×
  • remind me tomorrow
  • remind me next week
  • never remind me
Subscribe to the ANN Newsletter • Wake up every Sunday to a curated list of ANN's most interesting posts of the week. read more

Forum - View topic
NEWS: 4 Attack on Titan Spinoff Manga to Ship Simultaneously




Note: this is the discussion thread for this article

Anime News Network Forum Index -> Site-related -> Talkback
View previous topic :: View next topic  
Author Message
sarusa



Joined: 17 Aug 2011
Posts: 101
PostPosted: Sat Jun 28, 2014 2:40 am Reply with quote
Ugh. I really liked the first couple volumes, but now that this is just Too Popular To Let It Go Anywhere it just saps my will to read it (especially when it takes a while in Japanese).

I'm trying not to do the hipster thing here, but it really feels like it's too popular for them to let anything actually progress meaningfully now. As Toriyama noted with Dragonball, it got so popular that he was turning out uninteresting crap and hating it and hating himself (he was more diplomatic in his phrasing).
Back to top
View user's profile Send private message
Nemui_Nezumi



Joined: 08 Jan 2014
Posts: 343
Location: Europe
PostPosted: Sat Jun 28, 2014 3:32 am Reply with quote
yes yes YES

Sungeki no Kyoujin is getting a print release!!!! <333333333
Back to top
View user's profile Send private message Visit poster's website
Mr_42



Joined: 13 Jan 2014
Posts: 87
PostPosted: Sat Jun 28, 2014 9:42 am Reply with quote
sarusa wrote:
Ugh. I really liked the first couple volumes, but now that this is just Too Popular To Let It Go Anywhere it just saps my will to read it (especially when it takes a while in Japanese).

I'm trying not to do the hipster thing here, but it really feels like it's too popular for them to let anything actually progress meaningfully now. As Toriyama noted with Dragonball, it got so popular that he was turning out uninteresting crap and hating it and hating himself (he was more diplomatic in his phrasing).


Agreed.

Strangely enough however the spin-offs I hate most are Before the Fall and No Regrets rather than the gag series. The comedy spin-offs are stupid to be sure, but they're meant to be stupid and they know it.

The others however are serious supplements to the original. If your manga needs 2 additional spin-off series to give basic history to your world and some level of depth to your characters, you've done something wrong.
Back to top
View user's profile Send private message
Ashen Phoenix



Joined: 21 Jun 2006
Posts: 2940
PostPosted: Sat Jun 28, 2014 12:29 pm Reply with quote
Personally I'm enjoying No Regrets since the art style of AoT proper isn't something that really grabs me. I can agree to an extent that the franchise has reached somewhat ridiculous levels of marketability, and spinoffs are coming out everywhere, but that said I think different perspectives on the same cast and story is fascinating and can be a lot of fun. It's a shift in perspective I wish other series got sometimes. Very Happy
Back to top
View user's profile Send private message My Anime My Manga
Gasero



Joined: 24 Jul 2009
Posts: 939
Location: USA
PostPosted: Sat Jun 28, 2014 1:17 pm Reply with quote
I'm gonna have to ask Attack on Titan to calm down. Might want to chill out before you get so hot you melt.
Back to top
View user's profile Send private message AIM Address
residentgrigo



Joined: 23 Dec 2007
Posts: 2579
Location: Germany
PostPosted: Sat Jun 28, 2014 3:18 pm Reply with quote
The only one i find worthwhile is Before the Fall. A bit predictable but the atmosphere world building are great. The are also 2(!) school series and one is a chibi. The series actually suffered from burnout last year but the current storyline is back on track and the art at least got way more polished. Hope the story stays good now and won´t turn into DBZ as you guys have said already. Seriously the last year was just shonen action with no direction.
Back to top
View user's profile Send private message Visit poster's website My Anime My Manga
Monster Hunter



Joined: 29 Jan 2014
Posts: 335
PostPosted: Sat Jun 28, 2014 8:47 pm Reply with quote
Dear lord they are trying to milk the ever loving shit out of AOT while it is at it's height of it's popularity. 4 spinoff manga's going on at the same exact time are you kidding me. Dragonball I believe has only had one spin-off series that being Dragonball SD and One Piece had Chopperman that ended back in December. You can tell the editor's of AOT have money signs in their eyes because all they see is money and will put out whatever to keep that money flowing.
Back to top
View user's profile Send private message
Agent355



Joined: 12 Dec 2008
Posts: 5113
Location: Crackberry in hand, thumbs at the ready...
PostPosted: Sat Jun 28, 2014 10:05 pm Reply with quote
The spoofs don't bother me so much, since they have no impact on the plot. I really hope they have good editors at Kodansha who are keeping track of all the plot related stories to make sure it doesn't implode.
Back to top
View user's profile Send private message
Jayhosh



Joined: 24 May 2013
Posts: 972
Location: Millmont, Pennsylvania
PostPosted: Sun Jun 29, 2014 11:58 am Reply with quote
Nag nag nag.
Back to top
View user's profile Send private message Visit poster's website
Display posts from previous:   
Reply to topic    Anime News Network Forum Index -> Site-related -> Talkback All times are GMT - 5 Hours
Page 1 of 1

 


Powered by phpBB © 2001, 2005 phpBB Group