Forum - View topicTokyopop recent quality issues
|
Goto page Previous 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8 Next |
| Author | Message | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
HyugaHinata
 Posts: 3505 |
|
|||||
|
Another minor but still annoying error. In the Ultimate Edition Vol. 3 of Furuba, they repeat one of the chapter titles, making it seem as though there are only 5 chapters, with one 60+ page chapter.
|
||||||
|
||||||
Veers
 Posts: 1197 Location: Texas |
|
|||||
|
TP's problems would be solved by firing their web developers. :D
|
||||||
|
||||||
|
HyugaHinata
Posts: 3505 |
|
|||||
Agreed! Perhaps Funi or Viz could gobble them up. 
Yeah. They're very unprofessional. Surely they were informed by fans or their own staff! |
||||||
|
||||||
|
Extalia
Posts: 29 Location: In the Human Body |
|
|||||
|
What I don't understand is how Tokyopop has survived for so long. I was pretty sure that when they first printed Sailor Moon in low quality that it all went down hill from there. And yet in 2000-2009 they can still get away with some or many low quality releases. I'm just hopiing that the translations are as close to the original as possible with the pages to match. Tokyopop talks about their"100% authentic manga"yet here I am reading my favourite manga Loveless with the fictional organization "Seven Moons" in Lovwless translated as "Seven Voices." The sound effects don't help either. Whatever happened to 100% customer satiffaction guaranteed? If TP actually cared for its authenticity it would go to reprint some or most of its manga for the fans.(with better translations and original pages) Otherwise, those who continue to buy TP are just flattering TP and allowing it to continue on its low quality status. The day I stop complaining is the day TP realizes they need to change. Which reminds me that I should start returning some books....
|
||||||
|
||||||
Mushi-Man
 Posts: 1537 Location: KCMO |
|
|||||
|
Today, while looking through the manga section at my local Barns and Noble, I decided to see just how bad the tokyopop products have become (I usually don't pay attention to many tokyopop manga). I was shocked by the failure of quality in manga after manga. It seemed like no series was spared from my disappointment. I couldn't even bring myself to buy Future Diary, which I have been looking forward to for some time. I have to say that if this continues tokyopop will lose a lot of it's fan base. I know I wont be buying from them if this is what they try to sell to me. And I know I'm not alone in thinking this.
|
||||||
|
||||||
hypersoda
 Posts: 157 |
|
|||||
|
I haven't really noticed the paper thing. Maybe I'm just too careless to notice though.
However, I have been noting some bad translations (someone mentioned it earlier), but even more grammatical errors. That's why I didn't buy volume 2 of Kyo Kara Maoh! I had heard about the mistakes and everything, and surely enough, I already saw a few after flipping through some pages at my local bookstore. |
||||||
|
||||||
|
naniwhale
Posts: 24 |
|
|||||
|
I've noticed the paper being really thin on my new Ju oh sei manga vol. 3 book I Just got. Wow insane how much thinner it is compared to the last issues of vol. 1 and 2 of the same series. I don't really care too much about the pages as long as they continue the series they produce. My issue with Tokyo pop is cancellations of manga series right in the middle of a series. That’s my beef with them. So they can print as poorly as they want but please don’t cancel a good series in the middle of it. If I ever finish my manga I’m collecting from them. I won’t buy from them again
|
||||||
|
||||||
TsukasaElkKite
 Posts: 3960 |
|
|||||
I'm praying that they start releasing Life again. I need my fix. |
||||||
|
||||||
stuckinfresno
 Posts: 223 Location: Fresno, CA |
|
|||||
I didn't buy the "no change" reply from TP either. I think the covers are thinner as well. The only proof you need is to find an older TP volume of a long running series (Samurai Deeper, Fruits Basket, Pet Shop) and compare the two covers by touch. The newer volumes are very flimsy. It is so disappointing that the price goes up but the quality goes down. (Seems like it should be the other way around  .)
|
||||||
|
||||||
Highway Star
 Posts: 227 Location: Ireland |
|
|||||
|
I was holding a recent volume of Sgt. Frog in my hands yesterday, and the paper was so flimsy the book just slipped out of my grip. I definitely didn't see that happening.
|
||||||
|
||||||
|
HyugaHinata
Posts: 3505 |
|
|||||
I left them a message on their page for volume 9, but no reply so far. I'll try emailing them one day (hopefully soon) - I can translate it for them pro bono, but only if they don't give me any deadlines. 
|
||||||
|
||||||
|
shoujogirl
Posts: 42 |
|
|||||
|
Uh-oh, what about V.B. Rose?? I haven't spent any $$ on Tokyopop since about March, so I didn't know about paper cuts (haha paper cuts...
). My friend bought the 1st vol. of Maid-sama last month & it looked fine, when did this happen? I hope Tokyopop goes under quick and another company takes its good series right away!
|
||||||
|
||||||
|
HyugaHinata
Posts: 3505 |
|
|||||
|
Speaking of paper cuts, I have experienced cuts from books with bloody SHARP METAL PIECES in the centre, for who-knows-why! It's ridiculous, since the vast majority of books don't have it.
I'd rather not risk tetanus. |
||||||
|
||||||
lys
 Posts: 1010 Location: mitten-state |
|
|||||
Noooooo, don't hope for Tokyopop to go under! That would be terrible! I mean, if that happened, it's more likely we would never see most of the series they had licensed again, because it's not like other companies can afford to be just picking up licenses left and right, aside from maybe a few really top sellers. I don't know if or when the paper quality will revert back to something a bit more sturdy, but as long as I get to read manga I'll be happy (I was devastated when VB Rose was put on hiatus—so thrilled it's getting released after all now!). Maid Sama! was printed on the lower-quality paper, so if you've seen that and didn't have a problem with it, you don't need to worry about the new stuff being printed any "worse" than that. I kinda like that it's easier to hold the pages open now. Those Viz and DelRey books are just so darn heavy! HyugaHinata—yikes! That sounds scary. Could it have been something that the book seller put in as an anti-theft device? I've seen magnet-sticker type things in manga from Borders/B&N, but never sharp metal pieces... |
||||||
|
||||||
Truered
 Posts: 515 Location: Uni |
|
|||||
|
Just had my first experience with it today. +Anima 5 and 6 turned up:
http://i264.photobucket.com/albums/ii194/trueredesu/DCP_4961.jpg (sorry for the naff picture) The picture doesn't quite do justice- even though I knew about the drops in size etc, I had to check each volume- volume 6 is at most ten pages longer, probably less. Volume 5 just bends without resistance and opening it to read offers the least resistance from the spine I think I've ever had from a none second hand book. Most annoyingly vols. 1-4 and 6 are normal, but 5 is the iffy one...and I'm more then slightly OCD 
|
||||||
|
||||||
 |
All times are GMT - 5 Hours |
|
|
|
Powered by phpBB © 2001, 2005 phpBB Group