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Translate and publish "god of manga" Osamu Tezuka's gripping adult drama "Barbara" in English for the first time ever!

Publish Osamu Tezuka's "Barbara" in English

Translate and publish "god of manga" Osamu Tezuka's gripping adult drama "Barbara" in English for the first time ever!
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353 backers pledged $17,032 to help bring this project to life.
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More than 3 months since an update--and now it's for Wonder 3!

Barbara fans, hello!

As you know, Osamu Tezuka is called the God of Manga for a reason. In our most recent Kickstarter campaign to publish Wonder 3, we have... Read more

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Tezuka's Crime and Punishment almost to the goal!

We made it through Stretch Goal 1&1.5 for our Storm Fairy campaign, now it's time to make it through Stretch Goal 2 to print Crime and Punishment!

With less than... Read more

Only ~$4500 away from Unico AND Crime and Punishment!

With just under three days left in our Storm Fairy campaign, we have only a hop, skip, and a jump left to reach BOTH our stretch goals of reprinting Unico... Read more

Less than $4000 to reach our reprint goal!

We have a week left in our Storm Fairy campaign and just under $4000 left to raise to achieve our stretch goal to reprint Unicoin full, vibrant color. All... Read more

Current Storm Fairy Kickstarter now funded. Maybe Unico stretch goal reprint, too?

Thank you to all our Kickstarter backers for making it this far to localize Osamu Tezuka's manga into English!Storm Fairyis now successfully funded thanks to your efforts. The... Read more

Help us reprint Unico with updated colors!

Hello, legion!

You've done well to make it this far! And we're seeking your help again with our current KS Storm Fairy and its stretch goal to reprint Unico.... Read more

Barbara's not a kid-friendly title, exactly, but...

At the last convention I attended where DMI had a booth, a young woman asked one of the sellers if Barbarawas appropriate for young people. She wanted to read... Read more

ALMOST THERE!

Made it to the Barbara reprint, and so close to the Swallowing the Earth reprint too! With less than 3 days 'til the end of the campaign, Clockwork Apple's third... Read more

We're reprinting Barbara!

Thanks to our Clockwork Apple campaign meeting its second stretch goal, we're reprinting Barbara! (We're also printing Brave Dan, which was out first stretch goal.) We wanted to... Read more

'Barbara' inspired us to publish more Tezuka!

As you know, the title character in Barbarais Yosuke Mikura's muse, and she's our muse, too! We're still working to publish more of Osamu Tezuka's work in English, and... Read more

Our 'Alabaster' campaign is making waves--and we need your help!

We're making internet waves with our Alabastercampaign, and we need your help to reach our $29,200 initial goal! If you haven't yet pledged to support this unique Tezuka title,... Read more

Remember to support 'Alabaster'!

This is just a quick reminder to you all, as backers of Osamu Tezuka's great work, to please consider supporting our campaign to publish Alabastervol.1-2 in English! We really... Read more

Digital Manga Inc. Starts the New Year With a Bang: Alabaster to be Crowd Funded

(GARDENA, CA) It's a whole new year, and to start off 2015, Digital Manga Inc. (DMI) is excited to announce their next World Tezuka campaign with the much anticipated title,... Read more

(PR) Tezuka’s World Release on Kickstarter - Digital Manga, Inc. to Crowd fund Tezuka Backlist

Digital Manga Inc. Launches Tezuka's World Kickstarter Campaign… Crowd Funding for Tezuka Backlist Starting with Six Titles/31 Volumes!

Fans asked, DMI listened.

Gardena, CA (October 21, 2014) Long time manga... Read more

Captain Ken has 3 Days Left

Thank you for contributing in bringing Tezuka titles to English through Kickstarter. Our latest Tezuka Kickstarter, Captain Ken, has 3 days left! More infomation on the Captain Ken Kickstarter here: https://www.kickstarter.com/projects/digitalmanga/publish-osamu-tezukas-shonen-captain-ken-vol-1-and

Publish Osamu Tezuka's Shonen "Captain Ken" Vol. 1 & 2

Did you love Barbra, Swallowing the Earth, Triton of the Sea, Unico and Atomcat by Osamu Tezuka? Here's your chance to be a part of another amazing Tezuka title, Captain Ken! Check... Read more

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Astro Boy Magazine is here - we did it!

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AstroBoy News!!

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Regarding the Astro Boy Magazine

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Barbara Digital Companion is now Available for Backers~!

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The Digital Companion is on its way!

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Shipping Updates Part 2

Good morning Backers!

The shipping department has informed me that they are finally finished packing and shipping the Barbara packages today. If you are curious about where your package is,... Read more

Shipping Updates

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The Posters are Here!!

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New Plan for Barbara Shipments

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Last Call for Mailing Address Changes!

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Off to Packaging!

After 2 and a half working days of preparations, our first wave of the Barbara bundles have been sent over to our lovely packing/shipping department! Some of you backers may... Read more

Orders Orders and more Orders!

I'm going to keep today's update short and sweet since I'm not sure how much energy I have left in me to keep typing. Haha. So, we have begun our... Read more

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They're Here! They're Here!

Howdy to all of you lovely backers! I come with super awesome happy news today. Yup, you guessed it! They're here! The Barbara books are finally here! Oh and they're ... Read more

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Digital Companion Designing Stage #2

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Barbara Digital Companion Designing Stage

Greetings Backers! I come with exciting news. I know that many of you have been anxiously going back and forth between your homes and the mailbox waiting for the lovely... Read more

T-shirts Are Here!

Just a short, sweet update today, but the t-shirts are ready! Check 'em out in all their beautiful, screen printed glory! Forward Printing did a fantastic job, and each of... Read more

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Off to the printer!

I'm a little late on this one, but Barbara has been sent off to the printer!

As the final step in the production process here, we create a prototype of... Read more

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Our project for "Unico" is live!

Our work on Barbara is all but done, and just in time, because we've just launched our third Kickstarter campaign, for the cutest Osamu Tezuka manga ever: Unico!

We want... Read more

Poster & T-shirt designs are ready!

I know it's overdue, but we finally have the art in for the T-shirt and poster, and they are beautiful. As promised, you will be able to change your pledge... Read more

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Sample pages are here!

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Release date & paper upgrades

We have a release date! Aug. 29. We also have some info on what we're doing with the extra cash the campaign raised. Check out the video for details!

Our... Read more

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Thank you!

Hello everyone!

The campaign is finally over, and I'm obviously incredibly happy with the results. You showed us and many others that there is a desire for classic manga out... Read more

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Successfully raised $17,032 with 353 backers

Update delays

Thank you for your patience! I know I haven't posted any updates in a while. We had hoped to have the designs for the T-shirt and poster, as well as... Read more

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Shipping costs to Canada & Mexico

We've updated shipping costs for Canadian and Mexican backers (who have rightly pointed out that they don't count as "overseas"). The new costs are: an additional $9 for the $25... Read more

Helen McCarthy will contribute to the digital companion!

Hello current and future backers!

It's almost 24 hours since we launched, and already 90 of you have pledged almost $5,000 to see Barbara published in the U.S.! I woke... Read more

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