DramaQueen
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DramaQueen is a Houston based English-language publisher of domestic, Japanese, Korean, and Taiwanese comics founded in 2005. DramaQueen also publishes an original English-language
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anthology called Rush, which made its debut in 2006. RUSH ceased publishing when the company experienced financial issues and were uncommunicative with the creators involved in the project.. In March 2010, after a four year hiatus from publishing, during which time the company lost some of its Japanese licenses , Dramaqueen released the BL manhwa The Summit by Lee Young-hee.
On their forums, CEO Tran Nguyen indicated RUSH would return in a new format in 2011.
Original English-language manga
Original English-language manga or OEL manga is the term commonly used to describe comic books or graphic novels in the "international manga" genre of comics whose language of original publication is English...
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In careful Japanese enunciation, all three vowels are pronounced separately, for a three-mora word, . The English equivalent is . also known as Boys' Love, is a Japanese popular term for female-oriented fictional media that focus on homoerotic or homoromantic male relationships, usually created by...
anthology called Rush, which made its debut in 2006. RUSH ceased publishing when the company experienced financial issues and were uncommunicative with the creators involved in the project.. In March 2010, after a four year hiatus from publishing, during which time the company lost some of its Japanese licenses , Dramaqueen released the BL manhwa The Summit by Lee Young-hee.
On their forums, CEO Tran Nguyen indicated RUSH would return in a new format in 2011.
Titles
- BrotherBrother (manga)Brother is a yaoi manga by Yuzuha Ougi. It has been published in English by DramaQueen in 2005.-Plot:The story is about Asuka Momoki and Yui Momoki who are two stepbrothers who were the best of friends during their lifetime as kids and young adolescents...
by Yuzuha Ougi - Lies & KissesLies & KissesLies & Kisses is a one-shot yaoi manga by Masara Minase. It has been published in English by the American company DramaQueen, and in German by Carlsen....
by Masara Minase - Not Love by Kano Miyamoto
- Invoke by Kiriko Higashizato
- Omen by Makoto TatenoMakoto Tateno, who also uses the penname Shinjuku Tango, is a Japanese manga artist who made her debut in 1986. Tateno regards her influences as being Go Nagai and Osamu Tezuka. Two of her best known works are Yellow and Happy Boys...
- Empty Heart by Masara Minase
- Missing Road by Shushushu Sakurai
- Cage of Thorns by Sonoko Sakuragawa
- Angel or Devil? by Jun Uzuki
- Challengers by Hinako TakanagaHinako Takanagais a female Japanese yaoi manga artist from Nagoya. She has also provided illustrations for several yaoi light novels by other authors, including The Guilty by Katsura Izumi. Most of her works have been translated into English and German...
- The Judged by Akira HonmaAkira HonmaAkira Honma is a Japanese manga artist.Honma's first manga work was The Judged a yaoi manga about Kyou Sugiura, a Public prosecutor who is pursuing an investigation of government corruption involving a young parliamentarian named Tatsuki Toudou. The meeting between the two ambitious young men...
- Scent of Temptation by Mako Toyama(release June 2008)
- White Guardian by Duo Brand.
- Crimson Wind by Duo Brand.
- Last Portrait by Akira HonmaAkira HonmaAkira Honma is a Japanese manga artist.Honma's first manga work was The Judged a yaoi manga about Kyou Sugiura, a Public prosecutor who is pursuing an investigation of government corruption involving a young parliamentarian named Tatsuki Toudou. The meeting between the two ambitious young men...
- Sweetheart by Seika Kisaragi
- Instinctively a Man by Takashi Kanzaki (release June 2008)
- Awakening Desires by Bohra Naono (release April 2008)
- Allure by Yuri EbiharaYuri Ebiharais a Japanese model and actress. She is a graduate of Kyushu Sangyo University, where she studied fine arts.Her first big break came as a model for CanCam, with whom she had an exclusive contract. She has since appeared in several TV dramas, most recently "Tokumei Kakarichō Tadano Hitoshi"...
- Temptation by Momiji Maeda (release April 2008)
- Here comes the Wolf?!! by Junichirou Kouga (release June 2008)
- 10K¥ Lover by Dr. Ten
- Audition by Kye Young Chon
- DVD by Kye Young Chon
- Devil x Devil by Sachiyo Sawauchi
- 8mm by You Na
- Peter Panda by Na Yae-ri
- Promise by Lee Eun-young
- Mandayuu and Me by Shushushu Sakurai
- Lovely Sick by Shoko Ohmine
- Naked Jewels Corporation by Shushushu Sakurai
- Virtuoso di Amore by Uki Ogasawara
- Your Honest Deceit by Sakufu Ajimine
- The Summit by Lee Young-hee
External links
- Official Website
- Lees, Sharon. "DramaQueen: Yaoi Publishers Interviews Part 2". Akiba Angels. July 2006.