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Tamaria
Joined: 21 Oct 2007
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 Posted: Fri Nov 07, 2008 2:47 am |
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Wouldn't it be more logical to put the series on a monthly schedule for now? Spread things out a bit more while still catching up with the Japanese releases?
I wish they would release other Shounen Jump series more frequently. Saint Seiya doesn't sell well, why not just translate and print the last few volumes before summer 2009 and get it over with? They could release six volumes a year of D. Gray-man, speed up Hikaru no Go and Gintama... |
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uncutpokemon
Joined: 20 Jun 2006
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| Posted: Fri Nov 07, 2008 6:25 am |
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oh we finally get to find out how they will ruin Sai  lol |
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braves
Joined: 29 Dec 2007
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Location: Puerto Rico (but living in Texas)
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| Posted: Fri Nov 07, 2008 11:00 am |
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Sweet. Not only is great from a Naruto fan perspective, but from a Bleach and OP's perspective, too, because now they can finally give those titles a bit more space in the magazine.
Just awesome.  |
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ninetail3df0x
Joined: 08 Nov 2007
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| Posted: Fri Nov 07, 2008 12:34 pm |
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 MAN!!! I'm sooo psyched for this.  But this will be tough as I'm building a new computer soon so I'll have to go back and forth with buying parts and the naruto volumes. As long as I have em I'll be set. Though I tend to read mangas I buy in one sitting when I get home and reread again later.  Speed demon But yeah, One piece needs a faster release schedule. Time for me to burn a hole in my wallet
But other than that its great news to hear that they are doing this although it'll empty my wallet :'( and that shippuuden's first season has been dubbed. I can't wait. I just hope CN isn't too much of an ass to not put it on there. It'd be sweet though if it aired on Ani-mondays on Sci-Fi if CN said no. |
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SDS-YukiChan
Joined: 22 Jun 2006
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Location: Ontario, Canada
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| Posted: Fri Nov 07, 2008 7:14 pm |
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| I'd like to see them do this with some other series, just to finish them off. Hikaru no Go could have been done already had they released it more frequently... |
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jr0904
Joined: 24 Dec 2005
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Location: New York City,New York,USA
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| Posted: Sat Nov 08, 2008 9:19 pm |
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| The Xenos wrote: | | Now if only they would speed up One Piece as well. I still don't get why Naruto is just dominating in popularity and One Piece is more of a cult following. Well, I know factors like the Naruto anime got better release treatment and air time. Yet I hoped manga audiences wouldn't be swayed so much by just what's shown more on TV. |
have to agree with that,but more people are buying the volumes of naruto,and as for one piece,just like with the anime,some people are downloading fan translated version of them online so it don't make any sense especially in these economic times. |
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BellosTheMighty
Joined: 27 Nov 2007
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| Posted: Sat Nov 08, 2008 9:59 pm |
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| GATSU wrote: | | I think the real problem is that, if it doesn't space out the current volumes of Naruto, what will the company have to look forward to in 2010? |
You really want to know?
Okay then, here's the thing: Naruto won't be around in 2010. Or rather, it'll be around, but no longer king of the hill. It's been working its' way down the demographic scale. At first it was big with all ages but the thing is, Naruto is Yet Another Jump Manga. It's rather good for it's type, that's true. But at the end of the day, it's Yet Another Jump Manga. Older fans have seen this before, two or three times at least, and it bores them. The younger fans haven't and still like it, but with anything that's popular with kids there's a slow crawl downwards. The high school kids, for example, are really into it until they realize that their Junior High siblings are ALSO really into it. Then it becomes lame, because noone respects anyone who's still doing Junior-High stuff. The fact that everyone was doing it a week ago doesn't matter, if the Junior High kids are into it, it's dead to the older crowd.
It works it's way down like that. The Junior High crowd won't have anything to do with it once the middle schoolers are into it, the middle schoolers drop it like a rock when the elementary schoolers start obsessing over it, and when it hits that point- well, as a great playwright once said "You get a few spots on your hat and you're done." This is a "get while the getting's good" move- Viz senses that the gravy train is about to run out of steam, and want to get as much as they can out of the fanbase before that happens.
But hey, maybe I'm wrong. Maybe Naruto will pull a DBZ and transcend itself to become a classic of animation, respected for decades to come in spite of it's flaws. But I wouldn't count on it. Counting on it would be bad business. |
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akatsukinotobi
Joined: 06 Dec 2007
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Location: Texas, USA
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| Posted: Sat Nov 08, 2008 10:44 pm |
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| After they get caught up with Naruto, they can do Bleach (makes the most sense from a sales' point of view), since we're 11 chapters behind them, as well. |
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Agoston
Joined: 22 Aug 2008
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| Posted: Sat Nov 08, 2008 11:29 pm |
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| Damn, they'll only be a few volumes behind the Japanese release, I think that's the closest any series has gotten in a long while. |
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GATSU
Joined: 03 Jan 2002
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| Posted: Sun Nov 09, 2008 12:21 am |
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| Bellos: I was hoping that was the case with Pokemon and DB, but those suckers still make money. I'm just hoping if Naruto peaks, as you claim, that the market is still there for anime and manga in general. |
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Kriffix
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| Posted: Sun Nov 09, 2008 12:42 am |
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And all the while One Piece is ignored once again!
One Piece releases are waaaay too slow! I suffer for loving it too much to not be able to just read it online. |
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rootz360
Joined: 21 Aug 2005
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Location: Canada
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| Posted: Sun Nov 09, 2008 8:36 pm |
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| Agh, that is too much Naruto to handle for me in that amount of time. (Oh, my money!) Guess I'd better get off my butt and catch up with the latest release. |
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Lord Geo
Joined: 18 Sep 2005
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| Posted: Sun Nov 09, 2008 8:53 pm |
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| Tamaria wrote: | Wouldn't it be more logical to put the series on a monthly schedule for now? Spread things out a bit more while still catching up with the Japanese releases?
I wish they would release other Shounen Jump series more frequently. Saint Seiya doesn't sell well, why not just translate and print the last few volumes before summer 2009 and get it over with? They could release six volumes a year of D. Gray-man, speed up Hikaru no Go and Gintama... |
I'm guessing Viz would rather have less money at longer intervals than at faster intervals... Not like it matters, since they can just milk Naruto for all its worth, like they do.
But I'll agree that it's probably better to get titles out as fast as possible, even if they don't sell as well, when you have more than enough money to do so. Saint Seiya only has another 4 volumes left too, and Kinnikuman II Sei/Ultimate Muscle has another 8 volumes left (and has finally gone beyond the anime)... Just get those volumes out already! |
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TsukasaElkKite
Joined: 22 Nov 2005
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| Posted: Wed Nov 12, 2008 10:32 am |
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| ChocoBar wrote: | | Well from what I heard from a panel discussion with Yuri L.(the voice of Sasuke) and Tara Platt (Temari) they've already dubbed the first season of Shippuden plus the latest Naruto Collector mentioned that the Shippuden anime is set to premiere in 2009. |
*BLEEP* YEAH!  |
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Josh7289
Joined: 27 Aug 2005
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Location: NJ
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| Posted: Wed Nov 12, 2008 5:58 pm |
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| TsukasaElkKite wrote: | | ChocoBar wrote: | | Well from what I heard from a panel discussion with Yuri L.(the voice of Sasuke) and Tara Platt (Temari) they've already dubbed the first season of Shippuden plus the latest Naruto Collector mentioned that the Shippuden anime is set to premiere in 2009. |
*BLEEP* YEAH! |
Not exactly. They didn't start dubbing Shippuden until last week, but it's still going to premiere in 2009. |
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