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well this is my 1st tokyo pop book. is it suppose to be really flimsy? feels like i could rip it apart lol. and viz are ok but i dont like them for a few reasons.

1. One Piece. Best selling manga ever. Yet they are still only releasing 2-3 books a year. ( tho Viz did announce they will be showing the latest OP chater in the US Jump )
2. The speeding up naruto to like 3 books ever couple month. just so they could could catch up. unfair on other BETTER series
3. Editing the manga
4. Calling Zoro, Zolo. And changing names in other series aswell. They kept the proper names in dragonball like kuririn.

But i have to deal with all that because i want the books lol. Do you know if NHK is edited in any way? i know it has a warning on the cover

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Originally Posted by Ryuzaki

well this is my 1st tokyo pop book. is it suppose to be really flimsy? feels like i could rip it apart lol. and viz are ok but i dont like them for a few reasons.

1. One Piece. Best selling manga ever. Yet they are still only releasing 2-3 books a year. ( tho Viz did announce they will be showing the latest OP chater in the US Jump )
2. The speeding up naruto to like 3 books ever couple month. just so they could could catch up. unfair on other BETTER series
3. Editing the manga
4. Calling Zoro, Zolo. And changing names in other series aswell. They kept the proper names in dragonball like kuririn.

But i have to deal with all that because i want the books lol. Do you know if NHK is edited in any way? i know it has a warning on the cover

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.... One Piece is just as **** as Naruto. Sorry to break it to you.

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Originally Posted by Ryuzaki

well this is my 1st tokyo pop book. is it suppose to be really flimsy? feels like i could rip it apart lol. and viz are ok but i dont like them for a few reasons.

1. One Piece. Best selling manga ever. Yet they are still only releasing 2-3 books a year. ( tho Viz did announce they will be showing the latest OP chater in the US Jump )
2. The speeding up naruto to like 3 books ever couple month. just so they could could catch up. unfair on other BETTER series
3. Editing the manga
4. Calling Zoro, Zolo. And changing names in other series aswell. They kept the proper names in dragonball like kuririn.

But i have to deal with all that because i want the books lol. Do you know if NHK is edited in any way? i know it has a warning on the cover

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They're not that flimsy. :P You got a pirate copy init. That's how rare it is. Real copies aren't in circulation anymore.

1. If you haven't already heard the news, Viz are going to release 30 volumes of One Piece in half a year. Look here. If they do that for 20th Century Boys and Bleach I will forever praise them.
2. Read number 1, they're doing the same for One Piece. I guess they just done Naruto first because it's more popular in America.
3. In what way? I know they change the names and stuff but surely not the art?
4. Yeah Viz really piss me off when they do that. In Bleach they call a Cero a 'Doom Blast'. It makes me cry. They don't deserve any praise for Dragonball though because they called Piccolo's special beam cannon something so stupid I can't even remember. Spiraling light of death or some **** like that. Also in 20th Century Boys they call the antagonist 'The Friend' instead of just 'Friend'. Why is 'the' needed!? His name is just Friend!

The whole Zoro/Zolo thing is stupid though because don't the wanted posters IN THE ANIME say Zoro? Theres no arguing with that. Theres a whole debate on MyAnimeList over Horo/Holo from Spice and Wolf as well lol. The official website calls her Holo, but the official novel calls her Horo. Everyone knows her as Horo, just keep it at that for gods sake.

NHK isn't edited as far as I'm aware. Tokyopop actually did a fantastic job translating it and they even stated themselves how fun it was to read so I don't think they'd change it in any way. They even went as far as translating Sato and Yamazaki's video game proposals at the back which are a great laugh. Even I can tell how much effort those would have taken to translate - a lot! :P

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Originally Posted by Niall!

.... One Piece is just as **** as Naruto. Sorry to break it to you.

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Thats where your wrong ;) the fact that its sold 177 Million now and is the best selling manga ever means its not "as **** as Naruto" But your alowed your own opinion.

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Originally Posted by Neversoft

They're not that flimsy. :P You got a pirate copy init. That's how rare it is. Real copies aren't in circulation anymore.

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I got it from amazon so ill ask for money back lol.

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Originally Posted by Neversoft

1. If you haven't already heard the news, Viz are going to release 30 volumes of One Piece in half a year. Look here. If they do that for 20th Century Boys and Bleach I will forever praise them.
2. Read number 1, they're doing the same for One Piece. I guess they just done Naruto first because it's more popular in America.
3. In what way? I know they change the names and stuff but surely not the art?
4. Yeah Viz really piss me off when they do that. In Bleach they call a Cero a 'Doom Blast'. It makes me cry. They don't deserve any praise for Dragonball though because they called Piccolo's special beam cannon something so stupid I can't even remember. Spiraling light of death or some **** like that. Also in 20th Century Boys they call the antagonist 'The Friend' instead of just 'Friend'. Why is 'the' needed!? His name is just Friend!

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1. Yea i heard, so happy ^^
2. above
3. They did, OP mihawks sword was changed i think.. Naruto nejis mark was changed, FMA had someone on a cross was edited to a big stone. and i dunno what exactly the edits in DB are but on a site i go they say it is so meh.
4. I like 90% translations. i just like names and attacks and mayb key words to be left alone

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Originally Posted by Neversoft

The whole Zoro/Zolo thing is stupid though because don't the wanted posters IN THE ANIME say Zoro? Theres no arguing with that. Theres a whole debate on MyAnimeList over Horo/Holo from Spice and Wolf as well lol. The official website calls her Holo, but the official novel calls her Horo. Everyone knows her as Horo, just keep it at that for gods sake.

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yup. In the show its Zoro, Games its Zoro, Manga its Zoro, Merchandise Zoro, you can clearly hear the R. it was just so they wouldnt get sued by the people who done Zorro or what ever.

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Originally Posted by Neversoft

NHK isn't edited as far as I'm aware. Tokyopop actually did a fantastic job translating it and they even stated themselves how fun it was to read so I don't think they'd change it in any way. They even went as far as translating Sato and Yamazaki's video game proposals at the back which are a great laugh. Even I can tell how much effort those would have taken to translate - a lot! :P

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well im gonna read it later. all the other NHK books are easy to get so.. if 1st one dosent look the same ill just contact amazon. i have no bootlegs so far :(

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Originally Posted by Ryuzaki

1. Yea i heard, so happy ^^
2. above
3. They did, OP mihawks sword was changed i think.. Naruto nejis mark was changed, FMA had someone on a cross was edited to a big stone. and i dunno what exactly the edits in DB are but on a site i go they say it is so meh.
4. I like 90% translations. i just like names and attacks and mayb key words to be left alone

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Why would they change that scene from FMA when Viz publish things like Neon Genesis Evangelion? The symbolism in that is insane. The rating for NGE is 16+, isn't that the same as FMA? :S

Mangaka and Japanese licensors should do what Studio Ghibli did. Hayao Miyazaki made a deal with Disney to help promote and distribute his movies over sea's but Miyazaki stated they were not allowed to edit anything in his movies at all. They aren't allowed to touch the content, they have to distribute it how Studio Ghibli want it. That's how it should be for manga. No editing names, art, content, anything! Release it how it's meant to be seen!

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Originally Posted by Ryuzaki

well im gonna read it later. all the other NHK books are easy to get so.. if 1st one dosent look the same ill just contact amazon. i have no bootlegs so far :(

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I was only joking when I said it was a bootleg, but mine aren't flimsy at all. :P

I don't really mind between Manga and Anime, just whatever is available :P. I've only really read Bleach, but I've seen a few animes in my time.

1. Bleach (love it so much I made my own Zanpuktou)
2. Dragon Ball Z (awesome series)
3. Aeon Flux (too short in my opinion)
4. Ghost in the Shell (only seen Stand Alone Complex 1st Gig, loved it)
5. Death Note (a bit random at some points, but love the way Light kills Naomi Mizora :P)

Just finished Genshiken. I cried. Never have I come across a series until now that creates such a bond between you and the characters. What an absolute masterpiece. Fantastic characters, superb storytelling and highly detailed art with a nice, realistic portrayal of life. It doesn't get any better than this.

Then again, Naruto is one of the most watched animes ever and right now it's terrible.

No idea where i read this but i remember Naruto was high ont he tv ratings, then went off during fillers, then shippuuden was high for a few weeks and now its low.

Bleach is never on the top 10. or rarely and OP/DBK is normal 3/4 sure they get beat by a talk show or something. ill try find the place i found this tho.

Anyway im going to london so is there any places where i could look at some manga :P might buy some when im done for the long trip back up lol

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Originally Posted by Ryuzaki

Anyway im going to london so is there any places where i could look at some manga :P might buy some when im done for the long trip back up lol

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http://www.habboxforum.com/showthread.php?t=523481

Go to Leicester Square. There are three great manga shops all within five minutes walk of each other there, and some good DVD shops as well as comic shops.

My top picks would be Forbidden Planet and Gosh!. Orbital Manga have a good selection but they never have the first couple of volumes in a series so it's pointless going there for manga unless you want a latest issue. Although when I went there last they were missing a lot of latest issues as well... I think you can drop 'em a message on myspace and tell them what you want and they'll get it in though. Prices range, but pretty expensive.

Gosh! has a great collection and they're pretty much always stocked up, prices range from expensive to cheap. They also stock a lot of unknown gems and obsecure titles, so you might make a good find or two there. The first time I went they had a box of manga and each volume in the box was only £2 each. That wasn't there last time I went though.

Forbidden Planet has the biggest selection I've ever seen, but the manga is pretty expensive. However, when I went there two months ago they had two pretty big sections of extremely cheap manga. It's brand new, but cheap. They sneek like half of the volumes in a series in there so you're tempted to buy the cheap ones, then you also have to buy the expensive ones to get the rest. It still works out very cheap though. That's where I got all nine volumes of Genshiken. Cost me just over £40 I think which is even cheaper than Amazon.

The manga is downstairs in both Forbidden Planet and Gosh!.