 It was announced that Inio Asano's Oyasumi Punpun (Goodnight Punpun) will be licensed for English release by Viz Media in 2016. The announcement was made by Viz Media at their Otakon Panel.Oyasumi Punpun began publishing in March 2007 and was initially serialized in the now defunct seinen magazine Weekly Young Sunday. It was later transferred to Big Comic Spirits magazine, and the series ended in November 2013 with 13 compiled volumes. The manga tells the story of a young boy, Punpun, whose life was changed when his father was arrested. With his uncle taking care of him, he grows up and realizes just how it seems to be an adult. In 2009, the manga received a Jury Recommendation at the 13th Japan Media Arts Festival Awards. This will be Asano's fifth work to be licensed in English. Solanin and Subarashii Sekai (What a Wonderful World!) are also licensed and were published by Viz in 2008 and 2009, respectively. Fantagraphics Books licensed and published Nijigahara Holograph in 2014. Vertical will also be releasing Umibe no Onnanoko (A Girl on the Shore) in early 2016. Viz also announced that they will publish Blanc et Noir (Black and White), an art book mainly containing Death Note illustrations by original mangaka Takeshi Obata. The art book will be released in 2016, being available in hard-back format only. Source: Official tweet News submitted by shwag945 |
myanimelistllcFeb 11, 2016 1:18 AM
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| Another one of this hack's works gets licensed, great. |
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| Praise the manga lords. I've been waiting for this glorious day. |
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| Praise the lords. I can buy this now. |
| Good news; never expected it to be licensed. |
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| GET HYPED I'm definitely getting copies of this in the future. Thank God this got licensed. |
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| Really good manga by a really good mangaka. Buy it, read it. Do it. (if you have the stomach for it, it's not a particularly happy tale no) |
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| I'm sooo gonna buy this <3 |
A stupid thread deserves a stupid answer!  |
| 13 volumes, huh. It will take ages for this to be completed. |
| I swear I am declaring war against America if the first volume doesn't debut at #1 on NYT's Manga Best Seller List |
 Nico- said: Conversations with people pinging/quoting me to argue about some old post I wrote years ago will not be entertained@Comic_Sans oh no y arnt ppl dieing i need more ppl dieing rly gud plot avansement jus liek tokyo ghoul if erbudy dies amirite |
| I haven't read the manga yet but i guess it's great news for the fans. |
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| AW SHIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIT I think it's proof that my dreams predict the future, I remember a dream a few nights back where I was in a library of all places and saw it lol. Then there was like an artsy "shaft esque" adaptation of it airing on tv lmao. My dreams are lame usually, but I think I'm a prophet. Just bought Solanin about a month ago, so this is great news. Wonder how viz will handle the nudity? Usually other publishers like Dark Horse get those types. |
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| Hype. That's an insta-buy. |
| My watch list for anime: http://myanimelist.net/animelist/Stonedtanuki "Let be be finale of seem. The only emperor is the emperor of ice-cream." - Wallace Stevens |
| Whoa what a great news. Hopefully it'll be localized in my country too (even though the chance is really low) |
| Is it bad that I still need to read this ;~; |
| I'm going to be on every release, since it ended I've been wanting to own an English version. |
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Working_Designs said: Out of all the Manga they could've licensed in North America, they chose this filth? I would've preferred good Manga, like Nurse Angel Ririka SOS. Or they could relicense an underrated gem, like Kazan. Paulo27 said: Another one of this hack's works gets licensed, great. I feel as if these two haven't read the series. For shame, they oughta give it a try. |
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Working_Designs said: I don't read stuff with sex scenes in it. That stuff is gross. I also hate weird, psychological stuff. Oyasumi Punpun is a coming-of-age story, sex and sexuality is practically a given. Not to mention sex isn't exactly the most disgusting thing done throughout the story (if you even find sex gross, which I don't think most people do). I don't see how either of your statements make a manga bad, either. |
catullus_d_rusJul 24, 2015 9:30 PM
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| I haven't read this yet but I heard it's great. Good news |
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| angrily waiting for bookdepository to list them for preorder |
| Are you a shitting me Rip my wallet Working_Designs said: So have you read (or attempted to) read this or are you just spouting nonsense.Out of all the Manga they could've licensed in North America, they chose this filth? I would've preferred good Manga, like Nurse Angel Ririka SOS. Or they could relicense an underrated gem, like Kazan. |
MushmallowJul 25, 2015 12:32 AM
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| I'm definitely gonna buy this ❤ |
Comic_Sans said: I swear I am declaring war against America if the first volume doesn't debut at #1 on NYT's Manga Best Seller List Same here lol |
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| THIS IS SUCH AMAZING NEWS!!! After waiting for so long, they finally decided to license it!!! I'm SO SO HAPPY!!!! FINALLY!!! I can't wait to buy it and support Asano!! |
Who doesn't want this to be licensed? Anyone who is still waiting for the remaining TWENTY volumes of the Shakugan no Shana novels that they haven't released yet. |
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Paulo27 said: Another one of this hack's works gets licensed, great. Working_Designs said: Out of all the Manga they could've licensed in North America, they chose this filth? I would've preferred good Manga, like Nurse Angel Ririka SOS. Or they could relicense an underrated gem, like Kazan. Boy, seems like Asano's recent exposure has garnered some attention seeking contrarians. Cute. |
HonguJul 25, 2015 6:21 AM
| Man fuk Punpun skinny ass. Licence Kingdom degozaru. |
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| Internet personas can be very handful...lol at people rejecting it for having sex in it.I guess,somebody takes the phrase "cartoon==anime" very seriously.Oh well,different strokes for different folks. OT:I am excited af |
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| the time has come for me to ask for an international credit card good bye money |
| Baby, daijobanai... |
Really, Viz? After all this time? |
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| WOW, i didnt think this day would. My favorite manga ^^, definitely picking these up and cat wait to reread. |
| Hope it doesn't take too long to come to the uk!! |
| Been waiting for them to finally announce this. Ramkec said: Licence Kingdom degozaru. +1, though as much as I hope they will, I don't see it happening now that they're like 40 volumes behind. |
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| Oh god, oh god, my dream finally came true. I'll buy a few extras to gift my cousins who are slowly moving from reading stuff like Bleach to series with great stories. |
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| Good news. Hopefully sales go well. Time to show your love Oyasumi Punpun fans. Bring your wallets. Comic_Sans said: I swear I am declaring war against America if the first volume doesn't debut at #1 on NYT's Manga Best Seller List |
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| yassss!!!!!! ill definitely pick this one up |
its about time lazy bastards  |
| I haven't read the manga yet, but it's in my list so that's great news. |
| The time have come (and so do Inio Asano's american fans) I already own all the volumes in French version , but I'm still very interested because I'll be curious to know if the size , covers and all that will be the same , if there will be some little bonus interviews at the end of the volumes and such . By the way that make me remember : it seems some of the "next volume preview" at the end of each volumes were not scanned/translated . They are usually filled with heavy cynical and cringe black humor (the one at the end of volume 5 with the false fan letters adressed to Asano is hilarious) . So it's another thing to look forward for the english readers if they appear in this new edition . Anyway , that's some damn good news , and anything that can make more people aware of Asano's works and talent is to be gladly taken . And maybe the fact that it will be licensed in english will make it eligible for some american comics/manga awards and such . |
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| It saddens me that north america means usa and kaneda only will import anyway, nafta, do your job |
UnoPuntoCincoJul 27, 2015 1:53 AM
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| Thread cleaned Troll posts and single phrase comments removed. Don't provoke others keep it friendly and explain why you like this or dislike this manga. |
| As an Inio Asano's fan this is a great news.Hopefully it will get adapted in future and people will see its greatness |
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| Can't wait to own this manga and cry myself to sleep at night after reading it. It's so depressing. :( |
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| Awesome! I didn't even realise Umibe no Onnanoko was getting released too! D: |
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