Tsuki ni kawatte....
The news that the Sailor Moon manga is being re-released in America is very exciting, like, I feel elated.
The manga originally started being released over here in 1997 by MIXX/COMX/Tokyopop, and has long since been out of print. The versions were pretty shitty. I have double-copies of a number of tankoubon, because the glue jobs were pretty terrible and pages would fall out, sometimes entire sections.
ALSO, they're releasing the prequel to Sailor Moon, Sailor V, which has never been released in the U.S., and I've never read before!
It bodes well for the re-release of other items that have been out of print for a long time, like Takeuchi's artbooks, or the anime DVDs (which also weren't stellar quality products the first time around).
Sailor Moon was the first anime that I ever saw, and the first manga that I ever read. I still love the artwork, it is a major comfort reread for me.
Even if the manga and anime that I own right now will plummet in value (single volumes range in price on Amazon.com from $20-300), I am really grateful that new fans will be born, and that I'll be able to use my money to support one of my favorite fandoms of all time in return for quality, beautiful products.
Thank you, Kodansha USA. I hope that you continue to do badass things in the future.
2011 will be a good year for historical shoujo in the U.S.! Vertical's release of Osamu Tezuka's Princess Knight are slated for this year too, I think.
The manga originally started being released over here in 1997 by MIXX/COMX/Tokyopop, and has long since been out of print. The versions were pretty shitty. I have double-copies of a number of tankoubon, because the glue jobs were pretty terrible and pages would fall out, sometimes entire sections.
ALSO, they're releasing the prequel to Sailor Moon, Sailor V, which has never been released in the U.S., and I've never read before!
It bodes well for the re-release of other items that have been out of print for a long time, like Takeuchi's artbooks, or the anime DVDs (which also weren't stellar quality products the first time around).
Sailor Moon was the first anime that I ever saw, and the first manga that I ever read. I still love the artwork, it is a major comfort reread for me.
Even if the manga and anime that I own right now will plummet in value (single volumes range in price on Amazon.com from $20-300), I am really grateful that new fans will be born, and that I'll be able to use my money to support one of my favorite fandoms of all time in return for quality, beautiful products.
Thank you, Kodansha USA. I hope that you continue to do badass things in the future.
2011 will be a good year for historical shoujo in the U.S.! Vertical's release of Osamu Tezuka's Princess Knight are slated for this year too, I think.