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Starz Licenses Japanese Manga Classics to Heavy.com

Authored by Mark Hefflinger on August 27, 2007 - 4:37pm.

New York - Liberty Media's cable TV venture Starz Media said on Monday that it has licensed 40 hours of popular Japanese manga content for distribution on its soon-to-relaunch Manga.com, as well as to independent site Heavy.com. The deal includes popular franchises "Ghost in the Shell," "Astro Boy" and "Ninja Scroll."

tags: Video | TV | Heavy.com | Starz | Anime | Liberty Media | Manga | Manga.com |

Prima Games to Publish Manga Based on "Kameo" Xbox 360 Game

Authored by Mark Hefflinger on November 17, 2005 - 3:35am.
Roseville, Calif. - Prima Games, a division of publisher Random House, announced on Thursday that it plans to publish a manga series based on the Xbox 360 game "Kameo: Elements of Power," developed by Rare Limited for Microsoft Game Studios. The manga, which will be written by Sunmin Park and illustrated by anime artist Hiroyuki Kitazume, will be published in six bi-monthly issues beginning in the spring of 2006.
tags: Games | Xbox | Prima Games | Manga | Kameo |