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Viz Launches SuBLime Boys-Love Manga Line with Love Pistols (Updated)
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The worlwide imprint is a partnership with the Japanese companies Animate and Libre Publishing. SuBLime will offer manga digitally on the website SuBLimeManga.com, with a download-to-own option for many titles. The imprint will then offer selected titles in print starting next summer.
SuBLime's digital lineup includes the following titles:
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By Tarako Kotobuki
December 2011
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By Haruka Minami
December 2011
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By Sakae Kusama
January 2012
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By Nitro+Chiral
Art by Mayu Kurumazaki
February 2012
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By Toko Kawai
2012
Devil's Honey
By Isaku Natsume
2012
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By Kou Fujisaki
2012
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By Kiu Aion
2012
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By You Higashino
2012
SuBLime's print lineup will launch with the following titles:
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By Bohra Naono
Spring 2012
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By Norikazu Akira
Spring 2012
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By Shiuko Kano
Summer 2012
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By Suzuki Tanaka
Summer 2012
Viz also played a video from manga creator Youka Nitta at its panel. Tokyopop's Blu imprint published Kotobuki's Love Pistols — originally titled Sex Pistols in Japan — before Tokyopop shut down its North American publishing operations this past May. The following month, Viz posted a job position on its website for an "Editor (Yaoi/BL)" who would "establish and grow Viz Media's line of mature content titles."
Update: Full launch lineup and more information added.
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