#kanzenban

[jariten]

Doodles by Takehiko Inoue featured under the slip cover of the Kanzenban edition of Slam Dunk volume 15

[yyh4ever]

Yu Yu Hakusho 30th Anniversary Commemorative Illustrations 5 - Final Part

Art by: Hirotaka Marufuji, Chief Animation Director of the Yu Yu Hakusho OVAs, released in the 25th Anniversary Blu-ray BOX in 2018.

Studio Pierrot has unveiled two more new illustrations in celebration of the 30th Anniversary of Yu Yu Hakusho anime. This time, they designed Yusuke and Enki/Raizen/Yomi/Mukuro. They also released the art of Hiei/Yukina, Botan and Genkai without the fancy background. The Pierrot Store announced that more merch is on the way. So, stay tuned! I think we can expect more 30th anniversary DXF figures as well.

Like they did with the first, second, third, and fourth commemorative illustrations, they've continued the redraw in anime style of the kanzenban covers designed by Togashi in 2004-2005.

This project began in 2022 to celebrate the 30th Anniversary and ends today, on October 10, 2023, when the Yu Yu Hakusho anime commemorates its 31st Anniversary!

On his Twitter, Hirotaka Marufuji thanked everyone for the opportunity to be the original illustrator of the 30th anniversary kanzenban-anime illustrations.

Well, I still hope to see a remake of the anime some day.

[gembug86]

Super dogshit google translations of Rutherfor/Grey Saucer KZB profiles, since I've been using it for other translations and didn't even consider SK-related stuff.

[avakian-kun]

[saintseiya-zone]

¡SAINT SEIYA EDICIÓN KANZENBAN FINALMENTE EN ARGENTINA!

Saint Seiya, el clásico de clásicos del manga regresa en una edición de lujo. La obra cumbre de Masami Kurumada será publicada en una colección de 22 tomos formato kanzenban.

Esto es: tamaño A5 (15×21 cms), con muchas más páginas por tomo que la edición tankoubon, sobrecubiertas de alta calidad y con efectos, muchas páginas a color y bitono (¡más de 50 sólo en el #1!), sección de esquemas de las armaduras y páginas desplegables a color. ¡Todo condimentado con una traducción perfeccionada y optimizada con respecto a la de nuestra antediluviana edición tankoubon!

En esta edición Kanzenban las sagas se dividen así:

- Saga del Santuario:tomos 1 a 10 - Saga de Poseidón: tomos 11 a 14 - Saga de Hades: tomos 15 a 22

Haz click en la fuente para más información.

[otpsaisa]

Okay but, how much more ass would Sanosuke kick if his zanbatou wasn't that big hunk of metal but instead was the one depicted in Ruroken's kanzenban redesign? He's fast and strong (being able to whip around that oversized sword, punch down trees, deliver a flurry of punches that tore up Saitou's sleeves, going blow for blow with Banjin who can deflect bullets), what could he do with that skinny thing? Would Watsuki curb his power to offset the ease of use of this zanbatou? How would his fighting style change? Would he still lose to Kenshin as quickly and become besties with him or pose a bigger threat? These are the questions that keep me up at night.

[thetrinketgal-collection]

FMA Kanzenban Edition (Norma Editorial)

So this is not exactly an artbook (even though Hiromu Arakawa’s works are mostly pure art and a gift to this world), but still I wanted to highlight the differences of the not-so-new kanzeban edition, in case there is someone out there like me who didn’t buy it when it first came out and/or has doubts about whether it is worth it to re-purchase the whole series or not.

In my opinion: yes, it is. But of course, everyone has different circumstances.

Mine are that I bought the whole previous edition right before this one was published (goddamnit, Norma Editorial), and that now that I’ll be moving pretty often I do want a second, sturdier copy of the series to haul with me.

So, the juicy details!

I called it sturdier because it features a new kind of water resistant plastic removable cover, but... surprise!

There are TWO removable covers! The plastic one is see-through and full of nice design details:

Then there’s a ‘character cover’, that is actually a full illustration:

Under the removable covers we find the first difference: the funny comics on the front and back covers are gone - that’s bad. BUT there are substituted by concept design of the character on the cover - that’s good!

And now the spine is spoiler-free:

Yeah, that is more material gone... but given that the kanzenban is longer than the regular manga book, the summary could not match, so this was expected.

But on the other hand, now the colour pages actually have colour:

Actually, the book starts with a see-through colour-matching page (kinda like some artbooks do):

And an illustration of the cover character:

Don’t you quote me on this, but I’d say that both the cover and 1st page illustrations are brand new for the kanzenban edition.

So material-wise, this edition lacks all the old cover art and all the funny comics on the covers, spine and end of the book (yeah, that’s gone too). This makes me glad to own the old version as well.

But besides all these nice cosmetic additions, there’s something that adds a new spin to the experience of reading FMA in this edition: its page size.

Its HUGE page size:

Pictures do not capture the sensations in person when it comes to size, I know, but still, the new size makes the impact of every scene bigger:

Now it is easier to appreciate the wonderful drawings and their details without having to touch the page with your nose:

And the little humor scenes are easier to appreciate, again, without having to strain your sight:

So I’m happy to (eventually) own both editions. Now, if only the Fruit Basket deluxe version being released now was as nice as this one...

[ssjblueshogun]