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Site anniversary, new art, and sequel due for May 2011!

A lot of great things with this new update!

It has been a year since DSWC.magatsu.net, the latest reincarnation of my DSWC fan sites, went online. Kaytseki, a good friend, painter, and fellow Ogiwara fan, has been so gracious as to paint Saya and Chihaya for the background of the website. See the original, full image in the Fanart section!


It appears that this summer a new round of covers were issued with the latest Japanese paperbacks of the Magatama trilogy. The covers of summer 2010 are minimalist, pastoral photo-manipulations that would appeal more to the casual reader (my opinion :]). Be sure to check out the new additions on the page for each book!


And saving the best for last…

Dragon Sword and Wind Child‘s sequel Hakuchou Iden is slated to come out next year on May 17th with the English title Mirror Sword and Shadow Prince. The book itself is in the final editing stages as I type. Keep your fingers crossed! And remember to buy the paperback of Dragon Sword and Wind Child in a couple weeks to support the release of sequels.

More news will be appended as I find it! Meanwhile, watch the original Hakuchou Iden page.

Source: Simon and Schuster
Amazon link: http://www.amazon.com/Mirror-Sword-Shadow-Prince-Novel/dp/1421537257

DSWC review and Hakuchou Iden news

Another review from 2007, dated but still relevant and compelling, by Lesley Smith:

“Everyone has books that they grew up reading, titles which have as much power over them as adults as they did when seven years old. I’d love to say that Dragon Sword and Wind Child (空色勾玉 or Sora Iro Magatama) was one of the ones I read as a child but from reading it I can guess how children in Japan must have felt. … Dragon Sword and Wind Child is [Ogiwara's] debut novel and was translated by Cathy Hirano back in the early nineties and up until Viz republished it, English copies have been almost impossible to find.”

Read the rest of the review at:
Through the Eyes of a Journalist

In other news, you’ll be pleased to learn that Viz has Cathy back to work on Dragon Sword’s sequel, Hakuchou Iden. Let’s all wish for the best!