Forum - View topicPretty Face
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wcy2003
 Posts: 52 Location: Richmond |
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I was wondering if anyone has heard of this title, and if so if there are any rumors or any news floating around it getting licesned. Considering it ran in shonen jump I guess viz has first dibs on it. I think it ran for 50 or 60 chapters. I'm a big fan of it, but I would love to see it in the states.
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molloaggie
 Posts: 578 Location: Texas |
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Actually, there was a short article in Shonen Jump about Pretty Face. It summed it up and showed some pics of it.
Unfortunately, the Shonen Jump article was highlighting it as a manga that was "too weird" for America. My sister loves it anyway and I might read it too. |
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Vigilante024
 Posts: 578 Location: back. but not really. |
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I've heard of it...it sounds interesting, but have yet to see it...
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Aqualung
Posts: 7 Location: Las Vegas, NV |
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Pretty Face ran for 52 chapters, and is currently being scanlated by [EDIT - No Scanilation Groups, please. -C], with chapter 34 being released not too long ago. You can either d/l it directly from them, or you can get it on the [EDIT - No Scanilation Groups, please. -C], with several other good manga scanlations. You do have to register and post, but it's worth it. The people there are very friendly, and it's free from flame wars. Be sure to tell them that Aqualung sent you!
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wcy2003
Posts: 52 Location: Richmond |
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whats funny is I know who you are talking about, look up chapter 10 and you will see why. I was wondering about liscensing cause even scanlators want to see the manga brought over here. Thats what makes it so awesome. I was thrilled when naruto, one piece, nuku nuku and all the others came. |
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wcy2003
Posts: 52 Location: Richmond |
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so no one knows anything else about the series?
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Cerberus
 Posts: 120 Location: In front of a monitor |
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I read the Manga Explorer article from SJ on it and it seemed like it would be a funny manga to read. Unfortunately as molloaggie said, it's probably too weird to be released in the US.
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xjadedragon750x
Posts: 263 Location: Chinatown |
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Now, I'm not too sure about this. Some time has passed since the last post, but they have series like Duck Prince now, which is technically the same as Pretty Face: Guy gets into accident (?) and gets plastic surgery and ends up completely different.
So, I wouldn't be surprised if something like Pretty Face did get released, and I would very much look forward to it. |
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Diedrupo
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The reason I think Pretty Face won't come out here is because of the pseudo-homosexual elements that it exudes. There are a lot of sexy pinups and panty shots of Randou as a girl, even though he's a guy, and that is definately considered "weird" by US standards even though japanese male otaku have been lusting after guys who look like girls since Ranma 1/2.
At the very least, Viz, which only publishes mainstream manga, would not touch it. |
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Kagemusha
 Posts: 2783 Location: Boston |
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And how is Pretty Face not mainstream? Sure it starts a transvestite, but other gender-bending manga have been successfuly released in the US. I could see Viz putting PF under their new "Mature" shonen line. And while nowadays they stick to mainstream stuff, Viz used to be great about publishing lesser known matterial, even going so far to put out an underground anthology. It's a shame that they stick to only a couple of demographics now. I've read the first volume of PF, and I found it enjoyable. It's well drawn and despite the unoriginal concept, it's suprisingly funny. I haven't read any more of it since then, but I'd consider picking up a couple of volumes if it ever came out in english. |
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jfrog
 Posts: 925 Location: Seattle |
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Right...Viz would never publish a comic with gender-bending themes. |
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Neilworms
 Posts: 155 Location: Chicago IL |
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Gotta thank Tokyopop for artistically ruining the manga industry in the states. Sure it means that more and more people are getting introduced to comics this way, but the quality of the material hitting our shores sucks... :( Genderbending is clearly mainstream, DMP announced 5 new titles that are Yaoi.... 5 new titles! Not to mention its a common theme in Rumiko Takahashi's work and a plethora of Shoujo... which guess what? They are the source of this current manga craze - teenage girls. Its not like Satoshi Kon's manga is getting published here, or Yoshiharu Tsuge, hell even popular authors in japan that fall outside of the otaku subculture aren't published here like Iou Kuroda or Kyoko Okazaki.... When I see these people published is the day that I'll actually have respect for the american manga market... for now I'll just keep being envious of the french... :P |
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