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 Unedited Feed from the Vertical panel at New York Comic Con 2011. Transcription: bayoab
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20:53:41 <bay|NYCC|Vertical> (talking about the journeys of the chi plushie)
20:53:52 <bay|NYCC|Vertical> anyway, looks like we're ready
20:53:54 <bay|NYCC|Vertical> thanks for showing up
20:54:04 <bay|NYCC|Vertical> to my left is the editorial director yani
20:54:18 <bay|NYCC|Vertical> and over here is chi yamada
20:54:26 <bay|NYCC|Vertical> one of the reasons we're still here
20:54:53 <bay|NYCC|Vertical> chi doing autographs and photos with people, pictures get sent to japan
20:54:48 <bay|NYCC|Vertical> my name is ed chavez, marketing director
20:54:59 <bay|NYCC|Vertical> going to be going quickly through this
20:55:11 <bay|NYCC|Vertical> did this 6 times, but we do have announcements
20:55:18 <bay|NYCC|Vertical> we held off on all of them except the tezuka title
20:55:34 <bay|NYCC|Vertical> don't think the ink is dry on that
20:55:41 <bay|NYCC|Vertical> took out most of the non-comic stuff
20:55:48 <bay|NYCC|Vertical> so... as usual, we leave the end to Q&A
20:56:52 <bay|NYCC|Vertical> Book of Human Insects by Osamu Tezuka
20:56:25 <bay|NYCC|Vertical> actually came out a month ago, but this became a new york times bestseller
20:56:45 <bay|NYCC|Vertical> sept 2011, hardcover, $21.95
20:57:06 <bay|NYCC|Vertical> plenty of copies up at the booth
20:57:46 <bay|NYCC|Vertical> black jack vol 16
20:57:51 <bay|NYCC|Vertical> oct 2011, debuted this week
20:57:58 <bay|NYCC|Vertical> $16.95
20:58:19 <bay|NYCC|Vertical> bonus in this is that last chapter which is 70 pages
20:58:31 <bay|NYCC|Vertical> The Drops of God Vol 1
20:58:41 <bay|NYCC|Vertical> by Tadashi Agi and Shu Okimoto
20:59:07 <bay|NYCC|Vertical> october 2012(pretty sure that should be 2011?), $14.95
20:59:26 <bay|NYCC|Vertical> today wine spectator actually put theirs thing on it online
20:59:39 <bay|NYCC|Vertical> you get 2 volumes for $14.95
20:59:43 <bay|NYCC|Vertical> page count 200 pages
20:59:53 <bay|NYCC|Vertical> we're only contracted for a couple of arcs
21:00:00 <bay|NYCC|Vertical> but sales are okay, so we will probably take on more
21:00:10 <bay|NYCC|Vertical> chi's sweet home, volume 7, by konami kanata
21:00:16 <bay|NYCC|Vertical> $13.95, october 2011
21:00:49 <bay|NYCC|Vertical> Chi's sweet home official website
21:01:08 <bay|NYCC|Vertical> chisweethome.net ? (he said only one s....)
21:01:15 <bay|NYCC|Vertical> also going to be developing a drops of god website
21:01:28 <bay|NYCC|Vertical> No Longer Human by Usamaru Furuya
21:01:33 <bay|NYCC|Vertical> october 2011, $10.95
21:02:51 <bay|NYCC|Vertical> Princess Knight, part 1
21:02:57 <bay|NYCC|Vertical> by osamu tezuka
21:03:02 <bay|NYCC|Vertical> nov 2011, $13.95
21:04:59 <bay|NYCC|Vertical> this is the nakayoshi edition, not the shoujo club edition (but then he said it was neither?)
21:04:22 <bay|NYCC|Vertical> there were some changes made back when it was turned into the collected
21:04:42 <bay|NYCC|Vertical> new translation by 7 billion needles/buddah translator
21:05:14 <bay|NYCC|Vertical> Black Jack Vol 17
21:05:19 <bay|NYCC|Vertical> 280 pages, wraps up series finally
21:06:26 <bay|NYCC|Vertical> november 2011, $16.95
21:06:31 <bay|NYCC|Vertical> we do other books outside manga and novels
21:06:39 <bay|NYCC|Vertical> reel cuisine by nami iijima
21:06:49 <bay|NYCC|Vertical> december 2011, $14.95 120 pgs
21:07:07 <bay|NYCC|Vertical> compiled a bunch of recipes found in cinema
21:07:48 <bay|NYCC|Vertical> also features a few recipes not in the japanese print edition, some were online
21:07:53 <bay|NYCC|Vertical> princess knight part 2
21:07:58 <bay|NYCC|Vertical> dec 2011, $13.95
21:08:03 <bay|NYCC|Vertical> Edge by Koji Suzuki
21:08:09 <bay|NYCC|Vertical> dec 2011, $24.95
21:08:52 <bay|NYCC|Vertical> math will be at core of tis creepy sci-fi tale
21:08:59 <bay|NYCC|Vertical> No long human part 2
21:09:03 <bay|NYCC|Vertical> dec 2011, $10.95
21:09:05 <bay|NYCC|Vertical> 200 pages
21:09:18 <bay|NYCC|Vertical> furuya drew it for the left to right market
21:09:25 <bay|NYCC|Vertical> originally for france
21:09:30 <bay|NYCC|Vertical> Pro Bono
21:09:38 <bay|NYCC|Vertical> Seicho Matsumoto, december 2011, $14.95
21:09:53 <bay|NYCC|Vertical> might get pushed back, trying to get squeeze it in
21:10:09 <bay|NYCC|Vertical> Twin Spica vol 11, kou yaginuma
21:10:18 <bay|NYCC|Vertical> jan 2012, $12.95, 400 pgs
21:10:21 <bay|NYCC|Vertical> will be 400 pgs from here on
21:10:27 <bay|NYCC|Vertical> GTO: 14 days in shonan vol 1
21:10:32 <bay|NYCC|Vertical> written by tohru fujisawa
21:10:39 <bay|NYCC|Vertical> jan 2012, $10.95
21:10:57 <bay|NYCC|Vertical> going to keep color plates
21:11:00 <bay|NYCC|Vertical> going to be similar to japanese
21:11:10 <bay|NYCC|Vertical> book every other month, 9 vols total
21:11:22 <bay|NYCC|Vertical> keeping a lot of nuances there, retouching the signage
21:11:31 <bay|NYCC|Vertical> The drops of god vol 2, jan 2012
21:11:38 <bay|NYCC|Vertical> no long human part 3 feb 2012
21:11:42 <bay|NYCC|Vertical> last volume in series
21:12:36 <bay|NYCC|Vertical> GTO: The early years vol 11
21:12:41 <bay|NYCC|Vertical> writen by Tohru Fujisawa
21:12:45 <bay|NYCC|Vertical> feb 2012
21:12:49 <bay|NYCC|Vertical> $12.95, 360 pgs
21:13:00 <bay|NYCC|Vertical> we will be finishing off shonan shugangumi in 5 vols
21:13:12 <bay|NYCC|Vertical> around same timesize, same price point, every other month
21:13:17 <bay|NYCC|Vertical> same translation as the GTO one
21:13:26 <bay|NYCC|Vertical> it's going to be levels better than Tokyopop's version
21:13:35 <bay|NYCC|Vertical> based on sales, we'll consider GTO
21:13:47 <bay|NYCC|Vertical> chi's vol 8, feb 2012, has a chapter that features vertical
21:13:50 <bay|NYCC|Vertical> this will catch up with japan
21:13:52 <bay|NYCC|Vertical> $13.95
21:13:58 <bay|NYCC|Vertical> might be hearing about konami konata on other fronts
21:14:09 <bay|NYCC|Vertical> twin spica vol 12, march 2012, $12.95, 400 pgs
21:14:25 <bay|NYCC|Vertical> Dororo Complete
21:14:29 <bay|NYCC|Vertical> by Osamu Tezuka
21:14:40 <bay|NYCC|Vertical> trade paperback, 900 pages, march 2012, $24.95
21:14:57 <bay|NYCC|Vertical> GTO 14 days vol 2 march 2012
21:15:55 <bay|NYCC|Vertical> Enma the immortal by Fumi Nakamura(?)
21:15:12 <bay|NYCC|Vertical> april 2012, $13.95
21:15:45 <bay|NYCC|Vertical> winner of golden elephant award for international fiction
21:16:06 <bay|NYCC|Vertical> Dark Horse is actually releasing the comic based on this that will be released in the winter
21:16:21 <bay|NYCC|Vertical> The drops of god vol 3, april 2012
21:16:38 <bay|NYCC|Vertical> gto early early next vol april 2012
21:16:47 <bay|NYCC|Vertical> A Guru is Born, by beat takeshi, may 2012
21:16:49 <bay|NYCC|Vertical> $13.95
21:16:56 <bay|NYCC|Vertical> Flowers of Evil Vol 1
21:17:01 <bay|NYCC|Vertical> by Shuzo Oshimi
21:17:06 <bay|NYCC|Vertical> may 2012, $10.95
21:18:14 <bay|NYCC|Vertical> (was the AWA announcement)
21:18:22 <bay|NYCC|Vertical> GTO 14 days, vol 3 may 2012
21:18:36 <bay|NYCC|Vertical> Fallout by Tetsuo Takashima, june 2012, $14.95
21:18:51 <bay|NYCC|Vertical> GTO early +2 vol june 2012
21:19:45 <bay|NYCC|Vertical> 5 Centimeters per second the manga .(first new announcement)
21:19:06 <bay|NYCC|Vertical> written by Makoto Shinkai
21:19:12 <bay|NYCC|Vertical> Illustrated by Yukiko Seike
21:19:22 <bay|NYCC|Vertical> june 2012, 460, $18.95, single omnibus
21:19:33 <bay|NYCC|Vertical> Flowers of evil 2 july 2012
21:20:02 <bay|NYCC|Vertical> next title
21:20:12 <bay|NYCC|Vertical> Sakuran by Moyoco Anno ........
21:20:18 <bay|NYCC|Vertical> july 2012, $14.95, 306 pages
21:20:57 <bay|NYCC|Vertical> we wanted to release hataraki man, but there are circumstances behind that, ...and most of the rest are published...
21:21:12 <bay|NYCC|Vertical> one thing about this price point, still up in the air, there are a ton of color plates
21:21:17 <bay|NYCC|Vertical> 4-8 pages at almost every chapter
21:21:43 <bay|NYCC|Vertical> the price might go up, it might not be a paperback either
21:21:48 <bay|NYCC|Vertical> you will be seeing it next summer
21:21:56 <bay|NYCC|Vertical> completed in one volume
21:22:09 <bay|NYCC|Vertical> The drops of god vol 4, july 2012
21:22:31 <bay|NYCC|Vertical> at this time, vol 4 looks like it will be the arc that is in nappa valley, that might change...we might take on another arc
21:22:37 <bay|NYCC|Vertical> gto 14 vol 4 july 2012
21:22:51 <bay|NYCC|Vertical> Message to Adolf by Osamu Tezuka .......
21:23:11 <bay|NYCC|Vertical> hard cover, august 2012, $26.95, 616 pages
21:23:04 <bay|NYCC|Vertical> we sometimes listen to the fan....
21:23:45 <bay|NYCC|Vertical> this is the blue issue hardcover edition
21:23:47 <bay|NYCC|Vertical> 2 volumes
21:23:54 <bay|NYCC|Vertical> 2nd is about the same size
21:23:56 <bay|NYCC|Vertical> new translation
21:24:17 <bay|NYCC|Vertical> will be releasing vol 2 three months after
21:24:28 <bay|NYCC|Vertical> as is standard with tezuka, mendolson is doing the cover
21:24:34 <bay|NYCC|Vertical> chi's sweet home vol 9
21:24:35 <bay|NYCC|Vertical> august 2012
21:24:39 <bay|NYCC|Vertical> $13.95
21:25:07 <bay|NYCC|Vertical> now runs every 2 weeks in morning
21:25:18 <bay|NYCC|Vertical> so things have slowed down
21:25:21 <bay|NYCC|Vertical> 1 vol a year in japan
21:25:22 <bay|NYCC|Vertical> another gto vol in august too
21:25:27 <bay|NYCC|Vertical> and that's it for us..
21:25:36 <bay|NYCC|Vertical> we got about 20 min or so for q&a
21:25:44 <bay|NYCC|Vertical> once again...raise your hand
21:26:55 <bay|NYCC|Vertical> our blackjack is one of the more complete ones
21:27:05 <bay|NYCC|Vertical> q: chi's continuing?
21:27:33 <bay|NYCC|Vertical> a: kinda winding down...it would have been if it wasn't so popular here...
21:29:00 <bay|NYCC|Vertical> q: worries now that Chi is winding down? a; high hopes for gto
21:29:11 <bay|NYCC|Vertical> think that's why this titles has sakuran and 5cm/s
21:29:20 <bay|NYCC|Vertical> not going to burn it up, but we have hopes
21:29:40 <bay|NYCC|Vertical> we have a couple of titles we're going after that much like GTO, you wouldn't have thought vertical, but that's how we're going to start balancing out
21:29:46 <bay|NYCC|Vertical> and give us more strength
21:29:57 <bay|NYCC|Vertical> Q; didn't japanese sakuran have foil?
21:30:24 <bay|NYCC|Vertical> A: maybe purple trim if it's a hardcover, we've checked prices on foil...and...it's very expensive
21:30:32 <bay|NYCC|Vertical> and it's almost like a choice between color pages and the foil
21:31:10 <bay|NYCC|Vertical> Q: with end of blackjack/spica, do collection?
21:31:32 <bay|NYCC|Vertical> A: mendelson is in favor of a box set for black jack..there are logistic issues
21:31:40 <bay|NYCC|Vertical> it's also 17 vols and huge... i know others can do it
21:32:00 <bay|NYCC|Vertical> Q: picking up more abandoned licenses from tokyopop
21:32:08 <bay|NYCC|Vertical> A: thought about it...everyone has to
21:32:19 <bay|NYCC|Vertical> I was kinda surprised to here that Alice was announced today
21:32:39 <bay|NYCC|Vertical> you noticed that we picked up GTO and that was negotiated before their demise and...resurrection.. i guess
21:32:48 <bay|NYCC|Vertical> maybe some authors there that are tokyopop authors
21:32:55 <bay|NYCC|Vertical> Q: Going into digital?
21:33:04 <bay|NYCC|Vertical> A: definitely thought about it
21:33:26 <bay|NYCC|Vertical> we're in infancy stage, just signed a digital distro contract with randomhouse
21:33:35 <bay|NYCC|Vertical> focus will be novels
21:33:46 <bay|NYCC|Vertical> we have to look at the numbers and see what will be cost effective
21:33:56 <bay|NYCC|Vertical> and our best selling book is a color book
21:34:11 <bay|NYCC|Vertical> i can't say when
21:34:17 <bay|NYCC|Vertical> if we are still around next year, we'll give you a better answer
21:34:28 <bay|NYCC|Vertical> in the coming seasons, we'll finally begin to figure this out
21:34:40 <bay|NYCC|Vertical> Q: Otakon...special edition of blackjack?
21:34:50 <bay|NYCC|Vertical> A: we were thinking about it, we still have to look into it more
21:34:59 <bay|NYCC|Vertical> and it would be combination of some of the unpublished stories
21:35:05 <bay|NYCC|Vertical> the totally sealed 5 ar eout of the question
21:35:24 <bay|NYCC|Vertical> when it was originally published, there were some chapter titles that weren't included in ours that we might do
21:35:29 <bay|NYCC|Vertical> and there are essays and articles that we might do
21:37:54 <bay|NYCC|Vertical> Q: story of sakuran?
21:38:09 <bay|NYCC|Vertical> Q: message to adolf... reprint of the first one that viz came out with?
21:38:22 <bay|NYCC|Vertical> A: New translation, new covers, new packaging
21:39:04 <bay|NYCC|Vertical> Q: The controversial work that he did get released?
21:39:10 <bay|NYCC|Vertical> A: 5 that will never be released...
21:39:22 <bay|NYCC|Vertical> others may come out
21:41:25 <bay|NYCC|Vertical> (asking the audience again about finding books again)
21:46:03 <bay|NYCC|Vertical> end
Notes: None