New "Inuyasha" DVDs...in July?!

[Arxane]

Viz's website just underwent a major overhaul, kinda like when Tokyopop changed after adopting its 100% Authentic Manga format. One of the new changes to the site is the much appreciated inclusion of a release schedule, and here's the deal:

This month, April, "Inuyasha" DVDs 4 and 5 will be released, as well as the rereleases of manga volumes 1 and 2 and a new volume 13 (presumably in the new format).

Three months later, in July, DVDs 6 and 7 will be released, as well as rereleases of manga volumes 3 and 4 and a new volume 14. That's as far as the release schedule goes.

Of course, many people are pissed Viz puts only three episodes per disc, so waiting for 3 months for the next DVDs will probably make them scream with rage. And there's no word on whether the rereleases of the manga will be unflipped or still flipped. It would be cheaper to rerelease them flipped again, but you have to wonder why they're only rereleasing two volumes for three months instead of all volumes at once like they're doing with "Dragonball Z" and "Dragonball". I guess we'll have to wait and see, but don't hold your breath.

And that's the latest "Inuyasha" news.

[jeffrey 228]

I think there is a possablity Viz may be in budget and Staff troble, as on the site, it seems they need Staff for the web page and for the store, also with this War going on, it will be delayed even longer untill November possably when the next 2 volumes are released after 6 and 7.

[Amano Ginji]

I've had my fourth Inuyasha DVD for a while now, I guess I'll have to go out and get the fifth on the 22nd....

The Manga is supposed to be cheaper too, right?

[Majin_Megabyte]

On www.bn.com (Barnes & Noble) They said Inu Yasha DVDs 6 & 7 are coming out on June 17th.

[JeffTMBG]

On www.bn.com (Barnes & Noble) They said Inu Yasha DVDs 6 & 7 are coming out on June 17th.
The Manga had better be flipped. I can't stand the headache of reading backwards just because shut in otaku like to pretend they're Japanese.

[Cyporiean]

The Manga had better be flipped. I can't stand the headache of reading backwards just because shut in otaku like to pretend they're Japanese.


them be fighting words..


Its not a matter of Japanese or not, its a matter of the Artwork, alot of series have things that get screwed up because the artwork is flipped (X, Sailor Moon S).

would you want the Last Supper to be flipped around?

[Dogasu]

The Manga had better be flipped. I can't stand the headache of reading backwards just because shut in otaku like to pretend they're Japanese.

*sigh* One of my pet peeves is hearing people use the word "backwards" or "wrong" as a synonym for "different." Reading from right-to-left isn't reading "backwords," it's just a different way of reading. Driving on the left side of the road isn't driving on the wrong side of the road, it's driving on a different side of the road. It's just the way other people do things, and neither you nor anyone else is in any position to judge them for it.

[JeffTMBG]

*sigh* One of my pet peeves is hearing people use the word "backwards" or "wrong" as a synonym for "different." Reading from right-to-left isn't reading "backwords," it's just a different way of reading. Driving on the left side of the road isn't driving on the wrong side of the road, it's driving on a different side of the road. It's just the way other people do things, and neither you nor anyone else is in any position to judge them for it.
I don't recall judging anyone. In the US, every book is read left to right. Its how everyone has come to read. If they are going to release something here, they can at least make the effort to make that simple change. Would it be alright for someone from Japan or England to drive on the left side of the road if they came here?


would you want the Last Supper to be flipped around?
Lord knows, Inu Yasha is right up there with the Last Supper on the works of art scale :brendon:

[Cyporiean]

I don't recall judging anyone. In the US, every book is read left to right. Its how everyone has come to read. If they are going to release something here, they can at least make the effort to make that simple change. Would it be alright for someone from Japan or England to drive on the left side of the road if they came here?



Lord knows, Inu Yasha is right up there with the Last Supper on the works of art scale :brendon:

what about the works of Shirow? want them to be flipped around?

ya know, they shouldn't use any japanese in these books ethier, I mean when people come here and drive on the right side of the road, they also speak english. so lets ditch InuYasha and change it to Dog Demon. Also, why not change it to Medieval England instead of Fudeal Japan?

[Bandit]

i liked viz's old site A LOT better. this new one just has a few new pages, one of them being releases, but otherwise the content is the same. their old page kicked ass, what the hell is this new one? and what happened to their ranma page? it's been down for months

[ClockStomper]

Viz makes good product but they suck at releasing it. The Inuyasha manga hasn't had a volume released in over 4 months.

We know they have 36 episodes of Inuyasha in the can, yet they release it in 3 episodes to a DVD. They said this was so they could release one DVD a month, but they haven't even done that right.

[Poser Wannabe]

Viz makes good product but they suck at releasing it. The Inuyasha manga hasn't had a volume released in over 4 months.

We know they have 36 episodes of Inuyasha in the can, yet they release it in 3 episodes to a DVD. They said this was so they could release one DVD a month, but they haven't even done that right.Well hopefully with the recent change in distribution companies to Ventura this won't be a problem anymore. Two dvd's coming out this month gives me a little hope that they are finally getting on the ball... but we will see. :/

Plus with the recent announcement of Maison Ikkoku on DVD, and still releasing Ranma 1/2 sets Viz is probably pretty busy. But that still doesn't excuse them for missing dates and only releasing three episodes a DVD.

[Animation Otaku]

Lord knows, Inu Yasha is right up there with the Last Supper on the works of art scale :brendon:

Inuyasha is better than the Last Supper, but maybe that's just because I'm agnostic.

[JeffTMBG]

ya know, they shouldn't use any japanese in these books ethier, I mean when people come here and drive on the right side of the road, they also speak english. so lets ditch InuYasha and change it to Dog Demon. Also, why not change it to Medieval England instead of Fudeal Japan?
Now you're just being silly. Flipping the pages to conform to the standard american style of reading is not analogous to altering the meaning of the story and you know it.

what about the works of Shirow? want them to be flipped around?
I honestly don't care. Flipping the pages does not compromise enjoyment of the work itself to anyone other than japanophiles who think there is some sort of principle at stake.

[DarthNuriko]

The Manga had better be flipped. I can't stand the headache of reading backwards just because shut in otaku like to pretend they're Japanese. It has nothing to do with "pretending to be Japanese". I just don't like the idea of reading a comic with all the artwork in reverse. I don't see how simple text should take precendence over the art.

[lostrune]

Inuyasha is better than the Last Supper, but maybe that's just because I'm agnostic.
One need not be of any religious persuasion to enjoy an artistic work. Many works of Rennaisance artists are religious in nature, but that's never been a hindrance to people. Heck, many Japanese anime are based on Shinto or Buddhism or even Christianity, but I don't see anyone not "getting it" because he's agnostic. That's just silly.

[lostrune]

It has nothing to do with "pretending to be Japanese". I just don't like the idea of reading a comic with all the artwork in reverse. I don't see how simple text should take precendence over the art.
Although it can be done - it just takes more work.
For example, what Studio Proteus is doing with Blade of the Immortal by request of the author, cutting and rearranging panels when the flipping effect actually matters. Then again, SP is one of the more dedicated and experienced staffs, so....

[Vekou]

The Manga had better be flipped. I can't stand the headache of reading backwards just because shut in otaku like to pretend they're Japanese.
Yeah, well I can't stand how a picture looks totally different when it's reversed (and I will notice these things). I'm quite comfortable with reading it backwards, in fact, I'm even more used to reading it that way now. And I don't think it's a matter of "pretending to be Japanese" for anyone (that was a ridiculously stupid comment, by the way), more like just trying to see things through a foreign perspective, if you will.

[Dogasu]

I don't recall judging anyone.

The "headache of reading backwards" comment was just borderline racist (it's basically saying that the American way makes more sense then the way the "backwards Japanese" read), and the "shut in otaku like to pretend they're Japanese" line was pretty offensive to those of us who prefer the manga unflipped. So yeah, you pretty much had the whole "Holier than Thou" attitude in your posts, and if that's not judging someone, I don't know what is.

In the US, every book is read left to right. Its how everyone has come to read. If they are going to release something here, they can at least make the effort to make that simple change. Would it be alright for someone from Japan or England to drive on the left side of the road if they came here?

But there's a big difference. If someone tries to drive on the left side of the road here, they'll either a) get in a wreck, or b) get pulled over by the cops. That same danger doesn't exist with reading manga in one direction as opposed to reading it in the other direction. Reading an unflipped manga won't result in you getting seriously hurt, nor will it attract the attention of the police.

Besides that, flipping a manga isn't the simple change that you think it is. Say, for example, you have a character in a manga who has an English word written on his shirt, say "CAPSULE CORP." When the manga's flipped, the English letters are also reversed, so the manga publisher has to go in, erase the mirrored English letters, and then redraw them so that they read correctly. That's not that big a deal when you only have that person in one panel or so, but when you have a character who's in half the panels of a comic (i.e. Team Rocket in the Pokemon manga, who all wear the letter "R" on their uniforms), flipping the manga and then unflipping the English can be very time consuming. You also have to take into consideration the changes that have to be made in the dialogue to go with the newly flipped artwork--for example, in the Japanese version of the manga Parasyte, the alien thingee is on the main guy's right hand, but in the flipped American version, it's on his left hand. So everytime he talked about his right hand in the Japanese version, the translators had to make sure to remember to change the dialogue so that he talks about his left hand to go with the newly-flipped artwork.

Flipping the pages does not compromise enjoyment of the work itself to anyone other than japanophiles who think there is some sort of principle at stake.

But people do care. Yuu Watase, creator of Fushigi Yuugi and Ceres, Celestial Legend, stated that while she's generally pleased with the way the English versions of her manga are translated, she doesn't like the fact that they flip her artwork. In fact, there's a manga artist (whose name escapes me at the moment) who refuses to allow any of his manga to be flipped when it's brought over to America, so the American publishers have to rearrange the panels on the page to simulate a left-to-right feel. In fact, many artists have stated that when a manga is flipped, some of the flaws in the artwork not originally noticable when it's unflipped become noticable, and that makes a lot of artists unhappy.

Whether you like it or not, more manga is being released unflipped. All of Tokyopop's manga is released that way now, and Viz is likely to follow within the next year or so (Shonen Jump, their most successful project ever, is released completely unflipped). It's just easier for the publishers and makes everyone a lot happier.

[JeffTMBG]

I feel sort of bad that you have taken far too much time of your life responding to what was at first what I felt to be a pretty mundane comment about my reading preferences. To compensate, I will completely reverse my earlier sentiment.

RIGHT 2 LEFT 4 LIFE D00DZ!

And that will be my final word on the subject.

[Conekiller]

I feel sort of bad that you have taken far too much time of your life responding to what was at first what I felt to be a pretty mundane comment about my reading preferences. To compensate, I will completely reverse my earlier sentiment.

RIGHT 2 LEFT 4 LIFE D00DZ!

And that will be my final word on the subject.

Jeez no need to be an ass about it. you obviously touched a nerve with Dogasu there and he felt the need to reply accordigly.

[MultipleSifl]

Dammit! I'm always a day late and a dollar short when it comes to good fights! Dang! :moon2:

[Dogasu]

I feel sort of bad that you have taken far too much time of your life responding to what was at first what I felt to be a pretty mundane comment about my reading preferences. To compensate, I will completely reverse my earlier sentiment.

RIGHT 2 LEFT 4 LIFE D00DZ!

And that will be my final word on the subject.

Well, I was at work, there were no customers, I had finished all my homework, and I was bored. So it was either respond to a post that I felt was completely asinine or sit there and listen to the silence of the shop for three hours. Guess which one I picked? And hey, if I can make what I feel are a number of valid arguments and you can only respond by being an ass about it, then that makes me like the bigger person. Thanks for the self-esteem boost, buddy :p

[JeffTMBG]

Thanks for the self-esteem boost, buddy :p
No problem.