Del Rey Manga

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. It 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]

Del Rey Manga
Parent companyDel Rey Books (Random House)
StatusDefunct
(2010 (2010))
Founded2004 (2004)
Defunct2010 
SuccessorKodansha Comics
Country of originUnited States
Headquarters locationNew York City
Publication typesBooks
Fiction genresManga
Owner(s)Bertelsmann
Official websiteOfficial website

On October 4, 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, 2010. 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 titles:

Marvel

At 2007's New York Anime Festival it was announced that Del Rey Manga would team up with Marvel Comics to produce manga versions of their titles, that would signal Marvel "whole-heatedly" moving into this area (previous attempts, like Marvel Mangaverse and X-Men: The Manga, having variable success).[5] Titles confirmed[6][7] are:

References
  1. Del Rey Manga
  2. Manning, Shaun. "Translation Roundtable at New York Anime Festival". Comic Book Resources. Retrieved 2009-04-29.
  3. "Kodansha USA To Take Over Del Rey Manga Titles". Anime News Network. 2010-10-04.
  4. Anime News Network. "Del Rey Launching Mature Line", 9 December 2005. Accessed 11 April 2007.
  5. Marvel, Del Rey Join to Produce OEL Manga With X-Men & Wolverine Archived 2009-12-13 at the Wayback Machine, Newsarama, December 9, 2007
  6. Marvel, Del Rey Announce Wolverine Manga Creators Archived 2010-11-18 at the Wayback Machine, Newsarama, April 20, 2008
  7. Another look at the manga-style Wolverine, X-Men Archived 2008-05-17 at the Wayback Machine, Newsarama, April 22, 2008
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