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We received the color materials for Coyote Ragtime Show vol 3 today.

We’re still debating over what images to use for vol 2 and vol 3 cover, back cover & inserts.

I don’t really like the Lolita girls, but editor Samantha & designer Chris say they are popular. I think I don’t like the outfits they’re wearing. Some Goth-Loli clothes are cute, but these girls aren’t wearing anything that cute. I think I like February(?) only. Is that because I’m a megane moe person?

Meganekko love.

We received the sample copy of Coyote Ragtime Show vol 1 today.

The books are shipping to the bookstores as we speak.

Coyote Ragtime Show vol 1 goes on sale June 27, 2007.

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We got a lot of proofs from our printer.
They came before and after Fanime, but I was too busy w/ con preparation to blog about them. But I did look at each one!

So here are them photos:
Coyote Ragtime Show vol 1 proofs

E’S vol 3 color proof

Oh, and here’s the Kon Kon Kokon vol 1 proof from a while back.

We received the Coyote Ragtime Show vol 2 translation from translator S@ki today.

Coyote Ragtime Show vol 2 has a long bonus manga about the staff at ufotable, the anime production studio that created Coyote Ragtime Show.

Plenty of translation notes to write.
Haiten da~

So we were doing the final check for Coyote Ragtime Show vol 1 w/ JIVE, when they told us some surprising news.

Franca’s dad, the pirate king…
His name isn’t Bruce, but is Blues.

In Japanese, it’s written in katakana “Buruusu.”
So if it were any normal English sounding name, it would automatically be Bruce.

But I guess Blues could be written “Buruusu” in katakana, although it’s commonly “Buruuzu.”

Bikkuri, bikkuri.

Good thing we found out before we went to press.
I have to have someone go through the Broccoli Books website to change all references to Bruce/Blues.

We’re just about wrapping up Coyote Ragtime Show vol 1.

It’s very, very, very, very, very unfortunate that we couldn’t get more bonus materials in Coyote Ragtime Show vol 1.

Since there’s an anime series… and the manga is made by the same studio who created the anime series… it just made sense to put character design materials or background set-up materials.

But we ran out of time.

So I regretfully chucked the idea of adding the extra pages… and we’re settling with a 208 page book.
Gomen yo~

But I have plenty of ideas, so Coyote Ragtime Show vol 2 might end up being a thick book.

We received the translated script of E’S vol 4 from translator S@ki today.
So it’s being shipped off to re-writer Elizabeth.

Meanwhile, layout staffer Knuckles is finishing up E’S vol 3 & we should be getting that in sometime next week.

In other production news…
I looked over the draft of Coyote Ragtime Show vol 1. It’s already got a read-through by editor Dee, so I’m just checking the translation & re-write, to make sure the nuances are OK.

But Coyote Ragtime Show is a pretty straight forward manga. Also doesn’t have a whole lot of text to begin with, since it’s a very anime-like manga. Or a storyboard-like manga. Which I guess is reasonable, seeing that manga artist group tartan check is part of the anime production company ufotable.

Next up is going over Disgaea 2 vol 2 and My Dearest Devil Princess vol 1.

Busy, busy~

We received the translation of KAMUI vol 8 from translator S@ki.
So it’s been shipped off to re-writer Elizabeth for script clean up.

But re-writer Elizabeth is currently working on My Dearest Devil Princess vol 1 re-write, so she won’t be able to start on it until next week.

We also received the Coyote Ragtime Show vol 1 script back from re-writer Melissa on Monday.

Kon Kon Kokon vol 1 text insertion is being worked on by layout staffer Knuckles right now.

And translator S@ki is taking over the translation of Disgaea 2 vol 2, since translator Yoshi now works for another anime company. She’s also juggling the translation of Title X.

Oh, and Boysenberry stuff.
Translation for Delivery Cupid is all done & the script is being worked on right now. We also need to finalize the logo design by designer Knuckles, so we can finally show the final cover design.

It’s been a while since I talked about BroccoliBooks.com updates, so a brief re-cap for those who haven’t been keeping up w/ the other site:

My Dearest Devil Princess section has been made. It’s still a bit incomplete, but it’s slowly coming together.

We also uploaded the Murder Princess section a while back. There are links to manga artist Sekihiko Inui’s official website (operated by a fan) and blog (written by the manga artist himself). Both sites are in Japanese, but something you can look at.

And Coyote Ragtime Show section was uploaded at the same time as Murder Princess.

And I forgot to mention it when I listed the winners of the Broccoli Books Fan Club Mailing List winners, but we uploaded the February 2007 issue of BROCOMI. This month features a preview of Galaxy Angel II and two pages of Di Gi Charat 4-panel manga.

Happy reading!

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Broccoli Books Licenses Coyote Ragtime Show, Hakoiri Devil Princess and Murder Princess

Los Angeles, CA (December 8, 2006) – Broccoli Books has announced the acquisition of three manga titles, Coyote Ragtime Show, Hakoiri Devil Princess (Japanese title), and Murder Princess.

Coyote Ragtime Show is the manga adaptation of the TV anime series created by ufotable. Franka, the orphan daughter of Pirate King Bruce, has seven days to find her father’s hidden treasure before planet Graceland is destroyed. Lead by space pirate Mister, Franka and a rag-tag band of coyotes are on a treasure hunt against Madame Marciano and the 12 SISTERs.

Coyote Ragtime Show manga series is illustrated by Tartan Check and is serialized in Comic Rush magazine published by JIVE Ltd. Two volumes have been released so far in Japan. Coyote Ragtime Show is slated to be released in Summer 2007 in North America.

Hakoiri Devil Princess is a romantic comedy about a princess from the demon world named Maki, and Keita who summoned her from a mysterious box. Keita is granted three wishes in exchange for his soul. But she can only take his soul after he makes his third wish. So, as a sheltered demon with little knowledge of how to be evil, Maki must rely on her trusty guidebook to teach herself the ways of the nefarious arts and trick Keita into using up his wishes. Until then, Maki’s going to live with Keita until he can’t stand living anymore.

Hakoiri Devil Princess is illustrated by Maika Netsu with story by Makoto Matsumoto. Serialized in Comic Rush magazine published by JIVE Ltd., currently four volumes of Haoiri Devil Princess has been released in Japan. Hakoiri Devil Princess is slated to be released in Summer 2007 in North America.

Murder Princess is about Princess Alita, who must protect her kingdom from a coup d’etat. But on her way to get help, a magical mishap trapped her inside the body of a bounty hunter named Falis. Now Alita must rule disguised as a servant as the battle-savvy Falis sits on the throne in her body. And thus the story about the strongest and most violent princess in the history of the kingdom begins.

Murder Princess is illustrated and written by Sekihiko Inui, the manga artist of Comic Party. Serialized in quarterly magazine Dengeki Teiou, the second volume of Murder Princess will be released in Japan in early 2007. Murder Princess OVA anime series will be available in March 2007 in Japan. Murder Princess is slated to be released in April 2007 in North America.

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