Originally posted by Roronoa Zoro@Mar 2 2005, 03:03 PM
And also, one month they'll use the name Akira Touya and the next it'll be Akira Toya, VIZ just aren't consistent in names. Same with Hyuuga Hinata to Hyuga Hinata. Every month its DIFFERENT. I hate it. Why should I buy a GN that in the first few call a character one name and all of a sudden out of nowhere it is called something different??? :blink:
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That happens on scanlators as well. (Shame to myself, my team has done as well. Trying to be careful lately though.) It happens probably because they're not using same translators/proofers/QCers throughout the series. Though, I heard VIZ is better than TokyoPop on that point. Yes, I know we should expect more quality to a professional company, but people do make mistakes.
As for picture editing, (I don't know the deal Future 17's gun) but like putting SFX over the original picture isn't that bad. If they don't edit SFX, you'll complain, or others will complain. As a scanlator, I (or we) receive both complainments. Some series we edit SFX and fans complain we covered some good art. Other series we don't edit SFX and people complain that we are slacking off. Wth, we cannot serve everyone.
But as for the picture edits, VIZ said they would never change ANY pictures in the Shonen Jump for ANY reason.
And here I think you're just being unreasonable. I'm sure VIZ doesn't want to modify anything, either, but there's always reason behind it. Guns, I don't know the target age of Future 17, but probably they worry about it because of gun shot from several years ago. You don't know what will happen because of the Manga.
One article I read recently was about this 11 years old boy raped (or did something similar along the line) 10 years old girl, and that happened because of the manga, School Rumble.
Even within Japan, for example HxH, is being sensored. What it was showing on Jump magazine was drew over with black ink when Tanko came out. Why don't you go complain to Shuei-sha as well? I'm sure there're bunch of more that diferes from original manga but being sensored by Manga-ka's manager or Shuei-sha, just we will never see it because they were sensored before it goes public.
And VIZ might have said they will never edit out anything. But that's when they just started (as in Manga gets largely popular in N.A. and gets much more attention than before), probably, and had no idea what's going on. As you stay in the business for longer, you'll notice there're so many restrictions out there that they cannot keep their words even if they want.
You should just appreciate those titles are legally available in the N.A. and stop complaining. Or just buy Japanese version and say nothing. Saying bad thing about English translated title leads to nowhere.