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belvadeer
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 Posted: Wed Nov 09, 2016 5:54 pm |
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Does anything Marvel really need a manga prequel or tie-in of any kind really?
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EricJ2
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| Posted: Wed Nov 09, 2016 7:12 pm |
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| belvadeer wrote: | | Does anything Marvel really need a manga prequel or tie-in of any kind really? |
In Japan, yes. They don't really know the Marvel heroes (few enough Americans knew the Doc to begin with), and they're not quite 100% clear on the concept of full-time Capes-For-Hire either--
There're plenty of arcane-symbol sorcerers in manga, they won't have any problem parsing that; Japanese readers just need a little push about putting this one in MCU context, and why he knows Thor and Iron Man.
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Stuart Smith
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| Posted: Wed Nov 09, 2016 8:11 pm |
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Considering these are never released in the west, no, they're not needed. However manga/anime adaptions are how Marvel promotes their movies in Japan.
-Stuart Smith
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belvadeer
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| Posted: Thu Nov 10, 2016 12:55 am |
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| EricJ2 wrote: | | In Japan, yes. They don't really know the Marvel heroes (few enough Americans knew the Doc to begin with), and they're not quite 100% clear on the concept of full-time Capes-For-Hire either-- |
This is quite true. They really don't get the concept of our superheroes at all, but I guess the same can be said of us not getting the concept of theirs either.
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