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malvarez1
Joined: 17 Nov 2008
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 Posted: Mon Jan 22, 2024 3:02 pm
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Long overdue, but pretty cool! I’ll have to read it.
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Mintchi
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Posted: Mon Jan 22, 2024 3:08 pm
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WDYM this one-shot wasn't available in english already? VizMedia never licensed the Oda's one-shot collection 'Wanted' before? I already asumed it got licensed in english long time ago...
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Lord Geo
Joined: 18 Sep 2005
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Location: North Brunswick, New Jersey
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Posted: Mon Jan 22, 2024 3:15 pm
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| Mintchi wrote: | | WDYM this one-shot wasn't available in english already? VizMedia never licensed the Oda's one-shot collection 'Wanted' before? I already asumed it got licensed in english long time ago... |
Viz has been very stingy about releasing other works by super-popular mangaka, at least on the Shueisha side of things (Shogakukan can still essentially tell Viz what to release, at point) for the past 10-15 years, and only recently has started going back into that well with releases of Akira Toriyama's Manga Theater or Tatsuya Endo's pre-Spy x Family manga (Tista & Blade of the Moon Princess).
They used to do it more often during the 00s (WaqWaq, Zombie.Powder, etc.), but likely got burned on a bunch of them not doing well at the time. I mean, Viz would rather NOT release anything else by Yoshihiro Togashi while waiting for the next volume of Hunter x Hunter to come out, instead of actually releasing Level E & Ten de Showaru Cupid in English.
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Turtleboy76
Joined: 06 Jun 2023
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Posted: Mon Jan 22, 2024 4:04 pm
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| Mintchi wrote: | | WDYM this one-shot wasn't available in english already? VizMedia never licensed the Oda's one-shot collection 'Wanted' before? I already asumed it got licensed in english long time ago... |
Is...Is this really that surprising? One Piece wasnt super popular in the west until the last 5-10 years; yes it always had its fan, but it wasnt still super main stream just yet. Let alone a one shot manga that pre-dates it, they had no reason to licence it or translate it. Hell, even until the anime adaptations came out, even most OP fans hadnt even read it.
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Mintchi
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Posted: Mon Jan 22, 2024 8:55 pm
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| Lord Geo wrote: | | only recently has started going back into that well with releases of Akira Toriyama's Manga Theater or Tatsuya Endo's pre-Spy x Family manga (Tista & Blade of the Moon Princess).
They used to do it more often during the 00s (WaqWaq, Zombie.Powder, etc.), but likely got burned on a bunch of them not doing well at the time. I mean, Viz would rather NOT release anything else by Yoshihiro Togashi while waiting for the next volume of Hunter x Hunter to come out, instead of actually releasing Level E & Ten de Showaru Cupid in English. |
I now understand better the hate towards VizMedia. I don't know what I was expecting but this wasn't it.
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fuuma_monou
Joined: 26 Dec 2005
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Location: Quezon City, Philippines
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Posted: Mon Jan 22, 2024 9:22 pm
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Netflix's subtitles spell Cyrano's name as "Shirano" which gave me the false impression (before he showed up onscreen) that he would be a Japanese-inspired character.
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MFrontier
Joined: 13 Apr 2014
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Posted: Mon Jan 22, 2024 11:11 pm
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I thought it already had been. Still, nice to see!
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Mintchi
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Posted: Tue Jan 23, 2024 5:54 pm
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| Turtleboy76 wrote: | | One Piece wasnt super popular in the west until the last 5-10 years; yes it always had its fan, but it wasnt still super main stream just yet. |
When you say The West is Europe too or just the US? Because I may have some news for you.
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