[EVA] Eva manga announcements

[RJN]

----- Original Message ----- 
From: "M" <bochan at r4.dion.ne.jp>
To: "The english-language evangelion mailing list." 
<evangelion at shinobu.onegeek.org>
Sent: Sunday, August 26, 2007 2:22 PM
Subject: [EVA] Eva manga announcements


> Two Eva manga announcements, the second of which is the most important.
>
>
> First-
> Sadamoto will apparently be restarting the manga again from next  month. 
> In addition to the Ace-A issue on sale today (which AFAIK did  -not- 
> contain a new manga stage), an "Eva manga compilation" was also  released. 
> However, this compilation is just a rehash of existing  stuff (early manga 
> stages, etc.) and does not contain anything really  new.  At any rate, it 
> supposedly marks the end of Sadamoto's latest 6- month hiatus, so new 
> stages should start appearing from next month.
>
>
> Second-
> Despite the fact that new stages will be appearing again, I am sorry  to 
> say that I will no longer be posting the Eva manga translations to  the ML 
> or elsewhere on the internet.  I have been translating and  posting the 
> Eva manga for over 8 years now (since June 1999).  It has  been a long 
> haul, and had Sadamoto not been such a slacker it would  have easily been 
> finished by now.  It would have been nice to see it  through to the end, 
> but for various reasons it's just time for me to  bow out.
>
> So I guess the "Eva Kaibunsho" really was my swan song.
>
> "And so I bid thee farewell..."
>
> "M"
> tout passe', tout casse

Many thanks for all you efforts over the years M.  Who will take over if 
anyone?

Next volume might have been my last as surely its Misato's last going by 
EoE.  Nothing much matter/s/ed after that anyway.

Sadamoto re-starting will be for the "home mile" hopefully.  May it be "run" 
fast!
RJN