Kuma Licenses Ogeretsu Tanaka's BL Manga Mermaid Prince
The license brings a surreal BL premise from a well-known creator to an English-language audience, fulfilling a wish Tanaka voiced at the same convention a year earlier.
Reporting from 1 source: Anime News Network.
KUMA announced at Anime Expo that it has licensed Ogeretsu Tanaka's boys-love manga Mermaid Prince. The story follows a cash-strapped young man offered 100 million yen to father a child with an endangered male mermaid to save the species from extinction. Tanaka had expressed hope at last year's Expo that the manga would be translated.
KUMA announced the license during the "Manga Licensing with DENPA and KUMA Books" panel at Anime Expo on Saturday. The publisher's description centers on a young man in financial trouble who is approached by a mysterious organization offering 100 million yen for his rare genetics. The catch: he must successfully father a child with an endangered male mermaid to prevent the species from going extinct.
KUMA hosted Tanaka as a guest at Anime Expo last year, and she said at the time that she hoped the manga would eventually be translated into English. The license makes that wish a reality.
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