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New Toriyama manga??

Post by sintalius » Thu Dec 14, 2006 4:56 pm

According to the magazine 'NEO' (UK only, I think...), there is going to be a new manga released called 'Blue Dragon ST'. Now, as I'm sure most of you know, Akira Toriyama is the character designer for the upcoming 360 game, Blue Dragon, and this manga is a tie-in with the game.

Does this mean that Toriyama will be the Mangaka of this brand spanking new manga? We hope so.

Anyone else heard anything?
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Post by chibi_goten » Thu Dec 14, 2006 5:08 pm

Shounen Jump will feature a manga based on the upcoming Xbox360 RPG. It is called Blue Dragon ST (Secret Trick) and will be drawn by Shibata Ami. While it is based on the game with designs by Toriyama and a story by Sakaguchi, the manga will not be by Bird Studio or Toriyama.
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Post by sintalius » Thu Dec 14, 2006 5:12 pm

chibi_goten wrote:Shounen Jump will feature a manga based on the upcoming Xbox360 RPG. It is called Blue Dragon ST (Secret Trick) and will be drawn by Shibata Ami. While it is based on the game with designs by Toriyama and a story by Sakaguchi, the manga will not be by Bird Studio or Toriyama.
God damnit! Well I guess it'll have to be in style of Toriyama...hmmm..
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Post by Olivier Hague » Thu Dec 14, 2006 5:20 pm

sintalius wrote:Well I guess it'll have to be in style of Toriyama...
Not necessarily, no.
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Post by SonGokuGT » Thu Dec 14, 2006 6:51 pm

Wasn't the other "Blue Dragon: manga going to be drawn by Obata-sensei? [of "Death Note" and "Hikaru no Go" fame]
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Post by Kaze no Mune » Thu Dec 14, 2006 10:13 pm

Obata is doing one of the Blue Dragon mangas. I didn't know there was two, though.
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Post by Sebastian (SB) » Fri Dec 15, 2006 2:12 am

Obata on Toriyama....that's going to be interesting.....no wait....ugh, I think I just put the wrong image in my head......ugh...UGH.
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Post by Kajika » Fri Dec 15, 2006 2:50 am

I definitely can't wait to see images from the manga to see how Obata handles the character designs!
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Post by Jerseymilk » Fri Dec 15, 2006 3:06 am

Olivier Hague wrote:
sintalius wrote:Well I guess it'll have to be in style of Toriyama...
Not necessarily, no.
That's very true. Many manga adaptations of video games or animes often aren't exact copies of the original designs. Though they usually don't diverge too much, they *are* different. So it may be that Obata's designs end up looking nothing like Toriyama's style.
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Post by Olivier Hague » Fri Dec 15, 2006 6:46 am

Jerseymilk wrote:it may be that Obata's designs end up looking nothing like Toriyama's style.
And they did, indeed.
'Reminded me more of Katsura's (in more ways than one).
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