Comments on: License Fortune Telling… But Not Really

By: Kuriousity » Blog Archive » More on Amazon, Remove List Continues to Predict

Wed, 18 Feb 2009 00:47:09 +0000

[...] anyone remember my post back in October 2008, License Fortune Telling… But Not Really? Well as of today that list of crossed out licenses has gotten six titles shorter. Only a few left [...]

By: I.B.

I.B. — Mon, 27 Oct 2008 06:23:09 +0000

"Harlem Beat wa Toaki made" is licensed in German by Carlsen manga.

By: jinytte

jinytte — Mon, 27 Oct 2008 00:50:55 +0000

Yorozuya Toukaido Honpo = Yorozuya Tokaidou Honpo = Satisfaction Guaranteed!

I don't know about the German version, but several volumes have been released in English by Tokyopop.

By: Karen

Karen — Sun, 26 Oct 2008 21:49:15 +0000

Isn't Suppli one of the titles Tokyopop cancelled? What's the big idea here, they won't release the rest of it in English and German themselves and they don't want anyone else to either?

By: umaianime

umaianime — Sun, 26 Oct 2008 16:45:13 +0000

wow thats a large list to be removed :(

By: Althalus

Althalus — Fri, 24 Oct 2008 11:20:08 +0000

@Mugi: All german manga releases are in German.

BTW: I regularly make the opposite trip (Germany to Belgium) to buy French manga in Belgium. There are just so many good series licensed in French, but not in German.

By: Mugi

Mugi — Thu, 23 Oct 2008 18:30:57 +0000

So as a European (Belgian, so Germany is like a 1 hour drive for me), if I go to germany I can find all those mangas english translated there? Cause if it's in germans it won't help me much.

By: Sabrina

Sabrina — Tue, 21 Oct 2008 21:24:47 +0000

I gotta say, I'm excited for Yamada Taro Monogatari. Old Ai Morinaga, anyone? XD

By: Lissa

Lissa — Tue, 21 Oct 2008 18:44:59 +0000

Thanks for clearing that up, Andre! Appreciated ^^

By: Andre

Andre — Tue, 21 Oct 2008 18:29:55 +0000

PS- Checking WorldCat.org , some libraries do have it, though it'd be one heck of an interlibrary loan….. I imagine the license is quite available.

By: Andre

Andre — Tue, 21 Oct 2008 18:28:58 +0000

Rose of Versailles was released in English in Japan in the 80's with a translation by Fred Schodt- I believe this was by it's Japanese publisher, and it was mostly done for english-teaching purposes. Jason Thompson has a review of it in his Manga Guide [which all should have- it's handy].

There was also a segement included in Schodt's Manga Manga! though other segments in that book were subsequently licensed by others, such as Barefoot Gen [multiple publishers, now Last Gasp] and VIZ's edition of Phoenix.

There was a 3 oversize volume french edition not too long ago [though I think it's OOP], so Ikeda is open to international licensing.

Rose of Versailles would severely kick ass- I have the french canadian DVD's, and it's one of the more compelling shojo franchises out there.

By: Lissa

Lissa — Tue, 21 Oct 2008 16:01:48 +0000

@Nadja: I have it marked down as being licensed by Tokyopop but, as you said, I too can't find any confirmation of this. I'll remove the line through it until I can find confirmation of it being licensed (if it was at all).

By: Nadja

Nadja — Tue, 21 Oct 2008 15:28:49 +0000

I just want to ask…Karakuri Odette is crossed from the list, but I didn't see any confirmation or amazon listing, so I wonder if it's really a license that is sure… ?

By: Lissa

Lissa — Tue, 21 Oct 2008 14:13:34 +0000

@Connie: I believe you're thinking of a different Harlem Beat. Tokyopop does have a series called Harlem Beat that's about basketball (?), but I'm hoping for the shoujo/BL release by Kazusa Takashima. The translation of the full name escapes me so I usually just shorten 'Harlem Beat wa Toaki made' down to Harlem Beat ;p

As for Rose of Versailles, a few different sources do have it listed as having an expired license, originally licensed quite a while ago I think (as Tiamat pointed out) but I haven't seen or heard of any releases myself.

By: Connie

Connie — Tue, 21 Oct 2008 12:46:41 +0000

I think Harlem Beat is an older Tokyopop license. Waaaay old, pre-flop, out around the same time as their version of Parasyte. On the other hand, everything I can think of that would be comparably old like their first couple Gundam titles and something called Blue Ice or Ice Blue aren't on the list, only the old high profile things like Sailor Moon and MKR.

Also, I think the Rose of Versailles rumor comes from a Jason Thompson interview on ask.com, but I can't dig it up right now.