April 6th, 2008
Regarding my earlier post concerning Yen Press(Ice Kunion):
This February Yen press has begun releasing new volumes of their existing manga, as well as the absorbed Ice Kunion manhwa. Some of the titles released were Volume 4 of Goong by Park So Hee, Volume 6 of Hissing by Kan Eun Young, and Zombie-Loan by Peach-Pit. This months releases include Volume 3 of Spiral: The Bonds of Reasoning by Kyo Shirodaira (art: Eita Mizuno), and Volume 1 of the new manga’s Kaze no Hana by Akiyoshi Ohta (art: Ushio Mitza) and Kieli by Yukako Kabei (art: Shiori Teshirogi).
They have also recently relaunched the Yen Press website where you can find a list and summaries on each comic (with the exception of a few summaries that are being worked on). You can also get a sneak peak on what will be released throughout the year (up to January ‘09) in the New Releases section.
And in other news:
Has anyone ever wondered what happened to Drama Queen?
Consisting of mostly Yaoi titles and a few
Shoujo, they pretty much disappeared around September ‘07. Personally, I never really noticed since I’m not really into the whole Yaoi/Boys Love genre, however I am a huge Na Yeri fan. So when I heard Peter Panda was licensed back in June of ‘06 I was obviously happy. Over the next year I waited patiently for the release of the first volume until it just kinda slipped into the back of my mind. Over the months (and months, and months) afterwards the question of "When’s Peter Panda coming out?" would pop up every now and then until I resorted to preordering it at Borders bookstore (since they send you reminders). Its been over a year since I’ve done that, and still no Peter Panda or Drama Queen.
The good news on all that waiting? They’ve actually been on hiatus since September. Apparently they were fishing for a financial partner and they’ve since reorganized the company. During time off they have been working of backlogged titles and playing catch up, not only within the company but taking a breather out of the company (a.k.a. personal time). What does that mean for all of you Yaoi buyers out there? You can expect all of your favorite DQ titles to be out around the end of May, and hopefully I can have my Peter Panda… finally TT_TT.
You can find a full article on the DQ Relaunch at Publisher Weekly
On a side note: I had no idea Zombie Loan was licensed ^^;; and DQ had picked up Promise (yey) by Lee Eun Young manhwa-ga of Cream and Saver.
