Forum - View topicDark Horse to Publish Manga Right-To-Left?
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John Jakala
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In the article "Manga Sales Just Keep Rising" at Publishers Weekly, Dark Horse apparently says they will be printing all new manga series in the "authentic Japanese" format:
Dark Horse v-p of sales and marketing Michael Martens confirms the company's change to the right-to-left format, although series already started in the left-to-right format will stay that way.Has anyone else heard this? This is pretty surprising, as I thought Dark Horse and/or Studio Proteus were pretty firm on continuing to "flip" their manga. |
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radicaledward
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It will probaly be a mix of flipped and unflipped at first, but it dosen't supprise me. Besides unflipped manga being more popular now it is also faster and cheaper to get to market.
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John Jakala
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Since I first posted, someone pointed out to me on another board that - while Toren Smith & Studio Proteus are still adamantly opposed to the "quick and dirty" unflopped format - Dark Horse is partnering with Digital Media to do right-to-left translations of new manga series (such as BERSERK).
So old series (such as OH MY GODDESS!) will continue to be printed left-to-right but new series will be printed right-to-left. And Studio Proteus will be out of work once the old series finish their runs |
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RX-7
Posts: 70 Location: PA |
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It all started with tokyopop
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cyrax777
Posts: 1825 Location: the desert |
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well techincally there was the Collecters Eva manga's that were unflipped but they cost more then the flipped ones! (WTF was up with that?)
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radicaledward
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People are willing to plop done the cash for them, so the company asks what they know people will pay for them Also I think there are extras in the collecter's version as well. |
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