Thank you so much for scanning these-- Especially since I got news in my inbox the other day from the Anime Corner Store that Broccoli Books will soon be no more... Here's the copypasted excerpt, for those who want it:
"Broccoli Books Shutting Down
Shizuki Yamashita announced this week that Broccoli International USA will be shut down and dissolved at the end of the year. This includes Broccoli Books and the Shonen Ai imprint Boysenberry, which previously published the Manga titles Aquarian Age: Juvenile Orion, Digi Charat Theater, Galaxy Angel, Galaxy Angel II, Disgaea, Kamui, Sola, Nui!, Murder Princess, Es, and several others. This also finally puts their DVD division Sync-Point to bed, and eliminates the possibility that there will be any future releases of the FLCL unless another firm picks up the license.
Yamashita made an appeal in a blog post that the US rights to their books will revert back to Japan, and some of these titles could be rescued by the other US Manga companies if they move quickly. Personally, I wouldn't bet on it. The wholesale division will also be closed, and was one of the last US based sources of imported books and unique Japanese merchandise sold by many small (um, that's not us) Anime retailers. They have been busy liquidating their inventory since the beginning of September, sending us daily e-mails offering us blocks of unsold merchandise priced as low as .05 cents on the dollar, so this announcement was not unexpected."
Unfortunately for us in the US, this would likely mean we won't be seeing the rest of Disgaea 3 translated... Unless someone else picks up the rights to it, that is. :< I guess only time will tell...
Anyhow, thank you so much once more, for the scans..! ♥
Could be a bit of an important notice to everyone---
"Broccoli Books Shutting Down
Shizuki Yamashita announced this week that Broccoli International USA will be shut down and dissolved at the end of the year. This includes Broccoli Books and the Shonen Ai imprint Boysenberry, which previously published the Manga titles Aquarian Age: Juvenile Orion, Digi Charat Theater, Galaxy Angel, Galaxy Angel II, Disgaea, Kamui, Sola, Nui!, Murder Princess, Es, and several others. This also finally puts their DVD division Sync-Point to bed, and eliminates the possibility that there will be any future releases of the FLCL unless another firm picks up the license.
Yamashita made an appeal in a blog post that the US rights to their books will revert back to Japan, and some of these titles could be rescued by the other US Manga companies if they move quickly. Personally, I wouldn't bet on it. The wholesale division will also be closed, and was one of the last US based sources of imported books and unique Japanese merchandise sold by many small (um, that's not us) Anime retailers. They have been busy liquidating their inventory since the beginning of September, sending us daily e-mails offering us blocks of unsold merchandise priced as low as .05 cents on the dollar, so this announcement was not unexpected."
Unfortunately for us in the US, this would likely mean we won't be seeing the rest of Disgaea 3 translated... Unless someone else picks up the rights to it, that is. :< I guess only time will tell...
Anyhow, thank you so much once more, for the scans..! ♥