Eva Manga?

bum · Post by **bum** » Mon Jan 26, 2004 11:59 am

i found that the manga concentrates alot more on the personal, emotional side if things (more than the anime) and less on the action. arrr, i would buy it, if only i wasnt so poor

Jonathan02us · Post by **Jonathan02us** » Mon Jan 26, 2004 3:38 pm

bum wrote:i saw a few of the issues at this realy huge bookshop. i read one of them (yes at the shop, without paying for it. you'll be surprised how many people we're actualy doing this, and no-one stoped them) and id say its different enough for eva fans that bought all the dvd's to warrant a purchase.

I do the same thing ...

... its much better than buying the whole manga series because it adds up to a lot in the long run, whereas i could just get the whole series ...

... the staff dont really mind, they just r like, these people have no lives ...

...

As for the eva manga, it is more focused on the characters emotions. Its a good manga to read, i just hope the rest will come out this year ...

Daio Kaji · Post by **Daio Kaji** » Tue Jan 27, 2004 12:16 am

just think, when the manga is finally released in english, now ppl will have 3 endings to talk about and compare, even though ALL 3 endings will (probably) be the same, the slight differences in them will warrant a plethora (ton) of new 'Ending Of Evangelion' topics... sweeet (yea right..)

i have high hopes for the manga's version of the ending (hint-hint, the END of evangelion... so don't think about discussing a sequel... of course, Akira Toriyama named Dragon Ball's sequel Dragonball Z to imply he didn't want any more sequels (last letter of the alphabet einstein...) but that didn't work out for him... d'oh!)

Qyot27 · Post by **Qyot27** » Tue Jan 27, 2004 1:28 am

Daio Kaji wrote:just think, when the manga is finally released in english, now ppl will have 3 endings to talk about and compare, even though ALL 3 endings will (probably) be the same, the slight differences in them will warrant a plethora (ton) of new 'Ending Of Evangelion' topics... sweeet (yea right..)

Don't forget the alternate storylines that Gainax is pimping with the PS2 game they just released in Japan. That'll have people talking for months as well.

As far as the manga goes, Viz has taken more than enough time just getting the volumes we have here out (whether or not it's because they might have been getting run in Japan at the same time early on might be a reason), since I remember considering buying volume 1 almost six years ago when I was still reading the Robotech novels (that's kinda strange to think about now). Anyway, since it took them at least six years to get to where we are now, it'll probably be a lot longer to wait for more here in the States. How many volumes are there in Japan, anyway?

All this stuff is getting confusing...

MrScribble · Post by **MrScribble** » Tue Jan 27, 2004 5:04 am

I believe there were 14 volumes in total.

And you've got to be kidding me... They halted the translation? I've only gotten upto the sixth book...

bum · Post by **bum** » Tue Jan 27, 2004 7:02 am

MrScribble wrote:I believe there were 14 volumes in total.

and at $25 a book, that would end up costing me $40 more than the whole dvd series. in other words, FUCK

Jonathan02us · Post by **Jonathan02us** » Tue Jan 27, 2004 10:55 am

bum wrote:
MrScribble wrote:I believe there were 14 volumes in total.

and at $25 a book, that would end up costing me $40 more than the whole dvd series. in other words, FUCK

WTF .. $25 a book

... man that is expensive, around my area its only like $12 or something around that range, but $25, man im sorry u have to go through that ...

Scintilla · Post by **Scintilla** » Tue Jan 27, 2004 11:23 am

Jonathan02us wrote:
bum wrote:
MrScribble wrote:I believe there were 14 volumes in total.
and at $25 a book, that would end up costing me $40 more than the whole dvd series. in other words, FUCK
WTF .. $25 a book ... man that is expensive, around my area its only like $12 or something around that range, but $25, man im sorry u have to go through that ...

Wait, is that 25 USD or Australian?

the Black Monarch · Post by **the Black Monarch** » Tue Jan 27, 2004 5:23 pm

Neither, it's Canadian of course.

Speaking of Gainax pimping alternate storylines in their games... has anyone seen all the endings for the Ayanami Raising Project? One of them features her becoming what looks like NERV's technical director (i.e. Dr. Akagi's job), and I think that would make a damn cool series. Asuka would take Misato's job as field commander and mission planner, and Shinji would be running the whole show in his father's place. And they're all trying to prevent a fourth impact or somesuch nonsense. Or maybe Third Impact never happened and that's what they're still trying to prevent. That would fucking ROCK.

Daio Kaji · Post by **Daio Kaji** » Tue Jan 27, 2004 8:43 pm

Jonathan02us wrote:
bum wrote:
MrScribble wrote:I believe there were 14 volumes in total.

and at $25 a book, that would end up costing me $40 more than the whole dvd series. in other words, FUCK
WTF .. $25 a book ... man that is expensive, around my area its only like $12 or something around that range, but $25, man im sorry u have to go through that ...

yeah, that sux, it's only US$12 where i'm at too, US$15 if you want the Special Editions

the Black Monarch wrote:Neither, it's Canadian of course.

Speaking of Gainax pimping alternate storylines in their games... has anyone seen all the endings for the Ayanami Raising Project? One of them features her becoming what looks like NERV's technical director (i.e. Dr. Akagi's job), and I think that would make a damn cool series. Asuka would take Misato's job as field commander and mission planner, and Shinji would be running the whole show in his father's place. And they're all trying to prevent a fourth impact or somesuch nonsense. Or maybe Third Impact never happened and that's what they're still trying to prevent. That would fucking ROCK.

wow, if that's the case, then Forth Impact would just be Third Impact that never really fully happened... which is Second Impact that never really fully happened...

Neo wrote:whoa..