Message-ID: <007b01beb6d2$3bc55c90$0f5a4196@jaist.ac.jp> From: =?iso-2022-jp?B?Unlva28gVG95YW1hGyRCISEbKEI=?= <airami@starleaf.net> To: <other-announce@nausicaa.net> Subject: [Misc. Ghibli] [Books] Umi & Yamada books Date: Tue, 15 Jun 1999 10:56:07 +0900 *Tokuma is going to publish the Bunkobon (paperback) versions of the novel which the anime "Umi ga Kikoeru (I Can Hear the Sea) was based on, and the sequel novel. They used to be available only as hardcover. The bunkobon version will include color illustrations by Katsuya Kondo, who also did the character designs and supervising animation in the anime version. Some of the illustrations were not included in the previously published hardcover. The cover pictures seems to brand-new cel pictures. To be released on June 26: Tokuma Bunko Umi ga Kikoeru (I Can Hear the Sea) by Saeko Himuro ISBN: 4-19-891130-4 590 yen (tax out) Umiga Kikoeru 2 Ai ga Arukara (I Can Hear the Sea 2, Because There is Ai) by Saeko Himuro ISBN: 4-19-891131-2 590 yen (tax out) *"Tonari no Yamada-Kun", the manga by Hisaichi Ishii, is now available in three volumes from Tokuma. It includes several comic strips which were not included in the previously available version (from Asahi), and also includes a brand-new strip. Animage Comics Tonari no Yamada-Kun Zenshyu (My Neighbors the Yamadas, All Collection) 742 yen each (tax out) ISBN: vol. 1: 4197700571 vol. 2: 419770058X vol. 3: 4197700598 *GaZO vol. 6, a magazine from Tokuma will be published on June 25. It will contain 40-page length article about "Yamada-Kun".