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[TXC]

Shigatsu wa Kimi no Uso looks interesting.

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Jmanga.com Lists New Releases, Requests International Feedback

JManga.com, a platform for reading legal manga online, listed 14 more manga releases on Tuesday. In addition to continuing series, the new releases include several Harlequin romance novel adaptations, as well as Love My Life, a yuri title published in association with ALC Publishing.

• Girlfriends Vol. 2 by Milk Morinaga
• The Perfect Girlfriend Vol. 2 by Wataru Akiduki
• Morita-san wa Mukuchi Vol. 4 by Tae Sano
• LOVE MY LIFE Vol. 1 by Ebine Yamaji
• Cousin Vol. 1 by Ryo Ikuemi
• BROCKEN BLOOD Vol. 1-3 by Etorouji Shiono
• Daniel and Daughter by Mayu Takayama and Lucy Gordon
• The Celebrity Doctor's Proposal by Masami Hoshino and Sarah Morgan
• Million Dollar Men Vol. 1-3 by Kanako Uesugi and Leanne Banks
• The Seduction Bid by Kazuko Fujita and Amanda Browning
• Angus's Lost Lady by Kazuko Fujita and Marie Ferrarella
• In the Arms of the Seikh by Kaori Himeki and Sophie Weston
• Backwards Honeymoon by Ritsuka Amane and Leigh Michaels
• Blue Moon Bride by Kako Ito and Renee Roszel

JManga.com is currently only available in North America, however a post on the company's official Twitter feed stated, "If you would like to make #JManga available worldwide, RT, like, or reply to this post!" No other details on plans to make the site available worldwide were immediately available.

Source: http://www.animenewsnetwork.com/news...ional-feedback

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JManga.com, a platform for reading legal manga online, listed 14 more manga releases on Tuesday. In addition to continuing series, the new releases include several Harlequin romance novel adaptations, as well as Love My Life, a yuri title published in association with ALC Publishing.

• Girlfriends Vol. 2 by Milk Morinaga
• The Perfect Girlfriend Vol. 2 by Wataru Akiduki
• Morita-san wa Mukuchi Vol. 4 by Tae Sano
• LOVE MY LIFE Vol. 1 by Ebine Yamaji
• Cousin Vol. 1 by Ryo Ikuemi
• BROCKEN BLOOD Vol. 1-3 by Etorouji Shiono
• Daniel and Daughter by Mayu Takayama and Lucy Gordon
• The Celebrity Doctor's Proposal by Masami Hoshino and Sarah Morgan
• Million Dollar Men Vol. 1-3 by Kanako Uesugi and Leanne Banks
• The Seduction Bid by Kazuko Fujita and Amanda Browning
• Angus's Lost Lady by Kazuko Fujita and Marie Ferrarella
• In the Arms of the Seikh by Kaori Himeki and Sophie Weston
• Backwards Honeymoon by Ritsuka Amane and Leigh Michaels
• Blue Moon Bride by Kako Ito and Renee Roszel

JManga.com is currently only available in North America, however a post on the company's official Twitter feed stated, "If you would like to make #JManga available worldwide, RT, like, or reply to this post!" No other details on plans to make the site available worldwide were immediately available.

New titles aside, I guess this is a good sign for international manga fans when the company itself asks for their feedback.

Here's the Twitter link: https://twitter.com/#!/JManga_offici...41141929263104

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And since I can't browse the website for being non-American, do they have any Viz titles?

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I have also posted this news here

Anyway, it seems, that JManga published till now only Yuri-, Josei- and Shojo-Mangas. Or I´m wrong ?

If not, then they should just add some Shounen-/Seinen-Mangas. They could also add some Manhwa/Manhaus^^

[Kaiten]

JManga sucks. The industry really dropped the ball on that one. Trying to get 30 competitors to cooperate was a beautiful idea but never realistic.

[Asarii]

I have also posted this news here

I've merged the other thread with this one, and moved your reply over here as well.

Anyway, it seems, that JManga published till now only Yuri-, Josei- and Shojo-Mangas. Or I´m wrong ?

If not, then they should just add some Shounen-/Seinen-Mangas. They could also add some Manhwa/Manhaus^^

If the list is indeed void of shonen, it's weird how they wouldn't include it since it would be a huge popularity booster. It's also silly not to include other places such as Asia or Europe; manga is just as popular there as it is in North America.

JManga sucks. The industry really dropped the ball on that one. Trying to get 30 competitors to cooperate was a beautiful idea but never realistic.

JManga as a concept just seems too idealistic imo. It may work in a selfless, utopian world, but in a capitalist society where companies are trying to outdo the other? Unlikely.

[Kaiten]

Exactly. It's an idea that must have sounded great when they trying to get rid of Onemanga but when it actually came time to pool money.... not so much.

[Aikyet]

Volume 27, is it going to be a thing?

[Kaiten]

Volume 27, is it going to be a thing?

Bastard volume 27 will go on sale March 19.

---------- Post added February 20, 2012 at 01:25 AM ---------- Previous post was February 18, 2012 at 12:51 PM ----------

A new installment of Takahashi Rumiko's (Urusei Yatsura, Ranma 1/2, Inuyasha) short story series "Rumic Theater" will appear in the next issue of Shogakukan's Big Comic Original magazine, on sale March 5. Titled "Yamashii Dekigoto", "The story centers around a man and "a secret he kept from his wife. What was between him and a girlfriend is a faint memory … or should be … but now it has dealt his family a direct blow!?"

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---------- Post added at 11:22 AM ---------- Previous post was at 01:25 AM ----------

Nominees for the 16th Tezuka Cultural Prize:

• I
  By: IGARASHI Mikio
  Serialized In: IKKI
  Publisher: Shogakukan
  Status: 1 Volume, Ongoing
  
  
• Ano Hi kara no Manga
  By: SHIRIAGARI Kotobugi
  Publisher: Enterbrain
  Status: 1 Volume, Complete
  
  
• Sangatsu no Lion
  By: UMINO Chica
  Serialized In: Young Animal
  Publisher: Hakusensha
  Status: 6 Volumes, Ongoing
  
  
• Shingeki no Kyojin
  By: ISAYAMA Hajime
  Serialized In: Bessatsu Shounen Magazine
  Publisher: Kodansha
  Status: 6 Volumes, Ongoing
  
  
• Chihayafuru
  By: SUETSUGU Yuki
  Serialized In: Be Love
  Publisher: Kodansha
  Status: 15 Volumes, Ongoing
  
  
• Historie
  By: IWAAKI Hitoshi
  Serialized In: Afternoon
  Publisher: Kodansha
  Status: 7 Volumes, Ongoing
  
  

This years nominating committee was composed of novelist Atsuko Asano (No. 6), mangaka Keiko Takemiya (Andromeda Stories), Go Nagai (Devilman), manga editor Haruyuki Nakano, and Kyoto Seika University professor Jaqueline Berndt.

Sangetsu no Lion, Chihayafuru, Shingeki no Kyojin, and Historie are all available in English. All are wonderful titles and among the best currently being translated. If anyone needs manga to read look no further.

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For Parisians, the centre pompidou makes a manga cycle at the moment until the end of may.
The anime classics are almost all programmed other much less known too, some documentaries and a few conferences with mangaka.
2500 mangas are available at the library, for those courageous enough to confront the traditional queue of the BPI.

http://www.centrepompidou.fr/Pompido...ionM=2.4.1&L=1

[Kaiten]

Hikaru Nakamura will resume serialization of Saint Young Men in issue 56 of Morning 2, available March 22. She will resume serialization of Arakawa Under the Bridge in issue 8 of Young Gangan, available April 6. Both manga went on hiatus in September, due to Nakamura taking maternity leave.

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"Resident Evil" Manga Debuts in "Weekly Shonen Champion" Magazine

Weekly Shonen Champion isn't quite as well-known in the US as, say, Weekly Jump or Shonen Sunday, but it's still chock-full of awesome shonen action titles--mainly ones that veer a little to the dark side. While Jump has Yu-gi-Oh! with its fun and generally safe-for-all-ages card battles, Champion had Chaosic Rune, with vicious card-monster combat where the bad guys (and oftentimes the good guys) rarely made it out in one piece.

It's in that spirit that Champion brings a new Resident Evil manga (whose one-shot prologue appeared in Capcom's own magazine), Resident Evil: Maruhawa Desire. The series takes place in an island school where a student has mysteriously turned into a zombie, starting an outbreak.
BSAA advisor Doug and his assistant Ricky head to the island to investigate--Chris Redfield and other BSAA members are reported to make appearances as well.

I've always been a fan of Resident Evil, and since I'm still hyped from the recent release of Resident Evil: Revelations, I'd love to see this get a US release. What about you?

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Source: http://www.crunchyroll.com/anime-new...mpion-magazine

[Drmke]

Duuuuuuuuuude.....I wanna read that!! I usually enjoy things that come out of Champion.

[Schabrak]

Who is that Akuma[SF]-like SD character from the cover or what manga is he from?

What would one expect from a RE manga, but being promo for the upcoming games... I hope it has a good plot at least, as I can mindlessly slaughter zombies in video games too. Got to finally try reading Saru Lock by the same author.

[Asarii]

OMG!

As a huge RE fan, I'm stoked for this adaptation. The artwork is beyond gorgeous, and I hope the story will be just as great.

The caption above the title logo says, "New official story!!" meaning this manga will be canon but not based on any game.