Forum - View topicNEWS: DMI Puts All Print Releases on Hiatus in January-June 2013
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gothicangel89
 Posts: 45 Location: Chandler, AZ |
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What the heck? Now I have to wait an entire year just for the next one volume of Itazura na Kiss.
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Keichitsu0305
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I feel the same way. Much of the new (BL) titles they have release, so few of them lack that "IT" factor: the thing that separates a plain, average smut fest from something truly memorable and actually worth buying. Also, personally, some of the artwork from the lower quality manga looks rather dull and unimaginative. And I really do not like reading nothing but digital manga (I much rather import) but, if this continues, I'm going have to. 
Looks like I'm going have to wait until later next year to finish my Itazura Na Kiss collection and to get my Triton manga. |
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Peebs
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I wouldn't be surprised if they laid off more people and only kept their sucky freelancers. The only one directing them will be Sasahara's secretary and DMP (or whatever they wanna call themselves now) will continue to churn out crappy manga.
edit: Wait. Some of the titles in that list were part of their Kickstarter campaign that they were so keen on to the point of annoyance. They already have the money for that so what's the hold up?! The most frustrating thing is that if anybody asked them on their forum about this a) you'd get ignored, or b) get the same answer Sasahara gave on that news release. |
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Vata Raven
 Posts: 710 Location: TN |
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I don't think it does. I have an an Epson scanner, you just need to do 300 for the res (that's the standard for scanning), but it can go up a lot higher and the Japanese artists only work on half sheets (half from 8x11 size). I'm not sure how companies get their scan like (like are they already clean by the time they get them, ect, and just do the translations). I think if they get scans clean and they do scans themselves, they don't want to do the extra work. |
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Genet
Posts: 261 Location: USA |
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Yeah I don't know, I just have a really bad feeling that this might not end very well.
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Ashen Phoenix
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Same here. It's not that I hate it, but it just can't compare to the physical, tactile experience of reading a hard copy book. Glad they're still going to release them, just at a later date. I really loved Alice the 101st and was sad when I thought it was left unfinished. Always a big fan of Youka Nitta's work too so I'll absolutely check out Otodama. |
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Genet
Posts: 261 Location: USA |
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Mn, same. It's not like I hate digital manga- I support efforts to bring manga over here, and I have a JManga account, but I think manga is really best in print, at least, in my experience. It would be such a shame if companies ceased print pubs of manga. I don't see it happening in Japan any time soon, but here in the US, I could see there being issues. I'm glad, too. I'm really really pumped about their Tezuka releases! |
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bglassbrook
 Posts: 1243 Location: Gaithersburg, MD |
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Actually, those and Vampire Hunter D are the only ones still on target. Pretty safe bet it is because of the Kickstarter requirements, and that's a bridge aren't willing to burn. |
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tuxedocat
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My guesses:
1. Yaoi Con was moved to L.A. last October. A more expensive venue. I doubt more people attended than when it was at the less expensive hotel near the San Francisco airport. I know I couldn't attend. Having to fly down to L.A. just wasn't practical. 2. The latest volumes of certain titles are censored. They are coming from Japan that way due to that Youth Healthy Development Ordinance. I've seen complaints about titles on discussion forums. People aren't buying the titles that are censored. |
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keikanna44
 Posts: 155 Location: Virginia |
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pissed off
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st_owly
 Posts: 5234 Location: Edinburgh, Scotland |
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I've waited far too long for the next volumes of Alice the 101st. I honestly thought they'd ditched that series.
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njprogfan
 Collector Extraordinaire Posts: 1160 Location: A River Named Toms |
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I haven't bought a DMI manga since the last volume of Enchanter and I'd still like to see that finished
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Peebs
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[quote="tuxedocat"]My guesses:
1. Yaoi Con was moved to L.A. last October. A more expensive venue. I doubt more people attended than when it was at the less expensive hotel near the San Francisco airport. I know I couldn't attend. Having to fly down to L.A. just wasn't practical. 2. The latest volumes of certain titles are censored. They are coming from Japan that way due to that Youth Healthy Development Ordinance. I've seen complaints about titles on discussion forums. People aren't buying the titles that are censored.[/quote] I was at yaoi con and the attendance was decidedly less than in past yaoi cons. Even DMI/DMG/DMP's panels had very low attendance (the guest mangaka had very few people at her panels too) compared to SuBLime's panel which ran short of time. I'm beginning to see the writing on the wall and from what people are saying here, the fans are not happy with them either. |
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giapet
Industry Insider
 Posts: 205 Location: Washington DC |
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Even if attendance at Yaoi Con was lower, DMI is based in Gardena, CA so they should theoretically have had to spend a LOT less to go there (less in shipping books and booth materials, less in hotels, less in airfare)...unless they used the money they saved to go all out in some way? I haven't been to Yaoi Con in a few years, so I have no idea there. |
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PingSoni
 Subscriber Posts: 195 Location: Lansing MI |
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Hmm. I've been subscribing to a Japanese manga magazine (Ribon) through AKAdot Retail (a division of DMI) for a while, but they recently advised me they would not be able to continue to do this, as in a few months they would be "unable to purchase my magazine from their vendors due to various reasons."
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