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Digital Manga's Kimagure Orange Road Kickstarter Campaign Ends
posted on by Rafael Antonio Pineda
achieved all its stretch goals, which will allow Digital Manga Inc. to publish all six 3-in-1 omnibus volumes for the manga.
The campaign launched on March 31. Digital Manga Inc. plans to re-translate, re-edit, and re-letter the series.
Campaign rewards included: digital or print editions of the manga, bookmarker magnets, a pub glass, USB drives, beach towels, sunglasses, eco bags, wall scrolls, signed soundtrack CDs, stickers, reproduction prints, reproduction shikishi boards, posters, and an artbook.
Other add-on merchandise included: a set of seven posters; a USB drive; a "beach bundle" that includes a beach towel, sunglasses, and an orange eco bag; a large limited wallscroll; a pub glass; a set of three different stickers, bookmarks, and canvas illustrations.
The original Kimagure Orange Road manga series ran in Weekly Shonen Jump magazine from 1984 to 1987. The 18-volume story followed a boy with supernatural powers as he dealt with a love triangle between two girls in his high school.
The manga inspired a popular 1987-1988 television anime series, two movies, and various anime videos. Kimagure Orange Road: Summer's Beginning.
Matsumoto announced later that year that it planned to release new volumes digitally on a weekly basis.
Thanks to Daniel Zelter for the news tip
