It’s Previews time, and I thought I’d go through and see what new manga, manhwa, and manga-esque titles were debuting in December. There are lots of them, particularly from Tokyopop.
Dark Horse has Blood: The Last Vampire – Night of the Beasts, by Mamoru Oshii ($8.95), another entry in the manga-to-novel wave. There’s also Gunrave Anime Manga, based on the anime created by Yasuhiro Nightow ($14.95), and Space Pinchy: Pleased Ta Meetya, by Tony Takezaki ($3.95).
Moon Child, by Shimizu Reiko, debuts at CMX ($9.99). Del Rey launches Pastel, by Tashihiko Kobayashi ($10.95). Digital Manga Publishing rolls out another yaoi title, Beyond My Touch, by Tomo Maeda ($12.95). Raina Telgemeier’s adaptation of Ann M. Martin’s The Baby-Sitters Club arrives from Graphix ($16.99).
Ice Kunion has two new manhwa titles: Cynical Orange by Yun JiUn ($10.95), and One Thousand & One Nights, story by Jeon JinSeok and art by Han SeungHee ($10.95). Viz publishes the first volume of Taeko Watanabe’s Kaze Hikaru, which is being serialized in Shojo Beat.
And lastly, Tokyopop. I’m going to have to just list these:
- Juror 13, by D.J. Milky and Makoto Nakatsuka, $9.99
- Roadsong, by Allan Gross and Joanna Estep, $9.99
- Sea Princess Azuri, by Erica Reis, $4.99
- Idiotz, by Gary Greenfield, John and Jason Waltrip, $9.99
- Yonen Buzz, by Christina Plaka, $9.99
- Dragon Head, by Minetaro Mochizuki, $9.99
- Flower of Eden, by Yuki Suetsugu, $9.99
- Dazzle, by Minari Endo, $9.99
- Sengoku Nights, by Kaoru Ohashi and Kei Kusunoki, $9.99
- Smuggler, by Shohei Manabe, $9.99
- Ultra Cute, by Nami Akimoto, $9.99
- Chicken Little Cine-Manga, based on the Disney Film, $7.99
That’s a lot of new product.
Update: As Mely predicted, Flower of Eden has been pulled by Tokyopop. Details are available at Love Manga.