The Melancholy of Suzumiya Haruhi-chan
Yen Press has announced a collection of new manga licenses that we'll start seeing in 2010, and the first one, which I'm hugely excited about, is The Melancholy of Haruhi Suzumiya-chan! I've mentioned a few times that this manga series, a gag strip about chibi versions of all the characters (which also has an anime adaptation), is considerably more popular in Japan than the official manga adaptation of the novels-- because it's new content! So, I'm thrilled to get to read some more Haruhi adventures. Definitely.
K-On!
Bungaku Shoujo, the light novel series about a girl who eats books and a boy who's actually a talented writer but who has lost his passion, and Fumi Yoshinaga's Not Love but Delicious Foods (originally Ai ga Nakutemo Kutteyukemasu), thus proving that pretty much every manga publisher in the US will eventually get a Yoshinaga title, are also among the licenses.
And finally, Goldilocks and the Seven Squat Bears, which is not Japanese, but looks really cute.
Okay, let's hear it. What's first on your wishlist?
Awesome... I just started watching K-On and so far i've been loving it... but you're right I don't know how it would transfer to paper, without music...
Haruhi is cute as a chibi!
But Yuki looks better!
Everything but K-ON! sounds interesting. The Melancholy of Haruhi Suzumiya-chan and Bungaku Shoujo sound interesting. Need more info on Not Love but Delicious Foods.
Except BECK >>>>>>>>>> K-ON! Also BECK actually had a story about the hardships of a band trying to break out from the underground and the drama with having personalities clashing especially with Ryuusuke's egotism, along with the high school drama that Koyuki gets involved in. K-ON!'s story is about a group of character archetypes trying to get a band together despite the tendency of half of them to blow off actually practicing, throw in the obligatory beach scene and a bunch of moe moments and that is K-ON!
(Note this is based on only having watched the K-ON! anime)