Comments on: Manga Publishers and Me (Part 02)

By: Lissa

Lissa — Tue, 01 Jul 2008 23:15:50 +0000

@DocWatson: So I do! Whoops ;p Thanks for pointing it out! All fixed now ^^

By: DocWatson

DocWatson — Tue, 01 Jul 2008 17:01:15 +0000

Pardon me, but you have Viz's logo on the ADV Manga review. ^_^;;

By: Tiamat's Discip

Tiamat's Discip — Mon, 30 Jun 2008 05:01:27 +0000

The problem with SS is the garbage they've been spewing for near a year now with regards to their distribution network. They've blamed everyone and everything, and they still haven't got a solid distribution.

Tor firmly blame SS stating they can only distribute titles they have, if they havent got them they cant distribute them (kind of obvious). SS finally admited they had screwed up, but still refuse to give reprint dates for several titles, most noteably Kashimasi and Strawberry Panic.

As a result they're forcing people to turn to scanlations. Frankly i think it's just a matter of time now before SS goes belly up. After all there have been roumors of financial trouble in SS for a while now, and they refuse to comment on it.

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MangaBlog » Blog Archive » Bonus Jumbo Sunday post — Sun, 29 Jun 2008 14:21:31 +0000

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By: gia

gia — Wed, 25 Jun 2008 19:47:50 +0000

Well, they're not on the exhibitor list for AX, but they ARE on the list for San Diego Comic Con, so here's hoping.

By: Lissa

Lissa — Wed, 25 Jun 2008 18:17:52 +0000

@gia: All interesting, if not a bit disheartening to hear. Hopefully it's not another company slowly spiralling out from beneath us. Seems to be a popular trend lately, this maybe-we-are-maybe-we-aren't slow deaths of anime and manga companies.

I forgot about Seven Seas' yaoi line, though it definately rings a familiar bell. Hopefully Seven Seas won't be another company people avoid for fear of starting a series that will never see completion.

Maybe we'll hear something during this busy con season.

By: gia

gia — Wed, 25 Jun 2008 18:08:56 +0000

It worries me how quiet Seven Seas has been. After their big announcements at Expo (new yaoi line and new kids' line), neither seems to have actually happened– the yaoi title was completely (and quietly) removed from their site. I don't think they've announced any new licenses since AX07, either (though I could be wrong).

They've also had some serious delays: some of the novels they announced in September '06 that were due out in April '07 *still* aren't out, such as Vamp!, Kanokon, and Gun Princess. Some of their OEL– including one I'm very interested in, It Takes a Wizard, which was due April 08 –hasn't been released either.

I think that the Tor alliance was supposed to alleviate some of the difficulties, but that happened back in January and I still haven't seen or heard anything from the company, in spite of my and others' (both press and fans) attempts to get in touch with SS. The company hasn't said anything about the aforementioned books, although they are regularly putting out others.

They have a lot of really interesting titles I'd like to see come out and I think that their quality is good– but their lack of communication makes me wonder what's going on back there…especially since a company so determined to make a big splash at AX07 has been so amazingly quiet since then.