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M&C! Licenses Gyo, Honey Come Honey, Wonderland Manga
posted on by Rafael Antonio Pineda
Indonesian published M&C! announced on Tuesday that it has licensed Junji Ito's Gyo, Yuki Shiraishi's Honey Come Honey, and Yugo Ishikawa's Wonderland manga. The first volumes of all three manga are slated to ship on July 25.
M&C! describes the Gyo manga:
Tadashi and Kaori are on vacation in Okinawa, but encounter a strange fish with legs and can move on land! This is the beginning of a series of fish monster attacks that will go on to terrorize all corners of Japan! Junji Ito, one of Japan's most famous horror manga creators, pens this manga!
Ito published the manga in Shogakukan's Big Comic Spirits magazine from 2001 to 2002. Shogakukan published two compiled book volumes for the manga. The manga inspired an OVA by ufotable in 2012.
Stories from Ito's Itō Junji Kessaku-shū (Junji Ito Masterpiece Collection) series and the Fragments of Horror book inspired a television anime that premiered on January 5.
M&C! describes the Honey Come Honey manga:
Mitsu Hanasaki, a beautiful and cute girl, met her classmate Kumagaya on the train. Kumagaya is always the topic of gossip in the school, supposedly due to unsubstantiated rumors that he's attacked people before. His reputation has earned him the nickname of the "Brutal Grizzly." When Kumagaya approaches her and keeps his eyes fixed on her, she becomes more and more scared. But is Kumagaya really as bad as people say?
Shiraishi launched the manga in Shogakukan's Sho-Comi magazine in July 2017, and Shogakukan published the manga's fourth compiled book volume on April 26.
M&C! has published Shiraishi's other manga, including Love, Beast, and Handsome Boys (Koi to Kemono to Seitokai), My Handsome Brothers (Futei de Furachi na Ani desuga.), Idol X Actor X Megane (Ano Ko no, Toriko.), and What if I said I love you. (Kimi wa, Ore ga Suki Datte Ittara Donna Kao Suru Darou.). A live-action film adaptation of Ano Ko no, Toriko. has been green-lit, and will open on October 5.
M&C! describes the Wonderland manga:
Yukko is a regular high school girl. But one morning, she wakes up, and discovers that her entire body has shrunk! Now everyday things are gigantic to her. Can Yukko survive in this new nightmare world?
Ishikawa (Yoiko, Kappa no Kaikata, Fighting Beauty Wulong) launched the manga in Shogakukan's Big Comic Superior magazine in April 2015, and ended it last October. Shogakukan published the manga's sixth and final volume last November.
Ishikawa's Yoiko manga inspired a television anime adaptation that aired in 1998-1999. His Kappa no Kaikata manga also inspired a television anime series of shorts that aired in 2004, and his Fighting Beauty Wulong manga inspired a television anime series that aired in 2005-2006.
