Viz dragonball manga?

Caracal · Post by **Caracal** » Wed Mar 29, 2006 1:56 pm

Sebastian (SB) wrote:The only theory I can come up with is that it's something out of his control & it's Viz more or less calling the shots to some degree.

I agree with you there. On another forum it's been suggested that DB is being censored so they can sell it to everyone, namely the more younger audience. The likelyhood is so they can rake in more money with the DB name. I think it's a shame they're doing this, especally when they originally promised us the uncut version (if my memory serves me correctly).

DBZ MAN · Post by **DBZ MAN** » Wed Mar 29, 2006 2:20 pm

Damn Younglings

tarsonis · Post by **tarsonis** » Wed Mar 29, 2006 2:54 pm

I don't have a problem with an edited version as long as they simultaneously release an unedited version for the fans. Funimation could have gone an edited-only route like Viz or 4Kids, but they listened to us. Viz needs to do the same. Doesn't it seem like they could actually make more money this way, because more people would be interested?

Caracal · Post by **Caracal** » Wed Mar 29, 2006 3:50 pm

I agree. For example I know of a large number of One Piece fans who stopped reading the series due to Viz's changes. In their eyes if Viz made it more true to the original, they'd probably continue to buy it. Personally I don't see them as being anything major and currently I don't see the need to stop but we're all different.

Frankly I'm just going to keep buying the DBZ graphic novels so I have all 42 available to me. They're not perfect and at this moment in time its unlikely a perfect version will be done. I can't read Japanese either so Viz's work will do for me.

BlueSky · Post by **Kaboom** » Wed Mar 29, 2006 3:58 pm

Caracal wrote:Frankly I'm just going to keep buying the DBZ graphic novels so I have all 42 available to me. They're not perfect and at this moment in time its unlikely a perfect version will be done. I can't read Japanese either so Viz's work will do for me.

That's a healthy atitude to have. "Don't stress over it, just take it as it comes." That's what I do.

Super Sonic · Post by **Super Sonic** » Thu Mar 30, 2006 1:30 am

El_Diablo wrote:Ranma and Inuyasha are flipped.

True but remember, Ranma was first starting to be translated by Viz in comic form back in 1994-1995. Back then it was very very rare for manga to be published in the US and Canada in the right-to-left form. Inuyasha started a few years later when thus was still rare.

ShadowAssailantX · Post by **ShadowAssailantX** » Fri Mar 31, 2006 4:41 am

Super Sonic wrote:
El_Diablo wrote:Ranma and Inuyasha are flipped.
True but remember, Ranma was first starting to be translated by Viz in comic form back in 1994-1995. Back then it was very very rare for manga to be published in the US and Canada in the right-to-left form. Inuyasha started a few years later when thus was still rare.

That's also true, but back then they were also using a different format. (The enlarged Graphic Novels you can still find at certain bookstores.) When they switched to the new standard format, which was only a few years ago, they should have unflipped them.

Super Sonic · Post by **Super Sonic** » Fri Mar 31, 2006 1:25 pm

They probably didn't for consistancy.

Duo · Post by **Duo** » Fri Mar 31, 2006 3:13 pm

SSj Kaboom wrote:
Caracal wrote:Frankly I'm just going to keep buying the DBZ graphic novels so I have all 42 available to me. They're not perfect and at this moment in time its unlikely a perfect version will be done. I can't read Japanese either so Viz's work will do for me.
That's a healthy atitude to have. "Don't stress over it, just take it as it comes." That's what I do.

I love both of you.

Viz isn't perfect, but if you look at the big picture, they've done a great job and made an amazing Manga available to us through legal means. So long as you know of the alterations and where they are, then why fret?

Rocketman · Post by **Rocketman** » Fri Mar 31, 2006 5:36 pm

Duo wrote:
SSj Kaboom wrote:
Caracal wrote:Frankly I'm just going to keep buying the DBZ graphic novels so I have all 42 available to me. They're not perfect and at this moment in time its unlikely a perfect version will be done. I can't read Japanese either so Viz's work will do for me.
That's a healthy atitude to have. "Don't stress over it, just take it as it comes." That's what I do.
I love both of you.

Viz isn't perfect, but if you look at the big picture, they've done a great job and made an amazing Manga available to us through legal means. So long as you know of the alterations and where they are, then why fret?

And they're only $8 a book! I dance in joy!

kevin449 · Post by **kevin449** » Tue Apr 04, 2006 2:30 pm

I got volume 21 here,right now I'm reading vol.14(I'm going through the series by order

)Does anyone else is re-reading his or her's volumes again or am I the only one

? I LOVE DRAGONBALL MANGA!!!!

the1payday · Post by **the1payday** » Tue Apr 04, 2006 5:09 pm

i've got Dragon Ball 1-16 and DBZ 1-24...thats japanese Dragon Ball 1-40 and i've read 95% (not a lot of the newer dbz ones though) at least 6 or 7 times each...there was one day when i read vol. 1-16 of dragon ball straight through. It's really wierd going through 6 or 7 years of a story in less than a day lol.

kevin449 · Post by **kevin449** » Tue Apr 04, 2006 8:43 pm

Wow

, the entire dragonball series on a day? Darn, I only read strictly 3 chapters a day. Can you give the time when you started all the way till you finish, I'll try to beat that

which by the way I dont I would have the stomach to do that.

the1payday · Post by **the1payday** » Wed Apr 05, 2006 5:18 pm

lol...it like last year on a Saturday...I read like 3 or 4 volumes at a time throughout the day. I read extremely fast though. I've been reading actively since I was about 7. I'm 17.

BlueSky · Post by **Kaboom** » Wed Apr 05, 2006 5:50 pm

Heh. The only one I own is Volume 20. I attempted to start buying them once SJ USA stopped running DbZ in the magazine, but I never got past this one. I'll probably buy a couple more... once I get some $...

Super Sonic · Post by **Super Sonic** » Wed Apr 05, 2006 6:06 pm

By the way I just saw US vol 25 and the other terrorist's gun has been turned back into a machine gun. Even with the usual "BUDDA BUDDA BUDDA" sound effects those usually have.

DaemonCorps · Post by **DaemonCorps** » Wed Apr 05, 2006 7:08 pm

Super Sonic wrote:By the way I just saw US vol 25 and the other terrorist's gun has been turned back into a machine gun. Even with the usual "BUDDA BUDDA BUDDA" sound effects those usually have.

Darn! I already bought the volume! Can anyone do a scan of the actual page of the SJ version?

Super Sonic · Post by **Super Sonic** » Wed Apr 05, 2006 7:22 pm

DaemonCorps wrote:
Super Sonic wrote:By the way I just saw US vol 25 and the other terrorist's gun has been turned back into a machine gun. Even with the usual "BUDDA BUDDA BUDDA" sound effects those usually have.
Darn! I already bought the volume! Can anyone do a scan of the actual page of the SJ version?

What do you mean? You bought a bad one or something?

kevin449 · Post by **kevin449** » Sat Apr 08, 2006 11:36 am

Can someone explained what really said on the japanese tankoubon in the part where it says "Is this the end of Son Goku,then how do you explained dragonball Z"? Yay,I only need four more and I'm finished

Duo · Post by **Duo** » Sat Apr 08, 2006 4:44 pm

I'd bet 10 bucks that it was just "Is this the end of Son Goku?!!" or something similar.

I don't think Viz changed the guns in this volume because no humans were on the recieving end of the bullets. Plus, that one guys gun looks very laser-gun'ish anyway...though, Mr. Satan .45 is pretty obvious.

And...

Super Kamikaze Ghost Strike!!

Kanzenshuu

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