Kodansha Limited, Japan's largest publisher of Manga, will acquire US publisher of translated Japanese fiction and manga Vertical, Inc according to Anime News Network The move comes as Kodansha continues to exert greater control over how its material is handled in the US, having recently shifted its licenses from Del Rey to its own Kodansha[...]
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Akamatsu has previously announced partnerships with publishers such as Shueisha and Kodansha.
With the new comic viewer that J-Comi is developing with Google, Akamatsu said that American readers can see advertising from American businesses In addition, the advertising can automatically change every time a manga is read, depending on the country, local time, interests of the[...]