Discussion regarding the entirety of the franchise in a general (meta) sense, including such aspects as: production, trends, merchandise, fan culture, and more.
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Sprite Satan
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by Sprite Satan » Mon Dec 07, 2009 3:00 am
Tsukento wrote:This has to do with the fact that hardly anyone actually friggen stocked it.
Seriously, I could not find anything beyond the first three volumes at any book store.
For serious. As soon as I saw those first three volumes I snapped them up and have seen nothing since, much to my dismay.
Daizenshu 1 must have REALLY crapped out in sales though. Capcom are starting to release translated art books like they're going out of style and surely there's a smaller market for a Darkstalkers book than a Dragon Ball one.
Maybe VIZ overestimated the market and so even semi-profitable numbers are not in line with their expectations.
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Chuquita
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by Chuquita » Mon Dec 07, 2009 3:50 am
I had to end up ordering the final Dr. Slump volume because the few stores nearby that did stock Dr. Slump stopped stocking it altogether. >_<
(Or in certain cases, the stores themselves ceased to exist. I miss you, Borders Express at Quakerbridge Mall. TT_TT )
The daizenshuu volume Viz released was during the same month as the live action movie was originally due out (August) maybe they were banking on a jump in sales of DB merchandise by association? (Though I doubt at that point in time Viz knew exactly what the live action movie would be about/end up as.)
I dunno, just a theory.
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