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I would like to see in the future like wallpaper verison of the manga volume covers. Like a merge wallpaper verison of the Volume 21 and 22 cover with Barqoue works Vs. Straw Hats, etc. Since I think the manga volume covers are some of the most awesome artwork I ever seen.

I would like to see more of the Color Walk books,  and as well the profile books down the line.  But what I really want to see release in the U.S. is the One Piece Log books, which each Log focus on certian story arc of the series.

Well I decided that I'll go for the Viz releases from the point that te crew reaches the Grand Line (volume 12 and on right?) since the Dutch releases keep getting delayed without any comment from the company. I just hope Viz doesnt edit/censor/screw up much and delivers good work even if they speed it up this fast. How does Viz handle the Nami-swan Robin-chwan of Sanji by the way?

Having several translation notes at the end of each volume would be nice and perhaps some liberal usage of asterisks as opposed to just translating and converting everything. It certainly isn't a deal-breaker otherwise though. If you are new to the series and don't know of the original then I doubt you'd notice or care. If you already know what is changed then why does it matter? You are familiar enough with it to know what it's supposed to be. Use your imagination. Granted it would definitely be better unaltered. Zolo to Zoro is such a small thing that surely it could be easily changed to the original.

If Viz were to ever release the Guidebooks, it would be an automatic pre-order from me. It'd be a hell of a lot simpler than learning to read Japanese and going through MQ .jpeg page scans.

That instant pre-order goes for the Color Walks too.

Tashigi wrote:

pilkman wrote:

Is Viz still incorrectly romanizing Zoro's name as "Zolo"? Because that's a deal breaker for me.

Yeah but when you get a CND letter from the people who own to copyright to "ZoRo"  its kinda hard to ignore them.  Though there are rogue first printings of the US One Piece that still have the "ZORO" spelling.  Yeah its kinda poopy for me to read through it too... so I just write in the R sometimes XD

I thought they stopped changing Zoro into Zolo somwhere along the way, but I was wrong I guess

Not to mention the fact that the literary character is "ZoRRo" with two R's.

well I hope I can ignore the fact that it's Zolo instead of Zoro, because I just sold my 8 One Piece volume in Dutch, and ordered every Viz released manga up until now. Let's hope it good enough to enjoy.

does anyone know what's gonna happen when Viz released the 53rd volume? Will the release schedule be brought back to one every three months? two months? monthly?

that's a GREAT deal! I'm gonna do it, I just hope I won't have to pay much import-tax when I order this from the States (to Holland)

Fortunately charges only occur as items are shipped. It'll be a slowww money burn XD

Good lord, I'm sooo excited for this. THIS is the reason that I've been saving a friiickload of money lately, and why I haven't bought many games in the past few months.

Tashigi wrote:

Currently there are a bunch of things that have already been decided, but its nice to hear what other One Piece books you would like offered here in the states.
- Colorwalk 2? Profile Books Red, Blue and Yellow?

I'd like to see a re-release of Colorwalk 1 as well, since it seems that I can't find it anywhere... plus Colorwalks 2 and 3, and the different guidebooks as well.

I'd also like to know if the covers will stay the same. Dunno if I'm the only one that gets annoyed by the crappy editing on the english covers. The volume-specific text always looks like it was done in the cheap Paint program. And must the logo ALWAYS be golden? ._. I like the different variety of colors on the japanese volumes. >_>

And you mentioned that a bunch of things have already been decided. Would that be anything specific that we haven't already mentioned, Tashigi?

o.O ...wow. You guys remember I was complaining about the horrible volume covers, right? Weeell, apparently on the Viz One Piece site, they've got previews of the first bunch of new ones. I'm actually kind of impressed.

http://onepiece.viz.com/volumes/

Looks like they're going to be changing the logo to make it different for every arc. Like for Skypiea, it's an aqua-ish green color and says "Skypiea" above it instead of "One Piece" in different text. (which I saw absolutely no point for in the first place...) And they also lost the disgustingly bad-looking volume "names" that they've had since the beginning. I really like the whole idea, personally. :3

EDIT- Apparently theyve also released some images of the Water Seven covers too. The logo is blue and light-blue themed.
http://viz.com/products/products.php?product_id=9235

Last edited by M-Pyre (2009-10-27 15:21:16)

I don't say this very often but: good job viz! looks way better then that goldish color they used to put on the covers. I actually start to get the feeling they finally noticed the potential of One Piece