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Old 02-05-2004, 07:49 PM   #1
MattBrady
 
DARK HORSE BUYS STUDIO PROTEUS

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Dark Horse Comics has announced it will purchase manga publishing and production house Studio Proteus under a pending agreement. Dark Horse has worked with Studio Proteus co-publishing manga since the publication of Dark Horse’s Outlanders in 1988, and together they have produced nearly 60,000 pages of material. The acquisition will also include all Studio Proteus manga previously published with Eclipse and Innovation. Studio Proteus’s Toren Smith will retain the company’s name.

“We have had a fantastic run with Toren Smith and Studio Proteus,” commented Dark Horse President Mike Richardson. “With the assistance of Studio Proteus we have presented some of the finest manga properties ever produced, including Lone Wolf and Cub, Akira, Oh My Goddess, Blade of the Immortal, and Ghost in the Shell, among others. We look forward to Toren’s assistance on future manga projects.”

“Manga sales have exploded over the last five years,” explains Toren Smith of Studio Proteus. “We’ve seen 20% and 30% growth each year. Frankly, the manga marketplace has gotten too big for a little guy like me to handle. I felt it was best that the business end of things transfer over to a company with the resources and experience to deal with this large and challenging new market.”

Smith will not be leaving manga behind. “I’m not sure I could handle the withdrawal symptoms,” he joked. “I’ll be translating select titles for Dark Horse, such as Blade of the Immortal, and working with them as a consultant.”

For a complete listing of Dark Horse manga titles please visit www.darkhorse.com
 
Old 02-05-2004, 08:33 PM   #2
United Comics
 
Re: DARK HORSE BUYS STUDIO PROTEUS

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The acquisition will also include all Studio Proteus manga previously published with Eclipse and Innovation.


Does this mean we'll finally get to see a TPB of Mai, The Psychic Girl?
 
Old 02-05-2004, 08:47 PM   #3
Jamie S. Rich
 
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Does this mean we'll finally get to see a TPB of Mai, The Psychic Girl?


Viz did three volumes of Mai. I just checked Amazon, and they're still available. A lot of the early Eclipse manga was done by Viz, before they broke off and formed their own company.
 
Old 02-05-2004, 09:12 PM   #4
beta-ray
 
Verrry interesting... Hope they can produce even more... Will they still be able to do stuff like the translations in Intron Depot? I know Masamune is planning more volumes...
 
Old 02-05-2004, 09:50 PM   #5
Pikachu007
 
Does this also mean Adam Warren will finally finish DirtyPair Vs. Predator??? Or any DP for that matter??

Pikachu
 
Old 02-06-2004, 09:37 AM   #6
Cartoon Jay
 
Re: Re: DARK HORSE BUYS STUDIO PROTEUS

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Does this mean we'll finally get to see a TPB of Mai, The Psychic Girl?


They (Eclipse, I think) published four very nice manga format (small size and slipcovers) trades that collected the wole story. One of the nicest jobs I've seen done on an imported manga. But Mai is a great story that deserves to bee seen, so I'd liek to see it back in print as well. And with teh excellent job DH has done on the Trigun and Akira collections, I may have to buy new copies.
 
Old 02-06-2004, 10:21 AM   #7
Logan X
 
Sounds interesting, even though I'm not really a manga fan.
 
Old 02-06-2004, 08:01 PM   #8
pmginn
 
Maybe they can publish Ohikkoshi? I am dying to read that! Hiroaki Samura is a comics master!
 
 
   

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