Del Rey Manga was the manga-publishing imprint of Del Rey Books, a branch of Ballantine Books, which in turn is part of Random House, the publishing division of Bertelsmann. It was formed as part of a cross-publishing relationship with Japanese publisher Kodansha. Some of the Del Rey titles, such as Tsubasa Chronicle and xxxHolic, are published in the United Kingdom by Tanoshimi. Tricia Narwani, the editor of Del Rey, stated that "Del Rey finds most of its talent through conventions and existing professional contacts".
On October 4, 2010, Kodansha and Random House announced that the US division of Kodansha will take over publishing over all Del Rey Manga titles as well as their own manga, starting on December 1, 2010. Random House will act as the sales and marketing distributor.
Del Rey made its debut in May 2004 with four manga titles:
Mobile Suit Gundam Seed (Kidō Senshi Gundam SEED) - by Masatsugu Iwase
Negima! Magister Negi Magi (Mahō Sensei Negima!) - by Ken Akamatsu
Tsubasa: Reservoir Chronicle - by Clamp
xxxHolic - by Clamp
It has since then licensed additional titles:
A Perfect Day for Love Letters (Koibumi Biyori) - by George Asakura
Air Gear - by Oh! great
Code:Breaker - by Akimine Kamijyo
Alive (manga) - by Tadashi Kawashima (story) and Adachitoka (art)
Dragon Eye - by Kairi Fujiyama
ES (Eternal Sabbath) - by Fuyumi Soryo
Fairy Navigator Runa - by Miyoko Ikeda (story) and Michiyo Kikuta (art)
Fairy Tail - by Hiro Mashima
Free Collars Kingdom - by Takuya Fujima
Gacha Gacha - by Hiroyuki Tamakoshi
Gacha Gacha: The Next Revolution - by Hiroyuki Tamakoshi
Gakuen Prince - by Jun Yuzuki
Gankutsuou: The Count of Monte Cristo - by Mahiro Maeda
Genshiken - by Shimoku Kio
Ghost Hunt - by Shiho Inada (story and art) and Fuyumi Ono (original novel)
Guru Guru Pon-chan - by Satomi Ikezawa
Haridama Magic Cram School by Atsushi Suzumi
Hell Girl (Jigoku Shōjo) - by Miyuki Eto
Kagetora - by Akira Segami
Kamichama Karin Chu - by Koge-Donbo
Kasumi (comic) - by Surt Lim (story) and Hirofumi Sugimoto (art)
Kitchen Princess - by Miyuki Kobayashi (story) and Natsumi Ando (art)
Koko ni iru yo! - by Ema Toyama
Kujibiki Unbalance - by Kio Shimoku (story) and Kōme Keito (art)
Kurogane - by Kei Tōme
Le Chevalier D'Eon - by Tow Ubukata (original creator) and Kiriko Yumeji (art)
Love Roma - by Minoru Toyoda
Mamotte! Lollipop - by Michiyo Kikuta
Mao-Chan - by Ken Akamatsu (story) and RAN (art)
Me and the Devil Blues - by Akira Hiramoto
Mermaid Melody Pichi Pichi Pitch - by Michiko Yokote (story) and Pink Hanamori (art)
Minima! - by Machiko Sakurai
Mobile Suit Gundam SEED Destiny - by Masatsuga Iwase
Moyasimon: Tales of Agriculture – by Masayuki Ishikawa
Mushishi - by Yuki Urushibara
My Heavenly Hockey Club - by Ai Morinaga
Negima! Neo - by Ken Akamatsu (story) and Takuya Fujiyama (art)
Nodame Cantabile - by Tomoko Ninomiya
Othello - by Satomi Ikezawa
Papillon - by Miwa Ueda
Parasyte (Kiseiju) - by Hitoshi Iwaaki
Pastel - by Toshihiko Kobayashi
Pink Innocent - by Kotori Momoyuki
Princess Resurrection (Kaibutsu Ōjo) - by Yasunori Mitsunaga
Psycho Busters - by Yuya Aoki (story) and Akinari Nao (art)
Pumpkin Scissors - by Ryōtarō Iwanaga
Q·Ko-Chan: The Earth Invader Girl - by Hajime Ueda
Rave Master - by Hiro Mashima
Samurai 7 - by Akira Kurosawa
Sayonara, Zetsubou-Sensei - by Koji Kumeta
School Rumble - by Jin Kobayashi
Shiki Tsukai - by To-Ru Zekuu
Shugo Chara! - by Peach-Pit
Sugar Sugar Rune - by Moyoco Anno
Train Man (Densha Otoko) - by Machiko Ocha
The Wallflower (also known as Perfect Girl Evolution or My Fair Lady) - by Tomoko Hayakawa
Phoenix Wright: Ace Attorney (based on the Nintendo DS game series) - by Kenji Kuroda
Yokaiden by Nina Matsumoto
Yozakura Quartet by Suzuhito Yasuda
In early December 2005 it was announced that Del Rey Manga would begin publishing a mature line of manga. It included:
Basilisk - by Futaro Yamada (story) and Masaki Segawa (art)
The Yagyu Ninja Scrolls - by Masaki Segawa
Suzuka - by Kōji Seo
Del Rey also publishes the following Original English-language manga titles:
Avril Lavigne's Make 5 Wishes
Bakugan Battle Brawlers
Ben 10 Alien Force
In Odd We Trust
Yōkaiden
King of RPGs
At 2007's New York Anime Festival it was announced that Del Rey Manga would team up with Marvel Comics to produce manga versions of their titles, that would signal Marvel "whole-heatedly" moving into this area (previous attempts, like Marvel Mangaverse and X-Men: The Manga, having variable success). Titles confirmed are:
Wolverine: Prodigal Son by writer Antony Johnston, with art by Wilson Tortosa
X-Men Misfits by writers Raina Telgemeier and Dave Roman, with art by Anzu
