×
  • 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: Seven Seas Adds A Certain Scientific Railgun Manga


Goto page 1, 2, 3  Next

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
Teriyaki Terrier



Joined: 26 Mar 2008
Posts: 5689
PostPosted: Mon Jul 19, 2010 11:49 pm Reply with quote
Quote:
On a scale from 0 to 5, this series' protagonist is a 5...and there's only a few of them.


Humor me, how this does indicate anything about a manga being licensed?

Heck, on a scale from 0 to 5 could mean anything from a person's tolerance (or lack of) to cell phones to pain. I know they are a manga company, but a riddle like that is pretty inane.

Unless of course, your a hard core fan of said series and which case, might be a different story.
Back to top
View user's profile Send private message
Shay Guy



Joined: 03 Jul 2009
Posts: 2324
PostPosted: Mon Jul 19, 2010 11:58 pm Reply with quote
IIRC from the first anime episode, this is an explicit in-story ranking system.

These aren't exactly that difficult, are they? Though I've only been finding out from these news posts, which include the answers, but still. They're not not pr0n-level.
Back to top
View user's profile Send private message
Reaper gI



Joined: 05 Oct 2009
Posts: 299
Location: UK
PostPosted: Tue Jul 20, 2010 12:01 am Reply with quote
License does annoy me everytime I see it as a noun tho'. It's licence, (to) license is the verb.

It's obviously Railgun even without the clue. That just serves as a check that you were correct.

Although you definatly need to have seen/read it for the clue to make sense this time.
Back to top
View user's profile Send private message My Anime My Manga
Ashen Phoenix



Joined: 21 Jun 2006
Posts: 2947
PostPosted: Tue Jul 20, 2010 12:43 am Reply with quote
Shay Guy wrote:
IIRC from the first anime episode, this is an explicit in-story ranking system.

It is. The main characters are ranked from 0 to 5, and there are only a handful of level 5s out there.

Hope this means SS is coming back to life in the manga industry. I feel like they've been in a coma for forever.
Back to top
View user's profile Send private message My Anime My Manga
DmonHiro





PostPosted: Tue Jul 20, 2010 3:26 am Reply with quote
I'll buy it. Oh, and more Vampire Bund please. The waiting between volumes is killing me.
Back to top
Otaku_X



Joined: 25 Nov 2008
Posts: 298
PostPosted: Tue Jul 20, 2010 5:11 am Reply with quote
Well, this is the worst thing that could happen. Why can't Seven Seas just die already? I know losing an anime/manga company is usually a bad thing, but these people seem to cancel almost everything the license.
Back to top
View user's profile Send private message
Kalessin



Joined: 15 Aug 2007
Posts: 931
PostPosted: Tue Jul 20, 2010 5:25 am Reply with quote
Railgun is definitely a good license to pick up. I look forward to it being released. But I'd have liked it even better to get the Index novels released - they're so much better! But they're light novels, so they stand a slim chance of coming out here at this point. On the bright side, at least the fact that the Railgun manga is coming out here in addition to the Index and Railgun anime series (courtesy of Funimation) may increase the likelihood of someone releasing the Index novels. Well, we can hope anyway.

In any case, this license is definitely good news.
Back to top
View user's profile Send private message
Kyaa the Catlord



Joined: 18 Sep 2006
Posts: 300
PostPosted: Tue Jul 20, 2010 5:37 am Reply with quote
I'm disappointed that the Index manga wasn't liscensed before the spin-off... But I guess loli yuri is a bigger draw than the main storyline.
Back to top
View user's profile Send private message
Emerje



Joined: 10 Aug 2002
Posts: 7413
Location: Maine
PostPosted: Tue Jul 20, 2010 6:43 am Reply with quote
Teriyaki Terrier wrote:
Quote:
On a scale from 0 to 5, this series' protagonist is a 5...and there's only a few of them.


Humor me, how this does indicate anything about a manga being licensed?


If you actually read the article rather than complain about it you'll see that there are two clues, not just one. There's the riddle and an anagram made from the series' title.

But I'm very excited about this one, though it's odd to have Railgun released before Index since it's a spin-off. Neither manga perfectly match the two anime so it's worth reading and watching all four, IMO. Not really sure how any of it compare to the light novels, but I'm guessing the two manga are closer to the novels since I've heard the two anime have filler stories.

Emerje
Back to top
View user's profile Send private message Visit poster's website My Anime My Manga
hissatsu01



Joined: 08 May 2006
Posts: 963
Location: NYC
PostPosted: Tue Jul 20, 2010 7:04 am Reply with quote
Reaper gI wrote:
License does annoy me everytime I see it as a noun tho'. It's licence, (to) license is the verb.


Not in US English. It's license for both in the US.
Back to top
View user's profile Send private message
prime_pm



Joined: 06 Feb 2004
Posts: 2372
Location: Your Mother's Bedroom
PostPosted: Tue Jul 20, 2010 7:32 am Reply with quote
Next week, Seven Seas hints at a space shuttle being launched toward Mars and bunny rabbits flying through the air
Back to top
View user's profile Send private message
darkchibi07



Joined: 15 Oct 2003
Posts: 5515
PostPosted: Tue Jul 20, 2010 7:38 am Reply with quote
Kyaa the Catlord wrote:
I'm disappointed that the Index manga wasn't liscensed before the spin-off... But I guess loli yuri is a bigger draw than the main storyline.


The Index manga is a Square Enix title which means Yen Press has higher priority of choosing to license it. And besides Mikoto is a FAR MORE endearing main character in the Index-verse.
Back to top
View user's profile Send private message AIM Address My Anime My Manga
biolizard_alpha



Joined: 25 Aug 2004
Posts: 184
PostPosted: Tue Jul 20, 2010 7:39 am Reply with quote
Just like for Toradora, I'd rather have the (Index) novels for this one Sad
Back to top
View user's profile Send private message
fuzaco



Joined: 15 Nov 2008
Posts: 48
PostPosted: Tue Jul 20, 2010 8:44 am Reply with quote
Teriyaki Terrier wrote:
Quote:
On a scale from 0 to 5, this series' protagonist is a 5...and there's only a few of them.


Humor me, how this does indicate anything about a manga being licensed?

Heck, on a scale from 0 to 5 could mean anything from a person's tolerance (or lack of) to cell phones to pain. I know they are a manga company, but a riddle like that is pretty inane.

Unless of course, your a hard core fan of said series and which case, might be a different story.


The characters are espers, and the main caharacter is one of the highest ranked, a level 5. There is only a few of them in Academy City (where the story takes place).
Back to top
View user's profile Send private message
Chrno2



Joined: 28 May 2004
Posts: 6172
Location: USA
PostPosted: Tue Jul 20, 2010 9:38 am Reply with quote
Well, if that happens it's a perfect tie in to Funimation's license to the series. Which IS a go. But since this is more a manga to some degree isn't it. Aren't light novels pretty much novels with no art? I've sort of been curious about the idea of what a light novel is in their terms.
Back to top
View user's profile Send private message AIM Address My Anime My Manga
Display posts from previous:   
Reply to topic    Anime News Network Forum Index -> Site-related -> Talkback All times are GMT - 5 Hours
Goto page 1, 2, 3  Next
Page 1 of 3

 


Powered by phpBB © 2001, 2005 phpBB Group