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bglassbrook



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PostPosted: Wed Jul 04, 2012 11:37 pm Reply with quote
In looking to update the Yu-Gi-Oh! (manga #1642) listings, it seems to be a combination of both just the original 7-volume series and a container for the full series. How much of the full series belongs in this listing?

Put another way, should the information for the Duelist (manga #4851) and Millennium World (manga #8308) cycles be included only under the parent container, only in the child profiles (following where the releases are listed,) or in both places?

Thanks.
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Shiroi Hane
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PostPosted: Thu Jul 05, 2012 10:25 am Reply with quote
NB: I know nothing about Yugioh other than cards an insane hair are involved. These are the notes people have submitted as misc information:


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In North America, Volumes 8-31 are known as Yu-Gi-Oh! Duelist, while Volumes 32-38 are known as Yu-Gi-Oh! Millenium World.


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Originally in Japan, Yu-Gi-Oh!, Yu-Gi-Oh!: Duelist, and Yu-Gi-Oh!: Millenium World were collectively known as simply "Yu-Gi-Oh!" After Volume 7, Viz split the series into different sub-headings, to differentiate the arcs in the story and to be able to release the different story arcs at once. Yu-Gi-Oh!: Duelist consists of the original Volumes 8-31.


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Yu-Gi-Oh!: Mellenium World is Sequel to Yu-Gi-Oh!: Duelist and originaly Yu-Gi-Oh volume 32-38


Sounds similar to what Tokyopop did with "Master of the Clow".
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bglassbrook



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PostPosted: Fri Jul 06, 2012 4:59 pm Reply with quote
Shiroi Hane wrote:
Sounds similar to what Tokyopop did with "Master of the Clow".

Right. There might be some differences (related/sequel versus container and that one has all the releases under the main entry) but otherwise looks to have the same problem of where does the information belong.
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dormcat
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PostPosted: Fri Jul 06, 2012 5:04 pm Reply with quote
Shiroi Hane wrote:
Sounds similar to what Tokyopop did with "Master of the Clow".

And Peach Girl: Change of Heart. I wish someone from Tokyopop or Viz could explain why they chose to separate a single series into two or more titles. Maybe I'll just ask Answerman.


Edit: typo fixed.

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Shiroi Hane
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PostPosted: Fri Jul 06, 2012 9:32 pm Reply with quote
Other than splitting things into more manageable chunks, I think the answer is probably simply "someone in marketing thought it was a good idea" - e.g. a customer might get "Master of the Clow volume 1" as an impulse buy off a store shelf and then backorder the rest of the series, whereas they wouldn't have even considered getting "Cardcaptor Sakura volume 7" (I'm certainly much less likely to take a look at something if the first few volumes have sold out at the time I see it on a shelf).

bglassbrook wrote:
Right. There might be some differences (related/sequel versus container and that one has all the releases under the main entry) but otherwise looks to have the same problem of where does the information belong.

I actually moved all the releases to the main entry in that case since a merge was agreed on, if not actually implemented.

Here's the discussion:
animenewsnetwork.com/bbs/phpBB2/viewtopic.php?t=1033932
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bglassbrook



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PostPosted: Sat Jul 07, 2012 12:10 am Reply with quote
So ignore the children, only work with the parent, and at some point you folks will combine the releases (luckily alphabetical order works here.) Can do.
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