Viz Media to publish translations of Japanese science fiction

Comments:

• Fred Kiesche says:

  January 29, 2009 at 9:00 pm

  I recall the occasional attempt to publish Japanese SF in the US–Kobe, for example. Like the occasional attempt to get us to read SF other than US/UK, it fails shortly thereafter (alas).

  Maybe with the Viz name this will go further, but I’m not convinced that the audience for manga will make the leap to the other.
• David says:

  January 30, 2009 at 2:49 am

  I have in my possession over a dozen such novels translated into English, most by Tokyopop, and mostly YA, but they don’t use a special imprint. Good to see Viz starting up an imprint. That will make them easier to find.
• igorsk says:

  January 30, 2009 at 6:07 am

  Tokyopop has released some Japanese SF and fantasy novels, including space opera Crest of the Stars, near-future cyberpunk(?) .hack series and fantasy series Scrapped Princess, The Twelve Kingdoms and Slayers. Also, Dark Horse has Vampire Hunter D post-apocalypse fantasy series.
  I was hoping that Tokyopop’s ebooks would eventually make it into the Sony store but doesn’t look like it’s happening, so I had to order pbooks