NYCC08: Digital Manga Publishing
So we’re starting out with prizes that will be given out at the end of the panel, including copies of Robot, Vampire Hunter D, a Yellow doujinshi by Makoto Tateno, and…a bunch of other stuff. (I didn’t catch it all; i’m a bit distracted because my phone is having malfunctions. I see a copy of the Speed Racer manga up there too but I’m not sure if it’s a prize.)
DMP’s PR gal Rachel and a guy named Eric I’m not familiar with are running the panel, and Speed Racer voice actor Peter Fernandez will be there too…but they’re opening up with 801 Media facts, like the smuttiness points system, which is probably pretty interesting to the parents with kids in the audience. *cough*
Damn, I missed the first title, but Yuki Shimizu’s Ze is next, and they’ve got a lot more on the way. The first one was Mio Tennohji’s Koi wa Aserazu.
More BL, this time Juné’s: Hero Heel 2 and 3 are really truly comin’ out, 3 is Dec. 16, 2008. Love Recipe 2 on June 24th, and they have some copies at the booth, so that’s where I’m going next…
Whoa, whoa, not sure if these are new announcements or not: Romantic Illusions, You Make My Head Spin, Passionate Theory, Sighing Kiss, Vampire’s Portrait, Stop Bullying Me!, Lover’s Pledge, Physical Attraction, Dry Heat, Junior Escort, Sea View, White Brand by Youka Nitta, Intriguing Secrets, Shards of Affection by Duo Brand., and Blue Sheep Reverie.
And finally, DMP, including DMP Platinum. First up, pimping Speed Racer, of course. And here is Speed himself, Peter Fernandez!
Announcement: Swallowing the Earth, a lesser known Osamu Tezuka manga. DMP is also relaunching a bunch of books at a cheaper price of $9.95 (and smaller print size too), starting with Minoru Murao’s Knights. And the Vampire Hunter D creators are at AX, and more announcements next week!
That’s it for announcements; the rest was Fernandez chatting about his history with Speed and other dubs, which was fun but rather hard to keep up with for typing– but I have no doubt that there’ll be a dozen or so interviews with him to link to in the coming future.
Tags: dmp, liveblogging, nycc08
April 19th, 2008 at 11:30 am
Yuki Shimizu’s Ze and Mio Tennohji’s Koi wa Aserazu are new announcements as far as I know; all the others listed have been on Amazon for a couple weeks now. A bunch of good titles in that list to look forward to though.
Many thanks for such super-speedy live updates!
April 19th, 2008 at 11:41 am
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April 19th, 2008 at 7:41 pm
Thank you Gia for keeping us up to date with all that’s happening! It’s really exiting to be able to read a first-hand account like this. :)