Possible "VIZ BIG" DB Cover Art

SSJ Helldog · Post by **SSJ Helldog** » Sun Feb 03, 2008 11:12 pm

Page 379 of the newest Previews (comic shop ordering catalog) is a full page ad for the Vizbig DB and DBZ editions. It invites you to "change your perspective" and "see why bigger is better" (I swear I'm not making this up!) It states that each volume features
-three volumes in one
-exclusive cover designs
-color manga pages
-larger trim size
-color artwork
-bonus content
and more!

... which wouldn't be cause for alarm, except the next page has the actual solicit for the books, and what I hope is just a place-holder for the actual cover art:

On the upside, it says they're rated "T," which might indicate an uncut release, right?

SatoSky · Post by **SatoSky** » Sun Feb 03, 2008 11:17 pm

Cool. If it's uncut the ugly covers won't bother me much.

Snail · Post by **Snail** » Sun Feb 03, 2008 11:17 pm

I'm really hoping that we'll be getting the Kanzenban covers.

Tanooki Kuribo · Post by **Tanooki Kuribo** » Sun Feb 03, 2008 11:19 pm

Wow, I didn't know they still made "Previews".

SonGokuGT · Post by **SonGokuGT** » Mon Feb 04, 2008 12:13 am

After seeing how bad the Kenshin covers are, I'm honestly not surprised. :/

Here's to hoping they're unedited!

snaku · Post by **snaku** » Mon Feb 04, 2008 12:38 am

They're not bad looking. I would have preferred the Kanzenban covers, but those will do fine.

SonEric84 · Post by **SonEric84** » Mon Feb 04, 2008 12:40 am

I don't see any pictures.

Post by **Herms** » Mon Feb 04, 2008 12:46 am

Of course, with three tankoubon volumes worth of material per volume, there's only going to be around 14 of these total. Compare that with the 34 kanzenban. So even if they do use the kanzenban covers, they couldn't really use all of them. I notice that it lists 'color artwork' as well as 'color manga pages', so maybe they'll be including the kanzeban covers as extras? Or maybe some of Toriyama's other color artwork?

Super Sonic · Post by **Super Sonic** » Mon Feb 04, 2008 1:18 am

That makes sense.

I heard rumor there were big kanzeban-like books for Kenshin in Japan. Is that true?

Kendamu · Post by **Kendamu** » Mon Feb 04, 2008 1:29 am

I'm pretty sure there are Kenshin Kanzenban.

I woud like to see Kanzenban covers for VIZBIG DB/Z but considering that the volume numbers are so different I wouldn't expect to see them.

SonGokuGT · Post by **SonGokuGT** » Mon Feb 04, 2008 4:08 am

Super Sonic wrote:That makes sense.

I heard rumor there were big kanzeban-like books for Kenshin in Japan. Is that true?

There are indeed... With gorgeous covers reminiscent of his more recent Buso Renkin and Embalming series.

FindKenshi · Post by **FindKenshi** » Mon Feb 04, 2008 4:59 am

SSJ Helldog wrote:-three volumes in one
-exclusive cover designs
-color manga pages
-larger trim size
-color artwork
-bonus content
and more!

What does this mean? They're trying to trick us

Post by **desirecampbell** » Mon Feb 04, 2008 9:53 am

FindKenshi wrote:
SSJ Helldog wrote:-three volumes in one
-exclusive cover designs
-color manga pages
-larger trim size
-color artwork
-bonus content
and more!
What does this mean? They're trying to trick us

Heh, yeah. Like:

SSJ Helldog wrote:-three volumes in one
-exclusive cover designs
-color manga pages
-larger trim size
-color artwork
-bonus content
and more!

'Bonus content'...'and more'?! So there's the basics, a bonus, and then even more?!

Kendamu · Post by **Kendamu** » Mon Feb 04, 2008 11:28 am

The secret bonus is now you don't have to worry about that $18 you just had to carry around with you.

I don't think VIZ is trying to trick us. Sure, a lot of it sounds like normal marketing spin... but that's the key word here: normal. I doubt this is gonna be like FUNi or something. I doubt VIZ is going to wash out the outlines and crop each panel to appear more like a Frank Miller graphic novel (i.e. "cinematic" for those who don't know Miller).

They can generate their buzz. At the very least you know that these will be an omnibus of manga with larger pages and the colored pages back to their original form. If that doesn't sell it to you, I guess you'll just have to wait until May to see if it's got the other specific things you might want such as uncensored content or "and more".

fps_anth · Post by **fps_anth** » Mon Feb 04, 2008 4:19 pm

Ugly covers. But as long as they're uncut, I'm happy. Colour pages would be nice too

EvilGamerX · Post by **EvilGamerX** » Mon Feb 04, 2008 5:38 pm

Yea, those are the same covers I saw at NYAF.

Brad Redfield · Post by **Brad Redfield** » Mon Feb 04, 2008 7:44 pm

Viz already used that artwork for the original monthly run of the manga years back. I remember the Dragon Ball one quite distinctively since it was the first one I ever bought: Part One - Issue Three. The Z one was somewhere in Part One - Issue Three through Six.

Raki · Post by **Raki** » Mon Feb 04, 2008 8:03 pm

I'll pass on these volumes and import the Kazenban.

Kendamu · Post by **Kendamu** » Tue Feb 05, 2008 1:51 am

I have all of VIZ's original volumes (or, at least I will within the week) so I won't die if I miss out on this. However, depending on what I see this summer I might still get them.

Captain Awesome · Post by **Captain Awesome** » Tue Feb 05, 2008 4:02 am

fps_anth wrote:Ugly covers. But as long as they're uncut, I'm happy. Colour pages would be nice too

I agree, I really only care about the editing and the paper and print quality, if these are Kanzenban quality, then for all I care they can commission some blind kids with no arms that hate Dragonball to do the cover art.

Kanzenshuu

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