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ConanSan
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 Posted: Tue Feb 19, 2013 3:42 pm
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| lossthief wrote: |
| Conan-san wrote: | | Oh boy, I really liked world trigger. Too bad I had to read it somewhere other than WSJ and not paying Viz the money I so desperately want to give them because region locking.
Because who cares how Europe reads thier funny books right? That £400 that could be spent on all of One Piece? Ah screw that with a vibrating screwdriver! |
You could try contacting Viz, to let them know people in your region are interested in getting the service too. Maybe even get some friends to contact them to! |
And maybe I can piss in the wind for all that works.
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RAmmsoldat
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Posted: Tue Feb 19, 2013 4:21 pm
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actually pissing in the wind yields immediate results
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ConanSan
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Posted: Tue Feb 19, 2013 4:28 pm
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| RAmmsoldat wrote: | | actually pissing in the wind yields immediate results |
Results and Works are two different states.
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Mr Adventure
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Posted: Tue Feb 19, 2013 4:43 pm
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I will be adding regularly to my weekly survey a suggestion that they get the UK/Euro distro rights as soon as possible. Everyone else who fills out the surveys regularly should do the same.
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RAmmsoldat
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Posted: Tue Feb 19, 2013 4:45 pm
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all depends on what you're trying to achieve lol
Im sure they were running a survey recently for what territories to run jump in but i declined to fill it in because its digital only.
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lossthief
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Posted: Tue Feb 19, 2013 11:54 pm
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| Conan-san wrote: |
| lossthief wrote: |
| Conan-san wrote: | | Oh boy, I really liked world trigger. Too bad I had to read it somewhere other than WSJ and not paying Viz the money I so desperately want to give them because region locking.
Because who cares how Europe reads thier funny books right? That £400 that could be spent on all of One Piece? Ah screw that with a vibrating screwdriver! |
You could try contacting Viz, to let them know people in your region are interested in getting the service too. Maybe even get some friends to contact them to! |
And maybe I can piss in the wind for all that works. |
Still, I'd say it's more likely to work than passive-aggressive comments in an anime forum.
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ConanSan
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Posted: Wed Feb 20, 2013 2:16 pm
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a choice between 0% and 0% but at least I have an outlet for my aggravation is no choice at all.
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Paploo
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Posted: Fri Feb 22, 2013 6:34 pm
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There's lots of ways to let them know what you want- email, surveys, letters, and Hisashi Sasaki [yes, the editor from Bakuman] is on twitter, and tweets primarily in English as he's one of the people behind SJ Weekly online.
http://www.icv2.com/articles/news/24840.html He's been saying pretty frequently that they're hoping to branch into other regions. Just keep in mind that it takes time- SJ online took awhile to get off the ground, and it took them awhile to get approval to go simultaneous.
I think this says it all-
"In Japan the distribution of digital magazines has only just begun, and the print magazine business is still quite healthy, so we won't be doing a digital release any time soon. As for foreign markets however, we are actively considering simultaneous digital releases. I can't say exactly where and when right now. We are also considering releasing it in languages other than English, and going beyond English speaking countries. Again, I can't say exactly in which countries and when this will happen. Our dream is to be able to have everyone in the world read Shonen Jump every Monday."
So yeah, email them  !
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ConanSan
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Posted: Sun Feb 24, 2013 1:29 pm
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It's nice to be innocent to assume that this course of action hasn't been taken.
it's really is.
You keep that optimistic view of the world for as long as you can, kid.
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population_tire
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Posted: Mon Apr 08, 2013 7:40 pm
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I own every single print issue of SJ. However I refuse to buy Alpha since the issues aren't permanent. That's ridiculous to me.
My only regret is now I have to try to find that Slifer card for a reasonable price.
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Divineking
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Posted: Mon Apr 08, 2013 8:01 pm
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| population_tire wrote: | | I own every single print issue of SJ. However I refuse to buy Alpha since the issues aren't permanent. That's ridiculous to me.
My only regret is now I have to try to find that Slifer card for a reasonable price. |
Err...the issues are permenante now. Been that way since they went out of the alpha phase
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population_tire
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Posted: Tue Apr 30, 2013 12:09 am
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| Divineking wrote: |
| population_tire wrote: | | I own every single print issue of SJ. However I refuse to buy Alpha since the issues aren't permanent. That's ridiculous to me.
My only regret is now I have to try to find that Slifer card for a reasonable price. |
Err...the issues are permenante now. Been that way since they went out of the alpha phase |
Well nevermind then. If they had been that way from the start then they would have another customer.
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ZepysGirl
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Posted: Tue Apr 30, 2013 7:25 am
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| population_tire wrote: |
| Divineking wrote: |
| population_tire wrote: | | I own every single print issue of SJ. However I refuse to buy Alpha since the issues aren't permanent. That's ridiculous to me.
My only regret is now I have to try to find that Slifer card for a reasonable price. |
Err...the issues are permenante now. Been that way since they went out of the alpha phase |
Well nevermind then. If they had been that way from the start then they would have another customer. |
But... nothing is stopping you from joining now...? It's so cheap, even if you're reading only one or two series, it's totally worth it.
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thenix
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Posted: Tue Apr 30, 2013 12:20 pm
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I'm not a huge fan of digital manga but in this case it's so friggin cheap it's worth it, and I do find it useful to pull out my cel phone and read manga where ever. I'm also hoping that eventually they will just translate all of weekly jump (japan) to english and release it. Sure not everything is good in weekly, but I like both having the choice and discovering what's new/different. I'm trying to support it mainly because I hope this happens. I know it's a pipe dream but it would be the best
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Ambimunch
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Posted: Thu May 02, 2013 5:16 pm
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| ZepysGirl wrote: | | But... nothing is stopping you from joining now...? It's so cheap, even if you're reading only one or two series, it's totally worth it. |
Yes it is cheap, but I don't think anyone is complaining about the price. Some people just prefer physical over digital, myself included. I have every print issue of SJ from 2005 onward, but will never pay even a cent for digital manga because you technically don't own it (like you can't touch it, or put it on your shelf). Thats the problem WeeklySJ is facing now. It will take a while for people to accept the digital age (I sure as hell refuse to accept it lol).
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