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ssjwamsall
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Will someone explain

Post by ssjwamsall » Tue Mar 01, 2011 10:50 am

Will someone explain what kanzenban(sp), and daizenshuu means? Any help would be great.

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Re: Will someone explain

Post by rereboy » Tue Mar 01, 2011 11:04 am

ssjwamsall wrote:Will someone explain what kanzenban(sp), and daizenshuu means? Any help would be great.
From wikipedia:
Aizōban and kanzenban

An aizōban (愛蔵版) is a collector's edition volume. These volumes are generally more expensive and lavished with special features such as special covers created specifically for the edition, special paper used for the cover, higher quality paper, a special slipcase, and so on. Aizōban are generally printed in a limited run, thereby increasing the value and collectability of those few copies made. Generally only the most popular manga (such as Dragon Ball) are released in this format.

The kanzenban (完全版) is another term sometimes used to denote this kind of a special release. While the aizōban appellation emphasizes the value of the volumes, the term kanzenban emphasizes their completeness.
in http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tank%C5%8Dbon

In Japan, a Kanzenban edition of the Dragon Ball manga has been released. The differences regarding the normal edition are mainly the size of the books (its bigger), new cover art, better paper, all the original color pages printed in color, and a ending which is a bit more extended.
No english version of the Dragon Ball Kanzenban manga has been released yet, but it has been released in french, spanish and other languages.

As for the Daizenshuu, they are basically the biggest collection of dragon ball databooks and the term means basically "Great Complete Collections".
From Kanzentai:
The biggest group of data books are the Daizenshuu (大全集), or the "Great Complete Collections", which were made shortly after the manga ended its serialization. These are divided up into a main series of seven hardcover books, followed by three soft-cover supplemental volumes. Some of these books cover the manga, while some cover the anime and movies, and others even cover the Carddass card game that was released in Japan. Each of the hardcover books contain an interview with Toriyama, and a bonus insert called the "Shenron Times" that contains interviews with various other important people involved with DragonBall. Altogether these books contain nearly complete DragonBall knowledge, for all elements of the series that existed at the time.
in http://www.kanzentai.com/daiz.php
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Re: Will someone explain

Post by ssjwamsall » Tue Mar 01, 2011 11:11 am

Thank you very much for the help. I greatly appreciate it.

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