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Daran Culture Enterprise

Kanji name: 大然開發文化事業股份有限公司
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) (銀色舞台)

Anastasia Club (manga) (迷情佳人)

Anata ni Tsunagaretai (manga) (expired)

Anata to Scandal (manga)

Aru Hi, Knight ni Attanara (manga)

Atashi wa Bambi (manga) (班比甘芭茶)

Baby & Me (manga) (1993)

Baby Love (manga)

Bara no Tame ni (manga) (薔薇之戀)

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) (影后之舞)

D-Walk (manga)

Dancin' U.S.A. (manga)

Darkness of the Sea, Shadow of the Moon (manga)

Detective Idol Unit TRICOLORE (manga) (嗆妹探偵團, 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) (幻影天使 volumes 1-11 only)

Fuhōshi Mandala Den Karasu (manga)

Fukigen na Aibu (manga)

Gallery Fake (manga) (王牌鑑定人, revoked)

Getter Robo Go (manga) (葛達戰鬥號, 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) (神行太保)

Hikaru no Go (manga) (棋靈王)

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) (深情安琪兒)

Lady Masquerade (manga) (桃色面具)

Lilac Nocturne (manga) (紫丁香夜想曲)

Location of Lovers (manga)

Love & Peace (manga)

Love and Desire 1/6 (manga)

(The) Madonna of a Flowercrown (manga) (花冠安琪兒)

Magnolia Waltz (manga) (白木蘭圓舞曲)

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) (薄荷關係, 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) (芳鄰同盟會)

Nemurenai Yoru o Kazoete (manga)

Nemuri Hime Age (manga) (夢醒女孩, 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) (悸動的心; expired)

Penguin Brothers (manga) (企鵝男孩 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) (教頭當家)

Rose Tea de Hajimaru (manga)

Sailor Moon (manga)

Sanninme ga Kieta (manga)

Saratte Watashi no Knight (manga)

Senichiya no Kagi (manga) (千一夜之鍵)

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) (草莓100%)

T.K Picaresque (manga)

Teens Blues (manga) (花心男朋友)

Tenshi no Bishō, Akuma no Namida (manga)

Tenshi no Tattoo (manga)

Three (manga) (expired)

Tokyo Babylon (manga) (volume 7 only)

Tokyo Juliet (manga) (東京茱麗葉 vol. 1-8)

Tomoe ga Yuku! (manga)

Tonde Būrin (manga)

Tottemo! Luckyman (manga)

Touch (manga) (鄰家女孩, expired)

Tough (manga 1993) (鐵拳傳)

Tsuki ni Kiss no Hanataba o (manga)

Tsumi ni Nureta Futari (manga) (禁忌的戀人 volumes 1-14)

Ushio & Tora (manga) (魔力小馬, expired)

Violence Jack (manga)

Waltz wa Shiroi Dress de (manga) (白色圓舞曲)

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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