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Ohzora Publishing Establishes American Subsidiary Date: 5/12/2006 |
| Japanese mainstay manga publisher Ohzora Publishing Co. has announced plans to enter the North America market in full scale by establishing and US based subsidiary. Plans went forward in the middle of March to form Aurora Publishing, Inc., physically located in Los Angeles, California with a startup capital of $200,000. An official announcement event occured on April 28, drawing over 100 people including those related to the Hollywood Movie Production. President and CEO Nobuo Kitawaki wants to introduce new works from Japan to America and in turn, original manga created in the USA to the rest of the world. The company will start it's business by translating / publishing Japanese works and then selling them in North America. Ohzora has had it's properties translated and sold in the USA, Germany, France, Taiwan, Korea, Thailand, Indonesia, and Malaysia. They claim to be the number one publishing house in Japan in terms of number of female manga franchises and number of publications (monthly comic magazines = 14, annual issues = 316, according to 2004 Data). In total their publications are read by 15.8 million people a year in Japan The official English website is www.ohzora.co.jp/english |
| Source: Anime News Service |
