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The area under the microwave contains mostly untranslated tankobon and old, pre-2002 VIZ graphic novels, from the days when manga was printed left to right.
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A la tankobon in the manga world, might separate character arcs and storylines be collected and printed in a different-sized, more standard format?
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For instance, Glass Mask, a shojo manga which started in the 1970's and STILL continues to this day (42 volumes and thousands of pages still not collected in tankobon format because the creator now wants to change certain developments) will never be licensed (this is the consensus of most fans and I pretty much agree with them).
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Assuming that the room in the picture is real and not a construct by Seven Seas, it does have a fairly impressive collection of DVDs, tankobon, figures, etc.
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"As source material for TV dramas, films, and anime, and as a standalone product, the tankobon is here to stay," remarks Akamatsu.
Ain't It Cool News - The best in movie, TV, DVD, and comic book news. 2010
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Brandon Graham's "King City" isn't a title I anticipated sticking with when it made its way from Tokyopop tankobon to over-sized single-issues at Image.
ComicsAlliance.com 2010
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Brandon Graham's "King City" isn't a title I anticipated sticking with when it made its way from Tokyopop tankobon to over-sized single-issues at Image.
ComicsAlliance.com 2010
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Sadly we'll have to wait till January 2010 for the collected tankobon * sobs*
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Illustrated by Obata Takeshi and written by Ohba Tsugumi, and first released in tankobon form on the 10th of this month.
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The relationship between the two protagonists is basically a Jump take on the pair in Fujiko Fujio Ⓐ's Manga Michi (somewhat referenced on the back of the first tankobon), which is to say that both the nature of their relationship as well as their characteristics if you take the Death Note-style
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