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	DARAN Arts Supplies Founded in 1992, it imports Japanese comics stationerv products bv IC,ART & Too. It serves the convenient house of comics and related college departments. We import from Japan a latest invention of spray gun which is conenient in use and does not need to blend ink. Being small and compact and easy to carry, it has received a good reputation.
	DARAN Teaching Department Founded in 1992, it is responsible for handling the copies of original comics works,development of the peripheral products such as posters and Christmas cards,processing mail orders as well as corresponding school. We develop peripheral products for different purposes, give a new life to comics and help both the artists and readers join their hearts together.
	OK Photo Albums First issued in April 1995, OK Photographv Magazine is a publication of visual arts with an idea to maintain super high standand of Yang - Ming Communication & Production. Its content consists of artistic photographs of teen beauties in Taiwan and young idols.

	The environment of comics publication in mainland China has never been complete, so pirate books can be seen everywhere in the stores. The pircate edition of DARAN's complete productions are found in coastal provinces, with the shocking fact that over millions of pirate "Diva Elegy" have been printed and circulated. This year in Shanghai "Cartoon King" bought DARAN's copyright of "Fire King" and "Bride on the Waste Land" will an aim to advocate the importance of the right of intellectual properties. Since the enlightenment period, the comics business in Taiwan has alwavs been developing in the style of a lone fighter. In the process of creation, most comics artists are filled with strong subjective sense,and perhaps sometimes would add some adoption from foreign artists whom they admire. Thus they are able to make up a work with high self - evaluation but lacking the ability to compete in the market. DARAN understands well the "blind spot of creativity" of comics artists. So we initiate a "comics editing system" by forming a "C.D.E. developing department" (Comics Duty Editing Developing department) consisting of our senior editors. Their job is to make complete plan and arrangement for artists to collect market information, to evaluate the future trend and orientationm, offer skill training to the new artistsm, and to make plans for comic books and pripheral products. They also have to arrange for the artists to accept interviews by the media, so that the artists would go out of their studios to stand before the readers for a direct communication. As for the development of markets, DARAN has lockcd on the Taiwan market, and at the same time actively explore the markets in Japan, Korea, Hong Kong, Singapore and mainland China. We intend to cover all the Chinese - speaking parts of the world in the future. In the process of promoting comics business, DARAN has always been moving toward the goal of "establishing a global comics village". We are looking forward to the birth of that global comics village through our endeavor.
	Singaporean and Malaysian Market Because the comics markets in Singapore and Malavsia were not Ptotected bv the law, the market tended to favor pirate publications and parallel import UP to 1994. But since 1995 DARAN has started cooperation with Singapore Creativity Arys Publication Company to publish "NEWCOM Monthly" which contains a majority of Taiwanese works. This initiation has shocked the local market and proven an affirmation of authorized comic publications.
		Hong Kong Market The Hong Kong market has always been prevailed by martial arts comics, and even Japanese works cannot have a gain. DARAN is now cooperating with "Yes!" which is the most influential magazine in the Hong Kong teen market, and we hope to alter the reading habit of Hong Kong readers by means of reporting to them the latest informations and techinical transfer, so as to train promising artists and to work together for the Chinese comics market.
	Korean Market The Korean comics maker was originally closed to foreigners. But the successful appearance of such Taiwanese top works as "Diva Elegy", "Young Guns" on the Korean magazines "Color" and "Champ" has caused a change of Korean market and they even started to import Japanese comics under the policy of promoting cultural exchange.
		Japanese Market The Japanese market is a battlefield for top-grade works, and only the best ones can have a chance to show. We have a long - term cooperative relationship with Japanese Comics College to present fine Taiwanese works (eg. "Quadoatic Equations with Two Unknown" by Lin Cheng - De, "Brahma Heaven incident" and " Bride on the Waste Land" by Kao Yong) so that Japanese readers may have better understanding and expectation for Taiwanese works.
	Mainland Chinese Market The environment of comics publication in mainland China has never been complete, so pirate books can be seen everywhere in the stores. The pircate edition of DARAN's complete productions are found in coastal provinces, with the shocking fact that over millions of pirate "Diva Elegy" have been printed and circulated. This year in Shanghai "Cartoon King" bought DARAN's copyright of "Fire King" and "Bride on the Waste Land" will an aim to advocate the importance of the right of intellectual properties.