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	iComics.com
		Given out at San Diego was a special Raijin Comics #0 sampler, containing installments of four of their upcoming titles.
		With many more planned installments and features in Raijin Comics on the horizon, this is definitely a magazine you'll want to take a look at for yourself.
		Raijin Comics is scheduled for a November debut date.
	www.icomics.com /rev_081902_raijin.shtml (935 words)

	Raijin Comics - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		Raijin Comics was a manga anthology published in North America by Gutsoon Entertainment.
		The comics were aimed at an older audience.
		On May 5, 2005, Raijin lost control of the raijincomics.com domain name to domain squatters; the corporate website, gutsoon.com remains currently in operation but has not been updated since June of 2004.
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Raijin_Comics (126 words)

	Comic Book Resources - Comic Book News, Reviews and Commentary - Updated Daily! (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-10)
		RAIJIN COMICS Issue 46 will be the last issue you will be receiving.
		It's printed at Silver Age comic size, just slightly larger than all the other comics on the rack, but not large enough to call "oversized" or "treasury format." That means the book fits very snugly into the Silver Age size bags and boards that I use.
		I don't know for certain that this is the same comic, but I laughed out loud when I saw this web site, with the DOOM comic book.
	www.comicbookresources.com /columns/index.cgi?column=pipeline&article=1865 (2110 words)

	AnimeNation News
		At $4.95 per week, Raijin Comics is certainly an investment, but at well over 100 pages a week with no advertisements, the magazine is a far better value than buying normal 32 page comics at $3 each.
		Shonen Jump and Raijin Comics are both published in Japanese format right to left, but while Shonen Jump alters its original artwork and sound effects to suit American readers, with rare exception Raijin Comics leaves Japanese text, sound effects and background art intact, the way its creators intended it to be.
		Raijin Comics is English language manga translated and published under the direct supervision of the manga creators themselves.
	www.animenation.net /news/askjohn.php?id=656 (490 words)

	Thought Balloons
		Comics on exhibit: The Pittsburg (Kan.) Morning Su...
		Raijin goes "on hiatus": SBC also passes along word that manga publisher Raijin Comics will stop publication of its magazine and comics lines.
		In the letter, Raijin says its magazine and comics lines will be "on hiatus for the time being" while the publisher takes "time out to come up with ways to broaden the appeal of our publications, retooling stories and overall editorial content."
	thoughtballoons.blogspot.com /2004/03/raijin-goes-on-hiatus-sbc-also-passes.html (281 words)

	Anime News Network - Raijin Comics Interview (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-10)
		Raijin, the Japanese Thunder God, and his sibling, Fujin, the God of Wind, both imply strength and power, as Coamix hopes that their titles "hit the American market like thunder".
		Raijin’s primary demographic is 16-35 year old males with a halo effect in the female audience, while Shonen Jump is geared towards much a much younger audience.
		They explain that currently in Raijin Comics as in all other North American anthologies, Manga is published first in Japan then translated into other languages at a later time.
	skuld.animenewsnetwork.com /feature.php?discuss=18 (1403 words)

	Raijin Comics #1 - Review - Anime News Network
		I don't know how popular a weekly anthology that requires readers to retrain themselves to read in a different order will be with American readers, but the value of the book (244 pages for $4.95) may well convince readers to overlook such inconveniences.
		(One thing that bugged me was that in the comics, all the word balloons are laid out right-to-left; but in the text pieces that follow each series, the columns read left-to-right.
		Titled RAIJIN GAME & ANIME, it covers "the top three forms of entertainment in the land of the rising sun" - manga, anime, and games - with an obvious focus on the latter two.
	www.animenewsnetwork.com /review/raijin-comics-no.1 (1225 words)

	Anime Academy Lounge - Where Are You Raijin Comics!?!
		As for why they've been having such a hard time competing, my guess would be that only a handful of their titles have really generated any interest, and even those have been buried under the massive stacks of new titles that larger publishers like Viz and Tokyopop are able to release every month.
		You also have to consider that most of Raijin's titles (being aimed almost exclusively at older male readers) have a more limited appeal, than those found in, as you suggested, Shonen Jump.
		One of Viz's earlier attempts at publishing a manga mag, the adult comic oriented Pulp (which ran some really great comics when it was still around), ultimately shared a similiar fate for the very same reasons.
	www.animeacademy.com /forums/printthread.php?t=17970 (1187 words)

	Northern Star Online \| Campus (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-10)
		The Fuijin magazine itself is set in the “traditional” style of manga comics in Japan, which are read right to left, so the spine of Raijin Comics is on the right side.
		Fist of the Blue Sky is a mildly humorous comic, mainly focused on fighting and Japanese jokes, like when a teacher alludes that women sweat and is back-handed for thinking such a thing.
		City Hunter is a dramatic comic focused on the life of Saeba Ryo, a professional bounty hunter and lecherous girl chaser, who spends his time helping pretty women with their problems.
	www.star.niu.edu /campus/articles/120602-comic.asp (427 words)

	Fintan Studios
		Image Comics: Born when a group of seven work-for-hire artists including Todd MacFarlane and Jim Lee broke away from Marvel in 1992 to start their own company, Image publishes creator-owned titles such as Age of Bronze, Powers, and Rising Stars and Spawn.
		Marvel Comics: Along with DC, Marvel is arguably the most historically significant comic book publisher in America, parent to wildly popular superhero titles such as Spider-man, X-Men, Daredevil and The Hulk among a host of others.
		Raijin Comics: Popular Japanese comic magazine publisher of manga titles like Fist of the North Star, Slam Dunk and City Hunter.
	www.fintanstudios.com /links.htm (429 words)

	raijin? - Sweatdrop Forums
		It seems that Raijin is on a break, as of the June 2004 issue.
		RAIJIN COMICS Issue 46 and the June GRAPHIC NOVELS will be the last issue you will be printing.
		Raijin was aiming at a broader market than Pulp but I am sad that I may never read another page of the Revenge of Mouflon or Bow Wow Wata, luckily The First President of Japan finished.
	www.sweatdrop.com /forum/showthread.php?t=1911 (1120 words)

	Raijin Comics Magazine
		Raijin Game and Anime is the publication formerly known as "Fujin".
		RAIJIN COMICS is a great leap forward in manga publishing.
		Raijin GandA is published separately from RAIJIN, so that we can hold off printing until the very last minute, allowing us to bring you the most up-to-date, freshest news possible.
	www.dmd-sales.com /magazines/raijin.htm (524 words)

	[Raijin Comics] - Anime News Network
		Raijin Comics was a manga anthology magazine Published in North America and largely backed by Sega Corporation at its inception.
		In June 2004, Raijin Comics stopped circulation and went on an indefinite "hiatus" after issue #46.
		This was largely caused by the magazine's near-simultaneous release with Viz Media's Shonen Jump USA.
	www.animenewsnetwork.com /encyclopedia/anime.php?id=2016 (570 words)

	Comic Book Resources - Comic Book News, Reviews and Commentary - Updated Daily! (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-10)
		I can appreciate that in a time when so many comics are so high concept that they get lost in their own mythologies right off the bat.
		The point to all of this is that THE PERHAPANAUTS is the kind of offbeat book that's open to a wide enough swath of the comics reading population that it would be a shame to see it get lost in the flood of new titles arriving on shelves these days.
		The previous attempt at reprinting it in fl and white was disastrous, as the fl and white printing was taken from the color comics, not the original fl and white art.
	comicbookresources.com /columns/index.cgi?column=pipeline&article=1865 (3235 words)

	NEWSARAMA - RAIJIN GOES ON HIATUS IN JUNE
		Issue #46 of Raijin Comics will be the last issue of that series to ship, while the June graphic novels will be the last to ship in that category.
		While neither Raijin Comics nor its closest competitor in format, Shonen Jump do what could be called well within the direct market, both were eyeing bookstores and other outlets for their best chance at audience penetration.
		The move by Raijin to suspend publication may be indicative of what is to come in the rest of 2004 and into 2005.
	www.newsarama.com /forums/showthread.php?s=&threadid=10532 (2365 words)

	Perpetual Comics Articles
		While Marvel and DC Comics have dropped letter columns, the Archie titles still give their fans a place to be heard and seen.
		While most of the stories are done in fl and white, RAIJIN will sometimes print their opening pages in color, if they were originally done that way.
		All of which are nice, but it's the series themselves that made the thick comic a weekly treat for me. The monthly RAIJIN will add pages to the package, but it won't deliver that weekly kick.
	www.perpetualcomics.com /Column.asp?ColId=354 (2389 words)

	COMICON.com: GUTSOON ANNOUNCES DISTRIBUTION PLANS, NEW PRICE POINT
		Entertainment, the U.S. sister company to Japan-based Coamix, has signed a distribution agreement with Diamond Comic Distributors for the distribution of Raijin Comics, it was announced today by Nobuhiko Horie, Chairman, Gutsoon Entertainment and Coamix.
		Entertainment’s also announced a new lower shelf price for their flagship title, Raijin Comics at a single-issue rate of $4.95, which is down $2.00 from the original single-issue rate plans.
		Raijin Comics is set to debut on December 4th.
	www.comicon.com /cgi-bin/ultimatebb.cgi?ubb=get_topic&f=36&t=000106 (470 words)

	Comics.212.net - November Previews Review
		RAIJIN is a weekly manga anthology that features an assortment of decent stories, particularly FIRST PRESIDENT OF JAPAN, BAKI THE GRAPPLER and REVENGE OF MOUFLON.
		He visited all of the local comic stores, and was disappointed to learn that they didn't carry any of the books he published.
		In addition to being employed by world-famous comic book store The Beguiling, he is a freelance writer and comics production artist and the co-founder of the Toronto Comic Arts Festival.
	comics.212.net /2003_06_01_archive.shtml (4159 words)

	Animefringe: Features: The New Mags on the Block
		Their huge walk-through booth was filled with comic racks and tables for people to sign up for a contest to win a trip to Japan or go ahead and subscribe to the forthcoming weekly anthology.
		First of all, a single issue of Raijin Comics costs a whopping $6.95, but the only way not to miss an issue of this weekly book is to subscribe (or be lucky enough to find a place that stocks it every week).
		Raijin also comes complete with the original series color pages, and the preview issue has articles devoted to detailing what the series are about and who the main characters in each of them are.
	animefringe.com /magazine/02.08/feature/1 (2976 words)

	The Comics Journal: ¡Journalista!
		Art comics have been attempting to migrate to regular bookstores out of necessity for years now, and recently it's begun to finally pay off; Fantagraphics, the only company I know anything remotely about in terms of sales, now does more business in bookstores than it does in the comics shops.
		Marvel Comics seems to have gotten to the "fool me twice" portion of their relationship with comics retailers, and for evidence of this we turn now to Newsarama, which recently sent a questionaire to a number of shopowners concerning Marvel's upcoming Rawhide Kid series.
		Saturday I told you about the way Marvel Comics was using the numbers from initial orders in the Direct Sales Market to justify calling itself the top-selling comic book company, despite the fact that when you factored in re-orders the company has for several months dropped to the #2 slot behind DC Comics.
	www.tcj.com /journalista/zarch200212E.html (6920 words)

	World Famous Comics >> Tony's Online Tips - Tony Isabella, Feb 05, 2005
		Indeed, some transformed into comics strips which "starred" Raijin editors and artists...almost as if they were designed to boost the morale of the title's staff.
		From time to time, RAIJIN COMICS would omit one of its regular series and run an installment of THE CLIMBERS SAGA by writer/artist Murakami Motoka.
		RAIJIN COMICS had its ups and down, but I did enjoy the title from start to finish.
	www.worldfamouscomics.com /tony/back20050205.shtml (1832 words)

	Got Next Forums - DC comics to launch new Manga imprint
		Interesting that someone involved with Raijin is heading things up, maybe there's a faint glimmer of hope that their titles will eventually continue under this banner.
		Western comics: Many comics have no resolution in mind, they will simply be churned out as long as they are profitable.
		Raijin's been around for a pretty long time, but the first game in Slam Dunk didn't even end yet.
	www.got-next.com /board/printthread.php?t=352 (1426 words)

	Raijin Comics Reverting to a Montly...
		We are dedicated to bringing sophisticated storytelling that contains both drama and comedy, action and adventure, as well as stories that reveal the depth of the human experience-all of this enveloped by the artistic vision of today's most notable Japanese artists.
		We are confident that readers who try our magazine will understand and appreciate the quality and value of manga as an art form as well as a "new" form of entertainment.
		We are extremely grateful to these readers, in particular, to our subscribers, who have shown the greatest dedication to Raijin Comics.
	www.usenet.com /newsgroups/rec.arts.manga/msg00156.html (567 words)

	The Comics Journal: ¡Journalista!
		Raijin Comics is the perfect fit for us, and we look forward to a long, and profitable partnership with Gutsoon!
		She's Irina, the star of a 40-page hardcover comics album being published by the European Union to better educate citizens of the EU about what their Parliament actually does.
		Of course, not everybody thinks an adventure comic is the best way to explain the inner workings of Europe's federal governing body, and there have been grumblings about the "waste of "money" from some Ministers.
	tcj.com /journalista/zarch200301C.html (5372 words)

	manga life - manga reviews, manga news, manga information, manga comics, manga webcomics, manga artists, Dark Horse, ...
		Disillusioned by the demise of Raijin Comics in 2004, he has resigned himself to the artistic and cultural stagnation that is the American comics industry.
		He also manages the creative studio Wicker Man Studios, is editor on the Panel2Panel comic Gun Street Girl, and is co-writer of HALF DEAD, the graphic novel that was co-published in March 2007 by Dabel Brothers Productions and Marvel Comics.
		Tom Rosin works for Britain’s best comic shop, Page 45 in Nottingham, and is a huge manga fan, knowing far too many tiny details than is healthy for him.
	www.mangalife.com /about.htm (1005 words)

	World Famous Comics >> Tony's Online Tips - Tony Isabella, Apr 18, 2004
		Wacky as the Silver Age of Comics could be on occasion, there were times when the imagination and skill of its creators just plain soared, carrying readers with them.
		RAIJIN COMICS #5 featured THE BAREFOOT CLIMBER, a complete-in-40-pages tale about Kamba, a 15-year-old Sherpa boy who attempts to climb a treacherous wall of ice and rock to prove his manhood.
		As a teenager training himself to be a comics writer, I learned quite a bit from it...though I quickly abandoned the two-column description/copy format it showed for the writing of comics scripts.
	www.worldfamouscomics.com /tony/back20040418.shtml (2552 words)

	Anime News Network - Gutsoon! / Raijin Comics (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-10)
		representatives, market coverage will be "as wide as possible," to include stores, newsstands, bookshops and in general, "places you haven't seen manga before." Titles included in Raijin Comics will also be available in graphic novel format, starting with the December release of Fist of the North Star.
		Finally, although if title carried in the magazine prove to be particularly unpopular, they will be dropped, it is committed to running popular titles to completion, regardless of length.
		Raijin is also currently accepting original story submissions; rules and other information will be available online at the Raijin Comics website.
	skuld.animenewsnetwork.com /convention.php?id=13 (168 words)

	Absolute-0.com: PR - Gutsoon! Entertainment Signs With Kable News Distributors (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-10)
		Entertainment launched Raijin Comics in December 2002 and quickly signed distribution deals with Ingram Periodicals and Diamond Comics placing Raijin Comics in many comic, specialty and bookstores.
		Our goal is help Raijin Comics reach its' next sales goal by placing Raijin Comics in every major discount, supermarket, convenience and drug chain throughout the United States and Canada.
		We firmly believe that the newsstand launch of Raijin Comics will be one of the most exciting new launches our industry has experienced in the last ten years".
	www.absolute-0.com /the_pr/2003/pr-gutsoon-kable_7-10-2003.htm (409 words)

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