Planning ahead

Running out of stuff to read? Ed Chavez at Anime on DVD has been keeping busy at NYCC, jotting down announcements of new releases (and adding a bit of commentary). Check the blog, because a lot of them are already out there, but here are the new titles:

Tokyopop:

Manhwa
Recast by hui kye
Queens
Peppermint

Manga
Welcome to the NHK
My Hime
Bus Gamer

BLU Manga
Black Knight from Tsurugi Kai
Junjo Romantica by Nakamura Shungiku
Gerard et Jacques from Yoshinaga Fumi (Antique Bakery)

BeBeautiful:

Casino Lily, by Niita Youka
Renai a la Carte, by Minami Haruka
HanaIro Virgin Soil, by Minami Haruka

Viz:

Viz Signature: Drifting Classroom, by Umezu Kazuo
Shonen Jump: Busou Renkin, by Watsuki Nobuhiro, 9 vols

AoD also reports that CMX has picked up The Recipe for Gertrude, The Empty Empire, Omakue Desu and Emma. And this:

In non-related but amusing news, CMX has also apparently acquired the rights to Megatokyo from Dark Horse, making them the billionth company to handle publishing the title.

ADV has acquired the rights to Sugar: A Little Snow Fairy and manga from the Lime studio.

Manganews has a list of new Tokyopop titles which have appeared on Amazon.com (not on the Tokyopop website):

Because I’m the Goddess by Shamuneko
Bird Kiss (manwha) by Eun Ah Park
Genju no Seiza by Matsuri Akino
Grenadier by Sousuke Kaise
Hoshi no Koe by Mizu Sahara
Peach Girl: Sae’s Story (Ura Peach Girl) by Miwa Ueda
Saver (manwha) by Eun-Young Lee
Zyword by by Tamayo Akiyama

Also, Viz has acquired Law of Ueki.

For those who are more interested in next week than next summer, David Welsh lists the new series debuting in March, along with a bit of commentary.

About Brigid Alverson

Brigid Alverson has been reading comics since she was 4. After earning an MFA in printmaking, she headed to New York to become a famous artist but ended up working with words instead of pictures, first as a book editor and later as a newspaper reporter. She started MangaBlog to keep track of her daughters’ reading habits and now covers manga, comics and graphic novels as a freelancer for School Library Journal, Publishers Weekly Comics Week, Comic Book Resources, the Barnes & Noble Sci-Fi & Fantasy Blog, and Robot 6. She also edits the Good Comics for Kids blog at School Library Journal. Now settled in the outskirts of Boston, Brigid is married to a physicist and has two daughters.
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