Full colour print editions of DB volumes 1-16 coming

[Mewzard]

Probably will order them in Japanese. I really dont want to deal with VIZ's translation and censoring of the DB section of the manga.

I doubt they'll censor that. It takes far more effort to edit color comics than black and white ones. Plus, the Dragon Ball 3-in-1s are already leaving the nudity in, so I don't seem them changing that for the Full Color release even if they wanted to (it'd be too much work).

[Theophrastus]

So looking at Kanzenshuu's index of the digital color editions, the "Son Goku Training Arc" was divided into 4 volumes in the digital edition. Since this print release of the "Boyhood Arc" is also 4 volumes, I wonder if that means they'll just be doing a 1:1 conversion of the digital releases this time around instead of condensing them a bit like they did with the Saiyan, Freeza, Cell, and Buu arcs.

[jrdemr]

So looking at Kanzenshuu's index of the digital color editions, the "Son Goku Training Arc" was divided into 4 volumes in the digital edition. Since this print release of the "Boyhood Arc" is also 4 volumes, I wonder if that means they'll just be doing a 1:1 conversion of the digital releases this time around instead of condensing them a bit like they did with the Saiyan, Freeza, Cell, and Buu arcs.

Huh. Never even thought to compare. Perhaps, then. Honestly, as long as they're still divided by arcs (I like everything neat and organized) and just, well, exist, it's really no difference to me whether they're thinner or not. Well, more volumes does mean each individual chapter is going to be more expensive, but honestly, I'm just so relieved they're actually printing them that I don't really care.

[TheDevilsCorpse]

ScholarGohan says the Resurrection "F" anime comic says that there will be 8 books total for the Boyhood Arc.

[jrdemr]

ScholarGohan says the Resurrection "F" anime comic says that there will be 8 books total for the Boyhood Arc.

Um... not possible. Most likely a typo. We already know the number of volumes that will come out, as the retailers already them have available for pre-order, and it's going to be four. Not to mention, 8 volumes for so little material is extremely unlikely. Not even the tankoubon, the edition with the least chapters per volume, managed to get more than four and a half.

[TheDevilsCorpse]

I have no real opinion on the matter, as I won't be buying them so it doesn't matter how many there are. I'm just posting what I was told. (Third photo.)

Though I wouldn't be entirely surprised if there ends up being another 4 volumes released, taking it up to the 22 Budokai. Then then a set of Piccolo Arc books from then on? Dunno.

[LordCrumb]

The Japanese release might be censored first.. you never know.

[jrdemr]

I have no real opinion on the matter, as I won't be buying them so it doesn't matter how many there are. I'm just posting what I was told. (Third photo.)

Though I wouldn't be entirely surprised if there ends up being another 4 volumes released, taking it up to the 22 Budokai. Then then a set of Piccolo Arc books from then on? Dunno.

Weird. That is indeed what it says, but still, most likely a typo. To fill that many volumes, each one would have to have only 7 chapters. The least I've ever seen in a tankoubon was 9, and Dragon Ball already has less pages per chapter than most manga. All the other "Z" sagas, which are far bigger than the "boyhood arc", only filled up at most 6 volumes, so it only makes it all the more unlikely.

[TheDevilsCorpse]

Like I said, it depends on what they are counting as the "Boyhood Arc". If it includes all the material prior to the 22nd Tenkaichi Budokai, which the digital editions classify as part of the "Piccolo Daimao Arc", then they could easily make 8 volumes of 14 chapters out of it. Then the second half of the series could be 6 volumes of 13/14 chapters under the Piccolo Daimao label.

[jrdemr]

Like I said, it depends on what they are counting as the "Boyhood Arc". If it includes all the material prior to the 22nd Tenkaichi Budokai, which the digital editions classify as part of the "Piccolo Daimao Arc", then they could easily make 8 volumes of 14 chapters out of it. Then the second half of the series could be 6 volumes of 13/14 chapters under the Piccolo Daimao label.

I guess. I suppose I was kinda fixated on it being a typo due to 4 volumes being a perfect fit to the digital color edition (as we've discussed on this very page). I even went to the site's manga guide just to confirm that the arc name was the same... and it's actually not, the first arc in the digital edition is called "Son Goku Training arc", while in the print edition it's "Boyhood arc". I suppose they could include everything up until the 22nd Tenkaichi Budoukai, which is when we had the first time skip and Goku went from being 12 to being 15 years old (therefore no longer being a child and instead being a teenager). If so, then, yeah, 8 volumes would fit perfectly. They don't even have to launch all 8 all at the same time, both the Cell and Buu arcs were launched over a period of two months, three volumes at a time.

Still, I hope this is some kinda typo or mistake. 8 volumes is a bit too big for a single arc and I find there is a clear distinction between the Red Ribbon chapters and the earlier stuff.

[redon]

Covers.

[Theophrastus]

Colonel Silver is on the fourth volume in that image, so I guess that confirms it isn't a 1:1 conversion of the digital releases, and should also include the Red Ribbon stuff (and I guess also probably confirms that there will be 8 volumes total).

[jrdemr]

Colonel Silver is on the fourth volume in that image, so I guess that confirms it isn't a 1:1 conversion of the digital releases, and should also include the Red Ribbon stuff (and I guess also probably confirms that there will be 8 volumes total).

Apparently so. I guess that means TheDevilsCorpse was right and it's going to be a single arc from the beginning up until (but likely not including) the 22nd Tenkaichi Budoukai. I don't really like the idea of mixing together the Red Ribbon chapters with the earlier stuff as I find there's a clear distinction between the two, and honestly, an 8-volume arc is a bit too long for me, but I guess those are really minor complaints, as long as I can actually get the damn things in physical format, I don't really care much. And hey, a bigger arc means that when Viz (hopefully) gets the license, they'll license and release a lot more volumes at once.

Other than that, I think the covers lack a lot of variety, It's just Goku on every cover with a few "cameos" from the other characters. Hope the next few volumes mix things up a bit.

[sintzu]

This would've been a better way to divide it up :

Boyhood arc : chapters 1-54 : DB search arc and the 1st tenkaichi tournament arc : 3 volumes.

Red ribbon army arc : chapters 55-112 : red ribbon army arc and the Baba tournament arc : 4 volumes.

Demon king Piccolo arc : chapters 113-194 : the 2nd Tenkaichi tournament arc, the king Piccolo arc & the Piccolo Jr arc : 5 volumes.

[TripleRach]

Well, we definitely have listings for volumes 5-8 of the Boyhood Arc now. They're all scheduled for February 4th.

Volume 5: https://www.amazon.co.jp/gp/product/4088806018/
Volume 6: https://www.amazon.co.jp/gp/product/4088806026/
Volume 7: https://www.amazon.co.jp/gp/product/4088806034/
Volume 8: https://www.amazon.co.jp/gp/product/4088806204/

[Kendamu]

Shit. Now I'm hyperventilating.

All I have to say is, get your ass in gear, Viz. At the rate they're going, I'll have children by the time I'm able to buy the whole full-colour line in English.

^ This. They don't take all that long after the first one comes out, but the rate at which they license and print new arcs is just painfully slow.

We wouldn't have the Freeza arc coming to the US at all if it weren't for all the interest people were expressing on Twitter at VIZ and Shonen Jump's accounts. Get on Twitter, follow them, and regularly (and politely) show some fan demand!!

[ShadowDude112]

Shit. Now I'm hyperventilating.

All I have to say is, get your ass in gear, Viz. At the rate they're going, I'll have children by the time I'm able to buy the whole full-colour line in English.

^ This. They don't take all that long after the first one comes out, but the rate at which they license and print new arcs is just painfully slow.

We wouldn't have the Freeza arc coming to the US at all if it weren't for all the interest people were expressing on Twitter at VIZ and Shonen Jump's accounts. Get on Twitter, follow them, and regularly (and politely) show some fan demand!!

Even with the demand on twitter. They announced it in July 2015 and the first Freeza volume won't be out until May 2016. That's ten whole months. It's ridiculous. I don't mean to sound entitled, but if they're just using the same translation, I don't see how it would take 10 months.

[Kendamu]

There's probably a bunch of business and manufacturing stuff that has to be done and those books were probably announced as soon as they knew that it was gonna continue. So, unless you want another really long break in manufacturing, use that eagerness to let VIZ and SJ know that you want to spend money on those things.

[B]

Does anyone have these in their hands yet(I guess the only person who feasibly could is Julian?)? Any new Q&A material?

[TheDevilsCorpse]

Julian isn't in Japan anymore. I don't think there was any new Q&A material though (much to my disappointment). That kind of stuff usually pops up on Twitter from the Japanese fans after the volumes are released.