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New Dragon Ball Artbook from Viz!? (Link inside)

Post by Yi Xing Long » Wed May 28, 2008 12:03 am

I found THIS while making a large Dragon Ball purchase on amazon. There is no information about it yet except for the release date, which will be August 19th, 2008. It is stated on amazon to be 218 pages, though they sometimes make errors...

I wonder what Viz is up to...
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Post by Jerseymilk » Wed May 28, 2008 12:07 am

That's very interesting. I'm thinking it will be a collection of all the artwork that Toriyama did, such as the covers for the manga and whatnot.
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Post by desirecampbell » Wed May 28, 2008 12:16 am

looks like Daisenshuu one, baby!

http://bookweb.kinokuniya.co.jp/guest/c ... 1421525666
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Post by SSj_Rambo » Wed May 28, 2008 12:16 am

The first Daizenshuu (Complete Illustrations) contains 217 pages so I'm guessing that this is some kind of paperback English translation with an added page (probably some sort of introduction) since this one is titled "The Complete Illustrations" and only has a one page difference. If this is a translated version of Daizenshuu 1, than others might be around the corner :D . *Jumping around in excitement*
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Post by bkev » Wed May 28, 2008 12:24 am

Does Daizenshuu 1 have information on it, or is this just an illustration book? The last time VIZ did a dragonball encyclopedia-ish thing (dragonball collector anyone?) they filled it with dub logic. I wouldn't be surprised if they TRIED to mess this one up.
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Post by Yi Xing Long » Wed May 28, 2008 12:26 am

bkev wrote:Does Daizenshuu 1 have information on it, or is this just an illustration book? The last time VIZ did a dragonball encyclopedia-ish thing (dragonball collector anyone?) they filled it with dub logic. I wouldn't be surprised if they TRIED to mess this one up.
Daizenshuu 1 is mostly images and some interviews. Check kanzentai since they translated the whole thing.
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Post by DaemonCorps » Wed May 28, 2008 12:26 am

An art book? Possible American release of Daizenshuu 1? Maybe further releases to come? I know it may be a bit too early to take these things for truth, but aw man... that'd be awesome.
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Post by Yi Xing Long » Wed May 28, 2008 12:28 am

DaemonCorps wrote:An art book? Possible American release of Daizenshuu 1? Maybe further releases to come? I know it may be a bit too early to take these things for truth, but aw man... that'd be awesome.
Check the link desire posted, as it is definitely Daizenshuu 1.
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Post by Chibi Mystic Gohan » Wed May 28, 2008 12:28 am

My mind has been blown at the prospect of a complete Daizenshuu translation.

I mean, I just bought the 7 main Japanese books, but there's no way in hell I'm reading through the text-heavy volumes in Japanese. Too complicated.
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Post by Kaboom » Wed May 28, 2008 12:34 am

Whoo~!

Is it finally happening? Are we getting domestic releases of the Daizenshuu?

Looks like it to me. :D

Do the page numbers match up to Daizenshuu 1?
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Post by aegoku » Wed May 28, 2008 12:40 am

I can't begin to express how excited I am. I've been hoping against hope that someday Viz would translate the Daizenshuu and release them here. Heck, I even started a silly online petition to get Viz to release the books in English about a year ago.
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Post by Yi Xing Long » Wed May 28, 2008 12:45 am

I just took a look at the dimensions of the other art books that Viz has published, including the One Piece Color Walk 1. It seems they keep the dimensions of the Japanese books while only differing by a FRACTION of an inch.

English Color Walk and the Japanese Color Walk

Notice how the dimensions match up almost exactly. So this Dragon Ball release could very much be a full-size Daizenshuu.
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Post by Jerseymilk » Wed May 28, 2008 12:51 am

Okay first those awesome One Piece/DBZ crossver figures and now this! I'm just too happy for it to be healthy! XD
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Post by Milton » Wed May 28, 2008 12:53 am

SSj Kaboom wrote:Do the page numbers match up to Daizenshuu 1?
Going by the Amazon description, yes they do. Here's hoping they're releasing all of the Daizenshuu, and in a relatively timely fashion.
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Post by shotkeeper » Wed May 28, 2008 1:18 am

Ok, My dream is complete, but something tells this will go to the wrong way.
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Post by Oldphan » Wed May 28, 2008 1:44 am

Wow this is really fantastic news... I'm sure something unforgivable will be wrong with it since well, it's been pretty well established at this point that we just can't win... But still, lets all keep our fingers crossed for a great release!

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Post by Chuquita » Wed May 28, 2008 2:20 am

WOW. The daizenshuu, huh? :mrgreen:
I'll be looking forward to it; though I have a feeling Kanzentai's translation is still going to be the better of the two.
(I hope its hardcover.)


Is Viz just releasing them now to partly cash in on the "live action" movie? :?
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Post by Yi Xing Long » Wed May 28, 2008 2:46 am

Chuquita wrote:WOW. The daizenshuu, huh? :mrgreen:
I'll be looking forward to it; though I have a feeling Kanzentai's translation is still going to be the better of the two.
(I hope its hardcover.)


Is Viz just releasing them now to partly cash in on the "live action" movie? :?
It is paperback, but the dimensions should be the same as the original and the number of pages is the same as well. For $25 ($16.49 on amazon) could you really ask for more? :lol:
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Post by NeptuneKai » Wed May 28, 2008 6:56 am

Okay, this makes up for the manga f-up. I've been seeing Inuyasha and Naruto "Daizenshuu" like books and was wondering when it was our turn. Hopefully this continues on and we get a translation or a faithful remake of the Daizenshuu.
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Post by Captain Awesome » Wed May 28, 2008 7:45 am

Haha!

And I just bought Daizenshuu 1.

Oh well!, I guess I'll have two copies!
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