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HellKorn



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PostPosted: Tue Feb 06, 2007 6:50 pm Reply with quote
In addition to Apollo's Song that was announced a while back (see more information on the manga here), another manga by the god of manga has been recently revealed. In October Vertical plans on putting out Osamu Tezuka's MW, which you can read more on here as well.

Can't say much on MW other than the premise sounds fairly interesting and it seems as though the art is of the more matured variety from Tezuka that we see of in Adolf and Ode to Kirihito.

Edit: Fixed a link.

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Kagemusha



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Geez, this sounds like The World is Mine Shocked Should be great as expected, but I kind of wish Vertical would branch out and take a chance with some more contemporary material (they must have good relations with Tezuka's estate if they can snap up licences from under Shogakukan's nose like this). Still, I'm not going to complain about more Tezuka being published, and they are putting out To Terra next month which will hopefully sell well enough to warrant more unconventional acquisitions.
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smoochy



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PostPosted: Wed Feb 07, 2007 1:57 pm Reply with quote
Next month? I thought it was later this month.
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jgreen



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PostPosted: Wed Feb 07, 2007 5:37 pm Reply with quote
smoochy wrote:
Next month? I thought it was later this month.


RightStuf has the release date listed as 2/20. Can't wait to check it out.
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smoochy



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PostPosted: Thu Feb 08, 2007 1:15 pm Reply with quote
[quote="jgreen"][quote="smoochy"]Next month? I thought it was later this month.[/quote]

RightStuf has the release date listed as 2/20. Can't wait to check it out.[/quote]

I've got my copy preordered.

I honestly can't think of a company I've been happier with in recent times than Vertical. I hope all this does well for them, they deserve it.
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HellKorn



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PostPosted: Thu Feb 08, 2007 4:27 pm Reply with quote
Kagemusha wrote:
Geez, this sounds like The World is Mine Shocked


Probably less "graphic," though. I also read somewhere that there's supposedly some homosexual relationship; that, or I'm confusing another manga. (I did read that there is a Tezuka manga that goes into that territory that Vertical is putting out, I am confident in that much.) Still, considering the demographic that Tezuka's manga goes toward, I can't imagine that to be a problem.

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Should be great as expected, but I kind of wish Vertical would branch out and take a chance with some more contemporary material (they must have good relations with Tezuka's estate if they can snap up licences from under Shogakukan's nose like this).


I only hope at some point they'll have enough notches under their belt to get Black Jack. It'd be the longest series that they would put out, and it might not garner as much attention and praise as Buddha and Ode to Kirihito, but I can see it be successful enough for them.

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Still, I'm not going to complain about more Tezuka being published, and they are putting out To Terra next month which will hopefully sell well enough to warrant more unconventional acquisitions.


After reading the masterpiece that is A, A Prime I only can hope for more shoujo/sci-fi genre anthologies/series.

smoochy wrote:
I honestly can't think of a company I've been happier with in recent times than Vertical. I hope all this does well for them, they deserve it.


Not to mention that they are reaching out to the "manga fanbase" since To Terra is not flipped and the sound effects are changed, as far as I know. I'd rather the latter being translated, but I suppose I'll take what I can get.
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_NightShade_



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PostPosted: Thu Feb 08, 2007 6:12 pm Reply with quote
HellKorn wrote:
Kagemusha wrote:
Geez, this sounds like The World is Mine Shocked


I also read somewhere that there's supposedly some homosexual relationship; that, or I'm confusing another manga. (I did read that there is a Tezuka manga that goes into that territory that Vertical is putting out, I am confident in that much.) Still, considering the demographic that Tezuka's manga goes toward, I can't imagine that to be a problem.


This is the one (I don't know if he touched the subject on other of his works)
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