NYCC08: License/Announcement Roundup
Con Reports, Features April 20th, 2008Tags: Bandai-Entertainment, cmx, del-rey-manga, dmp, FUNimation, nycc08, TOKYOPOP
My favorite thing I bought at the con: a Gurren Lagann jacket. (My favorite free swag? Tie between Del Rey’s Fairy Tail slap bracelet and Vertical’s Blackjack syringe/pen.)
Okay folks, here it is– all of the new manga/anime licenses and announcements that were made at New York Comic Con (that I picked up, and I may even have some things listed as new that aren’t, so feel free to correct me if so).
801 Media
- Licensed Ze by Yuki Shimizu.
- Licensed Koi wa Aserazu by Mio Tennohji.
Bandai Entertainment:
- Licensed Tengen Toppa Gurren Lagann.
- Licensed Gundam 00.
- Licensed Ghost Slayers Ayakashi manga by Yaeko Ninagawa.
CMX:
- Licensed Classical Medley by Sanae Kana.
- Licensed Astral Project by Marginal.
- Licensed Suihelibe! by Naomi Azuma.
- Licensed Fire Investigator Nanase by author Izo Hashimoto and illustrator Tomoshiya Ishikawa (thanks to Nebs for the creator names).
- Licensed Jihai by Toshimi Nigoshi.
- Licensed Venus Capriccio by Mai Nishikata.
Del Rey Manga:
- Licensed Gakuen Prince by Jun Yuzuki.
- Licensed Samurai 7 by Mizutaka Zuhou, inspired by Akira Kurosawa’s movie.
- Licensed Sayonara Zetsubou Sensei by Kouji Kumeta (!)
- Licensed The Case of the Dragon Slayer novel by Kadano Kouhei.
Digital Manga Publishing:
- Licensed Swallowing the Earth by Osamu Tezuka.
FUNimation:
- No new announcements.
TOKYOPOP
- Licensed the Kyo Kara Maoh! light novels by author Tomo Takabayashi and artist Temari Matsumoto.
VIZ Media:
- Will publish Stan Lee and Hiroyuki Takei’s lovechild ULTIMO, presumably in Shonen Jump; details not released.
- Releasing the Hunter x Hunter anime in season box sets.
- Dragon Ball and Dragon Ball Z are both going to be released in VIZBIG format.
- They’re releasing a new Bobobo-bo Bo-bobo series.
- Black Lagoon is confirmed; first volume due in August.
Yen Press:
- Licensed The Melancholy of Haruhi Suzumiya manga; will also release the novels jointly with Little, Brown Young Adults.
- Licensed Soul Eater by Atsuki Ohkubo; will run in Yen+.
- Licensed Nabari no Ou by Yuki Kamatan; will run in Yen+.
- Licensed Higurashi no Naku Koro ni by Karin Suzuragi and 07th Expansion; will run in Yen+.
- Licensed Bamboo Blade by Masahiro Tohtsuka; will run in Yen+.
- Licensed Sumomomo Momomo by Shinobu Ohtaka; will run in Yen+.
- Licensed man hua Wild Animals by (?); will run in Yen+.
- Yen+’s first issue is coming out July 29th and will be 460 pages; cover price is $8.99 and a 12-issue (1-year) subscription will be $49.97.
Once again, if I missed anything/got something wrong, please feel free to correct in the comments or via e-mail :)
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April 20th, 2008 at 3:25 pm
Yuki Shimizu’s ‘Ze’ & Mio Tennohji’s ‘Koi wa Aserazu’ are two new 801Media titles that were announced at the DMP panel. They were confirmed over at the 801Media forums shortly after.
April 20th, 2008 at 3:32 pm
@Kuri: I KNEW I forgot someone!
April 20th, 2008 at 3:39 pm
@Gia: Hardly a con goes by these days without atleast some new yaoi licenses, right? ;)
April 20th, 2008 at 3:41 pm
@Kuri: Sometimes seems like it!
April 20th, 2008 at 3:46 pm
Oh my God, that jacket…
April 20th, 2008 at 3:57 pm
“Fire Investigator Nanase” is written by Izo Hashimoto & illustrated by Tomoshiya Ishikawa, if you wanted that.
April 20th, 2008 at 3:57 pm
[...] I can never seem to plug Gia’s great blog enough, head over there to see her round-up of the NYCC licenses. Pictured above (in order): Sayonara Zetsubou Sensei (manga), Ze (yaoi), Dragonball Z VIZBig, [...]
April 20th, 2008 at 4:02 pm
@Nebs: Thanks much! ♥
April 20th, 2008 at 5:50 pm
Didn’t Viz announced Hunter x Hunter?
April 20th, 2008 at 6:00 pm
@anon: I don’t believe that’s new. I know they’re out to 19 of the manga and I believe the anime was announced a while ago, just not released yet.
April 20th, 2008 at 7:12 pm
Awesome Gurren Lagann jacket. Seems like a lot of good Licenses Announcements.
YA! Sayonara Zetsubou Sensei!
April 20th, 2008 at 8:15 pm
I knew I should have gone to that Yen Press panel! Higurashi has been on my brain of late and I am amazed that they’re releasing the manga. Thanks for the updates here.
April 20th, 2008 at 8:51 pm
TOTAL JEALOUSNESS OF JACKET
April 20th, 2008 at 10:46 pm
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April 21st, 2008 at 12:38 am
I’m pretty sure the anime is new.
April 21st, 2008 at 11:10 am
[...] has a handy list of new title announcemnts up at her blog, as well as extensive coverage of all the panels. And ComiPress has the mother of [...]
April 21st, 2008 at 12:06 pm
Dark Horse announced GANT, didn’t they? (As opposed to GANTZ, which will be out soon…)
April 21st, 2008 at 4:15 pm
epic con was epiccon
April 22nd, 2008 at 9:38 am
I thought ADV had Gurren Lagann.
holy crap. That means Bandai has more virgins to sacrifice to Sony. :V
April 22nd, 2008 at 9:40 am
@DrmChsr0: That’s exactly what makes this such big news– ADV has fully, formally lost the license they had. Which is pretty unusual for a company that is actively still putting stuff out.