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NEWS: Back to the Future Manga by One-Punch Man Artist Yuusuke Murata Cancelled


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L'Imperatore



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PostPosted: Sat Sep 15, 2018 11:57 pm Reply with quote
Damn that's really a shame. Sad

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Murata explained that the Kono Manga ga Sugoi! Web site's editors did all they could, but they could not resolve the rights issues for several elements that would have appeared in the manga.

DeLorean? Calvin Klein? Johnny B. Goode?
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Agent355



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PostPosted: Sun Sep 16, 2018 12:09 am Reply with quote
Aw, it would have been fun!
I'm also wondering which elements of the movie posed the biggest rights issue. Perhaps the movie itself has layers of copywrite protections? Or the likenesses of the actors?
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Dian Z





PostPosted: Sun Sep 16, 2018 12:20 am Reply with quote
That's too bad, I think Murata's art fits well withthe hollywood movies, if he can't do Back to the Future, I would love him adapting other hollywood entertainment classics.
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Sven Viking



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PostPosted: Sun Sep 16, 2018 12:34 am Reply with quote
Boo! (hoo)

Maybe the rights issue was with DeLorean, and the monster truck concept was his proposal for a way of bypassing it? Wink
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Utsuro no Hako



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PostPosted: Sun Sep 16, 2018 1:40 am Reply with quote
If it was an issue with brand names, they should've done the usual manga thing and made the car a Ladorian and have Marty wear Kevin Klean underwear.
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Mistaken



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PostPosted: Sun Sep 16, 2018 1:52 am Reply with quote
aw, that would have been exciting! i probs would have read the manga since i've never seen the movies.
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Mikasa_su_casa



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PostPosted: Sun Sep 16, 2018 2:32 am Reply with quote
Aww man! That art looks dope!
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ZODDGUTS



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PostPosted: Sun Sep 16, 2018 3:33 am Reply with quote
Yeah, likely the DeLorean, that's the one thing that they couldn't really change without feeling right about it if they couldn't get the rights for it.
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Shar Aznabull



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PostPosted: Sun Sep 16, 2018 6:26 am Reply with quote
What a shame, that draft artwork looks amazing!
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skyechan



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PostPosted: Sun Sep 16, 2018 12:46 pm Reply with quote
Aww man! This would've been so cool. I love how they drew Lorraine! She looks so cute!
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Majin Tenshi



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PostPosted: Sun Sep 16, 2018 1:24 pm Reply with quote
Not how much issues were released but i do hope that they get a license in the near feature. Back to the Future remains one of my all time favorite movie trilogy. And i think that art looks nice for a semi-remake to BTTF, which i always imagined being remade as an anime so this is probably the closest we could get Smile
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Xavon



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PostPosted: Sun Sep 16, 2018 1:45 pm Reply with quote
This is the greatest thing I never knew existed, and now it is gone before it could even start...
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explosionforgov



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PostPosted: Sun Sep 16, 2018 2:01 pm Reply with quote
ZODDGUTS wrote:
Yeah, likely the DeLorean, that's the one thing that they couldn't really change without feeling right about it if they couldn't get the rights for it.


It probably was. I've worked at both a toy store and a comic book store that sells a lot of collectables, and a lot of the recent Back To The Future merch that has come in has said 'time machine' on it, not DeLorean.

I know nothing about cars, so this is pure uneducated speculation, but maybe they might have yanked the license because they're planning on bringing the DeLorean back? Ironically, it'd be because of the movie and its association with it, which is why yanking the license doesn't make sense to me.
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Ashen Phoenix



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PostPosted: Sun Sep 16, 2018 4:50 pm Reply with quote
That's a bummer. I wasn't aware of this adaptation but looking at the unfinished material it would've been a ton of fun. Sad
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prime_pm



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PostPosted: Sun Sep 16, 2018 6:41 pm Reply with quote
Great Scott! What a letdown.
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