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NEWS: Digital Manga, Tezuka Pro Team Up to Release Entire Tezuka Library in N. America


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jmfsilenthill



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PostPosted: Thu Jul 04, 2013 7:35 pm Reply with quote
Sounds really cool, though I would only be interested in the print publications.
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grooven



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PostPosted: Thu Jul 04, 2013 7:36 pm Reply with quote
Would this include Kimba/Jungle Taitei??????
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medama_oyaji



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PostPosted: Thu Jul 04, 2013 7:40 pm Reply with quote
grooven wrote:
Would this include Kimba/Jungle Taitei??????


According to this Tweet from Deb Aoki it DOES! https://twitter.com/debaoki/status/352946352206012416

Oh man, this is awesome. Of course I'd prefer print, but wow!
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the-antihero



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PostPosted: Thu Jul 04, 2013 7:42 pm Reply with quote
Give us some Black Jack, my favorite of Tezuka's works!
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Bonham



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PostPosted: Thu Jul 04, 2013 7:55 pm Reply with quote
the-antihero wrote:
Give us some Black Jack, my favorite of Tezuka's works!

Somehow you aren't aware that Black Jack has been available for years by Vertical?
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jmfsilenthill



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PostPosted: Thu Jul 04, 2013 7:58 pm Reply with quote
Bonham wrote:
the-antihero wrote:
Give us some Black Jack, my favorite of Tezuka's works!

Somehow you aren't aware that Black Jack has been available for years by Vertical?


Certain volumes are out of print and very hard to get now though. But yes it has been out for years and I was much too late to the party! Crying or Very sad
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MarchingTwinkie3



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PostPosted: Thu Jul 04, 2013 8:53 pm Reply with quote
I'd much rather own them all in print, but if the titles will be available for download like DMP's other titles rather then just an online reader, I can certainly live with that.
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sepherest





PostPosted: Thu Jul 04, 2013 9:33 pm Reply with quote
I'm all for everything Tezuka being published here but I'm really not into purchasing manga from DMP/Ect, especially when digital is the priority. I know Vertical's always been risking their own financial well-being with Tezuka and other old titles but they always put so much care into translating them.

I guess I'll have to check this out depending on which titles get announced. Rainbow Parakeet might make me change my opinion...
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The Mad Manga Massacre



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PostPosted: Thu Jul 04, 2013 9:33 pm Reply with quote
That's pretty ambitious. Aside from genshiken from NIS and those 2 movies from Funi not much else aside from this has really piqued my interest honestly.
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PostPosted: Thu Jul 04, 2013 9:40 pm Reply with quote
I will be very happy to be able to recommend Phoenix to my manga-aware friends again, pretty much all of whom already have iPads.
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ConanSan



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PostPosted: Fri Jul 05, 2013 3:00 am Reply with quote
JUST STICK IT IN MY VEINS!

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Mr Adventure



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PostPosted: Fri Jul 05, 2013 3:57 am Reply with quote
Neat. Though I'm curious what digital platforms they are going to bring them out on. Will they team-up with ComiXolgy? Their own site or app?

Hopefully we'll be getting better reproductions of Astro Boy. Dark Horse's version leaves a bit to be desired.
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macloud



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PostPosted: Fri Jul 05, 2013 10:14 am Reply with quote
A member of another forum i mentioned this news to raised a worrying question;
As a UK resident will i be able to purchase these titles, or will they be region locked to the US only?
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katscradle



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PostPosted: Fri Jul 05, 2013 10:58 am Reply with quote
Sepherest wrote:
I'm all for everything Tezuka being published here but I'm really not into purchasing manga from DMP/Ect, especially when digital is the priority. I know Vertical's always been risking their own financial well-being with Tezuka and other old titles but they always put so much care into translating them.


The quality is my concern. I've had too many problems with their digital releases. So I don't think I would support digital only even though I buy manga that way. Barbara is apparently very nice in print though, so hopefully they do take better care with titles from well known artists.
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medama_oyaji



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PostPosted: Fri Jul 05, 2013 11:17 am Reply with quote
Some of these questions were also answered on Deb Aoki's Twitter feed.

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Tezuka Productions acknowledged & verbally OK'd @digitalmanga's download-to-own digital publishing model


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.@digitalmanga @ #AX2013 - so basically, DMP has secured the digital rights to most of the Tezuka catalog - not print, tho working on it.


I swear I saw something last night more specifically stating that they will release everything digitally and Kickstart print editions for what they can. Can't find it on her account though, so it must have been somewhere else.
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