Forum - View topic[semi OT] 'ring' novel at Borders
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Dilandau
 Posts: 525 Location: Tea House |
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Last weekend I was suprised to find Koji Suzuki's 'ring' novel had been translated to English and was sitting in the 'New Releases' section at Borders.
It spawned the 3 Japanese live-action flicks, Hollywood's 'The Ring', and a manga series. How often do you get the chance to read contemporary Japanese lit that has touched manga? I can't wait to pick it up! 
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ANN_Bamboo
ANN Contributor
 Posts: 3904 Location: CO |
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I only wish there were more chances. There's a lot of anime/manga that were based on contemp. Japanese literature. I'm hoping that with the surging popularity of manga, that maybe some companies like Del Rey will consider licensing some of the novels that they were based on. Stuff like Battle Royale and Juuni Kokki would be nice to own. |
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radicaledward
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I'm still holding out hope that the Kino's Journey novel series will be released in English - those of you that have seen the series can probably understand why.
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Hotaru
Posts: 481 Location: NY |
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FYI, i saw the battle royale novel at the comic store we go to. i didn't look to see which company released it. but i will next time. |
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jfrog
 Posts: 925 Location: Seattle |
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Battle Royale was published by Viz
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pythos
Posts: 127 Location: Denver, CO |
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Just some FYI...
Ring and Spiral by Koji Suzuki are both out. Vertical, Inc. is the publisher. They specialize in translating contemporary Japanese fiction, but they do other stuff too (like the Buddha manga by Osamu Tezuka). |
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Kagami no Kage
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I loved the first Ring book and art, but the second one wasn't as good. I suppose some of my interest was lost.
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