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post Jul 11 2007, 02:08 PM

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For one, the cost. A tankouban will usually cost about 400yen (RM12), while the US version cost at least triple that price.
some companies changed teh pages that are included with the original. dark horse skipped many of the earlier chapters of Aa Megamisama, and does not include the artwork pages that was with the manga.
And avaibility. You can estimate when a manga is going to be released (if it's a weekly manga, it's every 9 weeks + 1 month), while you can only hope the english version will be released not knowing the right time.
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post Jul 11 2007, 03:29 PM

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though it seem that tokyopop (not sure if it apply to all), well the one im reading seem to release a volume every 4 months. though im not sure if its weekly manga in japan though. Rm 35 per book for every 4 months seem good enough. Overprice? maybe, but seem fine to me though since its sold 9.90 usd, which basically around those price converted.
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post Jul 11 2007, 04:13 PM

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Per title, yes. But multiple titles = more cost, and you might be spending more than RM200 per months. And I do prefer the "Jacket Cover" style of Japanese manga than the "cradboard glossy paper cover" of the USA
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post Jul 11 2007, 04:28 PM

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well, u can learn to filter a so-so manga, n go only for wat u really like to read. or just go for wat u find it worth to buy. beside, even when im d/lin manga to read, only a handful of comic which i really into readin it (the one i recommended).
some of the team drop the title after its been licensed, so gotta buy them

jacket cover is nice, though it u lost the jacket, nekid manga is kinda ugly.
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post Jul 11 2007, 04:40 PM

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Meh, difference between us is that I usually get the scanlated version because
a: I want a digital copy of a manga I already owned.
b: I can't find the manga here.
Thus that's why I never bothered with "licenced" manga. If it's licenced, chances are I already have them in my PC or in my room.
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QUOTE(linkinstreet @ Jul 11 2007, 04:13 PM)
Per title, yes. But multiple titles = more cost, and you might be spending more than RM200 per months. And I do prefer the "Jacket Cover" style of Japanese manga than the "cradboard glossy paper cover" of the USA
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I absolutely love the Japanese's weekly comic idea. Get a bunch of random artist to draw some comic on a chapter-per-week basis, cram them up in a thick magazine, print them on shitty yellow paper that nobody else would want to use, then sell them for dirt cheap prices (over there, anyway, it's still ridiculously expensive when converted to our currency), and let the consumer throw it away after they're bored reading it while in a long distance bus/train/whatever travel.
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post Jul 11 2007, 07:29 PM

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Actually, it cost only RM6~7 per book
Durign mah varsity days, ppl were always asking me "WTH ARE YOU READING A PHONE BOOK??"
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post Jul 11 2007, 10:32 PM

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QUOTE(linkinstreet @ Jul 11 2007, 07:29 PM)
Actually, it cost only RM6~7 per book
Durign mah varsity days, ppl were always asking me "WTH ARE YOU READING A PHONE BOOK??"
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So cheap? D:

That's like, 300~350yen only?
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post Jul 11 2007, 10:40 PM

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230yen per book
and quite usefull for throwing down at ppl you hate....
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post Jul 11 2007, 11:02 PM

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i thought those phone book is for those who wanted the latest release of the manga, read it n dispose it like a megazine, n later after the book release, buy it n put it in the shelf. unless ur up to collecting it.
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d u know why i prefer SCANLATIONS rather than real tankoubans or any physical paper?

money aside, it's obviously the space

if i were to have all my scanlated mango turned into real mango, it'd have filled up half of my room (up to the ceiling) and that's not good since my bedroom is HUGE.

and i can just fill it up in my laptop and read 40+ vols of mango on a longhaul flight w/o lugging 20+kg of printed materials

oh dear... how far have we sidetracked!

i recommend:

Kazuo Koike's Lone Wolf and Cub, Samurai Executioner, The path of the assassin

all are available from Vizz Communications
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QUOTE(lucifah @ Jul 12 2007, 12:33 AM)
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Liar. You KNOW you want a room like this:
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post Jul 12 2007, 11:33 AM

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if manga's price here in malaysia is below rm10, i dont mind buying. its too expensive for god sake.
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post Jul 12 2007, 12:37 PM

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^ It's not "expensive", it's merely because our currency's piss weak.
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post Jul 12 2007, 11:36 PM

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QUOTE(ataris @ Jul 12 2007, 11:33 AM)
if manga's price here in malaysia is below rm10, i dont mind buying. its too expensive for god sake.
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Tora Aman and Comics House have manga for under RM5. Don't bother getting the english versions. quality translation wise, the malay version are better IMO. Heck, once I read GS Mikami malay, they even added a footnote about Lolicon fetish.... doh.gif doh.gif
On our money is weak, we can't blame on that only. Japanese have weaker Yen vs USD price compared to RM vs USD, and stores adds import cost to the books too.
Also something I noticed about the US VS Original Japanese manga. Manga Tankoubans are printed and binded in such a way that whenever you left the book open upsidedown on one particular page, it will still snap shut unlike the US version where the book will then automatically open to that particular page whenever you pick it up. Talk about quality vs price....
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post Jul 13 2007, 09:11 AM

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^wat happen to malay-translate GS Mikami? it seem that they dropped after volume 13, iirc.

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post Jul 13 2007, 09:16 AM

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Licence not renewed IMO.... Same with US translations, they will drop the manga if the sale is low on that title (Tokyopop was notorious on cancelling out a manga title if the sale is low even if it was the first issue).


Added on July 13, 2007, 9:23 amOld School Manga Reccomendations!!
Kimagure Orange Road
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Teenage romance meets science-fiction in this series as a love triangle develops between the main character, an indecisive esper named Kyosuke Kasuga, Madoka Ayukawa, a mercurial and enigmatic girl with a tough past, and Hikaru Hiyama, Madoka's ditzy and energetic best friend. Kyosuke falls in love with Madoka, and Madoka wants to return those feelings, but cannot because of Hikaru's involvement with Kyosuke.


Urusei Yatsura
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The series is very light-hearted in nature and often quite bizarre. It concerns the adventures of a group of teenagers who live in Tomobiki, an area of the Nerima ward of Tokyo on a slightly fantastical and often ridiculously surreal version of Earth. The story centers around an extremely lecherous and very unlucky high-school boy, Ataru Moroboshi, and the bikini clad alien princess Lum. Lum is in love with Ataru because he accidentally proposed to her, even though he chases after every humanoid female other than Lum. (It's not that she's ugly, it's just that he lost interest in her as soon as she started chasing him, and also probably because she uses her powers (which come in the form of electric shocks) on him many times.) The series is mainly episodic, with only occasional plots spanning more than one chapter/episode. Each of these usually concerns Ataru's ill-luck, his lechery (and Lum's jealousy thereof) or the wide variety of weird humans and aliens who love, hate, or simply meddle with Lum and Ataru.


Maison Ikkoku
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Maison Ikkoku (めぞん一刻 Mezon Ikkoku?) is a manga by Rumiko Takahashi which ran in the manga magazine Big Comic Spirits from 1980 through 1987. Maison Ikkoku is a bitter-sweet comedic romance involving a group of madcap people who live in a boarding house in 80s Tokyo. The story focuses primarily on the blossoming relationship between Yusaku Godai—a poor student down on his luck—and Kyoko Otonashi, the young, recently-widowed boarding house manager.


Ningyo Shirīzu
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Legend has it that those who eat the flesh of a mermaid may become immortal. However, there is a small chance of that happening, with a much greater chance that the consumer will die or become a damned creature known as a Lost Soul. Mermaid Saga tells the tale of two immortals, Yuta and Mana, who travel across Japan and meet others whose lives have been ruined by mermaid flesh.





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post Jul 14 2007, 12:37 AM

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QUOTE(linkinstreet @ Jul 12 2007, 11:36 PM)
Tora Aman and Comics House have manga for under RM5. Don't bother getting the english versions. quality translation wise, the malay version are better IMO. Heck, once I read GS Mikami malay, they even added a footnote about Lolicon fetish....  doh.gif  doh.gif
On our money is weak, we can't blame on that only. Japanese have weaker Yen vs USD price compared to RM vs USD, and stores adds import cost to the books too.
Also something I noticed about the US VS Original Japanese manga. Manga Tankoubans are printed and binded in such a way that whenever you left the book open upsidedown on one particular page, it will still snap shut unlike the US version where the book will then automatically open to that particular page whenever you pick it up. Talk about quality vs price....
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only comic house have decent malay translation...
tora aman comic malay translation sux to the max...
tora aman comic using malay pasar slang such as, pala hotak ko, aiyo mak engkou...etc etc etc

NOTE : exception on the doraemon malay translation which was good


Added on July 14, 2007, 12:42 amKotaro Makaritoru

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Genre : Action Comedy Ecchi Martial Arts Shounen

a very old comic by HIRUTA Tatsuya

there isnt any scanlation around but i recommend u all to buy the Comic house malay translation...

even thought it is in malay translation...this is still a very good comic with nice storyline,fan service, comedy, love...etc etc etc

note: i have been reading this comic for the 5th round but it is still nice

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post Jul 14 2007, 02:57 PM

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The malay version is from Comics House titled Pakar Judo. Volume 46 (!!!) is on sale last week
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post Jul 14 2007, 04:38 PM

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Yup . Must salute the guys who translating at Comic House and Tora Aman as sometimes when I read their translation are far better than Tokyopop. lol. Think these are the two surviving company back in the 90's till now in Malaysia for Japanese manga.

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