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Media Blasters Sneaks In A Few More Yaois, DtB Omnibus

AAAAnime and RightStuf have made some recent updates to their inventory lists and a few new titles have wiggled their way in. Plus, we don’t want to think I’m just an Amazon-splunker, right?

Media Blasters has two new-ish yaoi listings up, continuing their history of under-the-radar licensing. Both are set for release this winter:

Erotikku ni Oborero! by Higashino Yuu, titled under the name Drawn To Him. (11/24/2009)

“Tomoki was specifically requested by Tougo Tsubaki, popular romance novelist to do the illustrations for his novels. Tougo calls it “inspiration” and seduces Tomoki. A love that started from sex…! His heart is racing and his body is so hot! Drawn to him is a manga artist’s professional and private life, with lots of sex!”

Douse, Koi Dakara by Naoka Kasuga, titled under the name Because of Love. (12/16/2009)

“Could you stop acting like my older brother already? I told you not to tease me, didn’t I? I’m not going to stop even if you beg me now.” Hana always seems to catch Nodoka at the most unflattering moments. I don’t like Hana treating me like his little brother. I’m not in high school (middle school) anymore. Tempted by Hana’s flirtatious demeanor, Nodoka takes Hana by force and…?! A story about a guy pursuing his older crush. (Heart) This book contains many short stories.”

There’s also a recent listing for Ellie Mamahara: Baseball Heaven, a boys’ love title licensed by Tokyopop’s yaoi imprint, BLU, which has been on hold for some time now. BLU’s website, rarely updated, doesn’t currently have the book dated for release but AAAAnime lists it for September 1st, 2010.

And on the not-yaoi side of things, there’s a listing up for a Darker Than Black omnibus from Yen Press. On their website Yen Press currently has two volumes listed for the series, each one priced at $12.99 at 192 pages while the listing on AAAAnime is priced at $18.99.

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5 Responses

  1. Anonymous says:

    I noticed the two Media Blasters licenses a little bit ago but had not seen any PR related to them; they just seem to like to do things stealthily. Gay's Anatomy, after a hiatus and an original date push-back to 10/21, was released about a month ago. It's usually best to check the Rare Flix either on eBay or their independent website to get the earliest copies. Dog Style 3 is listed for 9/23 and Gay's Anatomy Episode 0 is listed at 10/21, although I honestly just wait for copies to either trickle onto eBay or a few selected websites which seem to get the first shipments.

  2. Simon Jones says:

    Because of Love was actually solicited back in the March issue of Diamond's Previews Adult, while Drawn to Him was solicited in April. That also happens to be when Diamond stopped publishing Previews Adult in print, and switched over to PDFs, so many people probably missed those listings…

  3. Anonymous says:

    Oh, another possible September release (I noticed this on one of my early release vendors' website) is "Cause of My Teacher" by Temari Matsumoto and published by Blu. Their website is terribly outdated but it looks like its street date should be around 9/29.

    • Lissa says:

      Their website is terribly outdated isn't it? A shame too, especially with it being so much faster loading and easily navigated than the main Tokyopop website (which is currently the only official source for release dates from BLU).

  4. […] Pattillo rummages around the listings and comes up with a few possible new yaoi titles and a Darker than Black omnibus from Yen Press. […]

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