June Manga Blog

UK Shipping

Dear UK customers,
New tax laws that went into effect on January 1, 2021, due to Brexit, have - unfortunately - led us (as well as many other companies) to restrict shipping to the UK.

As a small company, the requirement to pay extra fees (and tax filings) to comply with these new regulations is not something we can feasibly do at this time.

We apologize for any inconvenience this may have caused and hope that in the future these issues can be resolved.

Posted Jan 25, 2021 by Manager of Accounting
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- Valentine's Day Update! New Title, Reprints, Licenses and Digital Manga! -

We're happy to announce reprints, new licenses, new digital manga, and a brand new title! Below we will have projected dates & great news to share.

For this quarter, we are mass distributing a reprint and a new title to start off the new year! Below are the details on what you need to know about these books and their distribution.

PRINT SCHEDULE

March 2020

*REPRINT*
The Tyrant Falls in Love Vol. 10

Price: 14.95

April 2020

*NEW TITLE*
Teach Me, Tutor

Price: 16.95

What's great about the two titles, The Tyrant Falls in Love Vol. 10 and Teach Me, Tutor is that they will be available for major retailers such as international Amazon stores, Book Depository and Barnes & Noble!

For some years, we have been selling our books exclusively through our own channels. However, this limits the accessibility of our books for international fans of BL. So while we already published The Tyrant Falls in Love volume 10, this book will finally be on platforms that allow a lower shipping rate!

Expect more Juné titles on international and major platforms this year :) We will release a quarterly schedule so keep an eye out for these blog posts, our newsletters or social media posts!

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Below are reprints coming soon to our store in celebration of the new title by Sakira. Though we don't have a set release date, these books are coming sometime around the release of Teach Me, Tutor.

Imagine, you can have your collection of Sakira manga, filled with big buff himbos and steamy scenes (o///o)

*REPRINT*
Sailor Men
COMING SOON

*REPRINT*
Wild Boyfriend
COMING SOON

*REPRINT*
Boyfriend in Heat
COMING SOON

License Announcements

For new licenses, we are continuing two beloved series! I'll be sure to keep you guys posted on the release dates for these two titles!

*Covers are not final and are subject to change.*

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The Tyrant Falls in Love Vol. 11

Deadlock Vol. 2

DIGITAL SCHEDULE

While you wait for our print releases, look forward to our digital line-up! We have great stories in this list, including omegaverse!

For this Valentine's Day, what better way to spend the holiday of love than with two amazing books you can read now! Chocolates are fine, roses are nice to look at, but come on, what better than this, buff guys with muscular dudes?

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Posted Feb 14, 2020 by Lindsay M.
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A Message from Sakira

Working with Sakira has been a great honor for us at Juné and we are very grateful she has be so enthusiastic about this project :)

Here is a message from Sakira to you:

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ヤオイコンにて、アメリカのファンからの大きな反響にとても驚き、感激しました。そして、ぜひ、アメリカのファンの方々に向けた新しい作品を作りたいと考えました。

BLは元々日本で生まれ、日本人の好むように作られており、私もそのように描いてきたため、今回はいろいろな発想を巡らせ、悩みました。結果的にアメコミヒーローの要素と、日本の妖怪や巫女の要素を両方併せ持つBL作品になりました。

「アメリカ発」の日本人によるBL作品第1号となる不安もありますが、デジタルマンガ社というパートナーにも恵まれ、斬新な試みという意味では大きな意義を感じています。

皆さんのために、本作品のポスター、イラスト、また数点ですがサイン入り色紙などもご提供したいと考えております。
この作品が海外で広まり、これからの作品にも繋がることを大変期待しています。

「俺巫女！」第1話では不思議なことがたくさん起こりますが、謎のままです。2話以降少しずつ明かされ、少しずつ2人の心が動いていきます。ただいま執筆中ですので、回を追うごとに魅力的なキャラクターに育つよう描いていけたらいいなと思っています。
4話では新キャラクターがドっと増えますのでおたのしみに！

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When I visited Yaoi-Con, I was blown away by the sheer amount of (positive) feedback I received from the American fans. I was deeply moved. Which is why I decided to create a brand new manga just for my American fans, as a way to say thank you.

BL was originally born in Japan, so it is created in a way that caters to a Japanese audience. And since I've always written my stories in a similar way, I had to think very hard for this project. In the end, I landed on the idea of merging certain aspects of American superhero comics with elements from Japanese "Youkai" and "Mikos".

I'm a little worried about this becoming the first ever U.S. original BL manga written by a Japanese artist, but at the same time, I feel honored to have this opportunity to work alongside Digital Manga on such an exciting, innovative project.

I also have plans to provide posters, illustrations, and a few of my signed "shikishi"s for everyone.
I'm very much looking forward to this becoming more popular overseas, which I hope will contribute to the success of other titles in the future.

A lot of mysterious things will happen in Ore Miko! Episode 1, but they will remain a mystery. They will slowly start to be revealed from Episode 2 and onward, when the hearts of the two characters begin to waver for each other. I am still in the process of writing the story, so my hope is to have them develop into strong, attractive characters as the story progresses.
A bunch of new characters are planned to show up in Episode 4 so please look forward to that!

-Sakira

Episode 2 will be released on December 7, 2018 at 12:00 PST. We are also working on episode 3 and hope to release it soon as well.

Posted Nov 30, 2018 by Lindsay M.
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NOW HIRING - English/Spanish Bilingual - Sales + Marketing

Digital Manga, Inc. is seeking an English/Spanish Bilingual individual to join us at our Gardena office to help with sales and marketing.

Requirements:
Must be fluent in both the English and Spanish language (written / spoken)
Some Japanese is a plus, but not required