Kadokawa Group in collaboration with a Chinese publisher release an official Chinese comic book based on the The Melancholy of Haruhi Suzumiya light novel! Meanwhile in Japan, Kadokawa Shoten will publish the first official fanbook guide of the Haruhi Suzumiya light novels!
The reason why they can't just import the original manga adaptation is because of the Chinese Government not allowing of publication of translated foreign comics for them to protect the local comic industry. Thus, Kadokawa Group and the local Chinese publisher hired a Chinese artist to adapt the light novel into a comic.
The resulting book went on sale in bookstores in Guangzhou, China. Saori Yoshida, the editor-in-chief of Kadokawa's first editorial division, explained that this new approach allows Japanese works to enter the Chinese market while discouraging piracy.
The first official guide called, The Observation of Haruhi Suzumiya (Suzumiya Haruhi no Kansoku) will ship on June 15. The book covers the series up to the current light novel volume, The Surprise of Haruhi Suzumiya.
It also covers the "secrets" about new characters in the latest novel. It also has excerpts from Tanigawa's manuscripts that have yet to be published in trade paperback book form, as well as art drawn by original illustrator Noizi Ito.
Source: NHK News, Kadokawa via Temple Knights via Anime News Network, Wasudo of deviantART (for front picture)
The reason why they can't just import the original manga adaptation is because of the Chinese Government not allowing of publication of translated foreign comics for them to protect the local comic industry. Thus, Kadokawa Group and the local Chinese publisher hired a Chinese artist to adapt the light novel into a comic.The resulting book went on sale in bookstores in Guangzhou, China. Saori Yoshida, the editor-in-chief of Kadokawa's first editorial division, explained that this new approach allows Japanese works to enter the Chinese market while discouraging piracy.
The first official guide called, The Observation of Haruhi Suzumiya (Suzumiya Haruhi no Kansoku) will ship on June 15. The book covers the series up to the current light novel volume, The Surprise of Haruhi Suzumiya.It also covers the "secrets" about new characters in the latest novel. It also has excerpts from Tanigawa's manuscripts that have yet to be published in trade paperback book form, as well as art drawn by original illustrator Noizi Ito.
Source: NHK News, Kadokawa via Temple Knights via Anime News Network, Wasudo of deviantART (for front picture)