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...HarperCollins. The 11-to-21-year-old market is huge, says CEO Jane Friedman, who predicts steady growth for the category. The Princess Diaries' Meg Cabot will publish Avalon High next spring; additional young-adult titles will follow. In January, Simon & Schuster expanded its partnership with San Francisco--based Viz Media, a top publisher that licenses manga from Japanese publishers Shueisha and Shogakukan. Random House just launched its second label, Tanoshimi. And Canadian Harlequin will launch Ginger Blossom, romance story lines in manga, in September...
Style aside, Viz Media contends that true manga is made only in Japan--which isn't surprising, since Viz has access to Japanese titles. Tokyopop CEO Stu Levy disagrees: "Manga is like hip-hop. It's a lifestyle. To say that you can't draw it because you don't have the DNA is just silly...
...VIZ GHOST IN THE SHELL 2-ANI-MANGA By Shirow Masamune The definitive 4-volume, full color boxed set inspired by the hit anime film about the struggle between humans and cyborgs to coexist with each other in a wildly futuristic Earth. (April...
...HUNTER X HUNTER By Yoshihiro Togashi Launching VIZ's new SHONEN JUMP ADVANCED imprint that will offer manga titles to older teens and young adults, HUNTER X HUNTER tells the fantastic adventure story of a young boy who trains to become a master monster hunter. (April...
...Though better than having nothing, it is unfortunate that VIZ has not put more care into the packaging of "Karma" and its related books. Bizarrely, they released volume two first, at a larger format and higher price point than the others. Then came volume one, three and four respectively. (They plan on reprinting volume two at the same size and price as the others.) Printed as paperbacks with an ugly cover design, none of the volumes can be distinguished from the others except by careful examination of the subtitle and the numeral on the spine. Furthermore, without the promise...