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Manga Planet India Launches on November 15
posted on by Adriana Hazra
Bengaluru Comic-Con will take place from November 15 through November 19 and Delhi Comic-Con will take place from December 8 through December 10.
Manga Planet India, Kodansha, and Japan International Cooperation Agency (JICA) collaborated on the Manga Shakti Project in January. The company had a booth at the Mumbai Comic-Con 2023 event and had previously announced an April 2023 launch date. On June 9 it further postponed the launch to the end of 2023 due to "technical reasons."
The Super Sugoii Con virtual event hosted Manga Planet's President Hiroki Kurihara, Editor-in-Chief Emma Hanashiro, and Producer Gladys Angala in September 2020.
Manga Planet is a manga subscription service that launched in November 2019 and offers subscribers access to English-translated manga. The company is working with publishers Bunkasha Publishing Co., Ltd.; Kaiohsha Publishing Co., Ltd.; Wani Books Co., Ltd.; Tokuma Shoten Publishing Co., Ltd.; Shodensha Publishing Co., Ltd.; Home-sha, Starts Publishing Corporation, K.K. HarperCollins Japan, and MugenUp Inc. The company is also working with individual artists such as Masaya Hokazono.
Manga Planet started as a joint project between Dai Nippon Printing Co., Ltd. and Fantasista, Inc. in 2012. The companies' goal with Manga Planet is to "[bring] new manga to fans from all over the world and support artists and the industry."
Source: Manga Planet India's Facebook page
