{"id":498,"date":"2011-01-28T11:31:40","date_gmt":"2011-01-28T03:31:40","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.punkednoodle.com\/champloo\/?p=498"},"modified":"2011-01-28T11:36:43","modified_gmt":"2011-01-28T03:36:43","slug":"vertical-does-it-right-again","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/www.punkednoodle.com\/champloo\/2011\/01\/28\/vertical-does-it-right-again\/","title":{"rendered":"Vertical does it right again"},"content":{"rendered":"

I’m stoked.<\/p>\n

This entry would have been written a lot early if I didn’t have my tabletop game last night. Ed Chavez of Vertical really shook the American manga scene by storm by announcing Vertical’s acquisitions by bringing in manga classic Princess Knight (\u00e3\u0192\u00aa\u00e3\u0192\u0153\u00e3\u0192\u00b3\u00e3\u0081\u00ae\u00e9\u00a8\u017d\u00e5\u00a3\u00ab)<\/em>, No Longer Human (\u00e4\u00ba\u00ba\u00e9\u2013\u201c\u00e5\u00a4\u00b1\u00e6\u00a0\u00bc)<\/em>, and the wine journey Drops of God (\u00e7\u00a5\u017e\u00e3\u0081\u00ae\u00e9\u203a\u00ab)<\/em><\/a>.<\/p>\n

I believe the manga scene has been in want of the lovely gender-bender Tezuka title which pretty much changed and shaped manga today, for many critical reasons. For people to finally have access to this once elusive title is something to be joyous for. And what a great and lovely title to add to Vertical’s line of Tezuka titles. I think this just truly caps it off, but of course, there’s still quite a lot of Tezuka for us to enjoy.<\/p>\n

No Longer Human<\/em> is also quite a title in their roster. I’m not exactly sure what the story of this manga is, but I can trust in Ed’s choices that it’s a title that would blow us away. What I do know though is that Usamaru Furuya is the kind of author how knows how to exploit human emotions in his panels. I have read his work Suicide Club (\u00e8\u2021\u00aa\u00e6\u00ae\u00ba\u00e3\u201a\u00b5\u00e3\u0192\u00bc\u00e3\u201a\u00af\u00e3\u0192\u00ab)<\/em> and that was a strong provocative title not only because of its theme but also because of Furuya’s own storytelling.<\/p>\n

Perhaps what I am most excited about is Drops of God<\/em>. France and even Indonesia is way ahead of US in terms of discovering the passion that comes with every page of this comic. Sure, it’s a manga about wine but the imagination that comes with every sip are not limited to a bouquet of rosemary or almonds. We’re talking about wine tastings that take you to the fields of Bourdeaux and eventually up the Mattenhorn. It’s bloody amazing and is actually one of my favorite mangas outside of BL and to see it out in English means that more of my friends will finally see why I have an obsession with Tomine and Shizuku. ((In the end, this fujoshi cannot help but ship this pair so bad))<\/p>\n

These three titles all deserve the attention and it’s great that Vertical is bringing them out in english. Collectively though, I’m excited with one more thing: the covers. I’m quite sure you guys are familiar with my obsession for Vertical’s beautiful covers<\/a> and I am excited on how they will spin and repackage these comics particularly Drops of God who particularly has lovely covers already.<\/p>\n

Yesterday was a great day for manga and I heard that Ed still has more up his sleeves. Is he going to sweep my Morning titles and grab curious fan favorite St. Oniisan<\/em>? Maybe something unknown but great like Himawari Legend<\/em>? Will they shock Urasawa followers with Billy Bat<\/em>? God knows really, but for sure, Vertical will not disappoint.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

I’m stoked. This entry would have been written a lot early if I didn’t have my tabletop game last night. 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