Forum - View topicNEWS: Kodansha USA to Print Attack on Titan in Omnibus Edition
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yurihellsing
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Because for one it messes up the pacing it's nice to have a story be resolved within one volume or to get that wonderful feeling of a cliff hanger while you wait for the next volume or until your next reading session. I also hate hearing of colourisations seriously it just sounds so tacky that someone has coloured it in for almost no real reason also LARGER pages what am i three??? |
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Chrno2
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I can get behind this. BIG TIME!
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Rahxephon91
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The paper quality? It's not that different, hell is it? I can't tell you, because it's not that noticeable. Because of some strange idea of pacing. Well then I don't stop yourself. I really don't see the problem. It's cheaper and easier to collect. The one thing I hate about manga is how long series are. I don't need 20+ $10 books to jump into when I want to read a series. |
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partially
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I have the ultimate editions of things like Sandman and Watchmen. Let me tell you those things are HUGE. Despite that they are still perfectly read-a-ble. I certainly wouldn't lug them around, and they would probably be awkward to read in bed; but at home, in the comfy chair, it isn't a bad way to read them. 
In this case, certainly for only 5-volumes the $60 price tag is stupid. Unless they do this as a premium hardcover release. Also as you say, I am also not really sure the art here warrants a larger release showing off more flaws than it already does. Standard size omnibus seems more logical to me in this case. |
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truanifan678
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Somebody asked on their tumblr about the hardcover vs. paperpack they confirmed that the omnibus will be paperback.
In regards to damaging the binding and such to read it they said to compare it to the Walking Dead Compendium editions. Anybody out there have one of those who can share with that's like? How does the binding hold up when it's opened to the middle of the book? My little opinion on the price is it seems like recently people mark things up just to mark them down. :/ I'm hoping they print so many of them that they mark them down during a RightStuf sale or something. They also might be milking the Titan craze for all it's worth too. Who knows. I just hope the quality matches their boasting and descriptions for a $60 price range. |
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agila61
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Yeah, people seem to mark them up for brick and mortar distribution even if almost all of a title is going to be sold at an online distribution discount. According to Rightstuf, the MSRP of the individual volumes is $10.99, so the five would be $54.95. But they sell them for $8.24, so the real price if five are ordered would be $41.20. The same discount would put the Omnibus at an actual regular Rightstuf price of $44.99. Which if its larger sized paper, I'd pay an extra $3.79 for. |
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bs3311
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Then thats a no buy for me. This comment also goes to the whole debacle with omnibus vs single volumes. I'm okay with omnibus volumes UNLESS their Hardcover like the H.O.T.D full color editions. Though the color is slightly different from the japanese releases, the quality of the pages and the book itself is great so far. And with the great care I give them, they still stay good as new even with the paper cover on them. It even comes with director interviews and additional art pages. And why does a fan service show like that get a better treatment than the so called most epic anime/manga ever and hands down is forcefully considered to be a masterpiece? Unless I underestimated the popularity of H.O.T.D, then I take this paragraph back. Paperback omnibus just feels too cheap and dangerous to open IMO given the spine is more resistant to open yet some panelists have small text bubbles somewhere in the closest left or right panels by the spine. Plus no matter how much good care I give, overtime the edges wear off and the spine comes loose. I do love a good bargain like omnibus editions, but If I wanna buy them as my first time looking or collecting the series. Or I can double dip not only for the love of the series but for shelf space as well. Then the product should at least be as good or better quality than the single volumes. And since AOT is supposedly the biggest series on the market so far, I thought Kodansha U.S.A would gladly go the premium route on this due to its popularity and of course guaranteed possibility of getting more money. I still have not bought the singles yet, and I was thinking this would satisfy me along with getting a good product that is more worth it than the single volume books. Guess not. Now I'm not saying its overall bad for everybody, its just bad for me. Buy away if you want. Now to pray on a behlit for DH and the japanese publishers to give Berserk a hardcover treatment of their volumes, thats a series worth doing IMO. But Dark Horse, at least make your spine above decent compared to your hyrule histora release! 
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gedata
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you can just read a volume and stop for the day |
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Sailor S
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Other than it being cheaper, I don't see how it's any easier to collect. Manga isn't like anime, you can't cram more manga onto fewer pages like you can with anime and discs, so you're not saving much space. Sure, there's a tiny bit since there's only one cover, but generally speaking that omnibus is going to be nearly the same size as the 3 or however many volumes it's made up of. To each their own of course, I just am not terribly keen on how bulky the omnibuses are. They don't rest comfortably in my hand like the single volumes do. |
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