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12:55:15 <bay|Ota|Vertical> (Noting now that will be leaving after the powerpoint)
12:58:07 <bay|Ota|Vertical> (time machine time)
12:58:11 <bay|Ota|Vertical> PPT: Otakon 2013
12:58:26 <bay|Ota|Vertical> So we got two more minutes
12:58:34 <bay|Ota|Vertical> I know I had to run across the con after the fire sale
12:59:02 <bay|Ota|Vertical> I don't know where our special guest is...she has something to do with our announcments ....
12:59:06 <bay|Ota|Vertical> (he fixes the ppt time)
13:00:38 <bay|Ota|Vertical> as i said
13:00:39 <bay|Ota|Vertical> another min
13:00:41 <bay|Ota|Vertical> what i said with this one, is i parred it down
13:00:46 <bay|Ota|Vertical> just going to cover each series
13:00:52 <bay|Ota|Vertical> only going to focus on manga,
13:01:01 <bay|Ota|Vertical> really cut it down so you can take more time to ask questions
13:03:19 <bay|Ota|Vertical> just me this year
13:03:33 <bay|Ota|Vertical> instead, something much more humorous and horrifying
13:03:39 <bay|Ota|Vertical> Vertical 2012 otakon
13:05:32 <bay|Ota|Vertical> Titles; Sakuran, Flowers of Evil, GTO 14 days, GTO early yaers, chi's, adolf, limit, heroman, paradise kiss, queen's blade, gray men, edge, ayako, the book of human insects, knights of sidonia, gummy fan, manga title o, prose ititle 2.0, manga title w
13:05:37 <bay|Ota|Vertical> Sakuran
13:05:43 <bay|Ota|Vertical> By Moyoco Anno
13:05:47 <bay|Ota|Vertical> july 2012
13:06:17 <bay|Ota|Vertical> $16.95/320 pgs
13:07:24 <bay|Ota|Vertical> Chi's Sweet home
13:07:29 <bay|Ota|Vertical> Volume 9
13:07:29 <bay|Ota|Vertical> August 2012
13:07:41 <bay|Ota|Vertical> Chi's literally what's keeping me and part-time staff employed
13:08:04 <bay|Ota|Vertical> going to continue to release it as it comes out in japan, we're caught up with japan
13:08:27 <bay|Ota|Vertical> vol 10 next year is planned to be last vol
13:09:26 <bay|Ota|Vertical> Message to Adolf, pt1
13:09:10 <bay|Ota|Vertical> August 2012
13:09:16 <bay|Ota|Vertical> hard cover, $26.95, 460 pgs
13:09:19 <bay|Ota|Vertical> by osamu tezuka
13:10:19 <bay|Ota|Vertical> Flowers of Evil
13:10:34 <bay|Ota|Vertical> by Shuzo Oshimi, $10.95, 208 pgs
13:10:37 <bay|Ota|Vertical> april 2013
13:11:34 <bay|Ota|Vertical> just catching up with the japanese release
13:11:46 <bay|Ota|Vertical> they just released vol 6
13:13:18 <bay|Ota|Vertical> because we are quickly catching up on this, being a monthly series in japan, after vol 3, it will be every 3 months instead of 2 months
13:12:18 <bay|Ota|Vertical> GTO 14 days in shonan vol 8
13:12:26 <bay|Ota|Vertical> by tohru fujisawa
13:12:27 <bay|Ota|Vertical> march 2013
13:12:43 <bay|Ota|Vertical> (these are randomly slides since they are parred down, so they may not be the next vol)
13:13:35 <bay|Ota|Vertical> Limit Vol 4 by Keiko Suenobu
13:13:40 <bay|Ota|Vertical> march 2013
13:14:43 <bay|Ota|Vertical> there is 0 romance, you rarely see male characters ( but is shoujo manga)
13:15:10 <bay|Ota|Vertical> Heroman
13:15:17 <bay|Ota|Vertical> starting this october
13:15:20 <bay|Ota|Vertical> vol 3 feb 2013
13:15:51 <bay|Ota|Vertical> by stan lee illustrated by Tamon Ohta
13:16:08 <bay|Ota|Vertical> Paradise Kiss, Part 1
13:22:48 <bay|Ota|Vertical> by Ai Yazawa
13:22:48 <bay|Ota|Vertical> on sale september
13:22:49 <bay|Ota|Vertical> $19.99, 300 pgs
13:22:48 <bay|Ota|Vertical> this new omnibus is 3 vols, each with color plates, and new large trim size
13:22:48 <bay|Ota|Vertical> one vol every 3 months or so
13:22:48 <bay|Ota|Vertical> gummi fun
13:22:48 <bay|Ota|Vertical> craft book/cook book
13:22:49 <bay|Ota|Vertical> may 2013, $14.95
13:22:50 <bay|Ota|Vertical> by hisako ogita
13:22:49 <bay|Ota|Vertical> Knights of Sidonia by Tsutomu Nihei
13:22:49 <bay|Ota|Vertical> vol 1 Feb 2013
13:22:49 <bay|Ota|Vertical> $12.95, 192 pgs
13:22:50 <bay|Ota|Vertical> Gundam; The Origin
13:22:51 <bay|Ota|Vertical> so we're going to be releasing it
13:22:50 <bay|Ota|Vertical> what you will see from us is a special limtied edition
13:22:50 <bay|Ota|Vertical> we will do hardcover collectors edition starting next year
13:23:28 <bay|Ota|Vertical> 400-500 page hardcover, $29.95
13:22:51 <bay|Ota|Vertical> part 1 march 2013
13:22:52 <bay|Ota|Vertical> dozens and dozens of oclor pages
13:23:14 <bay|Ota|Vertical> trying to clear rights to the essays
13:23:54 <bay|Ota|Vertical> because this is an expensive edition for production, it's going to be substation, i don't think you are going to see a color version or partial version after first run,
13:24:02 <bay|Ota|Vertical> one volume every 3 months is the plane
13:24:19 <bay|Ota|Vertical> retelling of the story by Yoshikazu Yasuhiko
13:24:56 <bay|Ota|Vertical> General Will 2.0 by Hiroki Azuma
13:25:17 <bay|Ota|Vertical> March 2013
13:25:23 <bay|Ota|Vertical> $14.95
13:25:59 <bay|Ota|Vertical> what we will be doing, with this, which will be released as paperback and a digital
13:27:05 <bay|Ota|Vertical> this looks at japanese culture after the tsunami (?)
13:27:07 <bay|Ota|Vertical> how it has changed(?)
13:26:46 <bay|Ota|Vertical> if you want to learn more about otaku motivations or japanese heart, i would recommend picking the title up
13:27:21 <bay|Ota|Vertical> he has a dedicated website called genron
13:27:29 <bay|Ota|Vertical> and now we have an english version of the website as well
13:27:52 <bay|Ota|Vertical> the general will criticism website
13:27:58 <bay|Ota|Vertical> and next title
13:28:12 <bay|Ota|Vertical> Wolfmsundm part 1
13:28:08 <bay|Ota|Vertical> by Mitsuhisa Kuji
13:28:17 <bay|Ota|Vertical> july 2013
13:28:20 <bay|Ota|Vertical> 220 pgs
13:28:25 <bay|Ota|Vertical> this is the fantasy title
13:28:28 <bay|Ota|Vertical> it's the story of william tell
13:29:35 <bay|Ota|Vertical> release schedule in japan is really slow, only 3 vols out so far, so going to be 1 vol a season here
13:29:39 <bay|Ota|Vertical> and that's it for the ppt
13:30:14 <bay|Ota|Vertical> Q&A
13:30:25 <bay|Ota|Vertical> (have to leave)