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The 296 chapters individual chapters were collected and published in thirty-five "tankōbon" volumes by Kodansha, with the first volume released on November 17, 1999 and the final volume released on September 9, 2005. "Rave Master" was licensed for an English release in North America by Tokyopop, which released 32 volumes of the series. On August 31, 2009, Tokyopop announced that they would not be completing the series as their licenses with Kodansha expired and Kodansha required that they immediately stop publication of all previously licensed series, including "Rave Master". Because of this, the series was considered to be out-of-print. The next month, it was announced that Del Rey Manga had acquired the license and would begin publishing the remaining volumes in November 2010. The last three volumes were published in a single omnibus volume. Del Rey has not announced plans to re-release earlier volumes. The series is licensed for regional language releases in French by Glenat, in Spanish by Norma Editorial, and in Italian by Editions Star Comics. Egmont Manga &amp; Anime licensed "Rave Master" for a German release, including serializing it in their monthly anthology "". "Rave Master" was one of the first manga series released in Spanish in North America by Public Square Books.