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New York Anime Festival 2007 - X-Men Manga Preview

December 7 - 9, 2007 – Jacob Javits Center, New York City, NY

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One of the most talked about panels was Sunday's Marvel Comics / Del Rey Manga announcement of new manga versions of The X-Men and Wolverine.
Jean Grey character sketches by Anzu for the Del Rey Manga / Marvel Comics X-Men manga project.

Jean Grey character sketches by Anzu

Artwork © Marvel Comics/ Del Rey Manga / Anzu

Del Rey Manga and Marvel Comics announced their upcoming collaboration on new manga versions of the popular mutant superheroes The X-Men and Wolverine.

As part of the presentation, Del Rey Manga Associate Publisher Dallas Middaugh showed a few preliminary character sketches by Anzu (the artist for the upcoming OEL manga series, The Reformed), including this set of sketches featuring Jean Grey.

Look for the shojo manga version of The X-Men and the shonen manga version of Wolverine to appear in bookstores in 2009.

So what do you think of the upcoming X-Men manga? Vote in our online poll or sound off in the forums!

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