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Tokyopop 100% authentic manga
Ryogasoul Started conversation May 11, 2002
Tokyopop is currently selling a number of good manga series translated into English.
I was just wondering if anyone else has seen them in stores.
They are selling for $10 US and they are printed in the original Japanese way.
That is to say that they read from right to left so that the original Japanese layout is preserved.
Usually it is difficult to translate Japanese Manga without fliping the panels so that they read from left to right.
I have the first edition of the INITIAL D manga. This is a comic about car racing. I have it also in Japanese and it is very similar to the original.
They are supposed to be sold in big chain stores like Barnes and Noble. Have any of you seen them yet? What do you think of them?
Tokyopop 100% authentic manga
Blues Shark - For people who like this sort of thing, then this is just the sort of thing they'll like Posted May 11, 2002
Am reading Island, and Mars already and probably Marmalade Boy when it appears. I haven't seen any of the others yet but will make a decison when I do.
I get a 10% discount from my retailer for being a mail order customer so these really are incredibly cheap for the page count. 
Tokyopop 100% authentic manga
Ryogasoul Posted May 12, 2002
I thought that planet ladder looked very interesting. There is also Cowboy bebop and a few others. I have Initial D in both English and Japanese. I see that they are very similar. Actually the English one is blown up just a little. I like Tokyo pop English mangas.
Tokyopop 100% authentic manga
Blues Shark - For people who like this sort of thing, then this is just the sort of thing they'll like Posted May 12, 2002
Well, they certainly do a rewally nice reprintoing job, unlike some-CPM, up against the wall! 
Tokyopop 100% authentic manga
Blues Shark - For people who like this sort of thing, then this is just the sort of thing they'll like Posted Sep 24, 2002
At last, Lupin III is coming. 
Tokyopop 100% authentic manga
Researcher 209263 Posted Nov 15, 2002
Have you Guys got the second Vol of Initial D ?
They change the names of almost every Character.
Besides in Vol.3 the Data from most of the cars are wrong.
So i would't say Tokyopop makes 100% authentic manga.
Tokyopop 100% authentic manga
Ryogasoul Posted Nov 26, 2002
Yes,
Initial D is a bit of a sad case. Tokyopop is also bringing out the anime series and they want it to be big like "Speed Racer". Because the money men were worried about all of those Japanese names, they decided to change the character names in the anime. They also decided to change the names in the manga. They said consider the first volume a collectors edition.
When the fans showed some distress at the change, they said,"hey, we had to fight to keep them from changing the car into a Pizza delivery van. The names was a minor thing".
I am ...well...a bit distressed at the direction that this is going. I stopped buying Initial D after the first volume.
Tokyopop 100% authentic manga
Blues Shark - For people who like this sort of thing, then this is just the sort of thing they'll like Posted Nov 26, 2002
Hmm. I wasn't buying initial D so can't comment.
However, Island, Skull Man and Mars all *seem* to be accurate and good translations. I say *seem* because I'm not at all familiar with the originals.
Tokyopop 100% authentic manga
Ryogasoul Posted Dec 1, 2002
From what I have seen MARS is pretty accurate. It's also really good.
I also like Planet Ladder. Peach Girl. and Paradise Kiss.
I like Shojo Manga. 
Tokyopop 100% authentic manga
Blues Shark - For people who like this sort of thing, then this is just the sort of thing they'll like Posted Dec 4, 2002
Peach Girl is fabulous, I must say.
I like some shojo, and i like a lot of the shojo influenced titles on the market at the moment - Shadow Star, for example, is one of the best books on the market, imho. It is just being reprinted sooooo slowly...
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- 1: Ryogasoul (May 11, 2002)
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- 3: Ryogasoul (May 12, 2002)
- 4: Blues Shark - For people who like this sort of thing, then this is just the sort of thing they'll like (May 12, 2002)
- 5: Blues Shark - For people who like this sort of thing, then this is just the sort of thing they'll like (Sep 24, 2002)
- 6: Researcher 209263 (Nov 15, 2002)
- 7: Ryogasoul (Nov 26, 2002)
- 8: Blues Shark - For people who like this sort of thing, then this is just the sort of thing they'll like (Nov 26, 2002)
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