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DEL REY TO PUBLISH MANGA
Del Rey Books announced at Comic Can in San Diego, California that it will launch a line of manga titles in conjunction with Kodansha, Japan's leading publisher of manga (a Japanese comic art form). This creative partnership is a direct result of the recent alliance between Random House, Inc. and Kodansha Ltd., Publishers, which was announced in January.
Del Rey will launch with the simultaneous release of four titles in Spring 2004. Each will be the first volume of an individual series—all top Kodansha properties; these will be followed up by eight additional volumes over the next twelve months. The titles will be released as trade paperbacks printed in the traditional Japanese format, reading right to left. The target audience for the program will be readers 13 and older.
"We're terrifically excited about working with Kodansha, and about the potential for expanding the audience for manga," said Betsy Mitchell, VP/Editor-in-Chief for Del Rey. "Our program will mark the first time a major U.S. trade publisher has entered the manga arena. Random House's powerful sales, publicity, and promotional resources will bring manga to greater prominence in several markets that have not yet benefited from its current popularity."
Dallas Middaugh, former sales and marketing director for Viz, has been named as Director of Manga for Del Rey, reporting to Betsy Mitchell. He will oversee acquisitions as well as sales, marketing, and promotional strategies for the program. Widely respected as an expert in selling and marketing manga, Middaugh saw net revenue from manga publishing more than triple during his tenure at Viz.
Cited as the fastest growing category in bookstores today, the graphic novel market has doubled each year for the past two years, leading to an estimated $100 million market today. The vast majority of the growth in the market has been due to the increased popularity of Japanese comics, known as manga.
"We thank Kodansha for working with us to create this new program," said Mitchell. "It's exciting to be able to trade ideas and concepts."
NEW MANGA TITLES ANNOUNCED
(New York, August 28, 2003)--Del Rey Books, an imprint of The Random House Publishing Group, announced two new major Kodansha manga acquisitions today, both geared for release in May of 2004.
TSUBASA: RESERVOIR CHRONICLE and XXXHOLIC are both creations of CLAMP, Japan's wildly popular four-woman manga artist and writing team. CLAMP is the creative team behind such lucrative properties as CARDCAPTOR SAKURA and CHOBITS, which is currently one of the most successful manga properties in the United States. CHOBITS VOLUME 7 hit #17 on Bookscan's adult trade paperback bestseller list, and #1 on their graphic novel bestseller list.
TSUBASA: RESERVOIR CHRONICLE is the most highly-anticipated U.S. manga releases of 2004 and will feature crossover characters with XXXHOLIC. In addition, both titles will also feature crossover characters from the Cardcaptor Sakura and Chobits series, in addition to many other CLAMP titles.
"CLAMP have created some of the most beautiful and compelling works of manga published in the U.S. or Japan. TSUBASA and XXXHOLIC are the best works I've ever seen come out of their studio," said Dallas Middaugh, Del Rey Director of Manga. "Manga readers have made CLAMP the most popular manga creators in America, and given the quality of this work, I don't see any reason for that to change in 2004!"
The acquisition of these two titles rounds out the four-title May 2004 launch of Del Rey's new manga program. The first two title acquisitions, GUNDAM SEED, a manga adaptation by Masatsugu Iwase of the latest Gundam anime and NEGIMA, a new series by LOVE HINA creator Ken Akamatsu, were announced at San Diego Comic-Con this past July.
About Kodansha Ltd., Publishers: Kodansha is the largest trade book publisher in Japan. Founded in 1909, the company by virtue of its long history, the quality of its publishing, and its established network of sales and marketing is regarded as the trade book market leader in the publishing business in Japan. Moreover, Kodansha has been recognized as the leading publisher with a mission to introduce Japan through its publishing business.
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