Genso Suikoden V Anthology Comic

jjrrs · Posted: Sat Sep 02, 2006 5:58 pm Post subject: Genso Suikoden V Anthology Comic

don't think I seen a topic on these books anywhere yet, hopefully it doesn't have to go under the V section.

I been trying to get the first book for like 2 month now and finally decided to order it from amazon.co.jp along with a V guide, while I was looking around I found out that the 2nd book was just released on 9/1 so I ordered that as well.

Anyone own these already? are they well drawn and at least interesting to look at since I don't read japanese? if nothing else the art on the cover of the first book looks great, don't see a cover shot of the second book yet since it just came out. By the way, anyone order off amazon.co.jp often? are the exchange rate exactly whatever the current US dollar to Yen exchange rate is?
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red stuff · Posted: Sat Sep 02, 2006 6:19 pm Post subject:

I'd say it's worth it even if you don't know Japanese. The art varies in quality, since there were so many different artists involved with it, but for the most part it's pretty decent. I only have the first, though (I didn't even know there was a second one until I read your post...)

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sybillious · Posted: Sat Sep 02, 2006 7:29 pm Post subject:

because of its relation to the game, it will be moved to the sV forum; until such time when vector decides that the sV forum no longer serves its purpose, anything and EVERYTHING relating to it, regardless of what it is, goes in the SV FORUM.

are we understanding this? i hope so.
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jjrrs · Posted: Sat Sep 02, 2006 9:15 pm Post subject:

so by "many different artists" do you mean the different artists involved with the characters designed for the game or is it like a collection of story segments drawn by random different artists?

I wasn't gona ask about the specifics when the topic was in the suikoden section but since it's already moved can you give me an idea of what kind of story was told in it? with no expectation for the storyline to continue after reading the first book, is it not even related to the game?
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red stuff · Posted: Sat Sep 02, 2006 10:15 pm Post subject:

The anthology consists of mostly random, lighthearted stuff drawn by various artists, though there's some serious stories mixed in there (Like one involving Dolph and Oboro & co.). I'm not sure if any of it can be considered canon, but given some of the content I kinda doubt it. There's also a section of four panel joke comics in the back.

I know that there's a color image in it of Lorelai, Killey, and Zweig, which is done by their character designer - but aside from that it doesn't seem that any other SV artists had anything to do with it.
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jjrrs · Posted: Fri Sep 08, 2006 1:34 am Post subject:

I think my order of the 2 V anthology comics, V guide, and the card stories cardlist book just shipped. sucks that it said I won't get it until 10/3-17 with International Economy shipping, but the price is pretty good even after shipping, $73.15 total I think. the cheapest I'd have to pay on other sites for all those would be over $85 and add more for shipping, I hope there are no other charges for currency exchange or something that I don't know about...

Oh and they just listed the cover image for V anthology comic 2 which wasn't up yet when I ordered
http://www.amazon.co.jp/gp/product/images/4757729073/ref=dp_image_text_ 0/250-2211859-9065822?
not are sharpe as the cover art of the first book but the characters looks really cute and sweet.
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red stuff · Posted: Fri Sep 08, 2006 6:16 pm Post subject:

Personally I like that cover a lot more than the first one. And don't be surprised if your package comes in earlier than that. I order from Amazon Japan fairly often, and most economy packages don't take more than a couple weeks to arrive, despite the site saying otherwise. Some economy packages have actually only taken a week to get to me (for reference, I live in Massachusetts).

jjrrs · Posted: Fri Sep 08, 2006 8:50 pm Post subject:

wow that's great, since they go from the pacific, I think I'm a bit closer too in texas. are there any sort of additional charges for using a US visa card? and do they pretty much carry most publications when it comes to gensosuikoden?
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red stuff · Posted: Fri Sep 08, 2006 8:57 pm Post subject:

I've heard some banks/credit card companies will charge you a few dollars for currency conversion, but it's not something that's ever happened to me. So you might get charged extra, but who knows. And I don't really collect Suikoden publications in general, so I can't help you there.

jjrrs · Posted: Fri Sep 15, 2006 5:37 pm Post subject:

I got my package today, man that was fast, a month before the estimated delivery date. The cover shot of the second book is done by the original artist, I guess it was hand drawn since it doesn't look as sharp as all the game arts but still really good. and on the back of the book it says there is another V Anthology Comic 3 due 9/30, and a book 4 due 11/1, something else is mentioned for 12/1 that I suppose is gensosuikoden related but I don't understand what it says. As long as I wasn't charged a crap load for a exchange/international order fee of some sort, I'd love to order more stuff from amazon.co.jp.
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jjrrs · Posted: Sat Jan 06, 2007 11:24 pm Post subject:

Once again sorry to double post, I got my books from Amazon.co.jp on Friday morning as they were shipped out on the 3rd of Jan. so it only took like a day and a half for me to get my order shipped all the way from japan with economy shipping that was suppose to take over a month.

I must say these are really good books, I can't believe more fans of V are not getting them since to order these only cost slightly more than if one were to buy the III manga with shipping fees. I don't read 95% of the japanese but they are still very fun to look at, most of the arts and artists' style are great, it is kind of hard to follow some of the serious story topics with little action(there's very few that are like that) but it's pretty easy to pick up on some of the light hearted funny short stories with Kyle hitting on girls or Roy trying so very hard to get Lyon's attention(there's lots of those)

I really think everyone that loved V will love these books even if they don't understand the japanese, it does suck to pay about as much for shipping as the book themselfs when ordering but I don't think anyone who liked the game will be sorry for buying these books. I haven't seen much talk about these books so I took some pictures of the better arts, hope it's not already out there somewhere or againest some kind of rule.

All 6 covers: http://i36.photobucket.com/albums/e28/jjrrs/DSCN0833.jpg
Arts from the first book: http://i36.photobucket.com/albums/e28/jjrrs/DSCN0835.jpg
http://i36.photobucket.com/albums/e28/jjrrs/DSCN0871.jpg
2nd book arts: http://i36.photobucket.com/albums/e28/jjrrs/DSCN0836.jpg
3rd book arts: http://i36.photobucket.com/albums/e28/jjrrs/DSCN0861.jpg
http://i36.photobucket.com/albums/e28/jjrrs/DSCN0868.jpg
4th book arts: http://i36.photobucket.com/albums/e28/jjrrs/DSCN0839.jpg
"The Sun Rune" book arts: http://i36.photobucket.com/albums/e28/jjrrs/DSCN0849.jpg
http://i36.photobucket.com/albums/e28/jjrrs/DSCN0848.jpg

Sorry for the glares as I don't have a scanner, one of the book is all four panel comics and didn't have any colored pages it was also cheaper in price, here's a shot from it: http://i36.photobucket.com/albums/e28/jjrrs/DSCN0866.jpg
and some pages in the books of what I thought were better artist & styles:
http://i36.photobucket.com/albums/e28/jjrrs/DSCN0856.jpg
http://i36.photobucket.com/albums/e28/jjrrs/DSCN0857.jpg
http://i36.photobucket.com/albums/e28/jjrrs/DSCN0853.jpg
http://i36.photobucket.com/albums/e28/jjrrs/DSCN0865.jpg
http://i36.photobucket.com/albums/e28/jjrrs/DSCN0858.jpg
hope it's okay to post these and I hope some people will like them enough to maybe checkout these cool books.
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Basel · Posted: Mon Jan 08, 2007 12:45 pm Post subject:

Is the middle comic anthology in the second row any different from the others?
They are planning for another one due 2007-02-01:
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Fudozukushi · Posted: Mon Jan 08, 2007 1:13 pm Post subject:

I actually have bookmarked some of those artists sites.

The third link artist truly has some insanely high quality stuff.
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Basel · Posted: Mon Jan 08, 2007 2:02 pm Post subject:

Those artists are truly talented. It is so unfortunate that their work is only on paper, I guess it is part of their contract with Konami.

jjrrs · Posted: Tue Jan 09, 2007 12:30 am Post subject:

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