More from AX

As always, Irresponsible Pictures should be your first stop, as Pata is actually there. If you’re just looking for the list of new licenses, check Manganews.

Tokyopop: The AnimeOnDVD report gives a list of newly licensed manga:

“Nosats” Junkie
Soul Rescue
Kilala Princess
Wild Adaptor
More of Somedays Dreamer
Gakuen Heaven
Sex Pistols (tentative title)

David Taylor has some of the covers up at Love Manga. But the big news at this panel is that Tokyopop is picking up three of ADV’s titles, Tactics, Peace Maker Kurogane, and Aqua. Here’s David:

Clarification is already appearing on the AoD forums with the ever helpful Peter Ahlstrom stating that the Peace Maker Kurogane will start with the original 5 volume series that ADV never published and the assumption is that they will then move onto the ADV Manga’s release and finish it too.

Needless to say, the folks at the ANN forums are going to town on this one. At MangaCast, Ed Chavez is ahead of the game and also has cover scans for the ADV titles. LJ posters maiteoida and helen_keeble, clearly fans of these series, have some insights as well.

Digital Manga: Pata has the hot skinny: Only one new title announced, but it’s a doozie, Vampire Hunter D. And here’s a twist: It’s being released in English first, then Japanese.

Del Rey: Sakura of AoD filed a straightforward report, while Pata feels free to editorialize a bit:

Dallas Middaugh is a fun guy, but Del Rey’s presence at AX was something of a non-panel panel as most of the announcements were for releases on upcoming series and licenses that were already known.

It sounds like they were playing things close to the vest, but this was interesting:

However, two things were very clearly answered: (1) they won’t do anime, ever, cuz it’s freaking RANDOM HOUSE and they do BOOKS thankyouverymuch; and (2) there are actually 2 original series in the works, as soon as they finish working out the contracts with the creators.

Dark Horse: The room must have been pretty empty because Pata is the only one reporting on it, and everyone else is quoting him. Here’s Pata’s new titles report:

Dame Dame Saito Nikki, a parodical work that looks at the strangeness of American fandom through a Japanese manga-ka’s eyes, and Satsuma Gishiden, a classic samurai work that Horn touted as their “manliest title yet.” Also look forward to the Samurai Champloo Roman Album, a guidebook to the popular anime series.

Bandai: Ed has the scoop on their one new title (bringing the line up to three): Witchblade.

Go!Comi: No news here—they made their announcements earlier—but Ed has plot summaries along with the covers.

For more, or to read about anime, check the panel reports at Anime on DVD.