Comments on: Manga: Aurora launches http://pwbeat.publishersweekly.com/blog/2007/03/31/manga-aurora-launches/ The News Blog of Comics Culture Sun, 8 Nov 2009 10:29:12 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.0.2 by: horse online racing wagering bet tour de france http://pwbeat.publishersweekly.com/blog/2007/03/31/manga-aurora-launches/#comment-489463 Tue, 30 Oct 2007 17:47:48 +0000 http://pwbeat.publishersweekly.com/blog/2007/03/31/manga-aurora-launches/#comment-489463 Ein wirklich sehr Interessante Seite mit guten Informationen. Ein wirklich sehr Interessante Seite mit guten Informationen.

]]> by: Ranmaru http://pwbeat.publishersweekly.com/blog/2007/03/31/manga-aurora-launches/#comment-237039 Wed, 04 Jul 2007 21:55:03 +0000 http://pwbeat.publishersweekly.com/blog/2007/03/31/manga-aurora-launches/#comment-237039 can't wait for the josei titles to come out :) can’t wait for the josei titles to come out :)

]]> by: Rivkah http://pwbeat.publishersweekly.com/blog/2007/03/31/manga-aurora-launches/#comment-113063 Tue, 03 Apr 2007 02:45:24 +0000 http://pwbeat.publishersweekly.com/blog/2007/03/31/manga-aurora-launches/#comment-113063 Yeay! Josei! And actually, one of TP's josei titles has been doing pretty well: "Tramps Like Us" may not be Naruto in sales, but it started out small and has apparently been gaining quite well in numbers . . . understandably as TP's audience has gotten older as well. And it's consistent, which is something a lot of people seem to overlook when it comes to sales. Also, Nana is also more of a josei than a shoujo story and that's been doing wonderfully. IMHO, you probably won't see any josei titles topping the charts at the moment, but I wouldn't be surprised that as the girls who got into manga as teens continue to get older, there will certainly be more interest. Those thirteen and fourteen year olds who started with the boom in 2001 are hitting their twenties now. :) Heck, it happened to me. I wouldn't have given josei a second glance when I was younger since I was into teen fantasy series like "Magic Knights Rayearth" and "Sailor Moon", but now that I can relate to the character's experiences, I gobble up what josei I can find, and I would read more if there were more out there! Nana and Tramps Like Us are pretty much the only series I buy on a regular basis anymore. Yeay! Josei! And actually, one of TP’s josei titles has been doing pretty well: “Tramps Like Us” may not be Naruto in sales, but it started out small and has apparently been gaining quite well in numbers . . . understandably as TP’s audience has gotten older as well. And it’s consistent, which is something a lot of people seem to overlook when it comes to sales. Also, Nana is also more of a josei than a shoujo story and that’s been doing wonderfully.

IMHO, you probably won’t see any josei titles topping the charts at the moment, but I wouldn’t be surprised that as the girls who got into manga as teens continue to get older, there will certainly be more interest. Those thirteen and fourteen year olds who started with the boom in 2001 are hitting their twenties now. :) Heck, it happened to me. I wouldn’t have given josei a second glance when I was younger since I was into teen fantasy series like “Magic Knights Rayearth” and “Sailor Moon”, but now that I can relate to the character’s experiences, I gobble up what josei I can find, and I would read more if there were more out there! Nana and Tramps Like Us are pretty much the only series I buy on a regular basis anymore.

]]> by: Journalista - the news weblog of The Comics Journal » Blog Archive » Apr. 2, 2007: My agenda http://pwbeat.publishersweekly.com/blog/2007/03/31/manga-aurora-launches/#comment-112306 Mon, 02 Apr 2007 12:15:25 +0000 http://pwbeat.publishersweekly.com/blog/2007/03/31/manga-aurora-launches/#comment-112306 [...] Can josei manga find an audience in the United States? A new company, Aurora Publishing, is about to find out. Heidi MacDonald states, “Understandably, the genre has had little success in the US, despite entries by such important manga-ka as Erica Sakurazawa and Moyoco Anno,” which is true enough, but only insofar as Sakurazawa and Anno only saw their work printed in English during the early days of the bookstore manga boom, when teenagers were the sole buyers. At this point, readers from those days are starting to hit college-age, and might very well provide something resembling a stable market from which to grow over the long term. I suspect that you won’t see the sort of stampede effect that other manga demographics have experienced until a good anime geared toward adult women shows up on afternoon/evening television and pushes readers toward an equally good manga series — Ai Yazawa’s Nana, Chika Umino’s Honey and Clover and Moyoco Anno’s Hataraki Man would each fit the bill nicely — but we shall see. [...] […] Can josei manga find an audience in the United States? A new company, Aurora Publishing, is about to find out. Heidi MacDonald states, “Understandably, the genre has had little success in the US, despite entries by such important manga-ka as Erica Sakurazawa and Moyoco Anno,” which is true enough, but only insofar as Sakurazawa and Anno only saw their work printed in English during the early days of the bookstore manga boom, when teenagers were the sole buyers. At this point, readers from those days are starting to hit college-age, and might very well provide something resembling a stable market from which to grow over the long term. I suspect that you won’t see the sort of stampede effect that other manga demographics have experienced until a good anime geared toward adult women shows up on afternoon/evening television and pushes readers toward an equally good manga series — Ai Yazawa’s Nana, Chika Umino’s Honey and Clover and Moyoco Anno’s Hataraki Man would each fit the bill nicely — but we shall see. […]

]]> by: Mary Hildebrandt http://pwbeat.publishersweekly.com/blog/2007/03/31/manga-aurora-launches/#comment-111241 Sun, 01 Apr 2007 16:17:03 +0000 http://pwbeat.publishersweekly.com/blog/2007/03/31/manga-aurora-launches/#comment-111241 It is interesting that Josei hasn't really made it over here ...yet. David is working on "Executrices Women", a Sex and the City, Ally Mc Beal, Desperate Housewives type josei manga for Humanoids Associes in France to be published in Shogun Magazine...it seems to be doing quite well. Some people have been asking about an English version of this book...not young girls but women here in the US. They are not typical manga or comic book readers...a doctor, an insurance executive, and women who run their own businesses...those are just a few of the women who have been asking us about this series. You can see a sampling here: http://limemanga.livejournal.com/ http://www.comicspace.com/limemanga/ http://www.shoguncity.com/ It is interesting that Josei hasn’t really made it over here …yet. David is working on “Executrices Women”, a Sex and the City, Ally Mc Beal, Desperate Housewives type josei manga for Humanoids Associes in France to be published in Shogun Magazine…it seems to be doing quite well. Some people have been asking about an English version of this book…not young girls but women here in the US. They are not typical manga or comic book readers…a doctor, an insurance executive, and women who run their own businesses…those are just a few of the women who have been asking us about this series.

You can see a sampling here:

http://limemanga.livejournal.com/
http://www.comicspace.com/limemanga/
http://www.shoguncity.com/

]]> by: Christopher Moonlight http://pwbeat.publishersweekly.com/blog/2007/03/31/manga-aurora-launches/#comment-110501 Sun, 01 Apr 2007 07:08:41 +0000 http://pwbeat.publishersweekly.com/blog/2007/03/31/manga-aurora-launches/#comment-110501 As a gallery artist, I paint nudes all the time, but I still can't see why there have to be boobs on the cover. Anywhere I'd read it, people would think I was looking at a porn book. If I saw it on the shelf, I'd think it was porn. I don't see how "Non-nerd grown women" are going to go for that. Some hard-core manga fans might get it, but no one else. As a gallery artist, I paint nudes all the time, but I still can’t see why there have to be boobs on the cover. Anywhere I’d read it, people would think I was looking at a porn book. If I saw it on the shelf, I’d think it was porn. I don’t see how “Non-nerd grown women” are going to go for that. Some hard-core manga fans might get it, but no one else.

]]> by: Andre http://pwbeat.publishersweekly.com/blog/2007/03/31/manga-aurora-launches/#comment-110421 Sun, 01 Apr 2007 03:04:40 +0000 http://pwbeat.publishersweekly.com/blog/2007/03/31/manga-aurora-launches/#comment-110421 ANN intially found their info via a press release on CBR stating they'd signed with Diamond. ANN intially found their info via a press release on CBR stating they’d signed with Diamond.

]]> by: Tommy Raiko http://pwbeat.publishersweekly.com/blog/2007/03/31/manga-aurora-launches/#comment-110150 Sat, 31 Mar 2007 22:05:42 +0000 http://pwbeat.publishersweekly.com/blog/2007/03/31/manga-aurora-launches/#comment-110150 Any indication on their distrubution? My first assumption is that they'll be using Diamond, but with so many other folks getting involved in distributing manga, I probably shouldn't assume that... Any indication on their distrubution? My first assumption is that they’ll be using Diamond, but with so many other folks getting involved in distributing manga, I probably shouldn’t assume that…

]]> by: Matthew Craig http://pwbeat.publishersweekly.com/blog/2007/03/31/manga-aurora-launches/#comment-110076 Sat, 31 Mar 2007 20:08:29 +0000 http://pwbeat.publishersweekly.com/blog/2007/03/31/manga-aurora-launches/#comment-110076 What, no JOSEI AND THE PUSSYCATS header? Also, Erica Sakurazawa's books are pretty great. I really like the plain cover design, too. //\Oo/\\ What, no JOSEI AND THE PUSSYCATS header?

Also, Erica Sakurazawa’s books are pretty great. I really like the plain cover design, too.

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