Media Release -- GEN Manga Entertainment and Yumcha Studios, LLC have signed exclusive distribution agreements with Diamond Comic Distributors and its sister company Diamond Book Distributors to be the sole worldwide distributor for English language sales into comic book specialty stores, book stores, and hobby and gaming stores.
GEN Manga is known as, "America's #1 source for original underground Japanese manga!" The stories are created by elusive doujin creators in Japan's secret underground circles and published by nobody else in the world. Some of the GEN Manga titles include WOLF; VS. ALIENS; KAMEN; SOULS; SORAKO, ALIVE; GOOD-BYE GEIST; LET'S EAT RAMEN; ANOMAL; STONES OF POWER; ONE IS ENOUGH; and ANDROID ANGELS.
Yumcha Studios are the creators of the fan-favorite series DIM SUM WARRIORS. The series was originally an iPad App designed to teach people of all ages Mandarin and English, it became so popular that it's now available in graphic novel format. The series was recently featured in Fast Company magazine as #5 of "The 10 Coolest Original Comics for 2012."
"We are thrilled to be working with GEN Manga, they have manga titles that no one else in the world can get their hands on and we are looking forward to helping them expand and grow the market for indie Japanese manga in the US and beyond" said Kuo-Yu Liang, Diamond Book Distributor's VP-Sales and Marketing. "We are also very happy to have Dim Sum Warriors from Yumcha Studios, the book is terrific and we can't wait to see its market grow as more and more readers discover this gem."
"Diamond is a world leader in the industry and GEN Manga is absolutely stoked that they will be helping us bring real Japanese indie manga to readers here in the US and all over the globe!" said Robert McGuire, Editor-in-Chief of GEN Manga.
"Diamond is the world's largest distributors of graphic novels and comics," says Dr. Yen Yen Woo, the CEO of Yumcha Studios, "So we're very excited to be partnering with a distributor with the experience and expertise to help us bring Dim Sum Warriors and our upcoming titles to stores and readers worldwide."
GEN Manga and Yumcha Studios titles will be available for pre-order in future issues of Diamond's PREVIEWS catalog and through Diamond Book Distributors' catalogs available at www.diamondbookdistributors.com/. To pre-order the titles, contact your local retailer, or find a comic shop near you at www.comicshoplocator.com or call 1-888-comicbook. Retailers interested in purchasing GEN Manga or Yumcha Studios' titles are encouraged to contact Diamond's New Accounts Department at [email protected] or via phone at 800-45-COMIC.
ABOUT YUMCHA STUDIOS, LLC: Headquartered in New York, New York, Yumcha Studios tells stories that cross cultural borders through a variety of media, from digital to print to film and whatever comes next. Yumcha Studios produces, distributes, and markets its original creations, such as DIM SUM WARRIORS, THE KUNG FU GUIDE TO ROMANCE and the upcoming STIR-FRIED DETECTIVE. Learn more about Yumcha Studios, at http://dimsumwarriors.com.
ABOUT GEN MANGA ENTERTAINMENT, INC.: New York based Entertainment Company with worldwide publishing and licensing divisions dedicated to its continually growing family of Japanese manga characters and titles. GEN Manga's properties include over 13 separate stories and countless characters spanning all manga genres, all created by popular underground artists in Japan. GEN Manga is available to the book trade through Diamond Book Distributors. It is available through all major retail outlets, including Amazon.com and BarnesandNoble.com. Digitally GEN is available on Iverse's Comic+ app, Apple itunes, kindle, and nook. For more information about publishing and licensing opportunities, please contact Robert McGuire, Publisher at GEN MANGA via email – [email protected]
ABOUT DIAMOND COMIC DISTRIBUTORS (DCD)—Diamond is at the nexus of comics and pop culture. Based in Baltimore, MD, DCD is the world's largest distributor of English-language comic books, graphic novels, and related pop-culture merchandise, serving thousands of retailers worldwide. For more information, visit Diamond on the web at www.diamondcomics.com.
ABOUT DIAMOND BOOK DISTRIBUTORS (DBD)—DBD is a division of Diamond Comic Distributors, Inc., and is dedicated to making a wide selection of graphic novels and other pop culture merchandise available to bookstores, online retailers, libraries, schools, mass merchants and other general retailers globally. DBD is the home to a number of world class publishers including Dark Horse, publisher of award-winning and best-selling creators & series including Joss Whedon, Janet Evanovich, Mike Mignola, Frank Miller, Buffy the Vampire Slayer, Conan and the Star Wars franchise; IDW, publisher of Transformers & True Blood; Image Comics, publisher of Robert Kirkman's Walking Dead; Dead; Oni Press, publisher of the widely successful Scott Pilgrim series; and many others. For more information, visit Diamond Books on the web at www.diamondbookdistributors.com.
