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Gakuen Kino (^_^)
This is now the Gakuen Kino Teaser Feedback Thread.
Please tell us what you think of it.
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Initially, I was going to suggest the original Kino no Tabi series, but unfortunately, Tokyopop has been very vague on whether or not the Kino no Tabi novels are unlicensed. (book 2 has been on hiatus since last year and it appears that they did the same with the 'scrapped princess' series)
Gakuen Kino is a parody of the original Kino no Tabi series, same author and same illustrator.
To anyone who is interested, please recommend this (or Kino no Tabi) to the higher-ups. Thanks.
Please tell us what you think of it.
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Initially, I was going to suggest the original Kino no Tabi series, but unfortunately, Tokyopop has been very vague on whether or not the Kino no Tabi novels are unlicensed. (book 2 has been on hiatus since last year and it appears that they did the same with the 'scrapped princess' series)
Gakuen Kino is a parody of the original Kino no Tabi series, same author and same illustrator.
To anyone who is interested, please recommend this (or Kino no Tabi) to the higher-ups. Thanks.
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Re: Gakuen Kino (^_^)
Yes, I have TokyoPop's first volume of Kino. SO GOOD! Apparently, the second, third, and even the fourth maybe are already translated, it's just that they are having liscensing issues.
I AM ALL IN FAVOR OF TRANSLATING THE PARDODY SPINN-OFF SERIES. Why? Cause it's by the same guy who did the original Kino. Plus, there's only like 2-3 volumes and a new one is released each year.
BRING ON THE KINO!
Also, the spinn-off series is NOT liscensed.
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I AM ALL IN FAVOR OF TRANSLATING THE PARDODY SPINN-OFF SERIES. Why? Cause it's by the same guy who did the original Kino. Plus, there's only like 2-3 volumes and a new one is released each year.
BRING ON THE KINO!
Also, the spinn-off series is NOT liscensed.
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Re: Gakuen Kino (^_^)
Can you people read the rules? Add a poll and a summary.
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When u say people, i hope u dont mean me. I didn't make the thread. lol
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Re: Gakuen Kino (^_^)
2 things....
Tokyopop's version of Kino no Tabi sucks it can't even be called the same series
Here's a summery of Gakuen Kino
The story finds Kino attending a high school with her talking cell phone strap, Hermes. When students start turning into monsters, Kino transforms in a gun toting magical girl, but her efforts are thwarted by the incompetent would be rival hero claiming to be her partner, Shizu.
Tokyopop's version of Kino no Tabi sucks it can't even be called the same series
Here's a summery of Gakuen Kino
The story finds Kino attending a high school with her talking cell phone strap, Hermes. When students start turning into monsters, Kino transforms in a gun toting magical girl, but her efforts are thwarted by the incompetent would be rival hero claiming to be her partner, Shizu.
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Dude, other people who have read both the JAP version and ENG version have praised Kino no Tabi for its translation. It is the same Kino, Andrew Cunninghams translation was very good.Tokyopop's version of Kino no Tabi sucks it can't even be called the same series
Like I said, this parody of Kino would make a great project.
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I'm not talking about the translation. I'm talking about how Tokyopop mangled the chapter order, how they took out the pictures, and how they changed the cover.
They completely ruined how the author wanted the book to be read.
They completely ruined how the author wanted the book to be read.
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yeah, tokyopop has sucky Editors.
If you want an example of bad editing, it's them.
If you want an example of bad editing, it's them.
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The change in the chapter order....was good. I know the original chapter order, and the change they did made it much better, and more easy to follow as a book. That's my opinion.
They changed the cover, to my dismay, but they did not take out the pictures. They merely shrunk them and made many copies of them. lol
All in all, this is why I am so LOVING Seven Sea's, they make no changes, not even to the size of the book.
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They changed the cover, to my dismay, but they did not take out the pictures. They merely shrunk them and made many copies of them. lol
All in all, this is why I am so LOVING Seven Sea's, they make no changes, not even to the size of the book.
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Re: Gakuen Kino (^_^)
The Tokyopop version wasn't bad at all. It did feel like the same Kino, and the change in order of chapters was not really that important.
And yeah, as a Kino fanboy, I would like to see a Gakuen Kino translation, even though I have read it already.
And yeah, as a Kino fanboy, I would like to see a Gakuen Kino translation, even though I have read it already.
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Well maybe you'd like to help translate? lol
I think we should consider translating Kino no Tabi vol. 2, TokyoPop represenatives are saying that the liscensing issues are not looking good, so I think that after a year of waiting, we should finally bring to the fans what they have been waiting for. It would easily become a hugely popular project.
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I think we should consider translating Kino no Tabi vol. 2, TokyoPop represenatives are saying that the liscensing issues are not looking good, so I think that after a year of waiting, we should finally bring to the fans what they have been waiting for. It would easily become a hugely popular project.
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Gakuen Kino
Uhm, could you resurect the Gakuen Kino Mainpage and the translated work? It could get the teaser category, since I collect teasers I wouldnt mind to clean the page up to fit in the downgrade.
So to get into the right moot:
This is now the Gakuen Kino Teaser Feedback Thread.
Please tell us what you think of it.
So to get into the right moot:
This is now the Gakuen Kino Teaser Feedback Thread.
Please tell us what you think of it.
Please don't mind my bad english since I'm german.
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Darklor wrote:Uhm, could you resurect the Gakuen Kino Mainpage and the translated work? It could get the teaser category, since I collect teasers I wouldnt mind to clean the page up to fit in the downgrade.
woah....bit late.
but...really?
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Re: Kino no Tabi and Gakuen Kino
Why not? Since you can it... Havent done anything before because I thought Matt had a translator willing to translate the rest to get a complete first chapter. (And I just remembered, that here could rest burried an additional teaser )
Please don't mind my bad english since I'm german.
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okay.....hmm....i don't remember the name of the pages....i'll have to waddle though the deletion log...
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I'll do it on sunday...too tired tonight.....just beep me if I forget (p.m -> Email Notification -> Mobile = ME! )
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I'll do it on sunday...too tired tonight.....just beep me if I forget (p.m -> Email Notification -> Mobile = ME! )
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