[EVA] Has Viz entirely ceased production on the Sadamoto manga?

[Aaron Clark]

http://eva.onegeek.org/pipermail/evangelion/2010-June/006329.html

36 days is not "months ago".

--Aaron

> Well I remember when you said that, but it was some months ago.
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> From: Aaron Clark <aaronc1 at umbc.edu>
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> Subject: Re: [EVA] Has Viz entirely ceased production on the Sadamoto
> manga?
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> You know, the easier thing to do would have been to just email Carl
> directly, like I did.  Or does he not return your emails?
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> At any rate, Carl told me that they are working on releasing volume 12
> right now, they just need to fit it into the upcoming release schedule.  I
> didn't ask about them reprinting the previous editions.  I know the
> economy sucks, and releasing a new volume to existing fans is a lot more
> economical than reprinting an entire run, even though I really think they
> need to at some point.  I know a lot of people can't find volume 9.
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> This is why I love eBay.
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> --Aaron
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>> The New York City area is almost entirely devoid of the Sadamoto
>> Evangelion
>> manga.
>>
>> I normally check out the manga section of local bookstores etc. just to
>> see
>> what's on shelves these days, and I noticed that in the Borders I go by
>> --
>> which
>> usually has several volumes of the Sadamoto manga in stock -- all of the
>> Sadamoto volumes had quickly vanished.  After two or three weeks, I was
>> confused
>> why they weren't eventually replaced with new ones.  Now I realize that
>> stock
>> and shipment being what it is, seasonal release etc. this might not be
>> anything
>> odd....but to not have either the first volume, or the most recent
>> volume,
>> and
>> for that long, made me curious.
>>
>> So I asked one of the staffers to run it through the computer, and as it
>> turned
>> out, virtually every Borders in the New York City area didn't have the
>> Sadamoto
>> manga in stock anymore  (maybe one or two stores had a solitary volume
>> that
>> happened to still be on the shelf), and *none* of the stores had any
>> volumes on
>> order.
>>
>> So I went over to Barnes & Noble, asked them to run it through their
>> computer
>> too, and it turns out that they were also virtually out of stock at all
>> NYC area
>> stores, and there were no orders to replace them.
>>
>> So you can't find it on shelves anymore.  Granted things like Volume 9
>> were kind
>> of rare, but even places I'd normally see Volume 1 or the most recent
>> volume,
>> simply ran out and aren't getting more.
>>
>> Is this just normal seasonal variation?  That is, its been a while since
>> Volume
>> 11 came out, maybe it just ran its course.  but by that logic, why were
>> the
>> first few volumes, 1-5 or so, always in stock after all these years,
>> only
>> to
>> stop right now?
>>
>> Is this a reflection of the big downsizing Viz had to do in Spring?
>> Could
>> it
>> even be a symptom of Khara and Gainax fighting with each other? ("Khara"
>> has
>> been retroactively added onto the cover of past issues made long before
>> Khara
>> existed)
>>
>> I don't really expect Volume 12 to come out before Christmas 2011.  But
>> it
>> struck me as odd that such a big name title would go dormant.
>>
>> Has anyone else experienced similar shortfalls in their areas of the
>> country?
>>
>> Well, there's a ton of that "Shink Ikari Raising Project" stuff from
>> Dark
>> Horse
>> Manga, but I've increasingly decided I really cannot support it.  The
>> artwork is
>> fairly close to the show (more than can be said for Angelic Days) but
>> the
>> storylines...yikes.  Volume 5 of SIRP just came out and half of it is a
>> "hot
>> springs episode" with the female cast naked all the time.  They also say
>> "Campus
>> Apocalypse" is coming out from Dark Horse Manga in August, but I really
>> approach
>> that with a sense of dread...
>>
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