CMX is a division of Wildstorm Productions, an
imprintIn the publishing industry, an imprint can refer to two different things:* It can mean a brand name under which a work is published. One single publishing company may have multiple imprints; the different imprints are used by the publisher to market the work to different demographic consumer segments...
of
DC ComicsDC Comics is one of the largest and most popular American comic book and related media companies, along with Marvel Comics. It is the publishing division of DC Entertainment Inc., a subsidiary company of Warner Bros. Entertainment...
which in turn is owned by
Time WarnerTime Warner Inc. is the world's largest entertainment conglomerate , as well as the world's fourth largest media conglomerate, headquartered in the Time Warner Center in New York City...
. It is DC's line of
mangaManga consist of comics and print cartoons , in the Japanese language and conforming to the style developed in Japan in the late 20th century...
translations.
CMX launched with the goal of providing a diverse selection of manga, and, potentially,
manhwaManhwa is the general Korean term for comics and print cartoons . Outside of Korea, the term usually refers specifically to South Korean comics.-Manhwa style:...
to the U.S. market. Wildstorm, along with its parent company, DC Comics, enthusiastically supported the line. Unlike many other imprints, CMX pursued older manga along with popular new works, feeling that these stories deserved widespread distribution and a chance at an American readership.
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CMX is a division of Wildstorm Productions, an
imprintIn the publishing industry, an imprint can refer to two different things:* It can mean a brand name under which a work is published. One single publishing company may have multiple imprints; the different imprints are used by the publisher to market the work to different demographic consumer segments...
of
DC ComicsDC Comics is one of the largest and most popular American comic book and related media companies, along with Marvel Comics. It is the publishing division of DC Entertainment Inc., a subsidiary company of Warner Bros. Entertainment...
which in turn is owned by
Time WarnerTime Warner Inc. is the world's largest entertainment conglomerate , as well as the world's fourth largest media conglomerate, headquartered in the Time Warner Center in New York City...
. It is DC's line of
mangaManga consist of comics and print cartoons , in the Japanese language and conforming to the style developed in Japan in the late 20th century...
translations.
CMX launched with the goal of providing a diverse selection of manga, and, potentially,
manhwaManhwa is the general Korean term for comics and print cartoons . Outside of Korea, the term usually refers specifically to South Korean comics.-Manhwa style:...
to the U.S. market. Wildstorm, along with its parent company, DC Comics, enthusiastically supported the line. Unlike many other imprints, CMX pursued older manga along with popular new works, feeling that these stories deserved widespread distribution and a chance at an American readership. Their initial lineup included classics of the shoujo genre, such as
From Eroica with Love and
Swan.
Controversy
One of CMX's initial launches was a title variously known as
Tengo Tenge,
Tenjho Tenge, and
Ten Ten. The title was a strong fan favorite both in Japan and among manga readers in the States. However, when CMX released
Tenjho Tengeis an ongoing Japanese manga authored by Ito "Oh Great" Ōgure. The story primarily focuses on the members of the Juken Club and their opposition, the Executive Council, which is the ruling student body of a high school that educates its students in the art of combat...
, many fans were livid that title had been edited contentwise and changed graphically to appeal to a "larger demographic"—in other words, edited to be acceptable to bookstores without shrinkwrap.
Tenjho Tenge and CMX received a heavy amount of angry backlash for the edits.
CMX's announcement that all changes had been overseen and specifically approved by
Oh! Great, pen name Oh! great, is a Japanese manga artist most recognized for the manga series Tenjho Tenge and recently Air Gear. In 2006, he received the Kodansha Manga Award for shōnen for Air Gear. Ito also created the adult series Silky Whip...
, the
mangakais the Japanese word for a comic artist or cartoonist. Outside of Japan, manga usually refers to a Japanese comic book and mangaka refers to the author of the manga, who is usually Japanese...
, did nothing to appease the vocal fans, who felt that changing the art removed a major plot point. Although other fans felt that not explicitly showing sexual violence did not actually harm the flow of the story, the fan community was in uproar. Some readers suggested a boycott of all CMX titles.
As of January 2008, CMX continues to publish
Tenjho Tenge with edited art, though new volumes will be rated mature with fewer edits than before.
List of manga titles published by CMX
by
- Crayon Shin-chan
is a Japanese manga and anime series written by Yoshito Usui.Crayon Shin-chan follows the adventures of five-year-old Shinnosuke "Shin" Nohara and his parents, neighbors, and friends and is set in Kasukabe, Saitama Prefecture, Japan....
by Yoshito Usui, born in Shizuoka Prefecture, Japan, was a manga artist known for the popular manga Crayon Shin-chan. He was a Christian and a devotee of Jehovah's Witnesses....
- Canon
is a Japanese shōjo manga by . The series was originally serialized between 1994 and 1996 in Akita Shoten's manga magazine Mystery EX, and the chapters were compiled into four bound volumes...
by
- Chikyu Misaki
is a 3 volume manga series by Yuji Iwahara, and was released in the United States by CMX Manga.The story follows young Makishima Misaki as she returns to her Grandfather's old house following his death. She is accompanied by her father, Kyoichi, an awkward widower...
by Iwahara Yuji
- Cipher by Minako Narita
- Classical Medley
is a Japanese manga series written and illustrated by Sanae Kana. It is published in Japan by Softbank.The series is licensed for an English language release in North America by CMX.-Manga:-Reception:...
by Sanae Kana
- Densha Otoko - The Story of the Train Man Who Fell in Love With A Girl by Hitori Nakano (original creator) and Wataru Watanabe (art)
- The Devil Does Exist
is a shōjo romance manga based on school life written by Mitsuba Takanashi, it consists of 11 volumes and has already been dramatized in Taiwan titled Devil Beside You.-Plot summary:...
(Akuma de Sōrō) by Mitsuba Takanashiis a Japanese mangaka.Takanashi is the author of Akuma De Sourou , Tenshi no Poketto , Ohi-sama no Hana , and Crimson Hero.Mangaka information:Birth Place:...
- Dorothea
Dorothea may refer to:*Dorothea of Alexandria *Dorothea of Caesarea , patron saint of florists*Dorothea of Brandenburg, Queen of Denmark, Norway and Sweden.*Dorothea of Bulgaria , Queen of Bosnia...
(Dorothea - Majyo no Tettsui) by Cuvie
- Emma by Kaoru Mori
is a Japanese manga artist from Tokyo. She is the creator of popular manga such as Shirley, and Emma. Her work is typically set in Britain, and centers on characters who are maids...
- The Empty Empire (Kara no Teikoku) by Naoe Kita
- From Eroica with Love
is a long-running shōjo manga by Yasuko Aoike which originally began publication in 1976 by Akita Shoten. The series ran in the Japanese anthology magazine Princess from 1976 to 1988, and from 1995-2006. It has moved to a sister publication, Princess Gold, as of December 2008...
(Eroica yori Ai wo Komete) by Yasuko AoikeYasuko Aoike is a Japanese manga artist, born on July 24, 1948 in Shimonoseki, Yamaguchi. Most of her works are shōjo manga, predominantly focused on romance, adventure, and light comedy, and many of them contain elements of shōnen-ai...
- Gals!
Gals! is a shōjo manga written by mangaka Mihona Fujii.The manga was serialized in Ribon and published in the U.S. by CMX.An anime adaptation, , aired in Japan on TV Tokyo between 2001 and 2003, running a length of 52 episodes...
by Mihona Fujiiis a Japanese shōjo mangaka. Her debut work was Mujaki na mama de, published in the 1990 autumn issue of Ribon Original. Her works have been published in Ribon and, recently, Margaret, where her latest series, Tokyo Angels runs....
- Go Go Heaven!! by Keiko Yamada
right|thumb|Cover of the first volume [[Limited Lovers]] is a female manga artist, who has had all three of her serial manga picked up for English translation ....
- Gon
Gon is a tiny fictional dinosaur and the title character of a Japanese manga series created by Masashi Tanaka. The Gon series features the completely wordless adventures of the irascible title character as he interacts with the natural world, depicted by Tanaka in lush, realistic detail...
by Masahi Tanaka
- I Hate You More Than Anyone (Sekai de Ichiban Daikirai) by Banri Hidaka
- Kamikaze Kaito Jeanne
is a fantasy shōjo manga by Arina Tanemura. It was initially called Phantom-Thief Jeanne by its North American licensor, CMX Manga, before the title was changed to Kamikaze Kaito Jeanne; the anime adaptation is called Jeanne, the Kamikaze Thief on the Toei Animation English language website...
by Arina Tanemurais a Japanese manga artist who does mainly shōjo manga. Her debut work was a one-shot chapter entitled , which was later reprinted in her anthology work Short-Tempered Melancholic. Her first full manga series, I.O.N, began serialization in 1997...
- Key to the Kingdom (Ohoku no Kagi) by Kyōko Shitō
- Kikaider Code 02 by Shōtarō Ishinomori
was an influential figure in manga, anime and tokusatsu who created several immensely popular long-running series such as Cyborg 009 and the Kamen Rider Series. He was twice awarded by the Shogakukan Manga Award, in 1968 for Sabu to Ichi Torimono Hikae and in 1988 for Hotel and Manga Nihon Keizai...
(original creator) and MeimuMeimu , real name , is a Japanese manga illustrator. While attending classes at Osaka University of Arts, he made his debut as a manga artist. Meimu's talents have been featured in various genres of storytelling, from science fiction to horror...
(story and art)
- King of Cards
King of Cards is a nine volume shōjo manga written by the manga artist Makoto Tateno.-Plot:A high school student named Manami is a beginner at the new line Trading Card Game, Chaos. Through a great stroke of luck, she obtains "Saghan the Mighty Sorcerer", an ultra rare card that is supposedly out...
(Card no Ō-sama) by Makoto Tetano
- Land of the Blindfolded
is a fantasy shōjo manga by Tsukuba Sakura. It was originally published in Japan by Hakusensha in LaLa magazine between 1998 to 2004 and collected in nine tankōbon volumes. It is licensed in English by CMX Manga in North America and Chuang Yi in Singapore...
(Mekakushi no Kuni) by Sakura Tsukubais a Japanese manga artist born in Saitama Prefecture, Japan.-Personal:Sakura Tsukuba was born on February 16 in Saitama Prefecture, Japan. She like cooking in which her favorite recipe is green curry while she also likes to do ethnic cooking, she likes both sweet and spicy food.-Career:Sakura...
- Leader’s High! by Arashi Shindoh
- Love for Venus
, also known as Venus in Love, is a shōjo manga by . The series revolves around the lives of a group of students at Koutou University in Hyōgo Prefecture and primarily around the relationships of the main characters, Suzuna Ashihara and Eichi Uozumi...
(Venus wa Kataomoi) by Yuki Nakaji
- Madara
is a Japanese manga series, light novel series, computer role-playing game, anime OVA and radio drama series.The Famicom Mōryō Senki MADARA was a Konami 1990 release that has never been officially localized...
(full title: Mōryō Senki Madara) by Eiji Otsukais a Japanese writer. He writes the MPD Psycho and The Kurosagi Corpse Delivery Service manga series. One of his first animation script works was Mahō no Rouge Lipstick, an adult lolicon OVA. Ōtsuka was the editor for the bishōjo lolicon manga series Petit Apple Pie.-Mahō no Rouge Lipstick: is a...
(story) and Shōu Tajima, born February 7, 1966 in Saitama, Japan, is a manga illustrator and anime character designer. He has done character designs for the anime Kai Doh Maru, Otogi Zoshi, the CGI OVA Galerians: Rion, as well as Kill Bill Chapter 3: The Origin of O-Ren....
(art)
- Moon Child
is a Japanese manga written and illustrated by Reiko Shimizu. It was serialized in Hakusensha's magazine, LaLa. It is licensed in North America by CMX Manga. The manga has been adapted into a theatrical interpretation of itself by Studio Life.-Manga:...
(Tsuki no Ko) by Reiko Shimizuis a Japanese shōjo manga writer and illustrator. She made her professional debut in 1983 with Sansaro Monogatari in LaLa, and has written primarily for the publisher Hakusensha...
- Megatokyo
Megatokyo is an English-language webcomic created by Fred Gallagher and Rodney Caston, debuting on August 14, 2000, and then written and illustrated solely by Gallagher since July 17, 2002. Gallagher's style of writing and illustrations is heavily influenced by Japanese manga. Megatokyo is freely...
(from Volume 4) by Fred GallagherFrederick Gallagher is an American illustrator who has become a full-time web cartoonist. He is best known as the artist, co-creator, and now full owner of Megatokyo. He also goes by the name of Piro, the main character of Megatokyo, whom he has stated is an idealized version of himself when he...
- Monster Collection
Monster Collection is a trading card game developed by Group SNE. Monster Collection was first published in 1997 by Fujimishobo...
(full title: Monster Collection Majūtsukai no Shōjo) by Hitoshi Yasuda (original creator) and Sei Itoh (story and art)
- Musashi Number Nine
is a Japanese manga series by Miyuki Takahashi about a secret agent working for a mysterious world organization known only as "Ultimate Blue". Kou Shinozuka is their top agent, a 16-year-old girl who goes by the code name "Musashi #9"...
(Kyūbanme no Musashi) by Miyuki Takanashi
- The Name of the Flower (Hana no Namae) by Ken Saitou
- Omukae desu by Meca Tanaka
- Orfina by Kitsune Tennōji
- Oyayubi-hime Infinity
is a shōjo manga series by Toru Fujieda. It was published in Japan by Akita Shoten starting in April 2004, and continuing for six tankōbon volumes until its conclusion in May 2006. The series was licensed by CMX manga for an English language release in North American starting in June 2006.- Plot...
by Toru Fujieda
- Palette of 12 Secret Colors
is a manga authored by Nari Kusakawa. It is published in English by CMX Manga.-Overview:From CMX Manga: On the island of Opal live the world's most colorful birds. The birds have attracted a school for aspiring "Palettes" — wizards who have the ability to "borrow" color from one object and paint...
by Nari KusakawaNari Kusakawa is the pen name for a Japanese manga artist and creator of The Recipe for Gertrude, Palette of 12 Secret Colors and Two Flowers of the Dragon, whose real name is unknown....
- Penguin Revolution
is a shōjo fantasy book by Sakura Tsukuba. It was published by Hakusensha in the mangazine LaLa and collected in seven tankoubon volumes. It is licensed in North America...
(Penguin Kakumei) by Sakura Tsukubais a Japanese manga artist born in Saitama Prefecture, Japan.-Personal:Sakura Tsukuba was born on February 16 in Saitama Prefecture, Japan. She like cooking in which her favorite recipe is green curry while she also likes to do ethnic cooking, she likes both sweet and spicy food.-Career:Sakura...
- Pieces of a Spiral (Rasen no Kakera) by Tachibana Kaimu
- The Recipe for Gertrude
The Recipe for Gertrude is a complete 5 volume serialization that ran in LaLa starting in 2004. The manga is written by Kusakawa Nari. The North American serialization is available through CMX Manga .- Plot :...
(Gertrude no Recipe) by Nari KusakawaNari Kusakawa is the pen name for a Japanese manga artist and creator of The Recipe for Gertrude, Palette of 12 Secret Colors and Two Flowers of the Dragon, whose real name is unknown....
- Seimaden by Yō Higuri
You Higuri is a Japanese manga artist who has made several appearances at anime and manga conventions in the United States, as well as in Germany. Her first U.S. appearance was at the initial Yaoi-Con in San Francisco in 2001...
- Steel Fist Riku
is a martial arts manga written and drawn by . In the United States, Canada and the United Kingdom is released by CMX.The manga is set in a world where humans co-exist with half-human animals but otherwise is similar to the real world.- Setting :...
by Jyutaroh Nishino
- Swan
is a shōjo manga by Kyoko Ariyoshi. The shōjo magazine Margaret serialized the story in Japan during the seventies. 21 volumes were released. In North America the story is published by CMX...
by Kyoko Ariyoshiis a Japanese shōjo manga artist. She was born in Kumamoto City, Kumamoto Prefecture. She debuted by publishing her work Kitty and a Girl in Shukan Margaret in 1971....
- Sword of the Dark Ones
Sword of the Dark Ones is a manga by Tsukasa Kotobuki, and it is based on a story by Kentaro Yasui. This series is also known in Japan by the title . In North America the story is published by CMX.- Plot :...
(also Ragnarok) by Kentaro Yasui (story) and Tsukasa Kotobukiis a character designer for various games and anime series such as Saber Marionette J, Knights of Ramune, Cyber Team in Akihabara and Battle Arena Toshinden. He also did the art for Sword of the Dark Ones.-External links:** with a Tsukasa Kotobuki...
(art)
- Tears of a Lamb
is a Japanese manga series written and illustrated by Banri Hidaka. It was originally serialized in Hana to Yume in 2001, with the individual chapters collected and published in seven tankōbon volumes by Hakusensha. The story focuses on Kei Hasumi, an anorexic teenager girl in love with her...
(Hitsuji no Namida) by Banri Hidaka
- Tenjho Tenge
is an ongoing Japanese manga authored by Ito "Oh Great" Ōgure. The story primarily focuses on the members of the Juken Club and their opposition, the Executive Council, which is the ruling student body of a high school that educates its students in the art of combat...
by Oh! great, pen name Oh! great, is a Japanese manga artist most recognized for the manga series Tenjho Tenge and recently Air Gear. In 2006, he received the Kodansha Manga Award for shōnen for Air Gear. Ito also created the adult series Silky Whip...
- TenRyu: The Dragon Cycle by Sanami Matoh
is a popular manga artist and writer. Hugely popular in Japan, especially among teenage girls. Matoh debuted as a manga artist in 1990 with Next to an Angel published by Akita Shoten. Her other works include -Fake-, By the Sword, and Black x Blood. She has also written quite a few dōjinshi, mostly...
- Testarotho
is a Japanese manga written and illustrated by Kei Sanbe. The manga is licensed in English by CMX Manga. The manga is licensed for a French-language release by Vegetal Soleil.-Characters:*Garrincha is the feared inquisitor of Neo Arsen...
by Kei Sanbe
- Time Guardian by Daimuro Kishi (story) and Tamao Ichinose (art)
- Tower of the Future
is a Japanese manga written and illustrated by Saki Hiwatari. The manga was serialised in Hakusensha's Hana to Yume and collected in eleven tankōbon volumes which were released between March 1995 and April 1999. The series has been licensed in North America by CMX Manga, which released the manga's...
(Mirai no Utena) by Saki Hiwatariis a Japanese shōjo manga artist. Her first work, Mahōtsukai wa Shitteriu was published in the weekly shōjo anthology Hana to Yume in 1982. Hiwatari is probably most well known for Please Save My Earth, a 21-volume series concerning several alien scientists who are reincarnated as high school...
- Two Flowers of the Dragon (Ryū no Hana Wazurai) by Nari Kusakawa
Nari Kusakawa is the pen name for a Japanese manga artist and creator of The Recipe for Gertrude, Palette of 12 Secret Colors and Two Flowers of the Dragon, whose real name is unknown....
- Variante
is a Japanese horror manga by Ikura Sugimoto . The manga is divided into four volumes, each one having a cliffhanger that leads to the events in the next volume.-Story:Hosho Aiko should be dead...
by Igura Sugimoto
- Venus Capriccio
is a Japanese manga series written and illustrated by Mai Nishikata about a tom-boyish girl and her childhood friend who take piano lessons together...
by Mai Nishikata
- Vs. (Versus) by Keiko Yamada
right|thumb|Cover of the first volume [[Limited Lovers]] is a female manga artist, who has had all three of her serial manga picked up for English translation ....
- Young Magician (Shōnen Mahōshi) by Yuri Narushima
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