"VIZ BIG" Discussions (Releases, Developments)

Sebastian (SB) · Post by **Sebastian (SB)** » Sun Feb 17, 2008 6:22 pm

Brad Redfield wrote:Dragon Ball had a teen rating but Z had an all audience rating...which never made much sense to me.

Because there's a nine-year old born everyday!

Death-T · Post by **Death-T** » Wed Feb 20, 2008 11:06 pm

I just got the VIZBIG Rurouni Kenshin volume today. I don't really care if there are only some of the color pages that were originally there. It's a well translated, uncensored book with very high quality paper and an awesome design. I only have the first original volume and haven't read past that. So, the color pages that are already there are really just an awesome bonus.

Adamant wrote: Well, at least this way they can release a "Dragonball Special Super Color Edition" 42 volume series later on.
And THEN a Viz Big version of THAT.

...then follow it up with a "Super Complete Edition" that includes all the title pages.. in black and white, of course - that way they can gives us a "Super Complete Edition in Color" too.

Nah, VIZ doesn't re-release things out the ass like FUNimation does.

Captain Awesome · Post by **Captain Awesome** » Wed Feb 20, 2008 11:10 pm

I pre-ordered the Dragonball and Dragonball Z volumes the other day at my local comic book store, they simply can't get released here quickly enough.

I actually had a look at the Kenshin volume, but my comic book store shrink wraps Manga, which is great if you're buying it (no creased corners etc) but annoying if you just want to have a look.

Milton · Post by **Milton** » Thu Feb 21, 2008 12:50 am

Hmm, since no one mentioned it here, I figure I'll bring it up.

My Kenshin VizBig came close to a week ago and something that I thought would be a problem when putting three tankoubon together actually became a problem. The binding cracked on me by the time I was done with book one; not only that, it produced some nasty looking holes on the tops of some of the middle pages where the binding cracked.

Luckily, Amazon sent me a replacement for this. The only problem is I'm afraid it'll happen once again. Hopefully it was just that one book and this won't become a major problem in the future. Just some food for thought when considering collecting these books.

Captain Awesome · Post by **Captain Awesome** » Thu Feb 21, 2008 1:47 am

Ugh!,

This doesn't bode well for the first Dragonball release (weighing in at almost 600 pages) how many pages is the first Kenshin release?

Anyway, I hope for yours and all of our sakes, that what happened to your book was just an isolated incident.

Kendamu · Post by **Kendamu** » Thu Feb 21, 2008 3:48 pm

Milton wrote:Hmm, since no one mentioned it here, I figure I'll bring it up.

My Kenshin VizBig came close to a week ago and something that I thought would be a problem when putting three tankoubon together actually became a problem. The binding cracked on me by the time I was done with book one; not only that, it produced some nasty looking holes on the tops of some of the middle pages where the binding cracked.

Luckily, Amazon sent me a replacement for this. The only problem is I'm afraid it'll happen once again. Hopefully it was just that one book and this won't become a major problem in the future. Just some food for thought when considering collecting these books.

Y'know, I was wondering if something like that would happen.

Good thing I have the originals.

Death-T · Post by **Death-T** » Thu Feb 21, 2008 4:52 pm

Well, that hasn't happened to me yet. I can only hope it won't happen with my copy. But so far it seems very durable and is in very nice shape. I'll post if the book starts to show signs of damage. I take very good care of my manga, so it should be safe to assume that there is a flaw with the book shall there happen to be any nasty bindings like you just said. But I would recommend not bending the pages and cover back to much, it's best to be safe. I tilt the pages back far enough for me to read but not to the extent that it feels like I'm putting to much pressure on the book.

Milton · Post by **Milton** » Fri Feb 22, 2008 8:53 am

The Kenshin book is just shy of 600 pages, weighing in at 584 pages. As far as how I was reading it, it was the same way I read all the manga in my collection: carefully. Viz has had some issues with binding before, so I've become quite adept at not pushing the pages back further than they had to.

bkev · Post by **bkev** » Fri Feb 22, 2008 8:06 pm

Sebastian (SB) wrote:
Brad Redfield wrote:Dragon Ball had a teen rating but Z had an all audience rating...which never made much sense to me.
Because there's a nine-year old born everyday!

*sigh* that's getting really old...

Super Sonic · Post by **Super Sonic** » Sun Feb 24, 2008 4:26 pm

Looks like they won't just be doing VIZBIG for the Jump line alone. Just saw on ANN that next year they're going to do one for Fushugi Yugi. Know nothing about that series other than some guy had a catchpfrase in both the Japanese and English versions of the anime.

Brad Redfield · Post by **Brad Redfield** » Thu Feb 28, 2008 1:26 am

We have our covers:

Chuquita · Post by **Chuquita** » Thu Feb 28, 2008 2:08 am

Reminds me of the old monthly Viz db/dbz releases.
(Those used to use random artwork on their covers)

Not a big fan of the font though, it looks a little plain.

Tatsunoboshi Horoko · Post by **Tatsunoboshi Horoko** » Thu Feb 28, 2008 3:17 am

Are my eyes playing tricks or is the "rago" in those titles melting?...o_O

Kendamu · Post by **Kendamu** » Thu Feb 28, 2008 3:37 am

Chuquita wrote:Reminds me of the old monthly Viz db/dbz releases.
(Those used to use random artwork on their covers)

Not a big fan of the font though, it looks a little plain.

I like the DBZ one a bit better than the current release DBZ logo, but otherwise it is kinda plain.

GotenZ1 · Post by **GotenZ1** » Thu Feb 28, 2008 11:07 am

Wow. I'm really surprised by the lack of quality in those covers. We've seen that Viz has the the print rights to at least some of the Kanzeban images via Shonen Jump front covers. Sure, the pictures are classic, but there are other classic Toriyama pieces that look 20 times better than these.

Slickmasterfunk · Post by **Slickmasterfunk** » Thu Feb 28, 2008 2:12 pm

These releases are looking kinda shitty to me. Maybe I'll just stick with my original 42 volumes.

Post by **desirecampbell** » Thu Feb 28, 2008 2:40 pm

I don't give a shit what the covers look like, as long as we get a full, uncensored manga.

Snail · Post by **Snail** » Thu Feb 28, 2008 3:47 pm

Good point. I'm gonna hold out until Viz manages and decides to release an even better compilation of the Dragonball, Z manga. (not to say that the current VizBig editions are total crap)

Super Saiyan Turlast x4 · Post by **Super Saiyan Turlast x4** » Thu Feb 28, 2008 5:10 pm

Slickmasterfunk wrote:These releases are looking kinda shitty to me. Maybe I'll just stick with my original 42 volumes.

I agree. Plus, it just seems like they're cramming them all together just to say they have 500-600 pages. The uncensoring is actually notthat big of deal' though, I would like to see how Piccolo talks at the beginning of Z, or if they'll just leave it like that.

"What say you" was a classic, but if that dialogue is lin the newer releases, it'll be odd.

Post by **desirecampbell** » Thu Feb 28, 2008 5:17 pm

Super Saiyan Turlast x4 wrote:
Slickmasterfunk wrote:These releases are looking kinda shitty to me. Maybe I'll just stick with my original 42 volumes.
I agree. Plus, it just seems like they're cramming them all together just to say they have 500-600 pages. The uncensoring is actually notthat big of deal' though, I would like to see how Piccolo talks at the beginning of Z, or if they'll just leave it like that.
"What say you" was a classic, but if that dialogue is lin the newer releases, it'll be odd.

From what I understand, Piccolo actually did talk in a more formal, archaic manner early on and slowly shifted to a more informal talk as he grew closer to the others.

Though I could certainly be wrong.

Kanzenshuu

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