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[meganbmoore]

Via swanjun , new Viz licenses.

Not sure if I'll be checking any out.  Rasetsu probably, even though Yurara, while starting with a lot of potential, ended up a disappointment.  OTOH, I've loved the other  two series by Chika Shiomi that I've read, and Rasetsu is about the more interesting characters.  Black Bird's description at Baka Updates sounded like it could be fun until I got to the part where her childhood friend-turned-protector is now her teacher.

Meanwhile, what will it take to get them to license Tokyo Crazy Paradise and Seven Seeds already?

ETA:  Err...missed Ooku at the top of the list.  That one I've heard good things about.

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[meganbmoore.livejournal.com]

Viz has Banana Fish, which I believe is BL. Some others have subplots, but I don't think they have any actual yaoi/BL titles. I'm not sure Ooku, from what I've heard of it, is BL, though.

[cerusee.livejournal.com]

Oh, that's right. Unless I'm forgetting something obvious, I think that any yaoi/BL/yuri/shoujo-ai that VIZ has picked up has tended to fly under the radar because they haven't made an imprint or a line for it--heaven knows, they do not shy away at mature material, but they're not constructing a brand identity on it. The Signature line is the closest they've come to that, and with a few exceptions, the titles in that line tend to contain more horror and violence than sexual content, heterosexual or otherwise.

I will be interested in finding out the nature and content of Ooku on that front. But whatever the content of Ooku turns out to be, I'm excited about it, 'cause it's Fumi Yoshinaga, and yaoi or not, even her sub-par work is heads and shoulders above most everything else.