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NEWS: Denpa Licenses Moto Hagio's They Were Eleven Manga




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John Thacker



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PostPosted: Sat Mar 27, 2021 8:29 am Reply with quote
I would love to see Discotek or someone re-release the movie.
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R. Kasahara



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PostPosted: Sat Mar 27, 2021 8:57 am Reply with quote
Whoa, now there's an instabuy if I ever saw one! The old Viz printings of the original series aren't cheap these days.
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PostPosted: Sat Mar 27, 2021 10:45 am Reply with quote
Sounds interesting. I might check it out. By the way, this is the manga that Kenta Shinohara's Astra: Lost In Space is somewhat based on. They even have a lot of similarities in terms of character archetypes and storylines.
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macloud



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PostPosted: Sat Mar 27, 2021 2:02 pm Reply with quote
Suprising that Dempa has gone for such an old title compared to their more recent releases.
Well I hope it proves a profitable licence for them.
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Multi-Facets



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PostPosted: Sat Mar 27, 2021 3:57 pm Reply with quote
Yahoo! Another old-school tale gets another chance at finding a new audience! And it's a Hagio Moto classic! I feel the urge for a victory boogie. Very Happy
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John Thacker



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PostPosted: Sat Mar 27, 2021 4:25 pm Reply with quote
FireChick wrote:
Sounds interesting. I might check it out. By the way, this is the manga that Kenta Shinohara's Astra: Lost In Space is somewhat based on. They even have a lot of similarities in terms of character archetypes and storylines.


Yes, having only seen the They Were 11 movie, Astra: Lost in Space seemed like an homage.
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Fenrin



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PostPosted: Sat Mar 27, 2021 5:48 pm Reply with quote
I'm no expert but shouldn't the translation be 'There Were Eleven'?
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meronichan



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PostPosted: Sat Mar 27, 2021 6:48 pm Reply with quote
Fenrin wrote:
I'm no expert but shouldn't the translation be 'There Were Eleven'?


Nope. The current title is correct.
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Triltaison



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PostPosted: Sat Mar 27, 2021 7:19 pm Reply with quote
Yay! I have the old Viz monthly comics and the DVD put out already, but I'm quite excited to get this one. Never read the sequel series and I'm happy to support more Hagio manga coming out in English.
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Villette



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PostPosted: Sun Mar 28, 2021 12:01 pm Reply with quote
YES any Moto Hagio is an instant buy for me
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Idgal



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PostPosted: Sun Mar 28, 2021 3:48 pm Reply with quote
just remember how progressive this was for it's time, Moto Hagio works are the best
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EricMontreal22



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PostPosted: Sat Apr 03, 2021 3:05 am Reply with quote
Four Shoujo Stories was the first manga I ever bought as a teen, and Moto Hagio is my fave, so this is great. I am disappointed that they won't be using Rachel Thorn's perfect translation and she hasn't been contacted to translated the sequel (which I've read in french--it's great, a bit more serious). Also, since this is copying the beautiful anniversary edition from Japan it won't have the 32 pages of comic strips set in between the two at the space academy, Space Street (they confirmed this on Twitter) which is too bad.
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