Kodansha And Dai Nippon Make Major Investments In Vertical

Publishing giant Kodansha and the printer Dai Nippon have purchased major shares of Vertical, Inc., a small but vibrant publishing house responsible for many of the best art and historically important manga. The publisher purchased 46.7 percent and the printer 46 percent, based on a $930,000 capitalization.

It seems like one of those moves that brings the publisher a bit of needed financial stability more than it signifies any wholesale change. Marketing director Ed Chavez says as much here. Kodansha-related titles make up a significant but dominant portion of Vertical's publishing schedules, and that's not expected to change. In fact, Chavez mentions here that the Dai Nippon purchase may have greater immediate impact, and may more quickly facilitate adding a title or two to the publishing roster. In fact, it's not hard to see this purchase stabilizing the publisher in a way that the prose side of their efforts gains relative to the manga efforts.

Vertical, Inc. has in recent years been the primary publisher for English translations of the great Osamu Tezuka -- Buddha, Black Jack, Ode To Kirihito and many more -- and for high-end works of more general interest, such as the ongoing Twin Spica and the forthcoming Drops Of God.
 
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