New Viz Big Cover Art for Dragon Ball!

TheGreatness25 · Post by **TheGreatness25** » Sat Mar 15, 2008 2:52 pm

Still saying it would look better without color.

Post by **Herms** » Sat Mar 15, 2008 3:49 pm

TheGreatness25 wrote:Still saying it would look better without color.

Well, in the current Viz editions (as well as the original Japanese editions), the color chapters appear as sepia-toned. This can sometimes make the pictures sort of blurry or too dark in places to make out certain details, and I'd say these sepia-toned chapters do look much better in their original colored form. But yeah, the originally black-and-white chapters look fine as they are.

Super Sonic wrote:Many people care more about what's on the outside of something rather than the inside. Hence, they literally judge a book by its cover.

People here aren't judging a book by its cover, they're judging the cover as a cover. I don't see anyone saying that they aren't going to buy these solely because of the cover. Rather, most people are saying that the presence or lack of censorship is what will decide thier choice.

I actually kind of like the covers myself, though they do seem a little plain.

Ultimate DBZ · Post by **Ultimate DBZ** » Sat Mar 15, 2008 7:06 pm

I asked a question. Does anybody already own these so they can tell me how the colors look from the inside?

Post by **desirecampbell** » Sat Mar 15, 2008 7:11 pm

Ultimate DBZ wrote:I asked a question. Does anybody already own these so they can tell me how the colors look from the inside?

They haven't been released yet.

Ultimate DBZ · Post by **Ultimate DBZ** » Sat Mar 15, 2008 7:22 pm

Some people get it early. I remember one lucky guy from the forum got his Season Three DVDBox at least 6 months a head of time. And pre-orders usually come in a little bit before the actual/offiical realese.

Captain Awesome · Post by **Captain Awesome** » Sat Mar 15, 2008 7:23 pm

I'm hoping someone on the forum (once these are released) will do a lot of scans, some comparisons with the Kanzenban, and a breakdown of the translation accuracy.

..Pretty please?

Ultimate DBZ · Post by **Ultimate DBZ** » Sat Mar 15, 2008 7:28 pm

I actually really wanted to see some images ofKanzenban from SSJ3 GOtenks and/or anything else. That would be nice, consittering I can't even buy it in stores without using Japanese Yen, which clearly I don't have.

SatoSky · Post by **SatoSky** » Sat Mar 15, 2008 7:34 pm

Online stores have the magical ability to transform US Dollars into Yen. The age we live in.

Raki · Post by **Raki** » Sat Mar 15, 2008 7:37 pm

SatoSky wrote:Online stores have the magical ability to transform US Dollars into Yen. The age we live in.

It's so amazing. I may have to try that out someday.

Ultimate DBZ · Post by **Ultimate DBZ** » Sat Mar 15, 2008 7:44 pm

SatoSky wrote:Online stores have the magical ability to transform US Dollars into Yen. The age we live in.

But thats Japanese DVD stores. The only Japanese Book store carrying the kanzenban is Amazon Japan (http://amazon.co.jp)! And w/ Amazon Japan, not only can you not transfer the yen into cash, but it also dosen't even ship in my location, New York! Does it even ship in the states? I don't think so.

SatoSky · Post by **SatoSky** » Sat Mar 15, 2008 7:49 pm

Sellers using Amazon JP to sell their stuff through won't ship to the US, but Amazon JP itself will. You can use a service like Celga, for a fee they will help you buy the items you desire and then ship them to you in New York.

Post by **TripleRach** » Sat Mar 15, 2008 7:51 pm

Uh, I live in the US, and I've bought books from Amazon Japan quite a few times. Not only do they ship here, but they absolutely can charge a foreign credit card in yen.

If you're trying to buy from a seller and not from Amazon Japan itself, then maybe that seller won't ship internationally. But payment still wouldn't matter in that case, since you pay Amazon, and then Amazon pays the seller.

Raki · Post by **Raki** » Sat Mar 15, 2008 7:55 pm

Ultimate DBZ wrote:
SatoSky wrote:Online stores have the magical ability to transform US Dollars into Yen. The age we live in.
But thats Japanese DVD stores. The only Japanese Book store carrying the kanzenban is Amazon Japan (http://amazon.co.jp)! And w/ Amazon Japan, not only can you not transfer the yen into cash, but it also dosen't even ship in my location, New York! Does it even ship in the states? I don't think so.

aegoku wrote:I don't think that they went out of print, but I'm not sure.

However, if you want them Sasuga books has them in stock. http://www.sasugabooks.com

The Time Traveller · Post by **The Time Traveller** » Sun Mar 16, 2008 9:04 am

aegoku wrote:I don't think that they went out of print, but I'm not sure.

However, if you want them Sasuga books has them in stock. http://www.sasugabooks.com

I'm gonna have to get that complete collection, just looks so tantalising.

Raki · Post by **Raki** » Sun Mar 16, 2008 10:26 am

I have a feeling in two months that this release will be the same as the others, edits left intact.

MagicBox · Post by **MagicBox** » Sun Mar 16, 2008 12:22 pm

Not sure if this has been brought up yet or not, but when these are all done and released, what ending do you guys think Viz will include; the original one, or Toriyama's "director's cut" ending that the Kanzenban had? I'm hopeful for the latter, but prepared for the former.

Advertising a "brand-new" alternate ending would be a great way to pull in sales and double-dippers, and since Viz has aquired some of the Kanzenban's coverart for poster use and whatnot, it's obvious they know the releases exist. On the other hand, if Viz had actually bothered to get the Kanzenban versions of their manga, then we'd have gotten more colored pages for Kenshin's VizBig release, so it's unlikely that they have the new ending.

I really don't know. What do you guys think?

Raki · Post by **Raki** » Sun Mar 16, 2008 12:38 pm

I think it will have to same old ending. Why put that ending in the Big version? In their eyes, that would be a waste. They could do a Kanzenban release, and then market it with "An All New Alternate Ending!!!!".

Kendamu · Post by **Kendamu** » Sun Mar 16, 2008 1:06 pm

Super Sonic wrote:Many people care more about what's on the outside of something rather than the inside. Hence, they literally judge a book by its cover.

No, we're judging a cover by its cover. Not the entire book.

Oh, and for those who are wondering why people find the covers bad, they're kind of a letdown. They're not bad covers in themselves, but when VIZ was touting stuff about new artwork and whatever, you'd think that they might use new artwork. Instead, we're just getting artwork that hasn't been used for a DB/DBZ cover in about eight years. That's not really new.

So, yeah. It's a letdown.

Sun_Wukong · Post by **Sun_Wukong** » Sun Mar 16, 2008 2:54 pm

Kendamu wrote:Whoaoooww-weeeee!

Liek, the old single-sissue comic covers kinda re-done!

Blech. Oh well, I'll live.

Thats exactly what I was thinking. All the single issues used art from Daizenshuu #1

Vegard Aune · Post by **Vegard Aune** » Sun Mar 16, 2008 3:42 pm

Apart from them looking extremely bland, I also think that the Dragonball-cover fails for featuring that image of Goku that's on the back of all 42 norwegian manga-volumes. Of course, this is totally unrelated to Viz, but still... Ah well, not like I have a reason to buy them anyway. I'm quite happy with my badly translated yet uncensored norwegian version.