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NEWS: Paprika's Original Novel to Ship in U.K. in April


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uhmmmm



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PostPosted: Wed Feb 04, 2009 8:02 am Reply with quote
Finally!

I stopped halfway through the Japanese version a couple years ago. It was interesting, but hard reading. Too many specialized words that weren't in the Japanese-Englsih or even Japanese-Japanese dictionary.
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DRWii



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PostPosted: Wed Feb 04, 2009 8:42 am Reply with quote
Shocked Whoa! Weird cover.

But seriously, I'm definately happy to hear this. If an American version isn't released, there's a much better import option now.
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Super_Vegeta



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PostPosted: Wed Feb 04, 2009 8:58 am Reply with quote
Whoa, cool. I didn't know this was based on a novel. Anyway, I bought this on BD awhile back and thoroughly enjoyed the story, and very trippy visuals.

Maybe I'll pick up the book to see how they compare, and to find out what is different between each medium.
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BunnyCupCakes



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PostPosted: Wed Feb 04, 2009 9:11 am Reply with quote
Love the cover.

Hope I can read it sometime or make it to the states.
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Gilles Poitras



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PostPosted: Wed Feb 04, 2009 9:16 am Reply with quote
There is also another collection of his short stories in English:

What the Maid Saw: Eight Psychic Tales

This was published back in 1990 by Kodansha
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Rolando_jose



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PostPosted: Wed Feb 04, 2009 9:32 am Reply with quote
Amazon.co.uk I just hope they will carry it!


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Jinxso



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PostPosted: Wed Feb 04, 2009 9:47 am Reply with quote
I just finished reading the first chapter that has been translated.

It didn't translate well at all unfortunately.

I am still going to read the first 7 chapters all the way through but chapter 1 wasn't impressive Sad
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BrianRuh



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PostPosted: Wed Feb 04, 2009 2:10 pm Reply with quote
Kodansha also released another story collection of Tsutsui's in 1986 called The African bomb and other stories, translated by David Lewis.
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narutoismybrother



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PostPosted: Wed Feb 04, 2009 4:17 pm Reply with quote
Import? I think so!
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Princess_Irene
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PostPosted: Wed Feb 04, 2009 5:05 pm Reply with quote
This should soothe some of the people from the latest Chicks on Anime forum discussion. Very Happy
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PostPosted: Wed Feb 04, 2009 6:56 pm Reply with quote
Super_Vegeta wrote:
Whoa, cool. I didn't know this was based on a novel. Anyway, I bought this on BD awhile back and thoroughly enjoyed the story, and very trippy visuals.
You should watch the interview with Kon and the actors that's on the disc; they talk about the novel and other things...it's very entertaining.
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Super_Vegeta



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PostPosted: Wed Feb 04, 2009 7:25 pm Reply with quote
varmintx wrote:
Super_Vegeta wrote:
Whoa, cool. I didn't know this was based on a novel. Anyway, I bought this on BD awhile back and thoroughly enjoyed the story, and very trippy visuals.
You should watch the interview with Kon and the actors that's on the disc; they talk about the novel and other things...it's very entertaining.


Oh really? Cool, I think the interviews was one of the few extras on the disc that I hadn't checked out.
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Weazul-chan



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PostPosted: Wed Feb 04, 2009 8:02 pm Reply with quote
looks like I'll either be importing it myself or getting a friend who lives in the UK to get it for me there and send it over.
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Pake



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PostPosted: Wed Feb 04, 2009 10:14 pm Reply with quote
Seems like the translation resulted in a lot of choppy sentences that just remove any type of flow from the story. Hopefully it gets better than the snippet I read, but this is one of the few books I've wanted to read after seeing a movie adaptation of it. What the Maid Saw sounds like a pretty good read as well.
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AetherWeaver



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PostPosted: Thu Feb 05, 2009 9:58 am Reply with quote
Another of his books published in English is:

Portraits of eight families

Published by Kodansha in 1989

ETA: Oops... this is the same set of stories as "What the Maid Saw"


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