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I buy Japanese tankoubon and magazines, read scanlations, and boycott American releases.
Plagiarism, Scanlations, and Copies: Nick Simmons’ Incarnate Rips Off Bleach » Manga Worth Reading 2010
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One year and approximately 1000 reviews later, I found myself the owner of over 3,000 manga graphic novels, as well as numerous untranslated tankoubon and Japanese manga magazines.
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I hope they can fix it when English PH goes into tankoubon form.
New for JUNE! 2009
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Likewise, back before manga circulated widely in the tankoubon-like TPB form currently available in most bookstores, it was issued in comic book sized collections that usually gathered up two or three of the weekly chapters.
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I sort of want to punch whoever turned falling magazine and tankoubon sales figures into the mantra that "manga readership is declining in Japan;" yes, it is, but in the same way one might say "our tsunamis have been getting smaller lately."
Manga Before Flowers – “Manga for Adults” (Part One) | Comics Should Be Good! @ Comic Book Resources 2008
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Manga titles can be as long as one tankoubon collection while some reach 50 volumes the average is probably between 10 and 20 volumes I suspect, but certain genres are more likely to stretch on past 30 volumes while titles from other genres will usually fall under 10 volumes.
Manga Before Flowers – “Manga for Adults” (Part One) | Comics Should Be Good! @ Comic Book Resources 2008
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The magazines are so cheap, though, that there isn't the obstacle to buying the same content twice (i.e. buying the magazine and the tankoubon) that currently exists in the U.S., considering that $2.99 for 32 pages (albeit in color) can hardly complete with around 300 pages (in black and white with a few color pages, actually intended to be disposable) for about the same cost.
Manga Before Flowers – “Manga for Adults” (Part One) | Comics Should Be Good! @ Comic Book Resources 2008
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It is a different reading experience than reading the tankoubon.
REVIEW: Manga Review: High Fashion and Coming of Age: Paradise Kiss by Ai Yazawa 2007
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It is a different reading experience than reading the tankoubon.
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Ultimately, the problem with the Coalition will be competing companies and differing cultural modes of print consumption (eg., serialized compilations in Japan versus tankoubon-style paperbacks in the U.S.).
Anime Nano! 2010
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