GEN Manga Announces the launch of new Korean Comics Magazine, GEN Manhwa!
GEN Manhwa, featuring Stone Collector, is available nationwide Feb. 2013!
NEW YORK, NY – GEN Manga Entertainment, Inc. announces the release of GEN Manhwa (GEN Manhwa, featuring Stone Collector, 54 pages, black and white) will be available Feb. 2013.
GEN Manga welcomes 2013 with exciting new publishing plans! GEN Manga will release monthly indie Korean GEN Mahnwa!
“It’s a non-stop full of action title full of monsters and zombies! Very high grade stuff!”
Stone Collector: Pieces of curse fall from the sky as if to mock the cruelty and evil of humanity. These stones create wretched beasts and the blood of these beasts turn human flesh into the undead. There is only one thing that can destroy these hellish fiends—Jade Stone. This is the story of a Stone Collector. One who wields Jade forged blades. A man whose family was murdered by these evil abominations and he has now vowed to rid the world of the foul presence. —Author: Kevin Han —Artist: Zom-J
This year GEN will also release a complete list of graphic novels. All new graphic novels with all new content along with the return of old stories with new artwork and new chapters! GEN Manga will release new content every month, this time, in the form of one-shot graphic novels, otherwise known in Japan as tankobon!
The second release 2013 in GEN Manga’s publishing schedule is the indie fan favorite Sorako!
The art of Sorako is fluid, quick, imprecise. Lines aren’t perfectly straight nor details entirely accurate, but the rough drafting style gives the frames energy and character, enhancing the impression that the artist’s goal is to tell Sorako’s story, blemishes and all. —AnimeNation
Sorako lives an ordinary life. And this is an ordinary story. She has friends and family, loves her dog, thinks about life, and occasionally looks for work (kinda). These are the adventures into a typical girl’s life.
—Author & Artist: Takayuki Fujimura
GEN Manga will also release its first Kickstarter to help promote print here: http://www.kickstarter.com/projects/1450575711/sorako-a-manga-about-nothing?ref=live
GEN stories are published nowhere else in the world. These stories are created by the elusive doujin creators in Tokyo’s secret underground circles, otherwise known in the west as independent creators and hard core fans.
Presenting new indie manga circles from Japan, GEN, a monthly publication, will be released in the US and Japan simultaneously. Digital format and print editions for GEN are available now. Based in New York, GEN Manga Entertainment (www.genmanga.com) endeavors to publish new and unseen graphic work from Japan, being in the unique position to bring readers work first, more original and untamed manga will be sure to come!
For more information, please contact: Robert McGuire– (646) 535-0090, editor@genmanga.com
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Crunchyroll is also releasing their own manga company, apparently now that tokyopop is down for the count all big anime companies are stepping in to fill the whole in the market they left behind, and no , i’m not a spammer, thats a very weird box you have there.
Hmm, I wouldn’t say any anime companies are making any noticeable changes due to Tokyopop’s shutdown. Crunchyroll started up a section on their site to view people’s original manga-style comics, but they haven’t announced licensing any on-goings from Japan. Today with exception of Viz Media’s anime dabbling (as they’re predominantly a manga company), I’d say that manga and anime companies are still very separate identities minus some overlap of franchises.
And the box is there to help with all the spam content but without forcing site visitors to fill in one of those frustrating CAPTCHA boxes. Much easier I hope!