Forum - View topicNEWS: Yen Press Adds Durarara, Kore wa Zombie desu ka, Olimpos
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Talesfan132
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Well, Yen Press will make alot of money out of these!
Durarara manag has three volumes right now, and Kore wa Desu ka has two right now, and it does take a good while before the actual volumen comes out, so it'll take forever. Only if they would pickup the light novels, but oh well, it's better to have little over none... |
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Faiga_Raisa
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I was hoping for the DRRR light novel as well. I've read the fan translations online and having a real legit one would be way cooler.
But yeah....the manga is pretty redundant to the anime. I feel like the art is kinda shabby too. |
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Dark Absol
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Oh shut up, Yen Press, and take my money! I'm definitely all for Durarara!! and Kore wa Zombie Desu ka!
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Fletcher1991
 Posts: 514 Location: Long Island, NY |
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Was anyone else super excited when they read that Yen Press added Durarara just to be super upset to find out it was the manga and not the light novels? Why cruel world!?!? WHY!?!!!
I guess the manga might be cool, hopefully its not like what they do with some manga that has previous adaptions. Like make it into a 1-2 volume compilation that isn't nearly as good. That would be a huge disappointment. Last edited by Fletcher1991 on Fri Jul 22, 2011 10:51 pm; edited 1 time in total |
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Duraccano
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Daaaarn it! So it wasn't the novels... Ugh.
Well, I'll still buy. (Also, yes, yes, yessssss. Pick up more Aki titles yen!) |
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darkhappy1
 Posts: 495 Location: PA |
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Gossip Girl horror re-imagining? Someone must've really hated these characters.
But seriously, the only thing that's mildly interesting to me is Olimpos. The cover art looks nice. |
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iamsymmetrical
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Wahh there is so much more demand for the novels! Kore wa zombie desu ka... ok
I don't know why I was getting my hopes up for Umineko.... this was disappointing... |
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neocloud9
 Posts: 1178 Location: Atlanta, GA |
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Super-bummed we're not getting the novels, that's really all I'm interested in...
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Ashen Phoenix
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Really enjoyed Utahime so I'm looking forward to Aki's other manga!
Okay, I'm reeeeally hoping this means if I buy up the DRRR!! manga they'll consider licensing the light novels (and Baccano!'s, too) a more monetarily viable endeavor?  If so... Bring. It. On.
I'm more than happy and willing to crow about this series 'til the cows come home, if that's what it takes for more LNs to reach the states. In the meantime, lemmie just say in closing... THANK YOU, YEN!! I LOVE YOU GUYS!!! Keep up the stellar work! |
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doctordoom85
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Definitely wish it was the novels for Durarara and Is This a Zombie? instead of the manga, but the manga should be good as well. I assume the licensed manga for Is This a Zombie? is the main one, since apparently there are two spin-off ones.
My next wish would be for them to licensed the Umineko manga, and of course more light novels would rock. |
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sillyriri
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I'll probably buy Durarara, if only in the hopes that it will encourage them to license the LNs at some point. Add me to the 'had my hopes up for a minute, only to see them cruelly crushed' crowd
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Katsukasu
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At least (afaik and as far as I read the manga) the manga is an adaption of the light novels and not of the anime. As far as I had read it, there was nothing missing and the order of events was the exact same as in the novels (different from the anime). Though I also can't see why they would license the manga and not the novels... These books are so friggin' good, I can't believe no western publisher wants to have this in their program... |
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Hagaren Viper
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Not interested in buying any of these, but I'm glad Yen Press got em, looks like titles that will do pretty well for them.
The Durarara manga...I'm just judging by the cover, but the art is so awkward... [Insert Baccano/DRRR light novel comment here] |
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enurtsol
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Nobody buys novels anymore! Everybody just reads (and prints) the words off the interwebs!
(People don't even remember the last novel they bought.) |
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OniTasku
Posts: 78 Location: Santa Barbara, CA |
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The Durarara!! manga is awful. The Kore Zombie desu ka manga is...tolerable.
Was really excited when I saw the initial headline, only to be vastly disappointed when I read the article. Why, Yen Press? I mean, don't get me wrong, I loved both the anime versions, but the light novels are clearly better than the half-ass (non-source material) manga adaptations. It just frustrates me that this money could have been used towards something better. Like, I don't know, licensing The World God Only Knows, The Lucifer and Biscuit Hammer, Mysterious Girlfriend X, or perhaps some old discontinued Tokyopop licenses? I mean, really? I don't want to sound like a whiny little brat or anything, because I love Yen Press. They've become my favorite publisher in the US, but stuff like this...it leaves me with a bitter taste in my mouth. We may have a good fanbase for DRRR!! in the States, but this is just...ugh. Honestly, bad move, IMO. |
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