Forum - View topicNEWS: Naruto Manga Sales Jump with TV Broadcast
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Hi no Neko
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Woohoo for Naruto!
I think we may have a new DragonBall Z on our hands here. |
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.Sy
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A show with plenty of comedy to keep people happy, is what DBZ was lacking. Some parts I caught of Dragon Ball were entertaining, but I never got the hang of long battles. Hoepfully, this won't happen to Naruto anytime soon. Hopefully, Naruto will get more people into manga, just because I'm a huge manga fan mysefl.
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DemonEyesLeo
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I kinda figured this would happen at some point. It's good that the anime is creating more fans.
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Dranxis
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Yeah, I was watching barnesandnoble.com's bestseller list in the manga section as the Naruto volumes leapt to the top. They were beating Fruits Basket for a few days there. I'm more than pleased, maybe if it becomes popular enough, Viz will serialize more chapters in SJ and it can be released faster.
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theoriginalbilis
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I expected this. And I'm very happy for the franchise's success. I hope this creates a legion of new anime/manga fans.
Now, if only Rurouni Kenshin did this well..... |
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Ken-san
Posts: 32 Location: Michigan |
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That probably had something to do with 2 things: a. Rough edits of the anime b. The manga was released long after the show had peaked on CN Aside from that, I pretty much expected Naruto to do well, and I think the dub is fairly enjoyable. My 7 and 5 year old daughters love it. As for the earlier poster who said that Naruto hopefully won't fall into the same formula as DBZ, you can breathe a sigh of relief. While Naruto has some drawn out battles, it's nowhere near as stretched as DBZ was. I don't think ANYTHING can be stretched out like DBZ was. Ken-san |
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JTtheBrick
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That about sums up DBZ lol. Good thing Naruto isn't like that, although the fillers are somewhat annoying (which we already know) 
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bebop26
Posts: 64 Location: where ever fighting games lay |
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Excellent! Naurto is great, and its good to hear the manga sales did well, and because of good ole' Cartoon Network.
And when we start seeing games and merchandise... I see it now. Posters, wall-scrolls, T-Shirts... the next Dragonball Z, but better in different ways. (I still like DBZ though) Rurouni Kenshin would've done better, maybe theoriginalbilis, but I guess thats what happens when you target the wrong group. I'm hoping someday we'll see our manslayer return... on [adult swim]. But I still like Rurouni Kenshin, and I do look forward to the day we see Himura with less editing, who knows. (dreams of Rurouni Kenshin Uncut on CN) Hey, you never know. |
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Tenchi
 Posts: 4469 Location: Ottawa... now I'm an ex-Anglo Montrealer. |
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Hmm... I'm curious to know how well the anime did on the second and third weeks on CN. I can't seem to find updated ratings info anywhere.
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Demaar
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v1cious
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think this will happen when Bleach gets licensed?
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Demaar
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If it's the last three, I could see bleach doing as well, or better. Seems to be less people who rag on bleach for no reason than there are naruto haters... |
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bobobobobobobo
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i only buy GNs that aren't in SJ iself...kinda pointless if you have every issue. but if you missed out on SJ, sure i would buy some GNs. Naruto is kinda hard to get the hang of at first, but after a few chapters you get it more.
i bet half of the people saw the show, and went to a bookstore, and were like "OOH! A NARUTO COMIC!" so they buy and then they're like "HOW THE !@#$% DO I READ THIS THING?" 
that was what i was like after i got SJ one...(i'm not the type of person who reads the beginning of a magazine. i just get to the point.) to be truthful, (and this was back before yugioh sucked) i only bought it for the card. but then i somehow learned to read it backwards. But still, all i read was Yu-Gi-Oh!. My friend got me into YYH, and i was like "if 2 mangas are good, i should try everything out." anyway i got issue two and.. i tried Naruto. WAAAY too confusing. so it wasn't until recently that i got into it...im gonna buy the Naruto movie after i spend my money on Hunter x Hunter vol 2, Bleach 1, and Deathnote 1. And thanks to everyone who actually read all this. i wrote a lot. 
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