Chuang Yi
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Chuang Yi (Simplified Chinese: 创艺, Pinyin: Chuàngyì, meaning "creative arts") Publishing Pte Ltd is a manga and manhwa publisher and distributor based in Singapore. Chuang Yi Publishing has also acquired licensing rights to distribute some of its titles to Australia and New Zealand through Madman Entertainment.
Chuang Yi Publishing publishes manga in simplified Chinese and English.
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[edit] History
From its early inception in 1990, Chuang Yi Publishing had positioned itself as a company specializing in manga (Japanese comic books) and comic magazine publication, a medium of expression then generally most loved by most Singaporeans. The company's main objective was to expose the local populace to this storytelling art form, having recognized its popularity in a number of Asian countries like Japan, Hong Kong and Taiwan, and its potential to take off with equal fervor in a similar market such as Singapore.
Over the years, Chuang Yi Publishing made gradual but definite steps towards its goal of promoting a “manga culture". Significant response to several of her flagship titles like Dragon Ball, Slam Dunk , convinced the company that both manga and comics could carve a niche for themselves in local reading tastes. To further fuel this uptrend, artists were specially invited over to Singapore to grace local book events and autograph sessions. Takehiko Inoue's visit in 1997 during the peak of Slam Dunk's popularity was a tremendous hit with the readers, culminating in a television interview that created a buzz in the local manga scene, gaining this medium even more fans and supporters.
When the Pokémon phenomenon began to make its presence felt worldwide during 1998, this shift of interest "westward" created the perfect catalyst for manga influence among the English-educated population, prompting the company to branch out from Chinese-language manga into the then-virtually untapped English-speaking market. The overwhelming response to several Pokémon titles launched later that year also sealed a permanent manga presence among the children, hence encouraging the company to increase its range of titles to cater to them.
Having secured its place as the only comics publisher based in Singapore, Chuang Yi Publishing proceeded to expand its operations to include other forms of literature, magazines and merchandise. A range of its manga titles have since also been licensed for distribution in Australia, New Zealand and Philippines, with the company’s latest venture into India.
[edit] Manga published by Chuang Yi Publishing in Chinese
- Blaue Rosen (搖滾下的藍色薔薇)
- Bleach(死神）
- D.Gray-Man
- Death Note (死亡筆記簿)
- Fairy Tail
- Fruit Basket (水果藍)
- Full Metal Alchemist
- Flame of Recca (烈火之炎)
- Hayate the combat butler
- Konjiki no Gash!! (金发魔童)
- MÄR
- MÄR Omega
- Naruto
- Negima!: Magister Negi Magi(魔法老師)
- One Piece
- Ouran High Host Club (Ouran High School Host Club in North America, Ōran Kōkō Hosuto Kurabu in Japan)
- Special A
- Prince of Tennis
- M×0
[edit] Manga published by Chuang Yi Publishing in English
- Absolute Boyfriend ("Zettai Kareshi")
- Astro Boy (Akira Himekawa's series)
- Ballad of a Shinigami
- Battle B-Daman
- Beyblade
- Blaue Rosen (Japanese title: Ai wo Utau yori Ore ni Oborero)
- Bakegyamon
- Chrno Crusade (Chrono Crusade in North America)
- Crush Gear Turbo
- Captive Heart
- Digimon
- Doraemon
- Fairy Cube
- FIGHT! Crush Gear Turbo
- Fruits Basket
- Full Metal Alchemist
- Full Metal Panic! Sigma
- Fushigi Yūgi (Including Genbu Kaiden)
- Fushigiboshi no Futagohime
- Girls Bravo
- Mobile Suit Gundam
- Guyver
- .hack//Legend of the Twilight
- Hamtaro Handbook
- Hellsing
- Kingdom Hearts
- Kingdom Hearts: Chain of Memories
- Kingdom Hearts II
- La Cordia D'Oro
- Land of the Blindfolded
- Love for Venus
- Love Hina
- MÄR
- Medabots
- Midori Days
- Mirmo Zibang! (Mirumo)
- Mon-Colle-Knights
- My-HiME
- My Fair Lady known in North America as The Wallflower and Yamato nadeshiko Shichihenge in Japan
- Negima!: Magister Negi Magi
- Neon Genesis Evangelion
- Otomen
- Ouran High Host Club (Ouran High School Host Club in North America, Ōran Kōkō Hosuto Kurabu in Japan)
- Pokémon
- Pokémon: The Electric Tale Of Pikachu!
- Pokémon Adventures
- Magical Pokémon Journey
- Ash & Pikachu
- Pokémon Gold & Silver The Golden Boys
- Pokémon R.S
- Pokémon Pocket Monsters
- Pokémon Jirachi Wish Maker
- Pokémon Denstiny Deoxys
- Pokémon: Lucario and the Mystery of Mew
- Pokémon: Pokemon Ranger and the Temple of the Sea
- Pokémon Battle Frontier
- Placebo
- RahXephon
- Saiyuki: Reload
- Samurai Champloo
- Slam Dunk
- Solar Boy Django
- Speed Grapher
- Spriggan
- SuperPsychic Nanaki (Chōshinri Genshō Nōryokusha Nanaki)
- Tactics
- Tenchi Muyo!
- There, Beyond The Beyond (Sono Mukou-no Mukougawa)
- The Girl Who Leapt Through Time
- The Mythical Detective Loki
- The Mythical Detective Loki Ragnarok
- Tokyo Mew Mew
- Trinity Blood
- Trigun
- Tsubasa: Reservoir Chronicle (known as Tsubasa Chronicle elsewhere)
- Twin Princess of Wonder Planet
- Vampire Knight
- Wild Adapter
- Wings of Desire
- World Embryo
- X (X/1999 in North America)
- Yankee-kun and Megane-chan
- Young Guns
- Super Yo-Yo
- Zatch Bell! (Konjiki no Gash!!) [1]
- Zig Zag
- Zoids
