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Otakon News and ICV2 Article |
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Written by Jordan Marks
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Sunday, 08 July 2007 |
Wagupocky noted on Yaoi Daily Cafe that Maki Murakami is going to be attending Otakon. She will be a guest of Tokyopop.
As has been mentioned as few places, like MangaBlog and The Icarus Publishing Blog, ICv2 has stated in an article that the growth of yaoi licensing is finally growing faster than the growth of yaoi sales. The article also goes on to to say that this "could indicate the possibility of a logjam in the marketplace this fall since 32 out of the 87 new series are yaoi properties." Well, we all knew someday the amazing growth of the yaoi industry would finally level off. The trends ICv2 are talking about may or may not point to that happening this year.
What the article doesn't mention is that most yaoi properties tend to be standalones as opposed to long running series like, say, Bleach. They did specify 'series', but I think they meant 'titles'. I combed the lists of upcoming titles and saw very few multi-volume series. I didn't double check every title, but I only count six multi-volume series that are starting between now and the end of the year.
Though, since it took 190 announced manga titles and 7 OAV properties to where we are right now I doubt this means the industry is headed for serious trouble. (I'll put a publisher by publisher breakdown after the jump so you can check my math.) There are also dozens of global BL titles, 8 yaoi novel series or standalones and ongoing publications like Rush and BL Twist. Convention season is not over yet and I expect to hear about more licenses at Comic Con, Yaoi Con and possibly Otakon.
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Announced yaoi licenses:
* 801 Media: 14
* Be Beautiful: 12
* Boysenberry Books: 3
* Blu: 20
* Deux: 3
* Drama Queen: 42
* Juné: 94
* Kitty Media: 14
* Seven Seas: 1
Obviously, these numbers are somewhat subjective. I did count Juné's JOEL title, but I docked them a point since I am counting Gorgeous Carat and Gorgeous Carat Galaxy as one property. I put that point under Blu since they have more of the series. I also did not count Gravitation, or any shounen ai.
The Japanese Yaoi series that are scheduled to start between now and the end of the year are:
* Vanilla
* Prince Charming
* Camera, Camera, Camera
* The Takumi-kun Series / June Pride
* I'm Not Your Steppin' Stone
* Chronicle of the Divine Sword
I counted Chronicle of the Divine Sword based on it's Amazon.com release date. That date ie likely wrong, but I counted it anyway :) |
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