A new interview from a representative of France’s Glénat Manga was posted to manga-news.com this morning. The first question the representative answered is a question from the site wondering about when the Sailor Moon manga is going to be released.
Q: We know we have asked you about this many times, but is there a new blockage of the rights for the manga for international publishing (and most notably France)? Because there are many rumors circulating here and there concerning an improvement in the situation, but it is difficult to understand, I am asking you. Moreover, if the perception is that it is (or will be) released, can we hope for the renewal editions? Because the only thing we can sink our teeth into is Sailor V**. How is it that the mother series has been blocked and not those of Sailor V?
A: To resume the explanation concerning the case of Sailor Moon. The author has recovered all of the rights. She has renegotiated for two years county by country at her own rhythm. She has decided to begin with the USA, Spain, and Italy, and we must wait until those negotiations finish before entering into discussions with the author, if she decides that France will be her next country to work on, which has in no way been confirmed. We are in the same situation as the fans of Sailor Moon, and we have no other choice but to respect the method chosen by the author. When the discussions are possible, the editions published will obviously be the renewed versions, the subject of our request for the last 3 years. Sailor Moon and Sailor V are two different series, and they do not have the same contractual bases. From information that we have been given, the author has not recovered the rights for Sailor V.
We had always assumed that Naoko Takeuchi and Princess Naoko Planning had the rights to Sailor V, but it appears this is not the case. Now we believe that it is Kodansha that somehow has the rights to Sailor V, but may be optimizing a marketing strategy by releasing it in conjunction with Sailor Moon. We hope that the fans of Sailor Moon in France will be able to enjoy the manga soon. We are sad, but by no means surprised by this lag given what we have learned about Naoko Takeuchi since 2009.
**This is in reference to the old version of Sailor V.
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2 comments:
Hey! I've been following the blog EVEN MORE than usual ever since the "reprint" news in the states came out!!! and after this article I realized, when you say USA, Spain, and Italy, would that include Canada??? I live in Canada and most manga here is printed by american companies and shipped here! So does this mean that Canada may not get the manga too??? I know that EVERYONE my age used to watch sailor moon when we were little and a lot of my freinds (and me of course) are REALLY looking forward to the manga. So is the manga coming to Canada too? or just the states??? :S
Thank you so much ♥
Being French i'm really concerned and i will do anything to show our support here in France for Sailor Moon, there's a lot of fans outta here and we will do our best to show that SailorMoon is not forgotten ;)
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