Madman Manga World First
Dec 12th 2008
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE
Melbourne, Friday, 12 December 2008 – One of the world's most popular ‘shojo’ (manga for girls) manga series', FRUITS BASKET will soon be available in Australia from Madman as a complete 23-volume collection. The collection will be a limited release of 500 units, available in stores on January 21, 2009.
The manga box-set will include all 23 volumes of Fruits Basket manga series, along with a host of collectible materials; including character artwork never before published outside of Japan and exclusive sample previews of FRUITS BASKET creator Natsuki Takaya's earlier works, published in English for the first time in the western world.
Hillery Pastovich, Madman's manga and graphic novels product manager states:
R20;This has never been done before with the FRUITS BASKET series; not even in Japan! This is a world first in the truest sense and the entire team at Madman is extremely excited.”
The Fruits Basket manga series remains one of the world's consistently successful. The first volume alone has sold over 2 million copies to date, with consecutive volumes consistently topping U.S. book sales charts.
Visit www.manga.com.au
MADMAN MANGA WORLD FIRST – FRUITS BASKET: THE COMPLETE COLLECTION
Madman releases the world's first ever complete collection of the Fruits Basket manga series.Melbourne, Friday, 12 December 2008 – One of the world's most popular ‘shojo’ (manga for girls) manga series', FRUITS BASKET will soon be available in Australia from Madman as a complete 23-volume collection. The collection will be a limited release of 500 units, available in stores on January 21, 2009.
The manga box-set will include all 23 volumes of Fruits Basket manga series, along with a host of collectible materials; including character artwork never before published outside of Japan and exclusive sample previews of FRUITS BASKET creator Natsuki Takaya's earlier works, published in English for the first time in the western world.
Hillery Pastovich, Madman's manga and graphic novels product manager states:
R20;This has never been done before with the FRUITS BASKET series; not even in Japan! This is a world first in the truest sense and the entire team at Madman is extremely excited.”
The Fruits Basket manga series remains one of the world's consistently successful. The first volume alone has sold over 2 million copies to date, with consecutive volumes consistently topping U.S. book sales charts.
Visit www.manga.com.au
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