Tanoshimi was the

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arm of US publisher

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and was responsible for the publication of their

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manga Manga ( Japanese: 漫画 ) are comics or graphic novels originating from Japan. Most manga conform to a style developed in Japan in the late 19th century, and the form has a long prehistory in earlier Japanese art. The term ''manga'' is use ...

titles. Its relationship with Random House was the same as Del Rey, which released the same Manga titles for its parent company in the

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. The company came into existence in June 2006, and has since released ten new Manga titles and over 50 books into the UK market. Since 2009 Tanoshimi no longer licenses manga volumes for distribution in the United Kingdom. To continue to follow manga volumes previously released by Tanoshimi, imports could be made from Del Rey in the United States. With the closure of Del Rey, ongoing titles (such as Negima) are now being published by

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under the Kodansha Comics imprint.

Titles

Air Gear is a Japanese manga series written and illustrated by Oh! great, serialized in Kodansha's ''shōnen'' manga magazine ''Weekly Shōnen Magazine'' from November 2002 to May 2012, with its chapters collected in thirty-seven ''tankōbon'' volu ...

- ''(January 2007)'' *

Basilisk In European bestiaries and legends, a basilisk ( or ) is a legendary reptile reputed to be a serpent king, who causes death to those who look into its eyes. According to the ''Naturalis Historia'' of Pliny the Elder, the basilisk of Cyrene ...

- ''(August 2006)'' * Free Collars Kingdom - ''(January 2007)'' * Ghost Hunt - ''(August 2006)'' * Guru Guru Pon-chan - ''(August 2006)'' *

Mamotte! Lollipop is a Japanese shōjo manga series written and illustrated by . It was serialized in the magazine ''Nakayoshi'' and published by Kodansha in Japan between February 2003 and July 2005. The story revolves around female protagonist Nina Yamada, ...

- ''(February 2006)'' * Negima!: Magister Negi Magi - ''(August 2006)'' *

Othello ''Othello'' (full title: ''The Tragedy of Othello, the Moor of Venice'') is a tragedy written by William Shakespeare, probably in 1603, set in the contemporary Ottoman–Venetian War (1570–1573) fought for the control of the Island of Cyp ...

- ''(May 2007)'' *

School Rumble is a Japanese shōnen manga, ''shōnen'' manga series written and illustrated by Jin Kobayashi. First serialized in ''Weekly Shōnen Magazine'' from October 22, 2002 to July 23, 2008, all 345 chapters were later collected in 22 ''tankōbo ...

- ''(January 2006)'' *

Tsubasa Tsubasa (written: 翼, 翔, 飛翔 or つばさ in hiragana) is a unisex Japanese given name. Notable people with the name include: *Tsubasa (wrestler), Japanese professional wrestler *, Japanese footballer *, Japanese baseball player *, Japanese ...

- ''(August 2006)'' * xxxHolic - ''(August 2006)''

References

External links

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