DBZ portion of Manga to be in full color?!

[Kendamu]

Saw this weeks chapter and have to say, the saibaman destroyed by Vegeta's death is more graphic here than it was in black and white. Been several years since I saw the episode on CN, so don't recall it so well.

It is, as well as the Cell Juniors that Gohan kills later on, much more graphic than the anime version. Even in censored versions of the manga, they've always been far more graphic of deaths.

Like last week, I've put up another review. It's no "Manga Review of Awesomeness" but you'll get to see some cool art! Give it a look.

SPOILER: I like it.

[Cold Skin]

Saw this weeks chapter and have to say, the saibaman destroyed by Vegeta's death is more graphic here than it was in black and white. Been several years since I saw the episode on CN, so don't recall it so well.

Yeah, that's why a few weeks ago when posting previews for that chapter, I chose that picture in the selection: I found quite striking the fact that once in color, the panel emphasizes the vision of having his internal organs exploding all over his spot.
And it's a very nice choice of color with those red organs (as with anybody) mixed with that white liquid that inspires the idea of plant sap (seems normal for "Plant Men").

Saibaimen, as litterally Plant Men, have the mixed inside of men and plant! The shot is much more graphic in color, which is good for the shocking moment of seeing Vegeta remotely ripping apart his own creature in a second.

[omegalucas]

Here's a comparison between the full color manga and the anime.
The full color manga feels more gore-ish and violent because of the contrast between the colors. The anime version's colors and the bright flash tone it down a bit.

[DBZGTKOSDH]

I just posted a message to MangaPolo (via Facebook), asking them if they'll do Freeza arc. I hope they speak English, and I hope they'll reply to me.

[medama_oyaji]

Hey! For those in UK, Ireland, South Africa, Australia, and New Zealand who would like to read the full-color DB chapters as well the rest of Viz's Weekly Shonen Jump legally...now you can! http://www.animenewsnetwork.com/news/20 ... ng-regions

[Javaki]

Hey! For those in UK, Ireland, South Africa, Australia, and New Zealand who would like to read the full-color DB chapters as well the rest of Viz's Weekly Shonen Jump legally...now you can! http://www.animenewsnetwork.com/news/20 ... ng-regions

Hmm... maybe that's the reason why I was able to download the VIZ Manga Android app ( https://play.google.com/store/apps/deta ... ga.android ) and read the lates WJ issue on Monday here in Austria

[Saiyan Prince Vegeta]

Hey! For those in UK, Ireland, South Africa, Australia, and New Zealand who would like to read the full-color DB chapters as well the rest of Viz's Weekly Shonen Jump legally...now you can! http://www.animenewsnetwork.com/news/20 ... ng-regions

Oh cool, I just downloaded the app. Just need to subscribe now, then I can read DB on the go.

[Kendamu]

That's awesome! I'm from the US, but I'm glad more of you get to enjoy the colorized manga now!

[Cold Skin]

I just posted a message to MangaPolo (via Facebook), asking them if they'll do Freeza arc. I hope they speak English, and I hope they'll reply to me.

That would be nice to know it, although I'm sure they'll get to it as a continuation of the Saiyan saga, covering the same slot.

I would also like to know when Shueisha plans on revealing the Cell and Boo sagas, but there would be no point asking them, they just won't tell a tiny single thing until the day they finally decide to do so... if ever.

[Shiyonasan]

Looks like a date has been revealed:

http://www.animenewsnetwork.com/news/20 ... gsta-manga

Viz Media will release Dragon Ball Full Color Edition on February 4, 2014 for US$19.99. The volume will be a larger size than regular manga, and will be about the same size as an American graphic novel. The manga is currently running in Viz Media's digital Weekly Shonen Jump magazine.

[Makaioshin]

Looks like a date has been revealed:

http://www.animenewsnetwork.com/news/20 ... gsta-manga

Viz Media will release Dragon Ball Full Color Edition on February 4, 2014 for US$19.99. The volume will be a larger size than regular manga, and will be about the same size as an American graphic novel. The manga is currently running in Viz Media's digital Weekly Shonen Jump magazine.

Hopefully it will be a full release and carry over some of their 3-in-1 practices(uncensored, one series). It is good to hear that it will be larger than regular volumes unlike the Japanese print release.
I'm excited.

[linkje]

Looks like a date has been revealed:

http://www.animenewsnetwork.com/news/20 ... gsta-manga

Viz Media will release Dragon Ball Full Color Edition on February 4, 2014 for US$19.99. The volume will be a larger size than regular manga, and will be about the same size as an American graphic novel. The manga is currently running in Viz Media's digital Weekly Shonen Jump magazine.

Hopefully it will be a full release and carry over some of their 3-in-1 practices(uncensored, one series). It is good to hear that it will be larger than regular volumes unlike the Japanese print release.
I'm excited.

Looking at my graphic novels on my shelf if that's going to be the size i'm picking these one up as an upgrade for the vizbigs.

[CashmanX]

Toriyama Q&As. Please?

[penguintruth]

If it's uncensored and translated well, then sold. I will buy every volume.

[Saiyan Prince Vegeta]

I hope Viz do a new translation, that's something I'd really love.

[Ryuji-Otogi]

If it's uncensored then I'm on it. A new translation would be nice but I can deal with the one we've got. This kind of makes their recent 3-in-1's (and even the VIZBIGs) pretty much obsolete. Only the DBZ-manga is in color though, right?

[B]

If it's uncensored then I'm on it. A new translation would be nice but I can deal with the one we've got. This kind of makes their recent 3-in-1's (and even the VIZBIGs) pretty much obsolete. Only the DBZ-manga is in color though, right?

No, the entirety of the manga save for the Buu portion has been released digitally.

I highly doubt this will come uncensored. It seems like a no-brainer to take the already existing color pages and change the text, but this is Viz.

[Ryuji-Otogi]

Oh, cool. I've been reading the SJ Alpha digital releases from the Saiyan arc but aside from that I haven't really been following this stuff much. The 3-in-1's are uncensored (or at least they're supposed to be, we'll see how that reprint and future volumes turn out) so it's not too far-fetched to think these might be too. They'd have to re-censor the art all over again with the color pages too.

[Makaioshin]

No, the entirety of the manga save for the Buu portion has been released digitally.

The Artificial Human/Cell arc hasn't been released yet either. I don't think this should be a problem since I'm 99.9% sure these things have been long finished given the GENKIDAMA video, images in the Chozenshuu, and the posters they have been releasing. As for art censorship, I think we can assume Popo will be lip-less like in their uncensored digital version. I would prefer it if he was purple or blue though.

[B]

Oh, cool. I've been reading the SJ Alpha digital releases from the Saiyan arc but aside from that I haven't really been following this stuff much. The 3-in-1's are uncensored (or at least they're supposed to be, we'll see how that reprint and future volumes turn out) so it's not too far-fetched to think these might be too. They'd have to re-censor the art all over again with the color pages too.

It's easy to overlook, this stuff's been available for almost a year(in Japanese) and I just learned about it two months ago.

And oops, Makaioshin is correct about the Cell arc not being available yet.