MPD Psycho gets licensed by Dark Horse

At Anime Weekend Atlanta the weekend of Sept 22-24, Dark Horse officially announced that they have acquired the license to MPD-Psycho.

Dark Horse is aiming for a late-second quarter, probably June, release date for the first volume.

Mike Gombos, Director of Asian Licensing at Dark Horse, called MPD-Psycho "the gorriest manga you'll ever read," but ads, "the importance of this piece far transcends its shock value, as the art is cleaner than most series I have seen (available in English), and the mystery in the story is riveting."

MPD-Psycho has been adapted into a 6-episode live-action mini-series, directed by Takashi Miike, which has been released in North America by Adness.

MPD Psycho is written by Eiji Ohtsuka and illustrated by Shou Tajima. 11 volumes have been released to date in Japan.