Seven Seas Begins Licensing From Japan

Publisher Seven Seas has announced its entry into the field of licensing manga and related properties from Japan. Seven Seas’ first acquisitions are part of the Boogiepop franchise.

Starting in February 2006, Seven Seas will release English language translations of Kouhei Kadono’s first three Boogiepop Phantom novels, both volumes of the Boogiepop Doesn’t Laugh manga series drawn by character designer Kouji Ogata and the two-volume Boogiepop Dual manga illustrated by Masayuki Takano.