Tora
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Post by Tora on Dec 26, 2015 7:24:46 GMT -7
Love the cover with Tôbê. ^^
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Ryan
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Post by Ryan on Dec 30, 2015 13:54:48 GMT -7
So I now have the first 8 out of the 11 specials and thought I could share some info. The 4th with Kamakiri and Hougen has a set of stickers as does the one with John. The Hougen/ Kama one has a breed paragraph with Sasuke on the Shiba Inu and Rocket for Borzoi. The John copy had John for German Shepard and Cross for Saluki and the Kyou version has Akame for his breed Kishu and Thunder for Doderman. Tesshin volume has Mole for Dachshund and Kisaragi for Husky. The Hiro and Kama version of course has Hiro for Great Pyrenees and Kama for Irish Wolfhound. The rest of the volumes I have so far contain interviews and advertisements. The stickers
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Post by Red Skyfang on Jan 30, 2016 22:21:21 GMT -7
Just posting the new cover art here since nobody has done it yet. The title is 父子再会!?編 (I believe "Father and Son Reunion edition" - please correct me if I am wrong.) I don't have the most recent 3 volumes yet to confirm, but I think that next month's release may be the last for the Hougen arc since the latest 3 volumes have all been ~600 pages instead of only ~400. I'm curious to see if they will continue into the other arcs or if they intend to just end this edition after the Hougen arc ends. I suspect that they may at least include the monkey arc since I'm pretty sure that one has already been reprinted in two books before, but I'm not sure what the likelihood is that they will include the rest of them.
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Post by Kit on Jan 30, 2016 23:03:30 GMT -7
Ooooh, I love this cover! I had been getting rather disappointed in them, lately, but that image of the final Sniper confrontation as Gin hurries to find them is very dramatic and I like how it's presented in that image. The coloring is good and sets the mood even better. (And Gin and Weed are finally more silver than blue, yaaay.) I am also curious as to whether they'll go past the Hougen arc, but I kinda doubt it. Thanks for posting it, Sky! You got the title right, too.
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Post by Deleted on Jan 31, 2016 0:36:55 GMT -7
See, THIS is how you make a good cover! Very dynamic, and well drawn. And with Gin in the foreground and Weed in the background? I didn't expect that.
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Post by M-92 Mantis on Jan 31, 2016 0:53:29 GMT -7
I'm not a Ginga collector by any means. I am a huge collector of my other fandoms but not really for Ginga, and a lot of that has to do with the covers for me. Most of the newer editions that you can find more easily are pretty boring, lazy, or flat out insulting (the new Ginga Densetsu Riki, Yamato looking like a white Weed, Zero and Musashi in the new Ginga style), but honestly, if anyone hasn't picked these up but is considering it, I'd recommend them.
I still only have the first six, but since I can see them firsthand I can guarantee the covers and bulk of the books feels real nice, and I love the dedication to the coloring and layout of each. The only ones I personally felt dropped the ball were the Hiro/Kamakiri one (simply because there's no real posing or background, the characters do look beautiful though) and the one with Sniper, because Sniper's eyeball is hanging off of his face, but if there's any fans who are debating on adding this to their collection, I'd still say they'd make a wonderful little spot in between the other volumes you have.
I'm moving all the covers and such to the OP, thanks a huge ton to people for finding and sharing these. My check's coming in and I'll probably buy a new chunk of these in bulk so I can get to scanning them and letting people share the inside stuff and covers.
Also, I'm digging the new cover. I like seeing Gin as the foreground character while Weed's in the background, since this is the part of the Hougen arc where Gin and Weed kinda cooperate in the plot and we switch back and forth between them until they finally meet each other. I'm still loving the colors chosen and how the brindles aren't super blue, and how there's always something interesting going on instead of generic flying poses.
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Ryan
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Post by Ryan on Feb 1, 2016 12:46:41 GMT -7
Find this one because I searched all over CD Japan and I cannot find this one they already posted for volume four of the last wars but not this new special.
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Post by M-92 Mantis on Feb 1, 2016 14:39:18 GMT -7
Find this one because I searched all over CD Japan and I cannot find this one they already posted for volume four of the last wars but not this new special. Yeah, I got the alert from CDJapan as well, they might not have the volume 4 cover released yet, I expect we might see it sometime in the middle of February since it comes out the first week on March.
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Ryan
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This is my poochyena, his grandfather was a houndoom
Posts: 364
Hated Characters: hyena
Fav Characters: weed, gin, rigel,
Fav Story: GNG, GDW, GDW; O, SSY
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Post by Ryan on Feb 15, 2016 14:41:31 GMT -7
So this is one of the newest editions compared to the original. The new volumes are 25 chapters long.
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Post by Durango on Feb 15, 2016 14:44:49 GMT -7
With each increase in volume size, Weed's ears steadily shrink away.
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Post by M-92 Mantis on Feb 26, 2016 20:08:37 GMT -7
Here's February's cover. I cannot get over how fucking infuriating Yoshi is about making literally everyone's eyes blue. There is no reason for it. The title is: ウィードVS法玄 決着編 / Weed Vs. Hougen - The End/Conclusion.I don't know if this is just because I'm bias for Hougen's exact design, but something about him looks off because of his uguu-shiny-kawaii blue eyes. Getting rid of the manic wild green is such a bullshit idea.
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Post by Deleted on Feb 26, 2016 22:28:41 GMT -7
"W-Weed....."
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Post by Deleted on Feb 27, 2016 1:47:41 GMT -7
Lol, true M-92 Mantis. Hougen doesn't look as evil/intimidating as he should. And overall, this cover is a bit meh. ... Is that Sasuke in the background?
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Post by KiBa on Feb 28, 2016 13:22:04 GMT -7
I don't know if this is just because I'm bias for Hougen's exact design, but something about him looks off because of his uguu-shiny-kawaii blue eyes. Getting rid of the manic wild green is such a bullshit idea. I agree wholeheartedly, Rascal! Blue eyes just make him have this goody-goody look. It just doesn't work when his eyes aren't a yellowish-green colour. It's a small detail, but interesting to see what a huge difference it makes in his overall appearance.
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Post by M-92 Mantis on Feb 28, 2016 13:56:00 GMT -7
Lol, true M-92 Mantis. Hougen doesn't look as evil/intimidating as he should. And overall, this cover is a bit meh. ... Is that Sasuke in the background? Sasuke is like the plague that follows all Ginga covers
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