Forum - View topicNEWS: USA Today Booklist, October 1–7: 3 Naruto Books Enter
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Josh7289
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Good to hear. I'm glad that this kind of publishing schedule can be supported in the market. I'd like to see more of it in the future.
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geishageek
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I completely agree with Josh. This proves that multiple releases in a month will sell and sell well. I wish other companies would start this approach, even if it would be one book a month, or even every other month. I'm mainly looking at Tokyopop for Fruits Basket, and Del Rey with Nodame Cantabile.
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Tempest
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I think companies with mega titles will pay attention to this. Fruits Basket is a good example, and Tokyopop might consider this.
Of course, there are other aspects, Naruto is ongoing ans shows no sign of stopping, Fruits Baskets is finished, so in the long run, is it best for Tokyopop to get their money quickly, or stretch the franchise out? Since, afaik, Tokyopop doesn't get any merchandise royalties (Funimation gets those), I'd say Tokyopop has no particular interest in stretching the property out and may as well try to get their money in the bank sooner rather than later. Nodame Cantabile, while an excellent manga, doesn't have the sales figures to be considered in the same vein as Naruto. So just because something works with Naruto, it doesn't suggest it would work with a smaller title. Of course, while there's nothing to suggest it would work, there's also nothing to suggest it wouldn't at this stage. It's important to note, that while this might work great if it's done with a couple titles, it would backfire horribly is everyone tried it. Manga buyers only have so much money, and if there's too many of their favorite titles on the market at once, they're forced to chose. Who is to say that Naruto's triple sales this month aren't coming at the expense of other Viz titles? Perhaps some fans with limited budgets had to chose between Naruto and Bleach this month. With only one title out there doing this, it's unlikely, since it only means a $16 dollar increase in the cost of manga, but if 5 titles, all from different publishers and all geared towards the same fans, suddenly came out this way, the $80-$100 budget increase would force a lot of fans to chose. -t |
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geishageek
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I never really thought of it that way until you said that Tempest. I wouldnt like all the volumes that quickly of just any manga. Just on things that have either finished already, or are long running series like Naruto and Bleach, Eyeshield 21, Monster and things like Drifting Classroom (which all belong to Viz).
I do think this is a step in the right directon, although Del Rey and Tokypop have those rereleased omnibus collections of 3 volumes each, which personally I do not care for that much. 3 to 4 months between volumes does kill a good story though. I always have to go back and re-read the previous volumes to remember the storyline. |
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teh*darkness
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I know what you mean. I'm having to reread the first 8 volumes of PhD:Phantasy Degree before reading 9-10, because I can't for the life of me, remember who most of the characters are, or how they got where they are. It's rather annoying. And I also agree with tempest. If too many titles that I want all come out at the same time, then I have to choose what I want, cause I can't afford to spend 100-150 dollars every two weeks like I used to. Now it's like, 50-60 a month. 
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marie-antoinette
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It's a valid point, but remember that is how manga comes out originally and so the mangaka does have to take this into account when creating the story. I certainly would not be able to buy books at this rate and as I have said I do prefer the slower release rates because I have a new book to look forward to in a few months, when I am caught up with an English release. I definitely think that this would only work for the series that regularly make the bestseller list already, like Naruto. |
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Unholy_Nny
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Once they do catch up to the Japanese release, you're going to be waiting 7-10 months between release. EDIT: Nvm, looking it up it seems an new GN of Naruto comes out in Japan every 2-4 months. And they're up the 38, which means it's awhile until we catch up. Now, why the hell does it take 10 months inbetween Excel Saga releases... |
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teh*darkness
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To correct you just a bit, Japan is actually up to volume 39, and a lot of the weekly series in Japan, come out in tankoubons approximately every 2-2 1/2 months. 9 chapters (on average) per volume, about every 9 weeks, a new volume. And also, Viz isn't going to "catch up" to the Japanese release. They'll be catching up to Part 2, which begins at volume 28, which they'll release in January, and then release new volumes on a bi-monthly schedule, so as not to continue falling so far behind the Japanese release dates. Other series they release, like Bleach and HunterxHunter, are bi-monthly releases, similar to Japan (except that HunterxHunter was on an extended hiatus in Japan until recently, which is good, since Viz was catching up kind of fast). |
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HitokiriShadow
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Bleach is no longer bi-monthly. The new chapters are now being serialized in Viz's Shonen Jump and there will be larger gaps between volumes as a result. Volume 21 just came out but the next one won't come out until, I think, February.
No, manga originally came out in weekly or monthly (or on rare occasions, much longer, like Fushigi Yuugi: Genbu Kaiden) chapters and are later compiled into the tankoubans. |
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