Manga News!
Dec. 6th, 2005 01:35 pm![[personal profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png){kind=small}
doronjosamaToday is just a day of posting and posting! But I can finally reveal the manga we have been working on in secret, as they have been officially announced on the company's website! These manga will feature rewrite by myself, and lettering and touchup by PD and ![[livejournal.com profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/external/lj-userinfo.gif)
willworks (splitting the work evenly), and sometimes, translation by our good pal, DD.
Manga #1 is:
Hybrid Child by Shungiku Nakamura, which contains three seperate but linked tales set in a historic Japan that has android "Hybrid Child" dolls, which grow and change based on how much love their owners give them. Sort of like a Saber Marionette J-crossed-with-Rurouni Kenshin-mixed-with-boys'-love kind of thing. The stories are all really dramatic and tragic. Here is some of the description I wrote up for it:
The Hybrid Child is an amazing android that can grow if it is lavished
with enough love and care from its owner. Neither fully machine or
human, the various Hybrid Child models can develop strong emotional
bonds with their owners. This volume contains several short stories of
love, sacrifice, and drama. Young layabout Kotaro learns the
importance of responsibility when his Hybrid Child's lifespan runs
out. The tragic swordsman Seya learns to love again with the help of
his Hybrid child, Yuzu. Our final tale tells the story of Kuroda, the
creator of the Hybrid Child designs, and how his lost love inspired
their creation. Beautiful and romantic storytelling from Shungiku
Nakamura!
Manga #2 is:
Dear Myself by Eiki Eiki, which does feature translation by DD. It's got more humor than Hybrid Child, as the main character regains his memory after losing it two years previously, and so he has no memory of the gay relationship he's been in. Despite the funny touches, the story has a serious core and some very tender moments. Here is the description I wrote up for that one:
One fateful morning, Hirofumi awakens to discover he has no memory of
the previous two years. All he can recall is the car accident that
caused his amnesia, but he can't remember his classmates or anything
he learned in school. He's shocked to discover that he's been
romantically involved with the tragic and handsome Daigo and finds a
letter he's written to himself to explain their relationship! Can true
love triumph over the loss of memory? And will Hirofumi be able to
make Daigo smile again? Find out in this tenderly romantic tale by
Eiki Eiki!
So there you have it! I don't know the ship dates for these yet, as we only just finished the final corrections for Hybrid Child and are in the middle of working on the touch up for Dear Myself (with me working on the rewrite for Manga #3 and the impending Novel #1, I work ahead of the touchup crew...). But there! Look! Manga that I have worked on yet again!
willworks (splitting the work evenly), and sometimes, translation by our good pal, DD.Manga #1 is:
Hybrid Child by Shungiku Nakamura, which contains three seperate but linked tales set in a historic Japan that has android "Hybrid Child" dolls, which grow and change based on how much love their owners give them. Sort of like a Saber Marionette J-crossed-with-Rurouni Kenshin-mixed-with-boys'-love kind of thing. The stories are all really dramatic and tragic. Here is some of the description I wrote up for it:
The Hybrid Child is an amazing android that can grow if it is lavished
with enough love and care from its owner. Neither fully machine or
human, the various Hybrid Child models can develop strong emotional
bonds with their owners. This volume contains several short stories of
love, sacrifice, and drama. Young layabout Kotaro learns the
importance of responsibility when his Hybrid Child's lifespan runs
out. The tragic swordsman Seya learns to love again with the help of
his Hybrid child, Yuzu. Our final tale tells the story of Kuroda, the
creator of the Hybrid Child designs, and how his lost love inspired
their creation. Beautiful and romantic storytelling from Shungiku
Nakamura!
Manga #2 is:
Dear Myself by Eiki Eiki, which does feature translation by DD. It's got more humor than Hybrid Child, as the main character regains his memory after losing it two years previously, and so he has no memory of the gay relationship he's been in. Despite the funny touches, the story has a serious core and some very tender moments. Here is the description I wrote up for that one:
One fateful morning, Hirofumi awakens to discover he has no memory of
the previous two years. All he can recall is the car accident that
caused his amnesia, but he can't remember his classmates or anything
he learned in school. He's shocked to discover that he's been
romantically involved with the tragic and handsome Daigo and finds a
letter he's written to himself to explain their relationship! Can true
love triumph over the loss of memory? And will Hirofumi be able to
make Daigo smile again? Find out in this tenderly romantic tale by
Eiki Eiki!
So there you have it! I don't know the ship dates for these yet, as we only just finished the final corrections for Hybrid Child and are in the middle of working on the touch up for Dear Myself (with me working on the rewrite for Manga #3 and the impending Novel #1, I work ahead of the touchup crew...). But there! Look! Manga that I have worked on yet again!
