Del Rey Manga

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Del Rey Manga
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Parent company Del Rey Books (Random House)
Status Defunct
Successor Kodansha Comics USA
Headquarters location New York City
Publication types Books
Fiction genres Manga

Del Rey Manga (デルレイ?) 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]

On October 4, 2010, Kodansha and Random House announced that the US division of Kodansha 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[edit | edit source]

Del Rey made its debut in May 2004 with four manga titles:

It has since then licensed additional titles:

Mature line[edit | edit source]

In early December 2005 it was announced[4] that Del Rey Manga would begin publishing a mature line of manga. It includes:

OEL titles[edit | edit source]

Del Rey also publishes the following Original English-language manga titles:

Marvel[edit | edit source]

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[edit | edit source]

  1. Del Rey Manga
  2. Manning, Shaun. "Translation Roundtable at New York Anime Festival". [[wikipedia: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, [[wikipedia:Newsarama|]], December 9, 2007
  6. Marvel, Del Rey Announce Wolverine Manga Creators, [[wikipedia:Newsarama|]], April 20, 2008
  7. Another look at the manga-style Wolverine, X-Men, [[wikipedia:Newsarama|]], April 22, 2008

External links[edit | edit source]

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Category:Del Rey Manga Category:Manga distributors Category:Defunct comics and manga publishing companies Category:2004 establishments in New York Category:2010 disestablishments in the United States Category:Comic book imprints

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