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A Romance Manga Made Available Simultaneously in the US & Japan

Tokyo, December 10, 2011 – Commemorating the 30th anniversary of her artistic career of Harumo Sanazaki, the renowned Japanese manga artist, Ohzora Publishing Co. has announced today that one of her popular original manga titles “Burning Love on the Aegean Sea” is now available digitally for US readers via as a manga app for Android Market at the same time it becomes available in Japan as a book & an Android app.

Driven by an urge for revenge against the family that expelled him from his island home on the Aegean Sea, Christian Dukakis made his comeback as a rich patriarch. Christian believed that Leda, the family's daughter whom he loved, had a new lover right after he left. Because of this, he treated her cruelly upon his return. Do the two former lovers really hate each other? Can they resist becoming attracted to each other after all those years apart? Elegant and enthralling, their love-hate relationship evolves on the beautiful Aegean island. Enjoy Harumo Sanazaki's seasoned skill at story-telling and manga artistry!

Ohzora Publishing Co. is selling the Japanese book & app and contracted Six Degree Works, Inc., a start- up digital publisher in Southern California, to make this title available via the Android Market. The manga costs $4.99 to download from the Android Market. For more information, go to Ohzora's English webpage: http://www.ohzora.co.jp/english/d_comics/index.html

About Ohzora Publishing Co.
Headquartered in Tokyo, Ohzora is the number one publishing house in Japan in terms of female manga franchises and number of manga publications for women. It is a creative powerhouse widely known as a pioneer of comics for young women including: romance novel adaptations, shojo manga, and ladies comics. In total, Ohzora's publications are read by over 15.8 million people each year.

About Six Degree Works, Inc.
Founded in 2011, Six Degree Works, Inc. is a publisher of translated manga, novels, and business books. It aims to promote Japanese culture via digital distribution. Utilizing its expertise in the anime and manga industry, Six Degree Works offers marketing and promotional services to any individual or organization that wishes to expand its operation into the digital world.


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