Finder Series
| Finder Series | |
First volume of Finder as released by Libre in Japan on March 31, 2007
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ファインダーシリーズ (Faindā Shirīzu) |
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| Genre | Drama, Romance, Yaoi |
| Manga | |
| Written by | Yamane Ayano |
| Published by | Biblos, Libre |
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| Demographic | Josei |
| Magazine | Be x Boy Gold |
| Original run | 2002 – present |
| Volumes | 8 |
| Original video animation | |
| Studio | ANiMix Project |
| Released | February 29, 2012 – present |
| Runtime | 38 minutes |
| Episodes | 2 + Special |
Finder Series (Japanese: ファインダーシリーズ? Hepburn: Faindā Shirīzu) is a yaoi manga written and illustrated by Yamane Ayano. As of June 2012 (in Japan); 8 volumes have been released, as well as an Anime OVA adaptation, 2 drama CDs, a character art book, and many other related goods.
Twenty-three-year-old Akihito Takaba (高羽 秋仁 Takaba Akihito) is a young freelance photographer who takes pride in his work and seeks to get a major "scoop". After he takes photographs of the business dealings of crime lord Ryuichi Asami (麻見 隆一 Asami Ryūichi), Asami kidnaps and rapes him, beginning a relationship between them as they find themselves continually drawn to one another. Liu Fei Long (劉飛龍 Ryū Feiron, Chinese: Liú Fēilóng), a rival Chinese boss who blames Asami for his father's death, takes an interest in Takaba, as well, seeking a way to get revenge. Afterwards, Fei Long kidnaps Takaba, and Asami steals an important document of Fei Long's, which he uses to trade Takaba with.
Written and illustrated by Yamane Ayano, Finder Series was originally serialized in Japan's Be x Boy GOLD and B-Boy Zips manga anthologies. The individual chapters were collected and published in tankōbon volumes; by Biblos, from 2002 until 2005, when the company went out of business. In 2007, Libre picked up the series, reprinting the first three volumes before continuing its release.
In 2007, Biblos licensed the series for English language release to Central Park Media, which began publishing the series under its Be Beautiful Manga imprint. In 2006, Biblos filed for bankruptcy and some of its properties were acquired by Libre Publishing. Libre later accused Central Park Media of infringing on its copyright of the transferred Biblos properties, stating that all foreign license holders needed to negotiate new licenses with Libre as those Biblos had sold ended with the company's bankruptcy. In a letter posted to its website, it asked readers not to purchase any Be Beautiful releases, calling them "illegal". John O'Donnell, then manager of Central Park Media refused Libre's claims and felt that Biblo's original license agreements were still valid. In 2009, the company filed for bankruptcy and its assets, including licenses, were liquidated. Finder Series was not listed among the assets, indicating Central Park Media no longer held the license.
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