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Karin / Chibi Vampire
I did a thorough search to find out if someone else reopened the Karin manga thread, after the original was lost due to the Forum Crash of December 2005.
However, no one did so, therefore, I am reopening the thread due that there are several people discussing the manga in the Karin anime thread. This thread should be used for discussion of both the Chibi Vampire manga and Karin novels only. TOKYOPOP's official site for Chibi Vampire announced the release date for the first volume slated for April 11th, that's less than two weeks from now. This is the official cover for Chibi Vampire #1 by TOKYOPOP. Though I utterly dislike the font for the title, I do praise them for their choice of purple-wine color for the background. Last edited by Guido; 2006-03-31 at 16:30. |
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2006-03-31, 17:18 | Link #3 |
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Hmmm, well the image posted above does show the black vertical "Tokyopop" bar on the left side. Usually this bar is on the right side of the book (for unflipped manga at least) so it may be that they have for some reason flipped the cover. I would guess it's just a mistake and that Vol 2 will have the more usual layout.
I notice that Amazon and Barnes&Noble also use the same image, so far I can't find an image for vol 2 |
2006-03-31, 17:45 | Link #4 |
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Quick, buy them in large quantity before its corrrected and sell them for huge sums on ebay $$$$ (yeah, yeah, sure, sure)
Well... my local B&N once again shows its inability to keep their shelves current - guess I'll be ordering it online.
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2006-03-31, 19:39 | Link #5 | |
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2006-03-31, 20:48 | Link #7 | |
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Try going to their site and doing an inventory search. http://www.bordersstores.com. Though, on their actual shopping site, the series is listed as Chibi Vampire.
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2006-03-31, 21:59 | Link #8 | |
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Oh well, so much for me having one of a thousand or so backwards covered ones. That would have been an interesting conversation point.
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2006-04-06, 18:53 | Link #9 |
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Just got my copy of "Chibi Vampire" (urk, I'm going to loathe that rename).
Ok... the jacket and innards reversal is just wierd --- this isn't even like any other Tokyopop series..... Tsukuyomi Moon Phase, for example. Ah well... Man there's a LOT of ink in this book. Just skimmed it: Much darker look, makes the anime look "Munsters Shiny Bright" in comparision (though I'm still liking the anime). This looks like it'll turn out like Mahoraba in that I'll like both the anime and manga but for different reasons --- best of both worlds. Wheee, reading material in between judging debate rounds tomorrow.
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2006-04-06, 19:38 | Link #10 | |
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Anyway, I finally got my hands on a copy today. The best part is no winner! It's amazing how much better Karin is without that annoying vampire hunter. Also, Anju seems more mischievous in the manga. Well, I'm looking foward to more. Now if tokyopop would just call it by it's real name...
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2006-04-06, 21:02 | Link #11 | |
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2006-04-09, 10:41 | Link #15 |
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hmm... is the Tokyopop translation good? am thinking of starting on the manga as well... personally i've always been more of a manga-addict than an anime one. so i'm just wondering if it's worth investing in buying the manga (despite the awful renaming~)
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2006-04-10, 11:49 | Link #17 | |
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That being said, if you're just using gothic in the colloquial sense of "vampire stuff" than, yeah, obviously Karin belongs in it.
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2006-04-11, 03:33 | Link #20 |
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I was entertained ... I'll continue buying the manga - I'm kind of interested to see the differences from the anime that Guido has been relating to us.
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