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aoie_emesai
 Posts: 52 Location: Necessary? |
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# 1 huh? Most of the votes seems opinionated, i really dont want votes from any crazy otaku, just the regular readers
I would say that the quality of all Publishers are alright I always have problems with all of my books, its that the bind seems to have little durability, usually around 1/5 of the book, and half way Espically with all of volume 1s from Tokyopop, less trouble with Viz, some trouble with DelRay, little with Comic One I wouldn't say #1 to any company |
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Tommimacevovi
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Look, it's actually pretty stupid to argue about stuff like this, since each person have a specific manga/anime that they like, thus causing a biased view toward certain company.
For me, I watch some manga from most of the major company (TP, Viz, DM, Del Ray and ADV), from what I can see: TP: got tons of manga, but tend to Americanize the manga too much (who in Japan will say Yo, this is da bomb?), and sloppy QC (Quality Control) regarding their translation. Viz: Pretty good quality most of the time, except some translation/QC problem here and there... DM: Great Translation and keeping their , but VERY inconsistant with their releases dates(WHERE'S MY HELLSING #4?) 
ADV: Very good with their translation process, Americanized some of the jokes and situations at times, but it's understandable, translating sounds and give some translation note as well. However, sometimes they tried to do too much on mainstreaming the manga (Amerianized it a bit to the point that it "ruined the mood a bit") Del Ray: Great Translation (Just as I expect out of Random House), even have preview and some cultural translation. Not enough titles through |
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Haiseikoh 1973
 Posts: 1590 Location: Waiting for the Japanese 1000 Gunieas. |
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Tokyopop
Pro: Wide Selection, easy to get. Con: Initial D Viz Pro: Okay selection. Con: Gender Crisis: Are they trying to appeal to Girls or Young Males? Wheres manga for the Men?! Comics One Pro: Crayon Shinchan Con: Most of their line either are stinkers or question marks. Dark Horse/DMP Pro: Offbeat and Darker Manga Con: Other than Shirows stuff (Appleseed, GITS, Intron Depot), i'm not impressed. Del Ray: Pro: Translating is okay (some stuff they neglected), translation notes, previews. Con: Too young in the game. ADV Pro: None Con: Um, when are they gonna release their stuff? |
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Kagemusha
 Posts: 2783 Location: Boston |
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And just how much of they're stuff have you read? They have tons of high quality stuff, better than GitS in my opinion (its not my favorite Shirow manga). Their mangas have won quite a few awards, both Harvey and Eisner. They do have a couple of stinkers, but the good outweighs the bad in my opinion.
Its called editors choice, as well as Pulp. They have tons of manga out aimed at men, perhapse the most of any publisher. |
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takami826
 Posts: 28 Location: Cleveland, OH |
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You haven't seen my Sanctuary collection then... I wish Viz would re-release it in the cheaper format so I could replace my books, they are all falling apart, pages tumbling out in chunks... such a mess. |
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