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ComiXology and HarperCollins Publishers announced today the debut of the Warriors Manga iOS App that includes thirteen titles from the Warriors Manga series that will also be available on comiXology – the revolutionary digital comics platform available across the iPhone, iPad, Android, Kindle Fire, Windows 8 and the Web. Warriors’ fans that own an iPad with Retina display will now see more than ever before with comiXology’s high definition file format dubbed CMX-HD!
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Earlier today during this year’s New York Comic Con 2012, Ishimori Production Inc. and comiXology – the revolutionary digital comics platform – announced a digital distribution deal for legendary manga creator Shotaro Ishinomori’s entire catalog. To celebrate, Ishimori and comiXology will be debuting the widely influential Cyborg 009 , Kikaider and Skull Man across comiXology’s entire platform – including iPhone, iPad, Android, Kindle Fire, Windows 8 and the Web.
What would you do if your dad was the devil? VIZ Media plans to address that in the new series, Blue Exorcist.
Deadline is reporting that Lone Wolf and Cub is getting the H’wood treatment and Justin Lin is set to direct.
During a week that everyone is up in arms over a miscommunication from one comic publisher, another firestorm prepares to set the Intardwebz ablaze as Eiichiro Oda’s One Piece gets new issues digitally before arriving in print.
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Manga has arrived! The Dark Horse Digital store now offers a full and ongoing Manga selection featuring Trigun, Crying Freeman, Hellsing, Lady Snowblood, Old Boy and Path of the Assassin. Not only are these titles available digitally, but also the latest version of the Dark Horse Digital app lets you read them in the way Manga was meant to be read…right to left!
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Dark Horse Manga is pleased to bring you a stylish and violent standalone adventure from the award-winning Swiss creator of 365 Samurai, J. P. Kalonji!
Viz media has announced that it is taking Naruto digital and making the manga title a digital day and date release. Everything began with Volume 46 that arrived on Thursday, and each day between now and September 6, 2011 the company will feature a new release leading up to the day-and-date release of Volume 52 on Wednesday next week.
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Japan’s Digital Comic Association, comprised of 39 prominent Japanese
manga publishers, has launched JManga.com, the DCA’s new manga portal
website, in North America. The plan to launch JManga.com was also announced
at a JManga panel and industry release reception held at Comic-Con
International San Diego on July 22nd 2011.
It’s a sad day for Manga fans, as Tokyopop announced it is shutting down its US operations effective May 31, 2011.
TOKYOPOP film and television projects and European operations, including the German publishing program, will not be affected by the Los Angeles office closure. In addition, TOKYOPOP will continue its global rights sales via its office in Hamburg, Germany.
This doesn’t mean you won’t be able to get Manga, there are a plethora of people who illegally download CBR files each and every day, which more than likely helped contribute to this news.
The complete company statement, and a letter from Tokyopop founder Stu Levy, after the jump.
This week on the Major Spoilers Podcast, the crew tries something completely different with Lone Wolf and Cub.
Lone Wolf and Cub Volume 1
Lone Wolf and Cub chronicles the story of Ogami Ittō, the Shogun’s executioner who uses a dōtanuki battle sword. Disgraced by false accusations from the Yagyū clan, he is forced to take the path of the assassin. Along with his three-year-old son, Daigorō, they seek revenge on the Yagyū clan and are known as “Lone Wolf and Cub”.
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While it may have been one of the most visited websites on the planet, One Manga is shutting down due to pressure from publishers who don’t like it that the site was sharing scanlations for free. Like many of the other sites we’ve reported on, when a site gets too big and it is sharing material it hasn’t licenses or paid for, The Man is going to step in.
It pains me to announce that this is the last week of manga reading on One Manga (!!). Manga publishers have recently changed their stance on manga scanlations and made it clear that they no longer approve of it. We have decided to abide by their wishes, and remove all manga content (regardless of licensing status) from the site. The removal of content will happen gradually (so you can at least finish some of the outstanding reading you have), but we expect all content to be gone by early next week (RIP OM July ‘10).
For now it looks like the forums will remain open, but if you want to grab some free and possibly illegal comics, you better do it now.
So what is a manga fan to do if they want English translations of their favorite titles? It’s mighty telling that One Manga is shutting down just in time for Square Enix to announce it is setting up its own manga site. Don’t get too excited, Square Enix will be selling its copies.
Given the increasing popularity of electronic reading formats, Square Enix has decided to take advantage of the online distribution infrastructure originally developed for its games business, along with the company’s existing payment system and online fan communities in order to establish a paid digital distribution channel to better serve the varied needs of its global customers. Square Enix will continue to work with its existing regional publishing licensees to promote both electronic and print versions of titles, while aiming to deter piracy by establishing an official web-based distribution source.
If you are at the San Diego Comic Con, check out the Square Enix booth, and check out the demo.