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zawa113
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Excellent! I was interested in checking this series out, but tracking down some of the volumes now is difficult, and they've been publishing it so long that some of them don't have numbers on the spine (how am I to find anything?!) so yeah, even if the trim size is a bit smaller, a bloger I follow really enjoyed this series so I am eager to check it ouT!
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Angel'sArcanum
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I've already bought about 4 volumes, but this is perfect. I was hoping Dark Horse would do omnibuses for Blade of the Immortal. Love what I've read so far, I'll definitely make sure to pick all these up.
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DontmesswithKarma
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Amazing news! Now i can finally get into the series
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j Talbain
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This will be a must buy
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Alan45
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Since I already have the whole series the omnibus version would have to have serious extras to warrant a double dip. Did the news release provide any information as to trim size or flipped vs. unflipped??
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bahamut623
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I never got around to checking this series out, so this is awesome news. Here's hoping they unflip it (their release was flipped, right?)
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levonr
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My bet is it all be unflipped, would be really cheap otherwise. Plus it gives reason for fans to buy it again so I'm sure Dark Horse will do the right thing.
I love Omnibus but I prefer hard cover. I'd kill for hardcover Berserk Omnibus on high quality paper(like Gundam the Origin). Speaking of Dark Horse Omnibus, Oh My Goddess! Omnibus Volume 1 will be released in excatly one month(August 11). I have always held off because collecting the big manga was expensive but the omnibus release will be much cheaper. |
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Ashen Phoenix
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If this omnibus release is unflipped/uncut then I will friggin' jump at the chance to own this. I've only glimpsed little bits of the series over the years before finally picking up vol. 1 in a secondhand book store, and while I love the story the mirrored/edited format is a strain to get through and comprehend, so I've always hesitated to get more with that in mind.
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lem
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Only ever picked up Volume 1, and that was 2008 or about a hundred years ago. Now I have a chance to spring for all of it in brand spanky Omnibus format?
uh, wut da hell took you so long Dark Horse?!?  better late than never though. Thank You, much appreciated. What a great summer it's been for announcements and re-releases!
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ZenAmako
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Most of the art in the previous edition was not flipped; instead, the panels were cut and pasted so the pages read from left to right. This was done to avoid "mirroring" the art wherever possible. It worked fairly well for this title due to Samura's page layouts (you couldn't do this with every manga).
I would be very surprised if Dark Horse decides to release an "unflipped," right to left reading version. For one, it would require a lot of extra work (they would probably have to either cut and paste all of the panels again, or redo all of the lettering and sound effects). Second, $19.99 is pretty cheap for such a thick book, making me think the reason the price can be so low is that most of the work has already been done. Third, BotI is a title that appeals to many readers of Western comics who don't read a lot of manga, and those readers might actually prefer books that read from left to right (see also Akira, which Dark Horse rereleased and has not been released "unflipped" in America). |
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GATSU
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lem:
They were waiting for it to finish? |
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enurtsol
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One of the earliest manga series to catch on in N. America.
It was also in bookstores back when most manga were just in comic shops.
http://www.darkhorse.com/Blog/1337/blade-immortal-manga-month
To preserve the integrity of his art, Samura requested that the publisher of the licensed English translation, Dark Horse Comics, not "flip" the manga (that is, reverse the pages as if in a mirror). At the time the English translation began its publication in individual monthly issues (1996), flipping was an almost universal practice for translated manga. Instead, Blade of the Immortal was modified for Western readers by the unusual method of cutting up the panels and rearranging them on the page in order to have the action flow from left to right. Another reason for not "flipping" in the English version is Manji's clothing, which features a manji symbol, is that if the pages were "flipped" it would resemble the Nazi swastika instead of the Japanese character Manji. (Some publishers issued an explanation of this in several issues, particularly in Norway.) Manji is Japanese for "the character for eternality" 萬字, and represents Dharma, universal harmony, and the balance of opposites. |
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