CREEK & RIVER Launches Project to Promote Japanese Authors Globally

C&R — Thu, 22 Jan 2015 14:00:17 +0900

TOKYO, Jan. 22 /Kyodo JBN/ --
CREEK & RIVER Co., Ltd.
CREEK & RIVER Launches Project to Promote
Japanese Authors Globally
- Series of Digital, English-language Releases of Japanese Bestselling Novels &
Comics! Including Miyuki Miyabe's "Puppet Master" & Buichi Terasawa's "COBRA" -

CREEK & RIVER Co., Ltd., a planner and producer of media content and involved in
creators' agency business, announced on January 22 that it has begun a KAORI
project to promote Japanese novels and comics overseas. Named for the concept of
bringing Japanese kaori (culture) to the world, this project will see the
translation, digitization, and global distribution of works by authors who
network with CREEK & RIVER's literary agency.

As a first highlight, global distribution has begun for Miyuki Miyabe's "Puppet
Master", a best-selling smash hit with over four million copies sold, and a
winner of both the Mainichi Publishing Culture Award and the Minister of
Education Award for Fine Arts in Literature. Koh Murao, an artist currently
active in New York, provided the cover illustration. This novel is to be
released in consecutive volumes, with the fifth and final volume planned for
release in February 2016.

Additionally, distribution has also been confirmed for the seminal sci-fi manga
"COBRA" (by Buichi Terasawa), the subject of a surprise announcement that it
would be made into a live-action Hollywood movie adaptation. This bestselling
comic with over 60 million copies sold is a representative work of Japanese
science fiction. Now, all 15 volumes of the full-color English edition will be
released sequentially.

Ten manga masterpieces of various genres are in the line-up of Japanese Authors'
Gallery KAORI. These are planned for release mainly on Amazon Kindles and Apple
iBooks, with later expansion to other distribution platforms.

*Amazon and Kindle are trademarks of Amazon.com, Inc. and its affiliates.
*Apple and iBooks are trademarks of Apple, Inc.

The First Line-Up of Japan Authors' Gallery KAORI

Puppet Master vol.1 - by Miyuki Miyabe
Original Title - Mohohan
Translator - Ginny Tapley Takemori
URL (vol.1) - http://amzn.com/B00R2WYKB4

COBRA (15 volumes) - by Buichi Terasawa
Vol. 1: http://amzn.com/B00QIERGAO
Vol. 2: http://amzn.com/B00QIERGB8

Cynical Hysterie Hour (6 volumes) - by Kiriko Kubo
F (28 volumes ) - by Noboru Rokuda
Josephine the French Rose (4 volumes) - by Yumiko Igarashi
Itihasa (15 volumes) - by Wakako Mizuki
Jun: The Challenger to Cthulhu (5 volumes) - by Kentaro Yano
Futaba-kun Change! (8 volumes) - by Hiroshi Aro
Tales of Anatur (4 volumes) - by Mito Orihara
The Ring of the Nibelungen (4 volumes) - by Ryo Azumi
Crying Freeman (9 volumes) - by Kazuo Koike (author), Ryoichi Ikegami (
illustrator)

Since 2010, CREEK & RIVER has been operating as a translation and publishing
agency bringing Japanese literature to China, Taiwan, South Korea, and other
countries and regions; creating and brokering e-books on e-book stores such as
Amazon Kindle, Rakuten Kobo, Kinokuniya Kinoppy, and Apple iBooks; and operating
as a literary agency by networking with authors and manga creators to carry out
print and digital publishing of literature. We plan to globally introduce
products from all fields, such as manga, anime, novels, and more.

About CREEK & RIVER Co., Ltd.
Head office: C&R Group Building, 2-10-9 Kojimachi, Chiyoda-ku, Tokyo
Established: March 1990
President and Representative Director: Yukihiro Ikawa
Business description: Agency services, professional agent services, production
services, outsourcing services, consulting services, education service, rights
management service, management and distribution service for copyrights and
content.
URL: http://www.cri.co.jp/en/
Project URL: http://www.cri.co.jp/KAORI/

Source: CREEK & RIVER Co., Ltd.

Contact:
Hiroki Kawaguchi
CREEK & RIVER Co., Ltd.
Tel: +81-3-4550-6121
Email: cr_agent@hq.cri.co.jp

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CREEK & RIVER Launches Project to Promote Japanese Authors Globally