NTT Launching 3 Mobile Manga Magazines, International Expansion Planned

NTT Solmare, the mobile manga publishing division of Japan’s NTT DoCoMo wireless carrier has announced that it plans to launch three new monthly mobile manga magazines with publishers Shonen Gahosha Co, Takeshobo, and Mag Garden in Japan, with plans to expand the service outside of the country.

Shonen Gahosha’s Young King Alpha, Takeshobo’s Shin Kindan Grimm Do-wa (Grimm’s True Forbidden Fairy Tales), and Mag Garden’s Blade Alpha will launch on NTT Solmare’s Comic-i and Comic C’moA sites on March 1, March 4, and March 3, respectively in Japan.

NTT has also confirmed that the the companies involved intend to “actively” expand overseas into China, India, Europe, and North America through the iPhone and other mobile platforms, as well as the Amazon Kindle and other e-reader. NTT’s Solmare division has previously released several manga in Appleseed, Captain, Cyborg 009, Dominion, Itazura na Kiss, Salaryman Kintaro, Sensual Phrase and The Quiet Don through the American App Store for the iPhone and iPod Touch in English.

Wireless carrier NTT DoCoMo has been confirmed as an exhibitor at the upcoming International CTIA Wireless Expo for 2010 being held from March 23rd-25th in Las Vegas.  I’ll be providing coverage throughout the week across this site and sibling sites TechNews.biz and PhoneNews.com during the convention.

[via ANN]