Raijin Comics

Raijin Comics is a discontinued manga anthology published from 2002 until 2004 in North America by the now-defunct Gutsoon!

Its failure to break into the U.S. market has been attributed to competition with the North American version of Shonen Jump, which debuted shortly afterward, despite the fact that they were aimed at different age range.

Also, unlike Jump, many of the titles in Raijin lacked general brand awareness amongst casual American manga fans.

The corporate website, gutsoon.com remained in operation for many years but wasn't updated after June 2004,[2] and as of mid-2010, has been taken over by domain squatters.

Since the folding of Raijin Comics, some of its titles (Slam Dunk, Guardian Angel Getten and Fist of the North Star) have since been licensed to other companies.