View Full Version : Media Blasters starts manga!
Go-chin
08-12-2004, 09:33 PM
Check www.animeondvd.com (http://www.animeondvd.com/) for the full report.
BTW, they have the Eiken manga.
Kick ass. XD
Youko Recca
08-12-2004, 09:45 PM
They can afford this?
Karl Olson
08-12-2004, 10:31 PM
Zim has made them really rich I guess. Hopefully, with everyone and there entering the manga game though, someone, might, maybe just licence YKK.
Umino
08-12-2004, 11:37 PM
Does this mean (must likely) they'll have both the anime and manga of Midori no Hibi?
Karl Olson
08-12-2004, 11:56 PM
Does this mean (must likely) they'll have both the anime and manga of Midori no Hibi?
could be. however, the property could easily split too. (see: Gunslinger Girl.)
Weatherman
08-13-2004, 12:10 AM
Apocalypse Zero, cool. I guess Kenshin and Zim made them enough to branch out a bit more. Good to have someone else in the running for stuff.
livingfruitvirus
08-13-2004, 12:12 AM
Oh boy. Another distributor entering the crowded manga market.
Karl Olson
08-13-2004, 12:33 AM
Oh boy. Another distributor entering the crowded manga market.
I don't this could collapse out somewhere and some serious considation would occur at that point. I just hope that for as long as it works (who knows, maybe this is a permanent part of the cultural lexicon,) some titles that have long been fan favorites will be picked up and released. I'd love to have a hardcopy of the Yokohama Kaidashi Kikou manga in my native language. A dozen manga/manwha companies battling out make it more likely that the obscure but good stuff will be picked up.
lostrune
08-13-2004, 01:03 AM
Oh boy. Another distributor entering the crowded manga market.
Actually, this has long been in the stage-planning. Took awhile, rather.
I don't this could collapse out somewhere and some serious considation would occur at that point.
U.S. manga pioneer and Studio Proteus founder Toren Smith predicts a dot-bomb (http://www.tcj.com/259/n_proteus.html).
RedBoot
08-13-2004, 01:43 AM
Oh boy. Another distributor entering the crowded manga market.With Bandai entering as well, are there any anime DVD distributors who haven't started selling manga too? I know Geneon doesn't, but that's about it...not to mention we've got people like Del-Ray here as well...
Funi and 4kids don't sell manga, but I kinda group them in with Viz since they all put work into Shonen Jump.
But yeah, they have all that damn Zim money now...I still say Eiken is the worst anything ever made, though.
Karl Olson
08-13-2004, 02:29 AM
U.S. manga pioneer and Studio Proteus founder Toren Smith predicts a dot-bomb (http://www.tcj.com/259/n_proteus.html).
Hmm, I wouldn't say the abundance of titles is a problem, and besides, some very unknown titles (any of the manwha for starters, but titles like Confindential Confessions and Planetes certainly weren't known quanities like Shirow either) have done exceeding well. Tokyopop has had some success in very odd places in that respect.
Additionally he says that too many bookstores aren't familiar with what's good and what isn't, when the fact is a lot of bookstores, particularly any one w/ a wide manga selection, usually has a person on the staff who has made it their business to properly maintain the quality of that section. Even a corporate level, chains like Borders and Waldenbooks are beginning to try and better understand the trend to maintain profitability on this.
If it bursts, it'll not burst because of a lack of quality titles, it'll burst because it may in fact be a fad, not a permanent part of the mainstream.
Artimus Gigan
08-13-2004, 11:45 AM
Well considering that Pokemon really let these things outta the gate it's probably going to stick around. Yu-Gi-Oh added more fuel to keep things going and to reel more people in. So it's certainly a rather large crowd that will buy anime and manga. True there are alot of crap titles or ones that just have no appeal. But Big titles like Sgt. Frog I've seen get more shelf space and they also get display rack spots as well. I usualy visit a few of the bookstores in my area in a week usualy I can aquire the title or volume I'm after with relative ease, the only obsticle that obstructs me are the people that are sitting on the floor reading the manga...so if that's a constant sign of anything it must be doing well.
But I still havn't found Magical Shopping Arcade Abenobashi....That's one thatt's eluded me
If it bursts, it'll not burst because of a lack of quality titles, it'll burst because it may in fact be a fad, not a permanent part of the mainstream.
Frankly, I doubt it's a fad. And even if the market does "collapse" at some point, all these tiny companies will still be happy because hardcore fans will still be buying and they'll still be making money. But as I said, it seems like manga has finally accomplished what everyone's been trying to do for so many years: get girls to read comics. And I don't think that's just going to fade away. There may be a bumpy couple of years as the industry matures, but I think manga is in the American mainstream for the long haul.
SSJPabs
08-13-2004, 12:47 PM
U.S. manga pioneer and Studio Proteus founder Toren Smith predicts a dot-bomb (http://www.tcj.com/259/n_proteus.html).Uh oh. What's that mean for Oh My Goddes? (The only Manga I care about at all.)
Artimus Gigan
08-13-2004, 12:53 PM
Frankly, I doubt it's a fad. And even if the market does "collapse" at some point, all these tiny companies will still be happy because hardcore fans will still be buying and they'll still be making money. But as I said, it seems like manga has finally accomplished what everyone's been trying to do for so many years: get girls to read comics. And I don't think that's just going to fade away. There may be a bumpy couple of years as the industry matures, but I think manga is in the American mainstream for the long haul. They say fads last for abour 6 months to a year. If it lasts longer than that it's a mainstay. I mean look at Power Rangers, Pokemon, and even Transformers. All were in high demand in their intital release and were to the point of more demand that the overall supply. Yes their demend has decreased to normal non-fanatical levels now-a-days but new stuff keeps coming out and people keep buying it, so it's a steady stream of supply and demand.
superfreak
08-13-2004, 12:56 PM
I don't think manga is a fad that'll implode. Yes, you might see a slow down as the market matures, but the fans are still going to be there. We might eventually see some companies that are in weaker position shutting down and selling the right to some one else, but I don't see this happening this year.
What's true for manga is also true for American comic books. It might regress, but you can never completely kill demand.
Karl Olson
08-13-2004, 01:49 PM
But I still havn't found Magical Shopping Arcade Abenobashi....That's one thatt's eluded me
Note that it isn't released until the end of this month. Unless you're lucky (like me) and deal with a place that doesn't stick to street dates, you've got a few weeks to wait.
Frankly, I doubt it's a fad. And even if the market does "collapse" at some point, all these tiny companies will still be happy because hardcore fans will still be buying and they'll still be making money. But as I said, it seems like manga has finally accomplished what everyone's been trying to do for so many years: get girls to read comics. And I don't think that's just going to fade away. There may be a bumpy couple of years as the industry matures, but I think manga is in the American mainstream for the long haul.
True, manga has radically changed the comics landscape just by bringing in a large number of female readers for the first time ever really. It could definetely fade back after this intial boom, but as long as companies stick to bringing over good titles (not necessarily known titles, just good ones,) the market should maintain, simply because it's broader than the old comic ever was. Even then, I'm not completely sure how woven this has become into our lexicon, because I'm a fan for life by this point, so I'm not confident that I have the proper perspective on it.
Conan-san
08-13-2004, 02:26 PM
Well, I got the entire series of Kodacha this afternoon (4-10, it was a big leap but I have the heart of my Young Scot card on my side :D) so I'm not gona complain for a wee while :p
Besides, The Manga market of Brittian pritty much relies on the scraps of the US.
I find it amazing actuly. We are aproximately 7 hours (plus one Channel Tunnel crossing) from some of the finest Anime/Manga ever created (in French/German format) and yet we are denied it all.
What a F**King world
livingfruitvirus
08-13-2004, 02:29 PM
With Bandai entering as well,
And DC Comics (with CMX).
I'm not completely sure how woven this has become into our lexicon, because I'm a fan for life by this point, so I'm not confident that I have the proper perspective on it.
That's true enough. Good point. We'll have to wait and see.
SSJPabs
08-13-2004, 06:10 PM
That's true enough. Good point. We'll have to wait and see.How much has manga been a cause of the overall higher interest in comics in the last few years? Thats what I wonder...
How much has manga been a cause of the overall higher interest in comics in the last few years? Thats what I wonder...
If you mean American comics, then the effect of manga has probably been almost nil. Manga are sold mostly in book stores and are from Japan, American comics are sold mostly in comic shops and are, well, American. Plus American comics are almost exclusively targeted to a niche audience. Not so for manga.
Weatherman
08-14-2004, 02:39 AM
If you mean American comics, then the effect of manga has probably been almost nil. Manga are sold mostly in book stores and are from Japan, American comics are sold mostly in comic shops and are, well, American. Plus American comics are almost exclusively targeted to a niche audience. Not so for manga.
But there have been manga-styled american comics of late and american comics done by manga-ka so there's obviously knowledge of the product among people who aren't the hard-core American comic fans. There probably hasn't been a huge upswing, but I would imagine there has been at least some.
Artimus Gigan
08-14-2004, 11:08 AM
If you mean American comics, then the effect of manga has probably been almost nil. Manga are sold mostly in book stores and are from Japan, American comics are sold mostly in comic shops and are, well, American. Plus American comics are almost exclusively targeted to a niche audience. Not so for manga.Actualy the Graphic Novels section usualy has Comic Book TPB right next to the manga.
the TPB are cheaper in the end...I usualy get a few along with some manga
Actualy the Graphic Novels section usualy has Comic Book TPB right next to the manga.
the TPB are cheaper in the end...I usualy get a few along with some manga
Right, but TPB are not comics. There is still a fundamental change in business model that needs to take place in the American comic industry for them to take full advantage of the success of Japanese graphic novels.
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