Entertainment, the production company of American comic book pioneer Stan Lee , has revealed on its website that it is developing an animated television series named Quartz with GDH , the corporate parent of the Gonzo anime studio. Lee co-created many of Marvel Comics ‘ flagship franchises, such as Spider-Man , X-Men , the Fantastic Four , and Iron Man . For over 15 years, Gonzo has been producing anime including Afro Samurai , Blue Submarine No. Entertainment and Lee have already been working with manga creator Hiroyuki Takei ( Shaman King ), Shueisha ’s Jump Square magazine, Viz Media ’s Shonen Jump magazine, and the Sony Music Entertainment subsidiary Dream Ranch on a project called Ultimo . Lee is also developing the Hero Man animated television series with the anime studio BONES ( Fullmetal Alchemist , Soul Eater , Wolf’s Rain ) and Wowmax Media! Director Hitoshi Nanba ( Baki the Grappler ), designer Shigeto Koyama ( Eureka Seven ), and animator Toshihiro Kawamoto ( Cowboy Bebop ) are working on the project. read more

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Vertical will publish three volumes of a limited hardcover edition of Osamu Tezuka ’s Black Jack manga with exclusive stories for Diamond Comics Distributors. Tezuka pioneered modern Japanese manga with the Black Jack medical drama, Mighty Atom ( Astro Boy ), Jungle Emperor ( Kimba the White Lion ), Metropolis , and many other popular works. Vertical is also publishing a regular softcover edition of Black Jack which includes stories in the order that Tezuka personally selected for a deluxe edition in Japan. Tezuka chose not to include some stories in that Japanese edition, but Tezuka Production announced it will be re-publishing these excluded stories after his 1989 passing. The exclusive stories in Vertical and Diamond’s hardcover edition are culled from these excluded stories. This collection of supplemental bits scattered across the length and breadth of the series is meant primarily for devoted fans of the TV series or manga. read more

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The Japanese publisher Tokuma Shoten has confirmed on its website and in the October issue of Monthly Comic Ryū magazine on Tuesday that an anime adaptation of Atsushi Kagurazaka ’s Taish� Yakyū Musume. The two novels are set in 1925 when two 14-year-old Japanese high school girls named Koume and Sh�ko decide to start a baseball team in Japan where few baseball teams �” male or female �” exist at the time. Comic Ryū already launched the manga version by Shinpei Ito ( Hyper Dolls , Moldiver , Cutie Honey aGoGo! And this week we fight for reviews of Monster , Haruka , Black Lagoon , and the Import of the Month That Must Not Be Named. read more

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