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uhmmmm
Joined: 02 Aug 2003
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Posted: Wed Feb 04, 2009 8:02 am
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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
Joined: 16 May 2007
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Posted: Wed Feb 04, 2009 8:42 am
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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
Joined: 13 Oct 2008
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Posted: Wed Feb 04, 2009 8:58 am
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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
Joined: 02 Apr 2008
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Location: The Sunshine State
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Posted: Wed Feb 04, 2009 9:11 am
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Love the cover.
Hope I can read it sometime or make it to the states.
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Gilles Poitras
Joined: 05 Apr 2008
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Location: Oakland California
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Posted: Wed Feb 04, 2009 9:16 am
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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
Joined: 04 Jan 2007
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Location: Ahhhh it's vacation time again!
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Posted: Wed Feb 04, 2009 9:32 am
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Amazon.co.uk I just hope they will carry it!
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Jinxso
Joined: 22 Nov 2008
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Location: Toronto, Canada
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Posted: Wed Feb 04, 2009 9:47 am
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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
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BrianRuh
Joined: 17 Dec 2003
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Location: West Lafayette, IN, USA
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Posted: Wed Feb 04, 2009 2:10 pm
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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
Joined: 10 Aug 2007
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Posted: Wed Feb 04, 2009 4:17 pm
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Import? I think so!
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Princess_Irene
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Location: The castle beyond the Goblin City
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Posted: Wed Feb 04, 2009 5:05 pm
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This should soothe some of the people from the latest Chicks on Anime forum discussion.
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varmintx
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Posted: Wed Feb 04, 2009 6:56 pm
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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
Joined: 13 Oct 2008
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Posted: Wed Feb 04, 2009 7:25 pm
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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
Joined: 10 May 2005
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Location: Michigan
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Posted: Wed Feb 04, 2009 8:02 pm
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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
Joined: 28 Oct 2006
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Posted: Wed Feb 04, 2009 10:14 pm
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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
Joined: 05 Feb 2009
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Posted: Thu Feb 05, 2009 9:58 am
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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"
Last edited by AetherWeaver on Fri Feb 13, 2009 10:05 am; edited 1 time in total
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