Charter_Mage said:Theres nothing undesirable about importing manga.
harkins said:Charter_Mage said:Theres nothing undesirable about importing manga.
Sorry about that. I’ve got myself a bit paranoid about the UK versus Imports thing.
When you say stuff from Amazon is ‘the same’ as that from UP, do you mean solely in appearance or that it is all from the same source? (I kinda forgot that books don't have region codes).
The arguements only seems to apply to DVDs, so I shouldn't worry too much about it. Tokyopop's UK releases are the US prints with the UK barcode stuck over the top.harkins said:Charter_Mage said:Theres nothing undesirable about importing manga.
Sorry about that. I’ve got myself a bit paranoid about the UK versus Imports thing.
I must admit that I'd love to replace my flipped version but I haven't even collected those yet! I guess the length of the series makes it an expensive proposition and it would be pricey however many volumes they divide it into. We are born with two kidneys for a reason you know...kupoartist said:I've been hoping that they'll release an unflipped Akira for years... well, that and an Akira release I don't have to sell my body to afford.
harkins said:Another question I just thought of is to do with the whole importing thing again. I take it that manga bought from UP is imported and is therefore undesirable?
harkins said:I ask because I ordered the first two volumes of Anne Freaks from Amazon (and they sent 1&3 instead of 1&2) so I ordered the second one from UP and it was identical to the others.
Not sure either but another candidate might be Ironfist Chinmi which came out over here at around 1995 I think. It was quite innovative at the time, to the point where they put numbered blobs around the page to direct you through it. (it was aimed at kiddies after all)Mr B said:IIRC (and looking through my collection quickly) Viz's release of Dragon Ball & DBZ were the first mainstream manga to be released in there original (un-flipped) format, though I do have some Neon Genesis Evangelion - special collectors editions that were in original format also, but the collected GN of NGE was in the flipped format.