Del Rey Manga

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Del Rey Manga
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Parent company Del Rey Books (Random House)
Founded2004;22 years ago (2004)
Defunct2010;16 years ago (2010)
Successor Kodansha Comics
Country of origin United States
Headquarters location New York City
Publication types Books
Fiction genres Manga
Owner Bertelsmann
Official website Official website

Del Rey Manga was the manga-publishing imprint of Del Rey Books, a branch of Ballantine Books, which in turn is part of Random House, the publishing division of Bertelsmann.

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History

Del Rey Manga was formed as part of a cross-publishing relationship with Japanese publisher Kodansha. [1] Some of the Del Rey titles, such as Tsubasa Chronicle and xxxHolic , are published in the United Kingdom by Tanoshimi. Tricia Narwani, the editor of Del Rey, stated that "Del Rey finds most of its talent through conventions and existing professional contacts". [2]

In October 2010, Kodansha and Random House announced that the US division of Kodansha, Kodansha USA, will take over publishing over all Del Rey Manga titles as well as their own manga, starting on December 1. Random House will act as the sales and marketing distributor. [3]

Titles

Del Rey made its debut in May 2004 with four manga titles:

It has since then licensed additional titles:

Mature line

In early December 2005, it was announced [4] that Del Rey Manga would begin publishing a mature line of manga. It included:

OEL titles

Del Rey also publishes the following original English-language manga (OEL) titles:

Light novels

In December 2007, Del Ray announced that they would begin licensing light novels, in addition to manga. [5] However, several of the titles that were later announced never saw release. Among the titles announced and released were:

In addition, Del Rey released two volumes of the Faust literary magazine. [6] These volumes featured several short stories and excerpts from several light novel series which were never fully licensed by Del Rey. This includes the first chapter of the unreleased Garden of Sinners translation, as well as the first chapter of Nisio Isin's Shin Honkaku Mahō Shōjo Risuka series. Cover art for both volumes was drawn by Take, artist of the Zaregoto series. [7] [8]

Partnership with Marvel

Del Rey Manga teamed up with Marvel Comics to produce manga versions of their titles (previous attempts, like Marvel Mangaverse and X-Men: The Manga , had variable success). [9] Titles confirmed [10] [11] are:

References

  1. ↑ Del Rey Manga
  2. ↑ Manning, Shaun. "Translation Roundtable at New York Anime Festival". Comic Book Resources . Retrieved April 29, 2009.
  3. ↑ "Kodansha USA To Take Over Del Rey Manga Titles". Anime News Network. October 4, 2010.
  4. ↑ Anime News Network. "Del Rey Launching Mature Line", December 9, 2005. Accessed April 11, 2007.
  5. ↑ "Del Rey Announces New Manga, Prose Novels". Anime News Network. January 11, 2026. Retrieved January 11, 2026.
  6. ↑ Alverson |, Brigid. "'Faust' Comes to the U.S. this Summer". PublishersWeekly.com. Retrieved January 11, 2026.
  7. ↑ Katsushi, Ōta (August 19, 2008). Faust 1. United States. ISBN   978-0345502063.{{cite book}}: CS1 maint: location missing publisher (link)
  8. ↑ Katsushi, Ōta (June 23, 2009). Faust 2. United States. ISBN   978-0345503572.{{cite book}}: CS1 maint: location missing publisher (link)
  9. ↑ Marvel, Del Rey Join to Produce OEL Manga With X-Men & Wolverine Archived December 13, 2009, at the Wayback Machine , Newsarama, December 9, 2007
  10. ↑ Marvel, Del Rey Announce Wolverine Manga Creators Archived November 18, 2010, at the Wayback Machine , Newsarama, April 20, 2008
  11. ↑ Another look at the manga-style Wolverine, X-Men Archived May 17, 2008, at the Wayback Machine , Newsarama, April 22, 2008
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