Not to mention that it was a horrible, evil, outright damaging sort of teenybopper magazine. God, whoever used to write their 'Advice Goddess' should be staked over an anthill.
I'm actually suprised other manga publishers aren't following suit. Releasing manga in monthly comic book or magazine format just can't be cost effective. I'd much rather they just release a full tankoubon every (or alternate) month.
I've never understood the economics of US manga publishing. I imagine getting distribution for a relatively expensive, girl-oriented anthology comic was a pretty hopeless task, and their acquisition of Sailor Moon at the beginning was the only thing that kept them alive while they learned what the hell they were doing. As a consumer I find their graphic novels much more cost-effective than the magazine - and a great deal easier to obtain.
Likewise. The only TP individual issues we've ever had around here were the ones they sent us for free. Meanwhile, their recent output's had us making at least bimonthly trips down to Million Year Picnic for Peach Girl, GTO, Skull Man, and Initial D. I'm curious to hear about what they're going to announce (apparently not at AX but SDCC).
Let's see...Skull Man I'm not reading; it's Mike's thing. It's Shotaro Ishnomori, if that means anything to you; it's pulpy anti-hero sci-fi. Initial D is as shonen as Peach Girl is shoujo, but not shonen in the sense of robots/war/etc: It's about guys and their cars and general high school guy life stuff. Great cars, icky looking people. GTO is a MUST READ. Get the anime on DVD as well. Absolutely hysterical story of a gang member who decides he's going to go into teaching. I've never read/watched a show where the lead character was so thorougly Japanese and yet an utterly American hero (indeed, watching him fight with the administration is amusing because in the US, schools kill for teachers like Onizuka).
As far as TOKYOPOP's other recent output: Bought the first book of Kodocha and that seems to have turned out well enough. Have been skipping Marmalade Boy; might go back and pick it up at some point but I'm in no hurry. Got the first volume of Cowboy Bebop and even though it's my favorite anime of all time, the manga didn't thrill me; probably won't buy subsequent volumes. Utterly blown away by how well they handled Clover.
Oooo, thanks! Cool - I'll skip D and Skull Man and go for GTO, then. Haven't read Kodocha yet (my copy's in the mail, I'm told). Marmalade Boy is keen. I cannot disagree with you on Cowboy Bebop or Clover.
I wonder if they'll ever do Codename Sailor V. I've got it in French and it's a neat book.
Yeah, those two baffle me, because it seems like they'd know better, or at least Viz would. I'd like to see how Big O is doing in translation, I really would, but not until they publish the damn tankoubon. They're just wasting time, money, energy, and paper with those individual issues.
God, *CPM* gave up on individual comics. CPM, who were all about Geobreeders Part 47: More Boobies Over Many Years. CPM, of the "Really Long Playing Record of Lodoss War." CPM.
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Date: 2002-07-03 04:16 am (UTC)As far as TOKYOPOP's other recent output: Bought the first book of Kodocha and that seems to have turned out well enough. Have been skipping Marmalade Boy; might go back and pick it up at some point but I'm in no hurry. Got the first volume of Cowboy Bebop and even though it's my favorite anime of all time, the manga didn't thrill me; probably won't buy subsequent volumes. Utterly blown away by how well they handled Clover.
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Date: 2002-07-03 06:29 am (UTC)I wonder if they'll ever do Codename Sailor V. I've got it in French and it's a neat book.
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Date: 2002-07-02 03:42 pm (UTC)I concur on the graphic novel thing. Do we know how well Eagle did for Viz?
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Date: 2002-07-02 04:29 pm (UTC)Dear Viz: Please meet 2002. It is not like 1996.
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Date: 2002-07-02 08:14 pm (UTC)Maybe they go to two different markets - the singles do better at comics stores, and the books...everywhere else?
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Date: 2002-07-02 08:22 pm (UTC)Ahaha.