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NEWS: Digital Manga to Launch Kickstarter to Publish Tezuka's Wonder Three Manga




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TonyTonyChopper



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PostPosted: Tue Sep 22, 2015 3:07 am Reply with quote
Well it still isn't up the last one was over 7 weeks ago !!! ... the wait is killing me the check everytime to see that it still isn't up yet.
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partially



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PostPosted: Tue Sep 22, 2015 4:14 am Reply with quote
I wouldn't mind them doing a KS that wasn't Tezuka. Sure he was a great author and artist, but not the only one in the world.
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TonyTonyChopper



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PostPosted: Tue Sep 22, 2015 5:21 am Reply with quote
partially wrote:
I wouldn't mind them doing a KS that wasn't Tezuka. Sure he was a great author and artist, but not the only one in the world.
I object to that xd well they did actually do on that wasn't tezuka it was for a manga called Real i think.

Also i think many pepole in the USA/west hardly realize how many things Tezuka has actually made especially when vertical dropped tezuka i lost it cause it seemed for a while it was over with Tezuka for the English market while so many meh stuff was coming out ...
We still talk about a good 350+ volumes which have never been offically translated in english ... alot of it is way better then the crap that makes it on New York best seller list that's for sure.
And these kickstarters are going way to slow for my taste another 2 month break in between again ... this way it's still going to take forever 15+ years ... before we are even close to everything and then i haven't even mentioned Tezuka anime/etc which alot of people seem to ignore for the most part ...
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Doc



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PostPosted: Tue Sep 22, 2015 9:01 am Reply with quote
I grew up on the Wonder Three (Amazing 3) anime so I'm in on this. Would love a kickstarter on the anime.
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Brand



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PostPosted: Tue Sep 22, 2015 9:05 am Reply with quote
TonyTonyChopper wrote:
I object to that xd well they did actually do on that wasn't tezuka it was for a manga called Real i think.


Real is a manga publish by Viz. DMP did do a Kickstarter for the Finder series to republish it.

TonyTonyChopper wrote:
...especially when vertical dropped tezuka...


Vertical didn't drop Tezuka. DMP picked up the rights to the whole Tezuka catalog. Which means Vertical can no longer get the rights to any other Tezuka titles. Ed Chavz (from Vertical) has said something along the lines of being disappointed to not be able to publish Tezuka titles anymore.

TonyTonyChopper wrote:
...And these kickstarters are going way to slow for my taste another 2 month break in between again ... this way it's still going to take forever 15+ years ... before we are even close to everything and then i haven't even mentioned Tezuka anime/etc which alot of people seem to ignore for the most part ...


DMP did try a Kickstarter to start publishing the whole catalog but that was unsuccessful.

They have also e-published a few titles in there e-manga store.

They are also looking to hire a Tezuka Specialist so they seem pretty committed to this.

I honestly, this the Kickstarters are a little to frequent. How many people have the money to keep up with them all? And if customers don't have money to buy the products they make then there is no point in making them.

As for the anime titles it is even harder to sell an older anime title than an older manga. Current anime fans tend only be interested in the last couple of years of anime. So, only a very select group would be interested. So, it is likely licensing costs are to high for most companies to take the risk.
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Chrno2



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PostPosted: Tue Sep 22, 2015 10:06 am Reply with quote
I'm actually surprised that they are publishing this one. I know that this was animated as well. I definitely be looking for a release date.
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skaly



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PostPosted: Tue Sep 22, 2015 10:27 am Reply with quote
What will it take to publish Kimba?
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F-Man



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PostPosted: Tue Sep 22, 2015 10:34 am Reply with quote
TonyTonyChopper wrote:
Well it still isn't up the last one was over 7 weeks ago !!!

It ended nearly 70 days ago actually. I've had time to nearly move on from Tezuka entirely in that period.
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Cutiebunny



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PostPosted: Tue Sep 22, 2015 11:31 am Reply with quote
I would also love some more yaoi Kickstarters. The last one ended months ago and there are a lot of titles in the June library that I'd love to see reprinted and/or released in its entirety. Now that YaoiCon 2015 is over, we need a new package for next year!
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grooven



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PostPosted: Tue Sep 22, 2015 7:35 pm Reply with quote
skaly wrote:
What will it take to publish Kimba?
I was was just going to say this. I emailed them and asked. apparently it was going to happen but something happened on one end. I'm thinking it has to do with the portrayal of African people. This is my absolute favorite Tezuka work and want this one the most.
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Mewzard



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PostPosted: Thu Oct 01, 2015 3:03 pm Reply with quote
The Campaign is up, and I've already given my support!

https://www.kickstarter.com/projects/digitalmanga/help-publish-wonder-3-by-osamu-tezuka-creator-of-a/

Wonder when ANN will post about it.
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