37 Japanese publishers will distribute digital manga in North America

The Managing Director of Shueisha publisher, Kazuhiko Torishima, announced yesterday in the Denshi Shoseki Comic Summit that there's a project in development called tentatively 'J Manga', which will be a site that will give access to its users to mangas from 37 Japanese Publishers.

It is estimated that the fully operational site will be launched on March 2011. The beta version of the site is already available.

The list of publishers that will participate in the project are:

Akaneshinsha
Akita Shoten
ASCII Media Works
Bunkasha Publishing
Enterbrain
East Press
France Shoin
Fujimi Shobo
Fusosha
Futabasha
Gakken
Gentosha
Hakusensha
Houbunsha
Ichijinsha
Jitsugyo no Nihon Sha
June-Net
Kadokawa Shoten
Kasakura Shuppansha
Kodansha
LEED Publishing
Libre Publishing
Magazine House
Media Factory
Nihonbungeisha
Oakla Publishing
Ohzora Publishing
Shinchosha
Shinshokan Publishing
Shodensha
Shogakukan-Shueisha
Shonen Gahosha
Tatsumi Publishing
Takeshobo
Tokuma Shoten