Questions about Manga

ChaotixXero · Post by **ChaotixXero** » Wed Dec 29, 2004 8:31 pm

I've never read any manga before. Can you answer these questions?

1.Are they in color?
2.Is there anyplace on the net I can read the manga (if its legal)?

Pedro The Hutt · Post by **Pedro The Hutt** » Wed Dec 29, 2004 8:33 pm

Nope. =D Most manga is in stylish black & white. Although some start every chapter with a few colour pages.

And nope. =D It's illegal to download any manga that's been licensed in your country. (Not that it stops people >.>;; )

ChaotixXero · Post by **ChaotixXero** » Wed Dec 29, 2004 8:35 pm

*sigh* I'll never read it then

*PINHEAD* · Post by ***PINHEAD*** » Wed Dec 29, 2004 9:58 pm

Dragon Ball has a few colored pages that start off the issues, and there are some portions of the manga done in color. And yes, you can read the manga without illegally downloading it by going to the U.S. Shonen Jump website and watching the "flash manga" they have there. I think it's also on a Japanese Jump website as well.
I highly recommend reading the manga. It's published in many countries in many different languages, and price really isn't an issue. Unless you're me.

ChaotixXero · Post by **ChaotixXero** » Wed Dec 29, 2004 10:26 pm

Does it have all issues?The site I mean.

Michi · Post by **Michi** » Wed Dec 29, 2004 11:33 pm

ChaotixXero wrote:*sigh* I'll never read it then

Why not? Where do you live? o_o You can order English manga online just about anywhere these days.

ChaotixXero · Post by **ChaotixXero** » Wed Dec 29, 2004 11:35 pm

D'oh I forgot about ordering online. lol. But will it have every issue, and how much will it cost? Where will I but it. I don't trust Ebay.

Heritic · Post by **Heritic** » Wed Dec 29, 2004 11:43 pm

ChaotixXero wrote:D'oh I forgot about ordering online. lol. But will it have every issue, and how much will it cost? Where will I but it. I don't trust Ebay.

You can order off of the Viz website, if you want the Viz translations. They cost about $8 each and they have every volume.

Pedro The Hutt · Post by **Pedro The Hutt** » Thu Dec 30, 2004 5:57 am

And then there's amazon. >.>;; And a small army of online anime shops.

Frobman · Post by **Frobman** » Thu Dec 30, 2004 11:18 am

Therefore reading them off the internet is legal in the UK, since they don't sell here? I get some mangas off Amazon.co.uk from time to time.

Michi · Post by **Michi** » Fri Dec 31, 2004 11:03 pm

Frobman wrote:Therefore reading them off the internet is legal in the UK, since they don't sell here?

Nonetheless it's best to support it. I was buying Japanese manga before very many titles at all were licensed over here. =/

Shower Sylvia · Post by **Shower Sylvia** » Sat Jan 01, 2005 7:47 pm

sadly if you live in the UK there are not too many places to buy the manga. You might get lucky and find a bookshop with some manga in, but the mainstream over here is Battle Royale and the big Akira books.

Online is the best place, and if you live near, or can make the journey to a Forbidden Planet, or specialist store, then that's worth it.

Hope that helps.

And, in my viz bokks the colour pages are in black and white. Where can you read those bits in colour? Shonen Jump? Or anywhere else?

Heritic · Post by **Heritic** » Sat Jan 01, 2005 7:54 pm

Shower Sylvia wrote:And, in my viz bokks the colour pages are in black and white. Where can you read those bits in colour? Shonen Jump? Or anywhere else?

In the issues of Jump they're in color but for some reason in the graphic novels, they're not.

Post by **VegettoEX** » Sat Jan 01, 2005 8:04 pm

That's just how it's done with tankoubon releases. Color pages are printed in greyscale... it's cheaper for the mass-production. The original color prints appeared in the original Weekly Jump issues, and have all been re-included in the kanzenban release.

Occasionally US Jump will publish some color chapters, but not all of them.

Kanzenshuu

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