Japanese publisher, whose logo appears on the spine. As of October 2016, the imprint Juné and the store Akadot joined forces to become a singular shop. The new store, purely under the Juné Manga name, sells all DMI's forms of in both print and digital titles (including 801 Media and Doki Doki titles). * 801 Media is a division of Digital Manga, Inc. and sister company to DMP, formed in 2006 to publish more explicit, uncensored titles. These titles are available on the new Juné website as of October 2016. In June 2016,

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terminated their partnership with Digital Manga Publishing, affecting the release of their titles. * In April 2009, DMP announced the DokiDoki line in cooperation with the Japanese publisher

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, to license (male-male romance) and (girls') manga from Shinshokan's ''

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,'' ''Dear'', and ''

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'' anthologies. The name DokiDoki comes from the

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for a heartbeat in Japanese. * Project-H is the (pornographic) imprint of Digital Manga Inc.'s 801 Media division. It publishes (young adult men's) manga. * Lilyka is Digital Manga Inc.'s (female-female romance) manga imprint, specializing in (self-published) works. The imprint was formed in 2019.

Publications

* '' Don't Rush Love'' * '' L'Etoile Solitaire'' * '' La Satanica'' * ''

Little Cry Baby is a Japanese manga anthology written and illustrated by Keiko Kinoshita. It is licensed in North America by Digital Manga Publishing, which released the manga on 27 June 2007. Reception Leroy Douresseaux, writing for Comic Book Bin, describe ...

'' * ''

Lover's Flat is a Japanese manga written and illustrated by Hyouta Fujiyama. It is licensed in North America by Digital Manga Publishing Digital Manga is a California-based publishing company that licenses and releases Japanese manga, anime, and re ...

'' * '' Our Everlasting'' * ''

Romantic Illusions is a Japanese manga written and illustrated by Reiichi Hiiro. It is licensed in North America by Digital Manga Publishing, which released the manga on 9 September 2008. Reception Briana Lawrence felt that although the concept was interesting, ...

'' * '' The King of Debt'' * ''

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'' * ''

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References

External links

* {{Official website, https://emanga.com/
Official website for Juné

Official website for Lilyka

Official website for Project-H
Companies based in Los Angeles County, California Book publishing companies based in California Manga distributors Gardena, California Publishing companies established in 1996 1996 establishments in California