CMX (comics)

CMX
Parent company	DC Comics ; (Warner Bros. Entertainment)
Founded	2004
Defunct	July 1, 2010
Country of origin	U.S.
Headquarters location	New York City, New York
Publication types	Comics
Fiction genres	Manga
Official website	dccomics.com/cmx/

CMX was an imprint of DC Comics, a division of Warner Bros. Entertainment. It was DC's line of manga translations. CMX was known for its censored release of Tenjho Tenge and the print version of Fred Gallagher's Megatokyo web manga series.^[1]

Controversy

One of CMX's initial launches was a title variously known as Tenjo Tenge, Tenjho Tenge, and Ten Ten. When CMX released Tenjho Tenge, many fans were livid that title had been edited contentwise and changed graphically to appeal to a "larger demographic"—in other words, edited to be acceptable to bookstores without shrinkwrap.^[3]^[4]^[5]^[6] Tenjho Tenge and CMX received a heavy amount of angry backlash for the edits.^[7]^[8]

CMX's announcement that all changes had been overseen and specifically approved by Oh! Great, the manga artist, did nothing to appease the vocal fans who did not want the work censored. Some readers suggested a boycott of all CMX titles.^[9]

In the face of complaints, CMX had internal discussions about the possibility of publishing an unedited version of Tenjho Tenge, but decided to complete the current version.^[5] At the 2007 Anime Expo, CMX stated about changing Tenjho Tenge's rating to Mature beginning with volume fifteen, but warned that it still would be edited, but more lightly.^[10]

DC Comics released a statement in May 2010 about its intention to shut the CMX brand down, with no new titles being published after July 1. At the time of its statement, DC could not state what would happen to all current unfinished volumes affected by the July 1 shutdown date. Megatokyo however continued under the DC Comics imprint.^[2]

Since CMX's discontinuation, some licenses have gone to other English publishers; for example, Megatokyo by 2013 returned to Dark Horse Comics and Tenjho Tenge went to Viz Media.^[1]

List of manga titles formerly licensed by CMX

Published Titles

Title	Author(s)	Japanese Publisher(s)	Current English Licencee(s)	Note(s)
Apothecarius Argentum	Tonomi Yamashita	Akita Shoten	None	Volumes 1-8 only. Volume 9 was cancelled due to CMX's closure.
Astral Project	Marginal (story) Syuji Takeya (art)	Enterbrain	None
Ballad of a Shinigami	K-Ske Hasegawa (original writer) Asuka Izumi (art)	Hakusensha	None	Manga adaptation of K-Ske Hasegawa's light novel series of the same name.
The Battle of Genryu: Origin	Shouko Fukaki	Flex Comix	None	Volumes 1-2 only. Volume 3 was cancelled due to CMX's closure.
Broken Blade	Yunosuke Yoshinaga	Flex Comix	None	Volumes 1-3 only. Volume 4 was cancelled due to CMX's closure.
Canon	Chika Shiomi	Akita Shoten	None
Chikyu Misaki	Yūji Iwahara	Kadokawa Shoten	None
Cipher	Minako Narita	Hakusensha	None
Crayon Shin-chan	Yoshito Usui	Futabasha	One Peace Books	Volumes 1-11 only. Volume 12 was cancelled due to CMX's closure. Licence acquired by One Peace Books.
Classical Medley	Sanae Kana	SB Creative Flex Comix	None
Deka Kyōshi	Tamio Baba	Flex Comix	None	Volumes 1-2 only. Volume 3 was cancelled due to CMX's closure.
Densha Otoko - The Story of the Train Man Who Fell in Love With A Girl	Nakano Hitori (original writer) Wataru Watanabe (art)	Akita Shoten	None	Manga adaptation of Nakano Hitori's 2004 novel of the same name.
The Devil Does Exist	Mitsuba Takanashi	Shueisha	None
Diamond Girl	Takanori Yamazaki	Flex Comix	None	Volume 1 Only. Volume 2 was cancelled due CMX's closure.
Dokkoida?!	Taro Achi (story) Yu Yagami (art)	MediaWorks	None	Manga adaptation of Taro Achi's light novel series of the same name.
Dorothea	Cuvie	Fujimi Shobo	None
Emma	Kaoru Mori		Yen Press
The Empty Empire	Naoe Kita		None
Fire Investigator Nanase	Izo Hashimoto (story) Tomoshige Ichikawa (art)		None
The Flat Earth Exchange	Toshimi Nigoshi		None
From Eroica with Love	Yasuko Aoike		None
Gals!	Mihona Fujii		None
Genghis Khan: To the Ends of the Earth and Sea	Seiichi Morimura (original writer) Nakaba Higurashi (art)		None	Manga adaptation of the 2007 film adaptation of Seiichi Morimura's 2000 novel of the same name.
The Girl Who Runs Through Time	Yasutaka Tsutsui (original writer) Gaku Tsugano (art)		None	Manga adaptation of Yasutaka Tsutsui's 1967 novel "The Girl Who Leapt Through Time".
Go Go Heaven!!	Keiko Yamada		None
Go West!	Yu Yagami		None
Gon	Masashi Tanaka		Kodansha USA
I Hate You More Than Anyone	Banri Hidaka		None
Jihai	Toshimi Nigoshi		None
The Key to the Kingdom	Kyoko Shitou		None
Kiichi and the Magic Books	Taka Amano		None
Kikaider Code 02	Shotaro Ishinomori (original creator) Meimu (story and art)		None
King of Cards	Makoto Tateno		None
King of Debris	Yusuke Aso		None
Land of the Blindfolded	Sakura Tsukuba		None
The Lapis Lazuli Crown	Natsuna Kawase		None
Leader's High!	Arashi Shindo		None
The Lizard Prince	Asuka Izumi		None
Madara	Eiji Otsuka (story) Shōu Tajima (art)		None
March on Earth	Mikase Hayashi		None
Monster Collection	Hitoshi Yasuda (original concept) Sei Itoh (story and art)		None	Based on the Monster Collection card game by Group SNE.
Moon Child	Reiko Shimizu		None
Musashi Number Nine	Miyuki Takanashi		None
My Darling! Miss Bancho	Mayu Fujikata		None
The Name of the Flower	Ken Saitou		None
Oh! My Brother	Ken Saitou		None
Omukae desu	Meca Tanaka		None
Orfina	Kitsune Tennōji		None
Oyayubi-hime Infinity	Toru Fujieda		None
Palette of 12 Secret Colors	Nari Kusakawa		None
Penguin Revolution	Sakura Tsukuba		None
Phantom Thief Jeanne	Arina Tanemura		Viz Media
Pieces of a Spiral	Kaim Tachibana		None
Polyphonica: Cardinal Crimson	Ichirō Sakaki (original writer) Tomo Hirokawa (art)		None	Manga adaptation of the Polyphonica Crimson light novels by Ichirō Sakaki.
Presents	Kanako Inuki		None
Rampage	Yunosuke Yoshinaga		None
The Recipe for Gertrude	Nari Kusakawa		None
Samurai Commando: Mission 1549	Harutoshi Fukui (story) Ark Performance (art) Ryo Hanmura (original concept)		None
Seimaden	You Higuri		None
Shirley (manga)	Kaoru Mori		None
Steel Fist Riku	Jyutaroh Nishino		None
Stolen Hearts	Miku Sakamoto		None
Suihelibe!	Naomi Azuma		None
Swan	Kyoko Ariyoshi		None
Sword of the Dark Ones	Kentaro Yasui (story) Tsukasa Kotobuki (art)		None
A Tale of an Unknown Country	Natsuna Kawase		None
Tears of a Lamb	Banri Hidaka		None
Tenjho Tenge	Oh! great		Viz Media
TenRyu: The Dragon Cycle	Sanami Matoh		None
Teru Teru X Shonen	Shigeru Takao		None
Testarotho	Kei Sanbe		None
Time Guardian	Daimuro Kishi (story) Tamao Ichinose (art)		None
Tower of the Future	Saki Hiwatari		None
Two Flowers of the Dragon	Nari Kusakawa		None
Variante	Igura Sugimoto		None
Venus Capriccio	Mai Nishikata		None
Venus in Love	Yuki Nakaji		None
VS (Versus)	Keiko Yamada		None
The Young Magician	Yuri Narushima		None
Zombie Fairy	Dasuke Torii		None

English-language Manga

Title	Author(s)	Current Publisher(s)	Note(s)
Megatokyo	Fred Gallagher	Dark Horse Comics	Volumes 4-5 only.

Cancelled Titles

Title	Author(s)	Current English Licencee(s)	Note(s)
51 Ways to Save Her	Usamaru Furuya	None
Nadeshiko Club	Miku Sakamoto	None
Nyan Koi!	Sato Fujiwara	None
The Phantom Guesthouse	Nari Kusakawa	None
Shisso Holiday	Otsuichi (original writer) Hiro Kiyohara (art)	None	Based on the novel of the same by Otsuichi.
Tableau Gate	Rika Suzuki	None

References

^ ^a ^b ^c ^d McMillan, Graeme (January 8, 2013). "Short-Stint Imprints: A Look Back at DC's Defunct Lines". Newsarama. p. 10. Retrieved June 3, 2013.
^ ^a ^b Wilbanks, Ashley (May 18, 2010). "DC Closes the Door on CMX!". DCCollector.com. Archived from the original on May 22, 2010. Retrieved May 18, 2010.
^ Reid, Calvin (March 9, 2005). "Fans Ticked Over Manga Censorship". Publishers Weekly. Archived from the original on March 19, 2008. Retrieved December 1, 2007.
^ "Interview with DC CEO Paul Levitz 2006, Part 3". ICv2. August 22, 2006. Retrieved November 30, 2007.
^ ^a ^b "CMX on Tenjho Tenge Edits Again". Anime News Network. July 10, 2006. Retrieved January 3, 2012.
^ "Tenjho Tenge v1". Manga Life. Silver Bullet Comics. Archived from the original on December 22, 2007. Retrieved December 1, 2007.
^ Dungan, Mike (March 7, 2005). "Tenjho Tenge Vol. #01 of 15*". Anime on DVD. Archived from the original on April 18, 2008. Retrieved December 1, 2007.
^ "Tenjho Tenge Manga Heavily Edited". Anime News Network. March 3, 2005. Retrieved December 1, 2007.
^ Harris, Franklin. "Censored book not a good start". The Decatur Daily. Retrieved on December 1, 2008.
^ Cha, Kai-Ming (July 3, 2007). "Fans Mob AnimeExpo 2007". Publishers Weekly. PWxyz, LLC. Retrieved January 3, 2012.

External links

CMX Manga at the Wayback Machine (archive index)

[dcimprints-1] McMillan, Graeme (January 8, 2013). "Short-Stint Imprints: A Look Back at DC's Defunct Lines". Newsarama. p. 10. Retrieved June 3, 2013.

[shutdown-2] Wilbanks, Ashley (May 18, 2010). "DC Closes the Door on CMX!". DCCollector.com. Archived from the original on May 22, 2010. Retrieved May 18, 2010.

[PW_CR-3] Reid, Calvin (March 9, 2005). "Fans Ticked Over Manga Censorship". Publishers Weekly. Archived from the original on March 19, 2008. Retrieved December 1, 2007.

[ICv2-4] "Interview with DC CEO Paul Levitz 2006, Part 3". ICv2. August 22, 2006. Retrieved November 30, 2007.

[animenewsnetwork-5] "CMX on Tenjho Tenge Edits Again". Anime News Network. July 10, 2006. Retrieved January 3, 2012.

[6] "Tenjho Tenge v1". Manga Life. Silver Bullet Comics. Archived from the original on December 22, 2007. Retrieved December 1, 2007.

[Dungan-7] Dungan, Mike (March 7, 2005). "Tenjho Tenge Vol. #01 of 15*". Anime on DVD. Archived from the original on April 18, 2008. Retrieved December 1, 2007.

[8] "Tenjho Tenge Manga Heavily Edited". Anime News Network. March 3, 2005. Retrieved December 1, 2007.

[9] Harris, Franklin. "Censored book not a good start". The Decatur Daily. Retrieved on December 1, 2008.

[10] Cha, Kai-Ming (July 3, 2007). "Fans Mob AnimeExpo 2007". Publishers Weekly. PWxyz, LLC. Retrieved January 3, 2012.

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