Worlds Within Worlds...

This article on ICv2 is pretty interesting. Aparantly ADV has licensed more than 1000 volumes of manga and manhwa in total. Considering they don't have all THAT much out yet, there must be quite a bit waiting in the wings. Of course a couple of long series could eat up a bit of that total, but still... It just shows that ADV has some pretty deep pockets these days. Tokyopop and Viz may have a big head start, but it seems like ADV has the potential to move to third place really quickly if they decide to push things. Their current releases have also been interesting in that they tend to release the manga in the same size as the original Japanese release, which is why something like Azumanga Daioh is slightly bigger than other releases.

So, it'll be pretty interesting to see what they come up with in 2004...