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tinyirnfist0
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This is the first American Samurai Pizza Cats comics since the Saban Powerhouse comics from 1997.
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bluebaron
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I still can't believe the Saban adaptation is more recognized.
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mdo7
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OK, that's interesting to see, so is this going to be an OEL manga? I have a question: Since recent manga get simulpub in US and Japan, I wonder if we can do the opposite for the Samurai Pizza Cats comic/OEL manga and have it release in Japan at the same time it comes out in the US, like I said on another thread:
Is a simulpub of an American comic book/OEL manga release in Japan at the same time it comes out in US possible? Can it be done given that manga get simulpub in Japan and US at the same time? |
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WatcherZer
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The only time I can think of a US title being released in Japan was Spawn back in the 90's which was published by Dengeki within a week of the US issue.
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Multi-Facets
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Anyone else read the article in the old TV announcer's hammy tone?
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RupanSansei
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I'm hoping i can convince the comic shop to help me get an issue as i don''t want to pay $20 US for shipping to canada
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mdo7
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So it is possible for a US comic book/OEL manga to get simulpub release in Japan at the same time as it's come out in the US. Beside Spawn in the 90's being handled and simulpub by Dengeki in Japan, what about other US comic books/graphic novels (and also European or foreign one that aren't western/European), have they been able to get a simulpub release in Japan at the same time it comes out in their home country? |
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bluebaron
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I'm still surprised how much of an impact this show/dub has had to continue releasing new things here and there esp since it barely aired in the US.
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SrkSano
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IDW''s Sonic The Hedgehog's comic is translated for Japan but they are behind what we are up to. A simulpub, honestly I wouldn't want that for them right now. Because they would experience the same hell us Shonen Jump USA print readers went through when One Piece and Naruto skipped massive arcs so they could keep up with Japan. I'm all for trying this with Godzilla since most of those series are short and self contained though.
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mdo7
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I'm not a fan of Naruto and One Piece, but could you explain to me in detail what's going on about the massive arcs being skipped in the US to keep up with their Japanese releases? Also, why would you not want simulpub for Japanese release of American comic book/graphic novels (and probably OEL manga)? I mean as I said, we get simulpub of manga, then it should be fair game for Japanese readers to have the same level of access to American comic book/graphic novels and OEL manga at the same time US and western readers get them. That's the reason I want Samurai Pizza Cat comic (OEL manga?) to be released in Japan at the same time it comes out in US. I will agree that IDW's Godzilla could work for simulpub release in Japan given that IDW's Godzilla already got translated for Japanese release courtesy of Phase Six. I don't have the sale numbers for IDW's Godzilla graphic novels in Japan, but they have not cease publishing IDW's Godzilla in Japan and still being translated and published even to this day, so that means it must be selling really well in Japan. Beside IDW's Sonic the Hedgehog, and Godzilla. IDW's Transformers comic/graphic novels have also received Japanese translated release over there too. Speaking of Transformers, could IDW's ongoing comic be suitable for a simulpub release for the Japanese market? Can that work too? I'm kind of surprised Marvel's Ultraman comic/graphic novels like this one, and this one has not received any Japanese-language release, that's why I argued for these comic/graphic novels based on Japanese IPs (even mainstream popular, and well-known Japanese IPs like Godzilla, and Ultraman) should be given simulpub release in Japan. Why is it that we American can get a simulpub release of a Japanese manga, and yet Japanese readers can't get the same access to these American comic/graphic novels based on mainstream Japanese IP to get that same simulpub release in Japan? |
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Beatdigga
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This is the third comic Mad Cave has made with Tatsunoko, the first being Gatchaman with numerous miniseries and an ongoing (and the first comic adaptation to not use the now defunct Battle of the Planets title, and last month a Speed Racer title was launched as well. They must be doing well if they're going to adapt the Pizza Cats.
The IDW comics were discontinued due to incredibly low sales in Japan. Granted, their US sales were always low, too. Not to mention there's no legal way to release the comics now with their migration to Skybound. |
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SrkSano
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For Naruto and One Piece, this was really an issue with the Japanese side of things. They hated it when bootleggers bootlegged current manga episodes that were scanlated illegally and they were up to date in non-Japanese territories. They obviously want you to pay for it or support in some kind of legal way. The U.S. side, which were for both was Viz at the time for Naruto and One Piece, did not care about the bootlegging. Because they made most of their money with their cut on the merchandising end. The money they lost from people bootlegging the manga and anime did not matter to them much. The anime was on TV, had ad revenue, Viz was fine. But Japan hated this stuff in general. Both Naruto and One Piece manga and anime had massive skips so they could be up to what Japan is up to, in theory lowering the chance of bootlegging if the recent volumes were all caught up to what Japan was up to. I'll just stick with the manga because the way this was handled with the anime is a whole other thing. For Naruto, this was doable for fans. For about 3 months, Shonen Jump released 3 manga sized volumes to catch everybody up. So it was 9 volumes you had to read so that when we got the next print chapter in Shonen Jump USA, we were all caught up with Japan. Now One Piece was an absolute nightmare for print readers. In the U.S. they skipped from Alabasta all the way to Impeldown in the manga. So to explain how long this is, it's close to where the live action Netflix series is up to until right before they had a major time skip. You had to read about 30 manga volumes that were not out yet to keep up, because the very next chapter in Shonen Jump USA just threw you into Impel down and there were tons, TONS of characters that we had no idea who the hell they were. To be fair, the Sonic comic book story arcs aren't as complex as those two, usually with just reading the 'previously on' exerts you'll be fine. I just don't like the idea of instantly backlogging people. Remember when Netflix used to put simulcasted anime in Netflix jail, wait for the show to be dubbed in 30 plus languages and then dumped the entire anime on us at once when Japan just got to watch one episode a week three months before I did? It's just not a model I like. Would rather USA Sonic not give Japan homework and they could just enjoy it at their pace. |
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mdo7
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About Gatchaman comic from Mad Cave Studio, I did read that issue #1 on Hoopla back in March. Since they made the trade paperback available on Hoopla recently, I think I'll put that on my watchlist so I can read the whole volume. I didn't know that's the same publisher doing a Speed Racer comic and now the Samurai Pizza Cats comic. So it's not an OEL manga after all. About the Gatchaman comic, as of this post, that one hasn't received any Japanese translation yet. Since the trade paperback has now been released in the US, hopefully, we could see a future Japanese-language release for this one.
Yeah, I looked around and I forgot that IDW Publishing no longer has Transformers licence since 2022. My mistake. @SrkSano I see, and I got a better understanding from what you said. I don't think the scanlation thing will be an issue for US comic book/graphic novels unless there's a Japanese scanlation underground group that I wasn't aware of that are secretly scanlating IDW comics into Japanese for desperate Japanese fans that want to read them, then, I don't think that'll be an issue for American comic book/graphic novels. So I would love to see IDW's Sonic The Hedgehog, and Godzilla comic/graphic novels to be given simulpub release. And since Mad Cave Studio have done 3 comic books based on Tatsunoko, I'm waiting for their Gatchaman comic to get an official Japanese-language release given that the trade paperback have now been made available on Hoopla, it's only a matter of time until it get a Japanese release. But still I want to see Samurai Pizza Cat comic to get a simulpub release in Japan. Hell, I want to see that Tenchi Muyo! OEL manga to get a Japanese-language release too. |
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That Little Rapscallion
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I think it's just a GoLion/Voltron and Zyuranger/Mighty Morphin Power Rangers thing. The original shows are not some obscure failures by any means but the western adaptions just refuse to let them die and keep trying to make them an eternal thing by reviving them all the time. Kyatto Ninden Teyandee was well recieved when it aired in Japan but people move on outside the occasional figure or other merchandise it gets. It also got an NES game back in the day which was quite good so this isn't the first video game outing for the series. |
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mdo7
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If what you say is true about Kyatto Ninden Teyandee/Samurai Pizza Cats in Japan, then this justified the comic should get a simulpub release in Japan. |
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