Kodansha moving to America

MMM · (#1 (**permalink**))

This news came out today:

Japan’s highly respected Nikkei financial news service is reporting that Kodansha has set up a U.S. subsidiary “to publish and sell translations of its Japanese manga” in the U.S. starting in September. The reason for the move according to Nikkei, is “to boost its earnings in America, where its income has been limited to royalties received from U.S. firms.

ICv2 - Kodansha Heading Stateside

Del Rey publishes a lot of Kodansha stuff, so this could have some big implications.

manganimefan227 · (#2 (**permalink**))

I wonder if it will turn into an anime at some point.

MMM · (#3 (**permalink**))

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Originally Posted by manganimefan227

I wonder if it will turn into an anime at some point.

Kodansha is a publishing company, not a manga.

Crani · (#4 (**permalink**))

I wonder, what will happen to the mangas already published or being publish by other american companies, will they re-publish them? And will they bring there magazines to the USA? Like Afternoon and Gekkan Shonen Magazine.

MMM · (#5 (**permalink**))

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Originally Posted by Crani

I wonder, what will happen to the mangas already published or being publish by other american companies, will they re-publish them? And will they bring there magazines to the USA? Like Afternoon and Gekkan Shonen Magazine.

It looks like Dark Horse lost AKIRA (they were going to do a hardback version), but they still have EDEN. Del Rey is their main publisher in the US, so we'll have to see what happens.

I don't know about magazines...but I kinda doubt it....but who knows?

SatoriOne · (#6 (**permalink**))

I see it as a good thing. It will be easier for Kodansha to publish thier manga directly as opposed to going through an American company. This will probably mean more translations and less waiting for American fans.

MMM · (#7 (**permalink**))

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Originally Posted by SatoriOne

I see it as a good thing. It will be easier for Kodansha to publish thier manga directly as opposed to going through an American company. This will probably mean more translations and less waiting for American fans.

Less waiting is possible, but I do have my concerns.