Caracal
Shaman in Training
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Post by Caracal on Apr 24, 2005 7:29:45 GMT -5
I just read on Arlong Park that four One Piece chapters were published in the latest Shonen Jump. I thought only two chapters were published in each issue. Does this mean they'll be publishing more, and hopefully releasing the graphic novels more quickly?
(It's hard to get Shonen Jump in the UK. You have to go to specialist stores to find them but they aren't very common. It's much easier to buy the graphic novels).
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Oversoul
Full Fledged Shaman
Magician of the Silver Sky
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Post by Oversoul on Apr 24, 2005 12:40:23 GMT -5
They could be trying to make up for the pages lost when they ended DBZ, or maybe they're trying to get to the meat of the story quicker. Them doing it to release the GNs quicker would be nice, but the fact that manga not in the monthly SJ get released a LOT quicker shows that they should be able to release all their manga that quickly anyway :/
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Caracal
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Post by Caracal on Apr 24, 2005 13:22:49 GMT -5
Perhaps, but then again it could lower the number of sales of Shonen Jump. However I would like it if they increased the book release rate to at least four books a year.
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Post by ViciousKatanaGuy on Apr 24, 2005 13:48:42 GMT -5
According to Kevin Rodriguez, the "comic book guy", Viz wants to turn SJ into a Weekly magazine.
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Caracal
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Post by Caracal on Apr 24, 2005 14:28:08 GMT -5
While it doesn't effect me, hopefully that'll mean more graphic novels are released and allow them to catch up with the Japanese version at a quicker rate than they are now. I personaly don't really want to wait around ten years for book #36.
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Shadowchan
Senior Shaman
I'm like a weed! A friendly weed!
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Post by Shadowchan on Apr 24, 2005 19:51:13 GMT -5
According to Kevin Rodriguez, the "comic book guy", Viz wants to turn SJ into a Weekly magazine. I would love that. I like my SJ fix. They'd prolly jack up the price though...and me being addicted, I'd pay it >_x |
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Post by TakinawaTonfa on Apr 24, 2005 20:03:19 GMT -5
I would love that. I like my SJ fix. They'd prolly jack up the price though...and me being addicted, I'd pay it >_x I agree, that would kick ass! I don't think price would be an issue though. I'm assuming that they [Viz] would put a little less manga in the issues if they went weekly, therefore would it not lower the newsstand price? And I figured subscribers (like me) would just pay the usual amount charged for a year or whatever, but hey, weekly issues man! ;D |
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Post by ViciousKatanaGuy on Apr 24, 2005 21:26:10 GMT -5
I agree, that would kick ass! I don't think price would be an issue though. I'm assuming that they [Viz] would put a little less manga in the issues if they went weekly, therefore would it not lower the newsstand price? And I figured subscribers (like me) would just pay the usual amount charged for a year or whatever, but hey, weekly issues man! ;D Kevin already pointed out that Viz is starting to use lower-quality paper as a cost-cutting measure. The Japanese Jump also uses low-quality paper. |
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Caracal
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Post by Caracal on Apr 25, 2005 14:57:41 GMT -5
I've been wanting to read Shonen Jump since it was first released, even though back then I didn't know what any of the series were bar DBZ. Oh well.
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