Comments on: Anime + Manga Trends: Bigger is Better?

By: Machi :3

Machi :3 — Mon, 07 Feb 2011 17:02:59 +0000

What about that pic? I almost thought you ment that the manga charaters were starting to get fatter or something xD
Honestly, i must say, that the picture wasnt ugly… acctually i kind of liked it, a normal person’ish.
And if Miku Hatsune was real, maybe she’d look like that xD

By: Ryan

Ryan — Tue, 25 Aug 2009 17:56:10 +0000

…im bisexual and horny 24/7 and that pic isn’t really a turn off >.<

By: Missfortune___L

Missfortune___L — Tue, 31 Mar 2009 08:57:03 +0000

whatever…..u want to,…………well i dont

By: jenn

jenn — Sat, 29 Nov 2008 19:07:32 +0000

I personally like big sets. Not so much box sets, but I fondly remember the telephone-book-sized copies of X1999 I used to read more than…five, six years ago now? Pretty art spread over huge pages. ^^ Only thing that came close to that that I see here in Australia (where I once again got into anime/manga) was a Furuba copy, and it was hard cover. Ugh.

If sets had extras, though, I reckon would be goot incentive to buy. ^^ And I can definitely understand how it’d be easier for manufacturers to package it all at once.

By: David

David — Wed, 19 Nov 2008 06:27:06 +0000

There was a Huge discussion thread on AnimeOnDVD.com’s message boards (don’t remember which specific forum, but I think it was R1 and/or English Track) about the possibility of 1 and 2 cour sets (13 & 26 episodes, respectively) being sold and how that would affect the overall anime econimic environment. The general conclusion was that there was a very strong likelyhood that it would be as good as or better for the market as a whole. Plus the fact that you don’t have to wait a year or more to finish a series (once the release strarted) was a big plus for consumers.

By: Nyssa

Nyssa — Wed, 05 Nov 2008 13:15:54 +0000

With manga, it’s cheaper. Bigger = cheaper for the companies. They won’t have to spend so much money on keeping every single volume in print. Instead, they just slam 2/3 volumes into a giant-sized package.
The negative aspect about it is that if you collected 2 out of the 3 volumes and the 3rd one is out of print, you’d have to buy the giant-sized one to complete it.

By: ETERNAL

ETERNAL — Sun, 02 Nov 2008 18:19:57 +0000

I agree with Kairu Ishimaru, I still can’t get that image out of my head 0_o

As for the main topic, though, I haven’t thought much about it since I stopped following the North American industry quite some time ago, but I found that giant AzuDai manga omnibus to be pretty useful.

By: Kairu Ishimaru

Kairu Ishimaru — Wed, 22 Oct 2008 11:13:07 +0000

scary pic.. is SCARY!

By: Hung

Hung — Sat, 18 Oct 2008 15:49:55 +0000

I guess there’s the issue of trying a series before you commit to buying a whole season (or half). But… there are other methods for trying out a series, I guess.

By: Diego

Diego — Sat, 18 Oct 2008 11:31:15 +0000

$30-50 for 13 episodes sounds quite reasonable to me, so I’ll keep snapping them up. I’d rather pay less of course, but then I’ve zero control over pricing so all I can do is keep digging into my pockets.

Some series are worth decking out in full bells and whistles, but if we’re picking a one-size-fits-all treatment then I say straight to thinpaks.