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The Ramblin' Wreck
Joined: 07 Apr 2003
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Location: Teaching Robot Women How To Love
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Posted: Tue Feb 01, 2005 12:27 pm
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Nope, didn't see this one coming.
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Laruto
Joined: 25 Dec 2004
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Posted: Tue Feb 01, 2005 1:14 pm
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I Mean with VIZ/Shounen Jump getting all the good stuff and Tokyo Pop too I mean what more is there left for smaller companies? Now adays it seems as if everyone is either Merging to get bigger or buying to get big or pulling some moves to kill the competition, well this is the first sign of the few who wont make the change in time! Farewell Ironcat may you rest in peace in Manga Heaven! God Bless!
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v1cious
Joined: 31 Dec 2002
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Location: Houston, TX
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Posted: Tue Feb 01, 2005 1:33 pm
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holy crap! i wonder if studio Robb's gonna go back to scanlations mow.
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Emerje
Joined: 10 Aug 2002
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Location: Maine
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Posted: Tue Feb 01, 2005 1:33 pm
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The Ramblin' Wreck wrote: | Nope, didn't see this one coming. |
Really, or is that sarcasim? I'm surprised it didn't happen sooner. After the issue with unpaid employees a few years ago, Megatokyo dropping them as publisher, and a list of other issues over the years it's all been just a matter of time.
Emerje
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Copper Rings
Joined: 26 Jan 2005
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Location: Somewhere there is sunshine :)
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Posted: Tue Feb 01, 2005 1:49 pm
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v1cious wrote: | holy crap! i wonder studio Robb's gonna go back to scanlations mow. |
That brings up a good point. What titles did they buy rights to recently, and if no books have been put out of said title, can they go back to be scanslated? I've always wondered about that when a publisher closes...
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Nagisa
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Joined: 19 Aug 2003
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Location: Atlanta-ish, Jawjuh
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Posted: Tue Feb 01, 2005 2:17 pm
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...crap, these guys had Miyu, didn't they?
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Kazuki-san
Joined: 21 May 2004
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Location: Houston, TX
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Posted: Tue Feb 01, 2005 2:30 pm
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Nagisa wrote: | ...crap, these guys had Miyu, didn't they? |
'fraid so.
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littlegreenwolf
Joined: 10 Aug 2002
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Location: Seattle, WA
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Posted: Tue Feb 01, 2005 2:35 pm
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not only did they have Miyu, but they had ALL of Narumi Kakinouchi's other titles. This is extremly dissapointing for me because I've been waiting for all these titles to come out. And now they won't continue.
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Aaron White
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Joined: 23 Aug 2002
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Posted: Tue Feb 01, 2005 2:38 pm
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I don't know much about business, but I'd guess that they'll either auction off their licenses to help pay their debts, or the rights will revert to the original licensors to relicense.
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xxmiyuxx
Joined: 08 Jun 2004
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Location: Bordentown, NJ
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Posted: Tue Feb 01, 2005 3:30 pm
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This sux BIG time. I was lucky enough to meet the Ironcat crew at otakon 2 years ago and they were the nicest people ever. Of course I dropped about $250 at their table alone. I even donated $20 to the ironcat effort.
Man, I feel bad. Now what to do about Narumi. Crap.
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CorneredAngel
Joined: 17 Jun 2002
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Location: New York, NY
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Posted: Tue Feb 01, 2005 3:34 pm
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xxmiyuxx wrote: | This sux BIG time. I was lucky enough to meet the Ironcat crew at otakon 2 years ago and they were the nicest people ever. |
...this, unfortunately, has always been the exact problem of Ironcat/IC - 'the nicest people ever'...but with absolutely crappy business sense. And by and in large, creditors couldn't possibly care less how 'nice' one company or another is.
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The Ramblin' Wreck
Joined: 07 Apr 2003
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Posted: Tue Feb 01, 2005 3:41 pm
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Emerje wrote: |
The Ramblin' Wreck wrote: | Nope, didn't see this one coming. |
Really, or is that sarcasim? I'm surprised it didn't happen sooner. After the issue with unpaid employees a few years ago, Megatokyo dropping them as publisher, and a list of other issues over the years it's all been just a matter of time.
Emerje |
That was sarcasm. I remember Studio Ironcat passing the collection plate at AWA 9 with their "Save Ironcat" drive. That's usually writing on the wall.
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Hi no Neko
Joined: 17 Sep 2004
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Location: Austin, TX
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Posted: Tue Feb 01, 2005 5:19 pm
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No Nanaka? That sucks.
So, what's going to happen to all those titles? Will some other company pick them up, or will they just sit there on a shelf? Do they even have a procedure for when something like this happens?
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cyrax777
Joined: 05 Mar 2003
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Location: the desert
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Posted: Tue Feb 01, 2005 6:49 pm
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To be honstet most people just dindt care for the manga they did have or were like me and didn't know what the hell they had.
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deathbringer
Joined: 21 Aug 2004
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Posted: Tue Feb 01, 2005 7:09 pm
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This came as a big shock to me, but that's just because I thought it had already happened.
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