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from "Don Wang" <dwang@hmc.edu>
subject Reply to Wayne
date Fri, 16 Mar 2001 14:31:37 -0800
Wayne:
> I don't quite agree.  Basically Viz produces in a consistant month
> after month the Ranma Manga.  Yes, they have a frustrating GN
> output.  But why is it frustrating?  It is because people want it
> so badly.  We usually see whens the next GN, shortly after one
> has been published.

    As far as I know, most people who buy manga tends to buy it continously,
so of course it's frustrating when the next one comes out 8 months after the
last one.

> On the anime side, Viz is producing three episodes per tape, and
> DVD's at the same time.  While it has taken then a bit to gear up,
> they will now probably finish Ranma in Anime.  Even Maison Ikokku
> has some hope they will complete it in Anime.

    Well, I don't know much about the Anime, but how many people will
honestly pay $30 or whatever per 2 episodes for all of 100+ episodes?

> In my mind for America at least, Ranma will begin to fade when the
> anime finishes here.  This also lends some hope that Viz would
> complete the Manga, since people will still want to know what happens
> afterwards.

    I don't know of too many people that actually went out and get the manga
just because they saw the Anime.  I suppose this is because manga is harder
to come by, and they don't have translation as readily avaliable as fansubs,
but still...


Don


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