Yaoi News

At New York Comic Con 2008, 801 Media and Juné Manga announced new yaoi manga titles for release in 2009 and 2008 respectively. Juné's sixteen new titles are listed on their blog, while 801 Media announced the license of Ze by Yuki Shimizu and Don't Rush Love by Mio Tenohji.

We received an email earlier from Frank Panone, Managing Editor of Kitty Media, with a few updates. Mr. Panone confirms that Dog Style Volume 2 and Family, both yaoi manga, will be published in June of this year.

In addition, The Crimson Spell Volume 2 should be available in August! Incubus Volume 3, an original English yaoi manga, will be available in September, in time for Yaoi-Con, Mr. Panone said.

While surfing the yaoi manga publishers' sites this morning, we came across several titles on Deux Press' website that we hadn't seen before! They might be new, or we might have just missed the announcement. Either way, here's a crop of new manga titles from Deux Press, set to be released this year:

• Oh My God! by Natsuho Shino
  Japanese title: Kamisama Shinkaron
  Release start: July 2008
  Rating: 18+
  2 volumes
  [ More info ]

• Heavenly Body by Takashi Kanzaki
  Japanese title: HH Remix?
  Release: August 2008
  1 volume
  [ More info ]

• Ruff Love by Tamaki Kirishima
  Japanese title: Shiba to Issho
  Release: August 2008
  1 volume
  [ More info ]

• Maid in Heaven by Hisami Shimada
  Release: August 2008
  1 volume
  [ More info ]

• Student Bodies by Yuuya
  Release: November 2008
  1 volume
  Not yet sure which of Yuuya's yaoi manga this title refers to.

• Lovers and Souls by Kano Miyamoto
  Release: November 2008
  1 volume
  [ More info ]

Publisher's Weekly published an article today in their "Comics Week" email newsletter covering a conversation between a PW reporter and Tran Nguyen, publisher of the yaoi manga imprint Drama Queen. While this conversation is not any kind of official announcement from Drama Queen, the article does seem to promote hope that Drama Queen will resume publishing this spring, possibly within the next two months. Read the article on Publisher's Weekly's web site, and stay tuned to Boys on Boys on Film for the official word from Drama Queen when it comes.

The official web site of the Junjo Romantica anime series has posted a 15-second promotional video for the upcoming anime! The Junjo Romantica anime series will premiere on Japanese television on April 10.

The second volume of the No Money! (Okane ga nai!) OAV finally has its English DVD release date: June 10, 2008. No Money vol. 2 will contain episodes 3 and 4 of the animated OAV and will retail for $29.99, according to Anime on DVD.

Since Kitty Media does not dub its hard yaoi releases, and volume 1 was not dubbed, we can assume that volume 2 will not be dubbed and will only contain a Japanese soundtrack with English subtitles.

Digital Manga Publishing's yaoi imprint, Juné, has delivered a press release package announcing five new BL novels to be released in the fall of 2008! Straight from the press release, here are the titles and Juné's details:

Passion - Forbidden Lovers by Shinobu Gotoh and Shoko Takaku
Available October 21, 2008

Juné Manga celebrates the conclusion of its first yaoi series Passion by Shoko Takaku and Shinobu Gotoh with the release of its original novel - Passion: Forbidden Lovers. Join Hikaru and Shima in their exploration of a forbidden love.

The Guilty by Katsura Izumi and Hinako Takanaga
Available October 21, 2008

Illustrated by Hinako Takanaga, The Devil’s Secret (801 Media) and Little Butterfly, and written by world famous author Katsura Izumi, The Guilty is a four volume series reminiscent of the DMP best seller Love Recipe.

Toya Sakurai only went into the publishing business to work with his favorite author, Kai Hodaka. And now he’s getting the chance to do exactly that! But the demands of the job are more than he ever expected. When his company wants Hodaka to publish ahead of schedule, Toya has to find some way to persuade the author to cooperate. Hodaka takes cruel advantage of the situation, demanding Toya’s body in exchange for his next book. But the love of a fan is not so easily conquered... Let’s just hope his fiancée understands!

All You Need is Love by Jinko Fuyuno and Noboru Takatsuki
Available October 21, 2008

Junya Sawa is an ordinary man - a modestly successful bank employee in Tokyo. But that isn't the life he wanted for himself. In the eight years since he graduated from high school, he's been unable to forget the man who could have changed his life - Uzuki Kobayakawa, the heir to a yakuza dynasty in Tokyo. Now, brought together by chance once again, he's forced to face the choices he made in his youth that tore them apart and to decide whether their differences will keep them apart forever.

Noboru Takatsuki is most famous for the artwork in the popular PC yaoi games Silver Chaos and Hanamachi Monogatari. Jinko Fuyuno has published over 26 yaoi novels in her career. The combination makes for an explosive novel with stunning artwork and a moving plot.

Dark Walker by Hikaru Yura and Hirotaka Kisaragi
Available November 18, 2008

Tomoki Naruse has just started his freshman year in high school. And as with all healthy, young men at his age, he's been dreaming of sex. But Tomoki isn’t having normal wet dreams like his classmates! In his nightmares, err... dreams his partner is a man and to make things worse, Tomoki is on the bottom! Aside from Tomoki’s unsettling dreams, high school life is fun - especially with his new, handsome, best friend Yugo Oda. But Yugo is no ordinary freshman; he is involved in mysterious activities that Tomoki can’t even begin to imagine...

Secret Moon by Siira Gou and Sato Tomoe
Available December 2, 2008

Akihiro Tomoe has lived been living a lie for decades. A vampire, he has been able to hide his identity and somehow insinuate himself into typical town life. However, this peaceful and somewhat dull life is about to change. One night, he stumbles across a man called Taichi Yamagami. Attracted to the pure but wild Taichi and meaning to cut it off after one night, Akihiro seizes Taichi's body. But one night of passion isn’t enough to satisfy Akihiro and he finds himself seeking out Taichi again and again. However, Taichi seems to have a few secrets of his own. Whenever the moon shines from the night sky onto the gentle Taichi, his personality transforms...