While there's not much to argue about
the most important anime announcement made at this past weekend's New York Comic Con, things are a bit different when it comes to the manga announcements made at the event. And that's simply because there were so many of them, with quite a few big titles, too.
I'll turn to ANN again for their extensive coverage, as they offered detailed reports from the panels held by the likes of
Del Rey Manga,
Yen Press,
CMX Manga and
Tokyopop. Compiled below is a list with most of the manga titles - and some novels - planned for English release by each company, along with the release dates of the first volume, where available.
Del Rey Manga-
Sayonara Zetsubou Sensei: The Power of Negative Thinking manga (March 2009)
- Gakuen Prince manga (April 2009)
- Samurai 7 manga (Spring 2009)
- The Curse of the Dragon Slayer novel (February 2009)
Yen Press-
The Melancholy of Haruhi Suzumiya manga (October 2008) and novels (April 2009)
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Soul Eater manga (July 29, in the first issue of a new magazine called Yen Plus... or Yen+)
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Higurashi - When They Cry manga (July 29, in Yen Plus)
- Sumomomo Momomo manga (July 29, in Yen Plus)
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Bamboo Blade manga (July 29, in Yen Plus)
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Nabari no Ou manga (July 29, in Yen Plus)
(some of these - notably Higurashi - will not be published in full in Yen Plus, only previewed for several months, but they will all be released individually from May 2009)- B-Ichi manga
CMX Manga- Emma side-stories manga (2009)
- Shirley manga (July 2)
- Dorothea manga (April 30)
- Two Flowers of the Dragon manga (May 5)
- The Recipe for Gertrude manga (May 5)
- The Flat Earth Exchange manga (June 25)
- A Girl Who Runs Through Time manga (not directly related to the
Tokikake movie)
- Kiichi and the Magic Books manga
- Classical Medley manga
- Astral Project manga
- Suihelibe! manga
- Fire Investigator Nanase manga
- Venus Capriccio manga
- Jihai manga
-
Ballad of a Shinigami manga
Tokyopop- Vassalord manga (July 2008)
- Silver Diamond manga (July 2008)
- Jyu Oh Sei manga (August 2008)
- Castlevania: Curse of Darkness manga (September 2008)
- Goth manga (September 2008) and novel (October 2008)
- Fate/Stay Night manga (October 2008)
- Kyou Kara Maoh! manga and novels
- Maru-Ma novels
- Gothic & Lolita Bible magazine, volume 2 (June 2008)
- Star Trek: The Next Generation manga
- StarCraft: Frontline manga (August 2008)
- Warcraft: Legends manga (August 2008)
... and another truckload of all-new adventures set in Blizzard's Warcraft and StarCraft universes - 22 in total - set to be published over the next 3 years. Not exactly "genuine manga", but what the hell!
Bandai Entertainment- Ghost Slayers Ayashi manga (September 2)
Digital Manga Publishing- Swallowing the Earth manga
Update: Added some stuff... fixed some other stuff... thanks to
Giapet's NYCC coverage.