Best NEW unlicensed manga, manhwa, and manhua

[rachelmanija]

What are your favorite manga, manhwa, manhua, and other Asian comics that a) have not yet been licensed in English, b) were created within the last ten years or so?

Other than Yokohama KK mumble, which is delightful and which I am already reading, and Yoshinaga Fumi's Ooku, which I already know about... and would really appreciate scanlation

Comments

[smillaraaq]

Well, if I can vote for something that was briefly licensed and then dropped on the floor...Ginga Densetsu Weed. Ran from 1999 to 2007, it's the sequel to a beloved 1980s series by an insane mangaka who seems to do almost nothing but series focused on dogs. But I don't mean fluffy pet-lover stuff like Inubaka -- these are your basic sort of multi-ethnic sprawling-cast bloodily violent "I must get stronger so I can live up to the example of my father's fighting spirit!" sort of action-heavy shonen series...only all the characters are dogs.

The manga was licensed by Comics One for about an eyeblink in 2001, then dropped after three issues. Supposedly DrMaster (who I never even HEARD OF before Googling this) bought up all of CO's licenses when they went out of business, but has chosen not to do anything with this one. Other than that brief little hiccup, to the best of my knowledge none of the mangaka's numerous other doggy-shonen series, nor the anime adaptations of Gin and Weed have been licensed in English, although they've done well in Europe and are apparently particularly huge in Scandinavian countries -- I got all my fansubs from a Swedish site. You can find more information on the mangaka and his various series, including some scans and a translation of one short piece, at this fairly extensive fansite: http://www.gingasite.net/

(If not for your "last ten years" caveat, I'd also be clamoring here for Rose of Versailles and anything by Moto Hagio...)