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NEWS: Anime Sols Raises Funds to Translate Tezuka Productions' Drawing Book

So, having seen that Tezuka stuff seems to have a bigger draw than similar products, it looks like Anime Sols is trying out non-video anime products, at least to my untrained eyes.

I can't say I'm interested in these projects myself and they seem kind of strange ideas to me.

Fronzel wrote:

I can't say I'm interested in these projects myself and they seem kind of strange ideas to me.

While I approve what they're trying to do with the merchandising effort, the book itself is really a re-release of what DMP released a decade ago. We're just getting a new translation if anything else. You're better off with that previous book if you can still find a copy someplace.

The Tezuka School of Animation Vol. 1: Learning the Basics
The Tezuka School of Animation Vol. 2: Animals in Motion

StudioToledo wrote:

Fronzel wrote: I can't say I'm interested in these projects myself and they seem kind of strange ideas to me. While I approve what they're trying to do with the merchandising effort, the book itself is really a re-release of what DMP released a decade ago. We're just getting a new translation if anything else. You're better off with that previous book if you can still find a copy someplace. The Tezuka School of Animation Vol. 1: Learning the Basics The Tezuka School of Animation Vol. 2: Animals in Motion

Thank you for pointing this out to me.

Believe it or not, neither Tezuka Pro (nor I) had realized this had been licensed 10 years ago...

After some researching, they found the license has expired and the books are currently out of print, plus the english translation rights haven't reverted to Tezuka Pro, so we are going to have to retranslate it.

Considering this new information we're going to see if we can't add anything special and unique... Note: Our project is for a single volume version which has basically the same content (slightly re-arranged) as that 2 volume version.