Q&A Time: August 2008 Edition
Posted by: Shizuki in Boysenberry, Broccoli Books, Disgaea, Juvenile Orion, KAMUI, Kon Kon KokonHi blogger Shiz here.
Questions that have been coming into pr @ bro-usa.com & editor @ broccolibooks.com.
I wish I had time to answer all of them individually, but I want to get those FLCL Ult Ed t-shirts out… and work on these books that needs to be printed ASAP… so please forgive my mass reply.
Q. Do you know if the last two volumes 10 & 11 of Kamui will be released soon. If so when?
(from Dawn + Lisbeth who was concerned about the series, Debra)
A. KAMUI vol 10 and vol 11 production are currently on hold. The book market is changing a lot these days, and as a small publisher we need to wait and see how the big players are going to tackle the issue before jumping into the waves ourselves.
We hope to get them back on track by the end of 2008.
Q. I was wondering if Broccoli Books was going to translate the Juvenile Orion doujinshi, Worlds End Garden. And is Broccoli going to be translating anything else from Sakura Ashika?
(from Melissa)
A. We don’t have any plans on translating Juvenile Orion doujinshi.
If Broccoli Japan ever makes a Juvenile Orion anthology book, we will most likely license it.
And no, we don’t plan on licensing any of Sakura Ashika’s any time soon. Her works are too “hardcore” even for Boysenberry ^_^
For those who don’t know, Sakura Ashika is another pen name of Sakurako Gokurakuin.
Q. Do you still have any plans for Pandora Hearts, or a rough estimated realese date?
(from “a fan”)
A. We’ve been mentioning Pandora Hearts in our production meeting, but we’re still trying to figure out which one of our translators will be best for the project. We need to get our butts moving on this project… I’ll try to post an update here soon. Sorry!
Q. I’ve been interested in the release of Koreaki Kamuro’s Sex Friend. Is it going to be releasing soon?
(from Mary + Andrea)
A. Sorry, Sex Friend been sitting on my desk. I recently had another set of copy editors go over the book, because I wasn’t satisfied with how the last story was handled… and I haven’t looked it over yet. But I’ll wrap it up soon. Sorry!
Q. I’ve been waiting since nearly February for this book. Is there any information on when this will truly be available?
(from Jermaine + Chuck, Charles)
A. Hopefully you’ve found World of Disgaea 2 by now. We just got it right before Anime Expo 2008.
Q. I purchased a manga entitled “Kon Kon Kokon” from your publishers a while back. The vol 1 was released in Japanese back in the beginning of ‘07. I was wondering if you happened to know why the manga halted, or why there is no mention of a vol 2 being released anytime soon.
(from Jon)
A. Kon Kon Kokon serialization was halted in Japan for a while, because ComiDeji+ decided to cross-promote Kami-chama Karin in their magazine while the anime was out. I haven’t talked to the Comic Dept of Broccoli Japan in a while, so I’ll ask what the status of the series is.
Since there’s no book out in Japan, we can’t release one here. Sorry!
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I hope that answers all of the questions you guys may have. I went back to early May for all the emails. If I deleted your mail by mistake, please send an email to editor @ broccolibooks.com.
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August 9th, 2008 at 9:47 pm
When is GA II Vol 4 coming out and what’s going on with the galaxy angel party books?.
August 10th, 2008 at 6:11 am
You guuuuuuys! ;_; What about Leave it to Piyoko vol. 2?! I will seriously buy a Japanese copy from you for twice whatever you paid for it!!
August 10th, 2008 at 8:03 am
When is Galaxy Angel Party, Volume 3 coming out? Your other post said it was postponed, but that was over 2 years ago. I had it bookmarked to buy at Barnes and Nobles, but now it’s completely disappeared!
I loved 1 and 2, read them each about 10 times!
August 11th, 2008 at 3:20 am
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August 11th, 2008 at 9:09 am
Sigh… Leave It To Piyoko vol. 2 was originally preordered for my 13th birthday. :( I’m 16 now, you guys. SIXTEEN.
(yes I’m not going to shut up, I’m persistent)
August 11th, 2008 at 12:55 pm
What’s the progress on the second volume of “sola”? I know that it was briefly mentioned in a few of the “sola” volume 1 posts, but there’s no update on the “sola” page for volume 2. Just curious when its planning on coming out. I really like the story.
August 11th, 2008 at 2:02 pm
Any word on what’s happening with E’S?
it will be 10mths in september since the last volume!
It sort of puts people of buying anything from broccoli if series aren’t completed/or are endlessly on hold.
August 17th, 2008 at 8:51 am
I agree - where is E’S? It was getting popular, but I’m afraid the title may be loosing fans due to the long wait.
August 18th, 2008 at 3:24 am
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September 3rd, 2008 at 2:56 pm
I really want to read Pandora Hearts it’ll looks so good from the raws I’ve looked at. I really hope you’ll decide to start on the project soon. Good luck. ^^
September 4th, 2008 at 12:16 am
*sniff* Kamui… come back… i must know what happens…
October 8th, 2008 at 12:38 pm
I’ve been waiting for Pandora Hearts for foreveeeeeeeeeeeer. ;__;
November 16th, 2008 at 7:47 pm
I don’t know if this is the place to ask, it’s kind of a shot in the dark, but I just picked up a copy of The World Of Disgaea 2, and… it goes from page 64 to page 33. I think I missed out on like, 60 pages of content as it jumps at a second page 64 to page 97.
Was this just a weird mistake that only I got?
November 18th, 2008 at 12:04 am
adam >
You got a misprinted book. This is the first time I heard of a binding error like that.
I’ll email you separately later this week for replacement options.
January 27th, 2009 at 1:32 pm
PLEASE BRING PANDORA HEARTS OUT SOON! >_< but ill wait forever if its for that series ^_^
April 3rd, 2009 at 1:02 pm
On Wiki, it says you guys dropped PH; Which is a no no! Dx
Must NOT drop Pandora Hearts! I really want the actual book in my hand, so I strongly wish you guys to do it so I can purchase it <3
April 3rd, 2009 at 1:42 pm
They didn’t just drop Pandora Hearts, but lost all their titles. Broccoli Books is closed forever, dude.
April 9th, 2009 at 4:26 pm
I think Pandora Hearts got licensed by Yen Press. Whay are Broccoli Books closed? What about their releases? ;_;