Re: Tokyopop turning over a new leaf?

On 25 Oct 2003 04:23:15 GMT, [EMAIL PROTECTED] (David Watson)
wrote:

>"Christopher Fiore" ([EMAIL PROTECTED]) writes:
>> Tokyopop is reissuing both the "Magic Knights Rayearth" and "Cardcaptor
>> Sakura" manga in right-to-left format, with revised translations.  Based on
>> the very quick look I had of the revised MKR in my local Borders, it seems
>> like this was done to remove the Americanizations.  Maybe they finnally get
>> it...
>> --
>> Chris F.
>> Who's hoping they don't mess up Ai Yori Aoshi.
>
>Thank you very much for the good news.  Now here's hoping they'll do it
>for Love Hina and Initial D.
 
I doubt these are being done to remove Americanizations<and I am sure
Tokyopop has not problem with what they did with Love Hina>.  

I know the original CCS and I believe MKR were both released way early
in Tokyopop's history.  The CCS was in the old horrendous smaller than
current format that fell apart real easy and was aimed for the young
female audiance<you can just picture lots of guys buying Chix Comics>.
They'll unflip the artwork, tweak the translations, add the
card/bookmark they used in the second set and print it in the larger
more uniform size.  That is actually quite a bit of stuff that many of
us would use to justify repurchasing them(especially if the slipcase
is cool) ;-)   And since the second set sold better there's quite a
few who were apparently unwilling to buy the originals, the second set
was definitely better value for the same money.


Shaun