Cartoon Network and Del Rey manga are teaming up to publish Bakugan and Ben 10 titles. What they'll be doing is a set of full-color film comics, as well as an original manga series for the titles. And dear God, Bakugan has an amazing opening song -- made better by Ali's extremely suave dance moves. The first volume of the Bakugan film comic will hit in December, followed by the next title in March of '09, and the manga will begin in the Summer of next year. As for their Ben 10 license, the film comic starts in November, with the manga hitting in August.

So now onto the new acquisitions:

Moyashimon: Tales of Agriculture (November '09)
Tsubasa Character guide book 2 (Summer '09)
Amefurashi (July '09) -- magical manga comedy by Atsushi Suzumi (Venus Versus Virus). Gimi from a small Japanese village whose lives depend on the rain goddess. So, young boy has to keep rain goddess happy.
Maid War Chronicles (May 2009) by RAN, illustration by Mao-chan. Title says it all.

On sale now and coming soon:

Phoenix Wright manga (on sale now)
Gankutsuou (Nov. 11)
Mao-chan (Oct. 28th)
Papillon by Miwa Ueda (On sale now)
Yokaiden by Nina Matsumoto - by the manga-fied Simpsons girl
xxxHolic: Anotherholic by Nisioisin

Q&A:

-There will be a second volume of Faust in May 2009!
-Ali: "Hey, they should do something next year for their 5th anniversary for publishing manga..."
-On the topic of Gegege no Kitaro, they've got the title under consideration
-Ali: "Dallas has nothing to do with the success of Del Rey manga."
-Del Rey has the touch of death when it comes to TV programming

Someone asked if they'd work on the Mega Man titles since they're already working with Capcom on Phoenix Wright. They've got it under consideration, but seeing them give a bit a surprised look, that's something new to them.