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Bandai to Launch Manga Division
Date: 7/24/2004
Bandai Entertainment announced at the San Diego Comic-con that they willbe launching a manga division in early 2005 (tentatively March).

No details on what titles Bandai will release are available yet, however it was said that Bandai's manga division would not only be localizing manga from Japan, but that they would also be producing original manga based on established titles.
Source: Anime News Network