And the winner of the Loveless manga giveaway is…KenshinGirl!
As the winner, KenshinGirl will be receiving two volumes of Yun Kouga’s manga series Loveless as published by Viz Media—the first omnibus as well as the ninth volume. Loveless was originally published by Tokyopop, which only released up through volume eight. Happily, the license was rescued by Viz Media last year. For this giveaway, I was interested in learning about other license rescues that made people happy. (Check out the giveaway comments for the responses.)
And, because I can, I’ve compiled select list of (North American) English license rescues that have made at least one person very happy. So here are twenty-two manga that got another chance or two in English:
07-Ghost by Yuki Amemiya and Yukino Ichihara
(Go! Comi ► Viz Media)
Alice in the Country of Hearts by Soumei Hoshino
(Tokyopop ► Yen Press)
Azumanga Daioh by Kiyohiko Azuma
(ADV Manga ► Yen Press)
Blood Alone by Masayuki Takano
(Infinity Studios ► Seven Seas)
Cardcaptor Sakura by CLAMP
(Tokyopop ► Dark Horse)
Chobits by CLAMP
(Tokyopop ► Dark Horse)
Clover by CLAMP
(Tokyopop ► Dark Horse)
Crayon Shin-Chan by Yoshito Usui
(ComicsOne ► CMX Manga ► One Peace Books)
Crying Freeman written by Kazuo Koike, illustrated by Ryoichi Ikegami
(Viz Media ► Dark Horse)
Embracing Love by Youka Nitta
(Be Beautiful ► Viz Media)
Fist of the North Star written by Buronson, illustrated by Tetsuo Hara
(Viz Media ►Gutsoon! Entertainment)
Genshiken by Shimoku Kio
(Del Rey Manga ► Kodansha Comics)
Kizuna: Bonds of Love by Kazuma Kodaka
(Be Beautiful ► Digital Manga)
Lone Wolf & Cub written by Kazuo Koike, illustrated by Goseki Kojima
(First Comics ► Dark Horse)
Loveless by Yun Kouga
(Tokyopop ► Viz Media)
Paradise Kiss by Ai Yazawa
(Tokyopop ► Vertical)
Parasyte by Hitoshi Iwaaki
(Tokyopop ► Del Rey Manga ► Kodansha Comics)
Message to Adolf by Osamu Tezuka
(Viz Media ► Vertical)
Slam Dunk by Takehiko Inoue
(Gutsoon! Entertainment ► Viz Media)
Sailor Moon by Naoko Takeuchi
(Tokyopop ► Kodansha Comics)
Tokyo Babylon by CLAMP
(Tokyopop ► Dark Horse)
Yotsuba&! by Kiyohiko Azuma
(ADV Manga ► Yen Press)
Why a list of twenty-two? Mostly because I felt like it. And I was being a little silly—two twos for second chances…or something. (Anyway, don’t mind me.) Thank you to everyone who participated in the giveaway; I hope to see you again for the next one!
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