Yen Press to be Releasing all four of the Kingdom Hearts Manga series

[Kaneki Ken 1,516]

strangest thing, I was thinking about KH manga localization 2 days ago.

Edited March 31, 2013 by Xamtweth-ReMIXed

[Nero 4]

Ha! This is some great news.

[blazing 37]

Did they do BBS manga yet. Or, was that the novel.

[Weiss 8,279]

Did they do BBS manga yet. Or, was that the novel.

it was a novel. There are a few translations around kh13 you can find through the search bar.

[Rob 5,571]

There is nothing wrong with the fan-made versions. Sadly once the official English versions are released no one is going to care about the fan-made versions......

 

True. Dedicated fans put so much work into their translations.

[_The Door To Light_ 1,507]

I think this is great!

But you know, I really hope that one day we'd get the Kingdom Hearts novels instead.

[blazing 37]

Yay!

[VentusX 20]

That's so great! Yen Press is a popular manga publishing company I think...but why is Days releasing this year before all the other ones? Not that I'd complain, really, I love Days. And for KH Final Mix--do they mean they'll start off with two volumes, or they'll release the entire thing in two longer-than-normal volumes?

since the series is 4 volumes long, they'll be releasing them in 2, 2 volume long Omnibuses, but like all other yenpress omnibuses, will contain all the colour pages

 

 

There is nothing wrong with the fan-made versions. Sadly once the official English versions are released no one is going to care about the fan-made versions......

what do you mean by fan release anyway, do you mean scanlations?

Edited April 1, 2013 by VentusX

[NocturnalMelody 4]

AWESOME news, this is very exciting! I was so disappointed when Tokyopop shut down and the manga wasn't being picked up...can't wait to buy them!

[Aaron Parthimos 33]

Is it also for North America

[VentusX 20]

Is it also for North America

The company is North American, so obviously

[MythrilMagician 6,963]

if they dont come to australia, ill have to convince my father to buy from overseas. and he doesnt like to do that. -_-

But i do hope eBook versions will be released.

[VentusX 20]

if they dont come to australia, ill have to convince my father to buy from overseas. and he doesnt like to do that. -_-

But i do hope eBook versions will be released.

Either Buy online (i recommend BookDepository(cheap(cheaper than most bookstores)and free shipping to almost every country(yes australia is free(i live in nz and shipping is free)))

or you can just special order it from a bookstore, just ask to order a book and give them the isbn. 

Australia and NZ dont have manga publishers, and in truth, most books(meaning 90%(probably even more)) Australia and NZ gets are from either the states or from Europe.

(that was a lot of brackets)

[Exlon 165]

I'm sure there will be people who will still read the fan translations. I mean, lots of people don't even buy regular manga that's available at the local bookstore, they read scanlations online. So there will still be readers of those.

[Raynaninja 40]

Its about time!

[VentusX 20]

I'm sure there will be people who will still read the fan translations. I mean, lots of people don't even buy regular manga that's available at the local bookstore, they read scanlations online. So there will still be readers of those.

And that is why the english manga industry is going down and why so many series dont get picked up and many series get put in an indefinite hiatus/cancelled.

[Weiss 8,279]

It looks as though KH Final Mix and KH Com mangas will actually release in 2013. May for KH Final Mix and June for Chain of memories.

http://bayoab.info/live/live2.php?panel=100

[VentusX 20]

It looks as though KH Final Mix and KH Com mangas will actually release in 2013. May for KH Final Mix and June for Chain of memories.

http://bayoab.info/live/live2.php?panel=100

Misinformation, it means may 2014, otherwise it would have been in the last license announcement and would already be online with an ISBN and everything else.

Edited April 2, 2013 by VentusX

[Weiss 8,279]

Misinformation, it means may 2014, otherwise it would have been in the last license announcement and would already be online with an ISBN and everything else.

Also, Yen Press has told me via email that the Days Manga will be releasing first(I try and get my facts straight(mainly because most sites said 2014 for the other KH series, but a few did say this year))

Might be, might not. A reliable KH site even trusts it so I wouldn't write it off yet.

[DChiuch 5,773]

Misinformation, it means may 2014, otherwise it would have been in the last license announcement and would already be online with an ISBN and everything else.Also, Yen Press has told me via email that the Days Manga will be releasing first(I try and get my facts straight(mainly because most sites said 2014 for the other KH series, but a few did say this year))

Thanks for doing this research. Is it possible for you to show us the email?

[Tay Takashi 5]

But, hey... Pay atention:13:17:20 Conmplete KH: Final Mix released as two volumes in May 201313:17:27 re-releasing King Hearts13:17:31 starting with Final Mix13:17:51 ((((((Monthly omnibus release of KH:Chain of Memories and KH II leading up to art books and KH 358/2 releases this fall))))))Doen't the part between brackets mean they will release CoM, KH2, and just LATER they will release the art books, and JUST THEN they will release the Days manga? I'm brazilian, so I don't really got it, but from my understanding, this is what they'll do '-'~

 

 

 

 

Guys, I have news! I talked with Yen Press' people, and look what they told me:

 

"Hi Tay,Kingdom Hearts Final Mix will be released as two omnibuses, both available in May of this year.June 2013 will be Chain of Memories as a single omnibus.The order afterward is Kingdom Hearts II Vol. 1 (Omnibus), Kingdom Hearts II Vol. 2 (Omnibus), Shiro Amano: The Artwork of Kingdom Hearts, and then 358/2 Days Volume 1 (as a single volume) in November 2013 with subsequent volumes every 2 months.Lots of Kingdom Hearts this year! We'll have more info about dates up on the site very soon, but all of the books mentioned above will be available over the summer/fall beginning in May 2013.Best,The Yen Press Team"

Edited April 3, 2013 by Aaron

[Sora96 17,256]

Added Tay Takashi's email response from The Yen Press Team to the news post.

 

It seems like they're reissuing what Tokyopop released and will then continue it.

[kristi-swat 61]

about the chain of memories...isn't it already published in english or are they going to put them both in one?...that's what that means right?

[VentusX 20]

about the chain of memories...isn't it already published in english or are they going to put them both in one?...that's what that means right?

Tokyopop did originally release it, but yes, in the Yen Press release, both volumes will be combined(but dont worry, Yen Press has some of the best omnibuses)

[Tay Takashi 5]

You guys really think they'll just reissui the Tokyopop releases of KH1 + KHCoM + KH2? I hope not.
Not to count that the Kingdom Hearts Final Mix manga has a chapter that does not exist in the Tokyopop's KH1. The "Unknown" chapter, where Sora meet Xemnas, and they fight - and then we see Roxas meeting Riku in TWTNW, and askin' he "Where is Sora?".

 

 

 

Some more news!

"Hi Tay,

 

We haven't decided the scheduling for volume 6 of Kingdom Hearts II, but we will be publishing it at some later point. The way licensing works, we generally can't contract for new volumes until they're out in Japan, so likely it will be next year.

Once we have a final schedule for this and all of the other volumes, it will go up on the Yen site.

 

Hope you'll check them out!

 

Best,

The Yen Press Team"

Edited April 5, 2013 by Tay Takashi