Forum - View topicNEWS: Kodansha to Publish, Sell Manga in U.S. in September
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TsukasaElkKite
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If they bring back SM, I swear I will DIE from happiness. |
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Crawly
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I'd hold off on that until you see a translation. Should it ever happen, it's a crap shoot whether or not it would be better than the one released by TP. While I'd happily welcome Kodansha into the market, I'm always a little worried when a Japanese company comes stateside. Let's face it, they really don't have a good record for producing quality products in R1 regardless of how great they may be in R2. The only company to get this right so far is Kodakawa, and that's because they're letting the established R1 companies do all the work for them. I'm going to be cautiously optimistic that something good will come from this, but until I see the finished product, I'm viewing their entry into the market with trepidation. |
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Ryusui
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I know manga is cheaper in Japan. I said I'd prefer it if they priced it closer to a Japanese price point in this case, but for all we know they might see a CPM release or an old Viz graphic novel and decide that $12-16 is the going rate in the U.S.. |
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HellKorn
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Dallas Middaugh clears up Del Rey's position in this a bit. Kodansha will not be taking away any of their licenses.
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Sheleigha
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Good good. xxxHOLiC and Tsubasa through Del Ray it is then. Sailor Moon please, Kodansha..... |
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Shiroi Hane
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I have the 6 bilingual volumes of Cardcaptors and the 2 volumes of Chobits and I'm sure they were available at the same time as the Tokyopop versions.
The Kodansha bilinguals I have seemed OK to me translation-wise, and also had better paper and print quality. Here's some basic comparisons of Chobits as I happen to have all three versions of the first two volumes: http://picasaweb.google.com/shirobane/Chobits |
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Teriyaki Terrier
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Which is great because that means Negima, Kujibiki Unbalance, Tsubasa Chronicals and other successful manga series will continue. As long as Del Ray is doing fine, that is all I care about on this issue. |
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marie-antoinette
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I still think it's very strange for Kodansha to be doing this (and really not the best timing-wise), but at least it's been confirmed that they wouldn't screw Del Rey over (which, as I said in the thread when the rumor first surfaced, would be really dumb considering that Kodansha and Random House, which owns Del Rey, have substantial business ties with each other which is why I assume Del Rey has so many Kodansha licenses).
I highly doubt we'll see any drastic difference in quality or price because they are a Japanese company. There are reasons for the other companies using the manga format they have now and those reasons will apply to any new company opening up, regardless of their origin. The North American market is different from the Japanese one. |
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GATSU
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Tenchi+e-imi: I'm hoping they'll take a chance on 3x3 Eyes.
Crawly: Actually, Gutsoon and Bandai Visual had quality products, just a limited understanding of the American market. |
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Masura
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I hope they republish Sailor Moon!
Out of all the series I hope that most of all. |
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Crawly
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Just from those few shots it seems there were some pretty drastic differences in translation/localization. I preferred the one I believe is TP's since the color pages look so bad when converted to black and white. Not being able to understand Japanese, I have no idea which one was the more accurate translation, though. |
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Crawly
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Not familiar at all with Gutsoon. BV did have good quality, I agree, but so did Toei in the audio/video aspect of their releases (as well as high episode counts and low price point). BV's pricing and episode counts, along with a refusal to include English dubs on shows that could afford them, put them on my failure list. They're just not a company I want anyone trying to emulate. |
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HitokiriShadow
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Those were exactly the reasons I didn't think Kodansha would do that unless they were insane, but Japanese companies sometimes do strange things when they try entering the U.S. market themselves. While it remains to be seen what Kodansha will do, Del Rey has at least confirmed that Kodansha isn't completely insane. Thankfully, I just had a brainfart and misread and misinterpreted what that line said. |
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dormcat
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Methinks the majority of American manga readers are not yet ready to consume most titles in Afternoon and Ikki, two of my most favorite manga magazines. |
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Takeyo
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Genshiken went over pretty well, didn't it? I mean, it's no Naruto or whatever the kids are reading these days, but amongst people with taste. . . . 
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