View Full Version : This is strange... Scholastic is publishing One Piece books?
RomanMack
08-23-2006, 07:33 PM
http://www.booksamillion.com/ncom/books?pid=043989719X&ad=FGLBKS
Yeah... Scholastic... They make the "Magic School Bus" series...
Conekiller
08-23-2006, 08:52 PM
Hopefully kids will read em just to prove Al Kahn wrong!
http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v232/Conekiller/Deceptikahn.jpg
Nin-Nin69
08-23-2006, 09:00 PM
How would this work? Would they dumb OP down to a Dick and Jane level?
"This is Luffy. See Luffy kick Mr. 0's ass. Go Luffy Go."
"This is Zoro. He likes to cut people with his swords. Kill Zoro Kill."
:D
Karl Olson
08-23-2006, 09:37 PM
Remember, Scholastic also released Harry Potter in the states as well as various novel serials aimed above the picture book level, so it might be a bit more verbose than the picture books that a lot of people associate Scholastic with by default. In fact, it looks like it'll be a chapter book serial at the least.
/But you can bet that we'll be lucky if the adaptation is half as entertaining as later Boxcar Children novel or a Goosebumps book, and that stuff was fluff at best.
//Wonder what Oda thinks of this?
Whatever happened to "kids can't read", now?
This isn't even a manga, which would theoretically be more appealing to children... It's a chapter book.
Ishtar
08-23-2006, 09:49 PM
Reminds me of those Pokemon chapter books Scholastic released years ago.
straw_hat
08-23-2006, 11:18 PM
Well there were a few chapter books released in Japan but I highly doubt that this is one of them.
How would this work? Would they dumb OP down to a Dick and Jane level?
"This is Luffy. See Luffy kick Mr. 0's ass. Go Luffy Go."
"This is Zoro. He likes to cut people with his swords. Kill Zoro Kill."
:D
But this is 4******bags. It'd be more like this:
"This is Luffy. See Luffy hand out brownies to Baroque Works to promote friendship. Go Luffy Go."
:p
Umino
08-24-2006, 10:27 PM
Not surprised. They've released Pokemon and Sailor Moon books before.
Didn't they do some DBZ and Yu-Gi-Oh books as well?
Funkmasta Zeph
08-25-2006, 04:56 PM
This is like releasing Jhonen Vasquez books. In a series this styilistic and visually defining....what the **** is the written word going to do with it? 0_0
WolfieKiwi
08-25-2006, 06:42 PM
So if the manga isn't completely under 4kids control, they'll make a One Piece story of their own... This is just sad.
Funkmasta Zeph
08-26-2006, 02:42 PM
So if the manga isn't completely under 4kids control, they'll make a One Piece story of their own... This is just sad.
The irony being Kahn's own logic dictates they'll lose to Viz in sales.
Conan-san
08-26-2006, 04:20 PM
Geh, Anime + Novels + !Seven Seas = ERROR UP THE BUM.
laactor101
08-26-2006, 09:43 PM
Reminds me of those Pokemon chapter books Scholastic released years ago. oh yeah i had those
Dudley
08-26-2006, 09:48 PM
I talked to this guy, who met people people in the industry, because he makes manga and all, and he says that Viz controls everything done with One Piece in the States. The whole 4kids editing stuff, that's Viz's decision, so we should blame them for letting them handle the anime.
All that aside, Viz probably won't mind if the book's a clean version of the manga in chapter form.
Funkmasta Zeph
08-26-2006, 09:52 PM
Yhea, I know this inside inside guy who told me...
-Who killed MLK, JFK, and FUK.
-What they put in Clusters cereal
-Where the other guy from Wham is
-When existence began
-And Jesus's favorite size of strawberry
I talked to this guy, who met people people in the industry, because he makes manga and all, and he says that Viz controls everything done with One Piece in the States. The whole 4kids editing stuff, that's Viz's decision, so we should blame them for letting them handle the anime.
I dunno, I kinda doubt that. If Viz truly controlled everything in the US One Piece (instead of just everything manga-related), why bother allowing 4Kids to go as hog-wild as they did, and not even try and change the manga to follow closer to the anime? Viz isn't stupid, they've been around for too long to know how big OP's fanbase is to just hand it over to 4Kids and screw over FUNimation like that (especially since Viz & FUNi work together a lot recently).
I can see if Viz would control everything manga-related, but control the anime in any way besides releasing the DVDs? I can't see it. Viz would've stepped in and released uncuts by now if that was the case (because Uncut One Piece would've made them a lot of money, and Viz knows that).
Yhea, I know this inside inside guy who told me...
-Who killed MLK, JFK, and FUK.
-What they put in Clusters cereal
-Where the other guy from Wham is
-When existence began
-And Jesus's favorite size of strawberry
Who's FUK?
And we already know who killed JFK. Remember that recent episode of Family Guy?
lheiskell
08-27-2006, 12:09 PM
http://www.booksamillion.com/ncom/books?pid=043989719X&ad=FGLBKS
Yeah... Scholastic... They make the "Magic School Bus" series...
Scholastic publishes Dragon Ball Z books as well. This is one of those licensing opportunities for shows will a larger mass audience potential.
Maybe they'll do crossovers and have Luffy fight Ms. Frizzle or something. :p
Conan-san
08-27-2006, 04:07 PM
Scholastic publishes Dragon Ball Z books as well. This is one of those licensing opportunities for shows will a larger mass audience potential. I'll openly take it you wern't behind that idea?
I meen, I never figgured DB to be decent material for a novella.
Funkmasta Zeph
08-27-2006, 05:37 PM
I wonder what kind of loser kid buys these anyway.
When I was a kid, not even then did I buy lame scholastic chapter books for Star Wars or whatnot. Hell, I went for the Dark Horse comics and the "Essential Guide to Space Toilets" series.
The kids with the Scholastic Chapter Books of franchises....were the kids with the Treasure Troll thermoses in 6th Grade.
Y'get?
Gokou Ruri
08-27-2006, 05:49 PM
Well there were a few chapter books released in Japan but I highly doubt that this is one of them. Slayers and 12 Kingdoms had them (the animes were based off the chapter books) , but I don't think One Piece ever did.
TheMecca
08-27-2006, 06:05 PM
I can see it now...
The Magic Going Merry Gets Lost In Space.
The Magic Going Merry Explores The Senses.
The Magic Going Merry Inside A Hurricane.
RomanMack
08-27-2006, 06:44 PM
I wonder what kind of loser kid buys these anyway.
When I was a kid, not even then did I buy lame scholastic chapter books for Star Wars or whatnot. Hell, I went for the Dark Horse comics and the "Essential Guide to Space Toilets" series.
The kids with the Scholastic Chapter Books of franchises....were the kids with the Treasure Troll thermoses in 6th Grade.
Y'get?Don't they publish the Harry Potter series? They've proven to be popular...
Funkmasta Zeph
08-27-2006, 07:44 PM
Don't they publish the Harry Potter series? They've proven to be popular...
Its the difference between the disney Channel showing Classic Disney movies, and Disney Channel Original Movies.
The cheap franchise books are made by Scholastic. Harry Potter etc are published THROUGH them.
Gokou Ruri
08-28-2006, 12:16 AM
The cheap franchise books are made by Scholastic. Harry Potter etc are published THROUGH them.
Animorphs was an awesome book series, don't be knocking Scholastic.
straw_hat
08-28-2006, 01:47 AM
Slayers and 12 Kingdoms had them (the animes were based off the chapter books) , but I don't think One Piece ever did.
There were several actually and they were released under Shueisha's novel line Jump J Books.
Link (http://www.apricot.com/%7Efuu/paradise3/novel/index.html)
Funkmasta Zeph
08-28-2006, 01:24 PM
Animorphs was an awesome book series, don't be knocking Scholastic.
Yhea, and I was into Goosebumps.
But I"M NOT TALKING ABOUT SIGNATURE SERIES.:eek:
I'm talking about cheap little adaptions of movies and TV series Chapter Books. The kind that may or may not have free stickers inside.
Super Sonic
08-28-2006, 04:17 PM
They also published the Captain Underpants series...:shrug:
But my guess is that it'll be based off the 4Kids dub, but I can't say for sure. Maybe we'll be surprised or something, but I doubt it.
RomanMack
08-28-2006, 04:21 PM
They also published the Captain Underpants series...:shrug:
But my guess is that it'll be based off the 4Kids dub, but I can't say for sure. Maybe we'll be surprised or something, but I doubt it.Of course it'll be based on the 4Kids dub. That's the One Piece anime, over here. So they're gonna follow how it is here. :p
Super Sonic
08-28-2006, 04:37 PM
Of course it'll be based on the 4Kids dub. That's the One Piece anime, over here. So they're gonna follow how it is here. :p
That's embarrassing...:sweat:
Dark Fact
08-28-2006, 11:51 PM
I talked to this guy, who met people people in the industry, because he makes manga and all, and he says that Viz controls everything done with One Piece in the States. The whole 4kids editing stuff, that's Viz's decision, so we should blame them for letting them handle the anime.
http://doulifee.com//Storage/aceatt/holdit.gif
http://doulifee.com//Storage/aceatt/ani-phoenix.gif
This "guy" you're referring to...does he really know people in the industry? Or is he just pulling your leg?
http://doulifee.com//Storage/aceatt/ani-phoenix-thoughtful.gif
In addition, wasn't it already confirmed that Toei gave 4Kids all licensing rights to the anime in North America? Why would Toei give the license to 4Kids if Viz controls One Piece in North America?
Fresh V
08-31-2006, 01:01 AM
I wonder what kind of loser kid buys these anyway.
When I was a kid, not even then did I buy lame scholastic chapter books for Star Wars or whatnot. Hell, I went for the Dark Horse comics and the "Essential Guide to Space Toilets" series.
The kids with the Scholastic Chapter Books of franchises....were the kids with the Treasure Troll thermoses in 6th Grade.
Y'get? Hey, kids actually do buy these books. When I was a kid, I bought like 3 or 4 of those Pokemon books. I was really into Pokemon, so when I saw those Pokemon books, of course I'd want to get them.
I talked to this guy, who met people people in the industry, because he makes manga and all, and he says that Viz controls everything done with One Piece in the States. The whole 4kids editing stuff, that's Viz's decision, so we should blame them for letting them handle the anime.
Yeah.... I doubt that....
Nin-Nin69
08-31-2006, 06:58 AM
http://i50.photobucket.com/albums/f345/courtrecords2/animations/gs1/ani-yanni-fist.gif
We should blame Viz for edting their SJ mangas like PoT and JoJo, but not the OP anime.
Fresh V
08-31-2006, 09:09 PM
We should blame Viz for edting their SJ mangas like PoT and JoJo, but not the OP anime.PoT and JoJo? What'd they edit?
Nin-Nin69
08-31-2006, 10:04 PM
Smoking in PoT and cursing in JoJo. Yet One Piece can still have smoking in the manga and we can hear other Viz titles that are full of cursing.
Fresh V
08-31-2006, 10:09 PM
Smoking in PoT and cursing in JoJo. Yet One Piece can still have smoking in the manga and we can hear other Viz titles that are full of cursing.
Uh... Well, not having cursing isn't really an edit. It's just dialogue. Editing would be changing the art, like the smoking in PoT you said. Well, I think they edited the smoking because it's done by a highschooler (is it?), just like they did with Hikaru No Go.
Smoking in PoT and cursing in JoJo. Yet One Piece can still have smoking in the manga and we can hear other Viz titles that are full of cursing.
What cursing? Most Shonen Jump manga's been using "Darn" and "heck" for almost a year now.
Jacob T. Paschal
08-31-2006, 10:58 PM
Uh... Well, not having cursing isn't really an edit. It's just dialogue. Editing would be changing the art, like the smoking in PoT you said. Well, I think they edited the smoking because it's done by a highschooler (is it?), just like they did with Hikaru No Go.
Jin is a third year at Yamabuki Hr. High. So close...
Yeah, in A rated titles all underaged smoking is done away with (and VIz even admits so on the publication page). Not only that, but no more cursing (and it kind of kills the mood).
Nin-Nin69
09-01-2006, 12:20 AM
What cursing? Most Shonen Jump manga's been using "Darn" and "heck" for almost a year now.
In the original JoJo's Bizarre Adventure, Jotaro drops F bombs left and right. Yet Viz doesn't even bother to write it and has some silly &^#@( crap in place.
They couldn't even say friggen or fricken? Jeez. :shrug:
Oh and I guess we can yell at them for putting those "Hey Hey Lets Dance All Day" lyrics in place of Parco Folgore "Groping Breasts" in the Zatch Bell manga. They've let more things slide in the manga in terms of action and violence, but they can't even have the song for the manga? It's rated T so teenagers should be able to handle it more than the auidence Viz attracted with the anime.
veemonjosh
09-01-2006, 01:33 AM
Oh and I guess we can yell at them for putting those "Hey Hey Lets Dance All Day" lyrics in place of Parco Folgore "Groping Breasts" in the Zatch Bell manga. They've let more things slide in the manga in terms of action and violence, but they can't even have the song for the manga? It's rated T so teenagers should be able to handle it more than the auidence Viz attracted with the anime.
The Zatch Bell manga translation is aimed at fans of the anime, so of course they were going to change it to be consistant with the dub.
I agree that rating it T and censoring things like that is a bit silly, but it doesn't really affect the plot, and if removing Folgore's breast fetish means I don't have to see Zatch's weiner, I'm all for it.
Nin-Nin69
09-01-2006, 01:57 AM
I agree that rating it T and censoring things like that is a bit silly, but it doesn't really affect the plot, and if removing Folgore's breast fetish means I don't have to see Zatch's weiner, I'm all for it.
Even so it takes away some of the best comedy in the series. :sad:
Conan-san
09-01-2006, 03:02 AM
In the original JoJo's Bizarre Adventure, Jotaro drops F bombs left and right. Yet Viz doesn't even bother to write it and has some silly &^#@( crap in place. The hell he does! Jortaro does NOT drop F bombs, and that whole fiasco is due to Viz thinking changing his catchphrase "Yare Yare Dasei" (Close aproximation: "This is anoying"/"Shut up, your anoying me") into a cuss for the hell of it.
Incidently, we might want to watch ourselves, lest this devolves into a nother "X company censored Y manga" Thread again.
Funkmasta Zeph
09-01-2006, 01:12 PM
I agree that rating it T and censoring things like that is a bit silly, but it doesn't really affect the plot, and if removing Folgore's breast fetish means I don't have to see Zatch's weiner, I'm all for it.
It does in DBZ, tell me the two gunmen in the Buu saga are threatning with goofy laser guns?
Thats probably the most realistic violence/drama situation in the series, and Viz edited it more then the Funi dub even...which was aired at 5:00 on a major kids station....as compared to a private medium...
Nin-Nin69
09-01-2006, 02:13 PM
The hell he does! Jortaro does NOT drop F bombs, and that whole fiasco is due to Viz thinking changing his catchphrase "Yare Yare Dasei" (Close aproximation: "This is anoying"/"Shut up, your anoying me") into a cuss for the hell of it.
Incidently, we might want to watch ourselves, lest this devolves into a nother "X company censored Y manga" Thread again.
Then blame the fan translations that came before this. They did the same thing.
Jacob T. Paschal
09-01-2006, 08:14 PM
Funny thing is, Viz clearly left in a 's***' in Death Note volume five. I guess this means the translators really do care about their work.
Jin is a third year at Yamabuki Hr. High.
I thought you were talking about me for a sec. :p
Jacob T. Paschal
09-01-2006, 09:41 PM
I thought you were talking about me for a sec. :p
*Cackle cackle*
Well, it's either you, him, or that bum from IGPX.
*Killed by Duke*
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