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Daran Culture Enterprise

Kanji name: 大だい然しか開發かいはつ文化ぶんか事業じぎょう股また份有限げん公司こうし
Foundation date: 1987-09-09
Mailing address: 12F, No.48, Sec.2, Chung-Ching N. Rd., Taipei, Taiwan. R.O.C.
About:
Once the largest manga licensee and publisher in Taiwan, Daran had had more than 200 full-time employees and printed more than 1.5 million copies per month in its heyday in 1990s. However, incorrect business moves brought it to downfall.
(2003-03) Sued by Shueisha for failure to pay license royalties on time. Other Japanese publishers followed suit, retracting licenses and severed contacts.
(2003-03-31) Daran declared bankruptcy.
(2003-05-03) Shueisha and Tong Li held a joint press conference, transferring three popular Shōnen Jump titles: Hikaru no Go, One Piece, and Yu-Gi-Oh!, among other titles formerly licensed by Daran, to Tong Li. Soon most Daran titles were transferred to other licensees.
(2003-08-22) Shogakukan signed a memorandum with Daran: all licenses would expire at the end of August 2003, but Shogakukan gave Daran a six-month grace period to clean up stocks.
(2004-01) With the deadline of the grace period drew near, Daran still could not give Shogakukan exact numbers of remaining volumes and the clear amount of unpaid royalty. Shogakukan held a press conference and transferred its popular titles (e.g. Inuyasha) to other companies.
All licenses listed on this page have long expired, but many volumes are still circulating in used bookstores and auction websites.
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Anime which this company has licensed:
Alpen Rose (manga)
Ami! Nonstop (manga) (銀色ぎんいろ舞台ぶたい)
Anastasia Club (manga) (迷情佳人かじん)
Anata ni Tsunagaretai (manga) (expired)
Anata to Scandal (manga)
Aru Hi, Knight ni Attanara (manga)
Atashi wa Bambi (manga) (班はん比ひ甘あま芭茶)
Baby & Me (manga) (1993)
Baby Love (manga)
Bara no Tame ni (manga) (薔薇ばら之の戀こい)
Binetsu Shōjo (manga)
Blood Boy (manga)
Blue Sheep Reverie (manga) (vol. 1 only)
Boy Friend (manga) (expired)
Bremen (manga)
But, Bad Boys! (manga)
Buzzer Beater (manga)
Ceres: Celestial Legend (manga)
Chacha The Little Red Riding Hood (manga)
Chibi Maruko-chan (manga)
Chicago (manga)
Chiki Chiki Bom! (manga)
Chōshōjo Asuka (manga) (Messiah no Chi, 3 volumes)
Cinema no Teikoku (manga) (影かげ后きさき之の舞まい)
D-Walk (manga)
Dancin' U.S.A. (manga)
Darkness of the Sea, Shadow of the Moon (manga)
Detective Idol Unit TRICOLORE (manga) (嗆妹探偵たんてい團だん, volumes 1-11; revoked)
Devil & Devil (manga)
Dōbutsu no Oishasan (manga)
Epotrans! MAI (manga)
Étoile Girl (manga)
F. COMPO (manga)
Faintly Purple (manga)
Fancy Lala (manga)
Flexible Kid (manga)
Fruits Basket (manga) (幻影げんえい天使てんし volumes 1-11 only)
Fuhōshi Mandala Den Karasu (manga)
Fukigen na Aibu (manga)
Gallery Fake (manga) (王おう牌ぱい鑑定かんてい人じん, revoked)
Getter Robo Go (manga) (葛かずら達たち戰せん鬥號, 1991-3)
Gin no Ookami (manga)
Giniro no Harmony (manga)
(The) Girl is Attracted to Basilis (manga)
Gomen Asobase! (manga)
H2 (manga) (expired)
Handsome Girl (manga)
Haou Airen (manga) (vol. 1-5 only)
Hareluya II Boy (manga) (神かみ行こう太ふとし保ほ)
Hikaru no Go (manga) (棋靈王おう)
Hoshi o Tsumu Donna (manga)
Hyper Baby (manga)
Inuyasha (manga) (vol. 1-22)
JoJo's Bizarre Adventure (manga)
Jungle wa Itsumo Hale Nochi Guu (manga)
Kagerou-Nostalgia (manga)
Kanojo ga Cafe ni Iru (manga)
Kanon (manga, Chiho Saito) (expired)
Kare First Love (manga) (volumes 1-4, cancelled)
Katte ni Spark! (manga)
Kimishika Iranai (manga)
King of Cards (manga)
Kiss in the Blue (manga)
Kohitsuji Jirushi no Runpappa (manga)
Koi Monogatari (manga) (expired)
Labyrinth of Green Apple (manga) (深ふか情じょう安やす琪兒)
Lady Masquerade (manga) (桃色ももいろ面めん具ぐ)
Lilac Nocturne (manga) (紫むらさき丁ちょう香かおり夜想曲やそうきょく)
Location of Lovers (manga)
Love & Peace (manga)
Love and Desire 1/6 (manga)
(The) Madonna of a Flowercrown (manga) (花冠かかん安やす琪兒)
Magnolia Waltz (manga) (白木しらき蘭らん圓舞曲えんぶきょく)
Marry Max! (manga)
Me o Tojite Ai (manga)
Mimi o Sumaseba (manga)
Mimi o Sumaseba: Shiawase na Jikan (manga)
Mind Game (manga, Ayumi Shiina)
Mint na Bokura (manga) (薄荷はっか關係かんけい, expired)
Mon Mon Tenshi (manga)
Mou Hitori no Marionette (manga)
Muteki no Venus (manga, Ayumi Shiina)
(The) Mythical Detective Loki Ragnarok (manga) (2002)
Nagisa Me Kōrin (manga)
Neighborhood Story (manga) (芳よし鄰同盟どうめい會かい)
Nemurenai Yoru o Kazoete (manga)
Nemuri Hime Age (manga) (夢ゆめ醒女孩, 1998-9)
Noodle Shop Affair (manga)
Onajikurai Ai (manga)
One More Jump (manga)
One Piece (manga) (revoked)
Opera-za de Mattete (manga)
Oshaberi na Amadeus (manga)
Otohime Connection (manga)
Otoko Ōzora (manga) (15 volumes)
Otoko-gumi (manga)
Owaru Heart Janee (manga) (悸動的てき心しん; expired)
Penguin Brothers (manga) (企くわだて鵝男孩 volume 1-3 only)
Peppermint Graffiti (manga)
Peter Pan no Sora (manga)
Phantom Thief Jeanne (manga)
Pink na Kimi ni Blue na Boku (manga)
Pocket Monsters (manga)
Princess Nine - Kisaragijoshikou Yakyuubu (manga)
Purple Eyes in the Dark (manga)
Revolutionary Girl Utena (manga) (expired)
Riki-Oh (manga)
Rookies (manga) (教頭きょうとう當家とうけ)
Rose Tea de Hajimaru (manga)
Sailor Moon (manga)
Sanninme ga Kieta (manga)
Saratte Watashi no Knight (manga)
Senichiya no Kagi (manga) (千せん一いち夜や之の鍵かぎ)
She's Kids! (manga)
Shizukanaru Don - Yakuza Side Story (manga) (vol. 1-65)
Shugen Byakuryū Rubikura (manga)
Slam Dunk (manga) (forfeited)
Songs to Make You Smile (manga)
Soryanaize Baby (manga)
Step (manga, Aoi Hiiragi)
Strawberry 100% (manga) (草くさ莓いちご100%)
T.K Picaresque (manga)
Teens Blues (manga) (花心かしん男おとこ朋友ほうゆう)
Tenshi no Bishō, Akuma no Namida (manga)
Tenshi no Tattoo (manga)
Three (manga) (expired)
Tokyo Babylon (manga) (volume 7 only)
Tokyo Juliet (manga) (東京とうきょう茱麗葉は vol. 1-8)
Tomoe ga Yuku! (manga)
Tonde Būrin (manga)
Tottemo! Luckyman (manga)
Touch (manga) (鄰家女おんな孩, expired)
Tough (manga 1993) (鐵拳てっけん傳でん)
Tsuki ni Kiss no Hanataba o (manga)
Tsumi ni Nureta Futari (manga) (禁忌きんき的てき戀人こいびと volumes 1-14)
Ushio & Tora (manga) (魔力まりょく小しょう馬ば, expired)
Violence Jack (manga)
Waltz wa Shiroi Dress de (manga) (白色はくしょく圓舞曲えんぶきょく)
Welcome to "YOMOYAMA" Hospital (manga)
Wounded Man - The White Haired Demon (manga)
Zombie Powder (manga)
Zone (manga by S. Hosoma)

Anime with which this company was otherwise involved:
(Chinese (Taiwan) version)
Vision of the Other Side (Taiwanese manga) : Publisher

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