Apparently the volume 94 cover was never posted? It's out in a couple days (at least for Americans, I expect to be waiting at least a few weeks). Well here it is along with the newly revealed volume 95.
I think the purple Wano banner actually looks pretty good on the pink background here.
This is very minor, but I want to point out that the English volumes now cover the story ahead of the anime.
Before the hiatus, any weekly anime viewer purchasing the latest volumes would basically only be reading a recap of what they just watched over the past 3 months or so of anime.
However now they will be reading the story that will be shown over the next 3 months of the anime.
DO:
- Tell them you have lettering experience
- List your software expertise
DO NOT:
- Tell them your experience came from scanlating
- Mention how many volumes you scanlated
Companies probably have lettering tests if you don't have any professional examples to show them, and they can assess your work that way. Bottom line is that they want people who can do the job (and everyone knows that most people cut their teeth on scanlation first these days) but they do not want the kind of person who is going to act proud of that and claim it as an admirable reason to get hired. Some pubs will just outright reject you if they see that.
Hey stephen, i tried dming Vanessa satone for some information regarding that but sadly didnt receive a reply so maybe you can help me out by answering this since i am/was always interested in applying. I have some questions that would be cool if you can answer (even if you cant answer/know all of them)
1 Does it matter where i live or how great my english skills are? (Since i am "only" the letterer i hope i dont need an A in English for applying, since i´m only copying the text by the translator after all. I´m solid in casual english which people can hopefully see through my message.) (2nd: I am living in the EU, does that pose a problem? because i hope that it´s not the case, yet i would be relieved to find out if that is indeed the case.)
2. Is redrawing experience required? I have heard mixed things about this. I dont have any experience in redrawing at all and dont plan on acquiring that skill in the future because i dont see myself taking enjoyment out of it. If i can apply as a Letterer and work solely as that, that would be great.
3. Does Viz provide Fonts for me? Do i have to buy them? Or am i limited to the ones i own? Can i propose good looking fonts that would seem useful to my manager/the team leader/the higher up in charge? Any stories you heard in that regard? I usually see mangas using a limited amount of Fonts. While i agree on the notion that not every single line has to be highlighted, I am of the opinion that important speeches/announcements/sad talking/happy talking/screams etc. can have a greater effect on the reader if combined with the great font.
4. As blasphamous as that may sound, can i write a casual e-mail to viz/email them and ask for a lettering test to prove my skills and therefore "let my skills speak and not my CV" or is a CV with everything around it necessary to work (as a freelancer?) for Viz?
5. Do you know who i can ask for further information? Maybe a contact you have/ a letterer on social media that is inspiring other letterers/ a viz-support email i can question? That would be plenty.
I am apoligizing in advance for the inconvenience i may have caused you, but i really hope i can do Lettering for official manga as a side job (or even main job depending on the outcome) since i used to have plenty of fun doing it in my freetime in the past for - yes i am guity of all charges - scanlating random manga. Which i learned know, i wont mention in the potential application.
Thanks in advance as well.
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Been lettering for Viz for a while. English is my second language, it wouldn't hurt to be really good at it though. Knowing katakana and hiragana helps too. You need to be able to redraw/touch up. Even for weekly series that's a must. It doesn;t matter where you live, letterers are from all over. I think I got some fonts from Viz but I really don't remember that far back. You gotta get them yourself for sure. Editor usually tells you which fonts to use/not to use. If you wanna letter you gotta learn to redraw and be good. They have some tests they can give you. I think you can email them and if they need more letterers they'll get back to you. Good luck! I'm not here a lot but you can message me on twitter if you want. SnirAharon. (I'm not on there a lot either…)
Been lettering for Viz for a while. English is my second language, it wouldn't hurt to be really good at it though. Knowing katakana and hiragana helps too. You need to be able to redraw/touch up. Even for weekly series that's a must. It doesn;t matter where you live, letterers are from all over. I think I got some fonts from Viz but I really don't remember that far back. You gotta get them yourself for sure. Editor usually tells you which fonts to use/not to use. If you wanna letter you gotta learn to redraw and be good. They have some tests they can give you. I think you can email them and if they need more letterers they'll get back to you. Good luck! I'm not here a lot but you can message me on twitter if you want. SnirAharon. (I'm not on there a lot either…)
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A little something because I apparently have too much time on my hands with everything locked down. I've said before that I like the idea of Viz's story arc banners on the volumes, but I think it's often let down by the execution. Well I've done some quick editing and made a proof of concept for how I think they should have been done.
Here's what the current Viz set looks like:
And here's my proposed fix:
Volume 32 becomes a Skypiea volume and volume 50 becomes a Thriller Bark volume because it makes more sense to round to the nearest book rather than always rounding down. The Paramount War banner now covers the entire saga from Sabaody to Marineford, just to have all the pre-timeskip stuff presented in the same format. Post timeskip we go arc by arc instead, because they're so much longer and more interconnected and all point toward the ultimate goal of Wano anyway. The Fishman Island volumes can keep the New World banner, since it's still pretty appropriate for them. Then there's now Punk Hazard, Dressrosa, Zou and Tottoland logos connecting the New World to Wano.
Now, I'm no graphic designer so it's not all perfect. A professional would definitely be able to pick slightly better or more complementary tones for a lot of the colours in my custom arc banners, but I think this makes the point of how good this could have looked regardless.
Here's my proposed fix:
https://i.imgur.com/87i4zY1.jpg
Agreed, particularly with Sabaody to Paramount War, they should clearly be one arc because they all run into each other and they're collectively the same length as the other arcs. I assume the wierd small arcs there was a case of Viz suddenly not having hindsight to go off and making a bunch of incorrect assumptions. I think that Zou is small and exposition/setup-heavy enough to be part of Tottoland, though (which I'd personally call "Whole Cake" or "Germa 66").
I think they 'round down' the arcs' volume numbers because they want them to be jumping-on points (when the speed-up happened they had "New Arc! Start here!" stickers on those volumes), but I suppose that means they expected new readers to buy the first "Water Seven" and "Sabaody" volumes and start with the last one or two chapters.
Agreed, particularly with Sabaody to Paramount War, they should clearly be one arc because they all run into each other and they're collectively the same length as the other arcs. I assume the wierd small arcs there was a case of Viz suddenly not having hindsight to go off and making a bunch of incorrect assumptions. I think that Zou is small and exposition/setup-heavy enough to be part of Tottoland, though (which I'd personally call "Whole Cake" or "Germa 66").
I think they 'round down' the arcs' volume numbers because they want them to be jumping-on points (when the speed-up happened they had "New Arc! Start here!" stickers on those volumes), but I suppose that means they expected new readers to buy the first "Water Seven" and "Sabaody" volumes and start with the last one or two chapters.
Yeah, I'd have to check the release dates, but I'm pretty sure Sabaody was riiight around when the English volumes actually caught up with the Japanese release (or at least, got within the 10 month window they were allowed to have) and they obviously overcomitted to it, not knowing the bigger picture. The whole New World debacle feels like a blunt force solution to never getting caught out by that again. I get the marketing appeal of going by what starts in the volume so you're always sure to get the beginning of a new arc, but it still just feels so wrong when you know the chapter ratio is 7:1. And it does create its own problems for new readers. Years ago, an ex who was reading blind through my physical volumes was feeling relieved to finally reach the end of Skypiea and ended up confused and frustrated when it went on for almost another whole book after the last volume with its name on the spine
Maybe a compromise could have been an extended recap for the first volume of a new banner if the arc technically started in the previous book, enough to get new readers up to speed without things feeling so awkward for collectors.
If I'd made my edits only a few months ago I probably would have put Zou in together with Tottoland, but I've been rethinking how I look at these stories structurally lately. Zou sets up as much for Wano as it does for Tottoland, and is totally aesthetically and tonally unique from any other arc it might be pushed together with. I think the post timeskip stuff is just fundamentally structured different from the pretimeskip in a way that resists arcs being counted together. The pre-timeskip stuff always had the ultimate end goal of setting up Ace and Marineford, but that was at best a subplot developing independently of the crew's actions, and didn't become apparent how it would come together basically until Thriller Bark. For post-timeskip, the overarching destination of Wano has been clear since Punk Hazard and its 100% the crew's own actions taking them there. Smaller sets of two or three arcs don't make the same satisfyingly closed off sagas they used to because really the whole New World is saga in the pre-timeskip sense of the term. In that respect it was neater to just have them all be named individually rather than trying to give Zou/Tottoland special treatment.
(Names-wise, I never understood how Whole Cake became the most common nomenclature for that particular plot thread. Between Cacao Island, the battles at sea and the mirror world, a huge chunk of the arc is spent off of the eponymous island, so doesn't it make sense for it to be named for the whole archipelago? But that's just me, and things like this are pretty subjective.)
By the way, even though Viz said they were done with Act Age last month, volume 2 still released in stores, at least Barnes aand Noble and Amazon. Didn’t see it in my local comic shop so it’s definitely I think not able to be ordered anymore, but it does exist.
Volume 96 cover:
I started reading One Piece online so that´s what i´m a bit used to but i´m still collecting the english volumes. One Piece is fun to read in volume format aswell.
So excited for the Cookbook to finally come out in English!
I wonder what the bonus gift for Set 4 will be? Last sets included Romance Dawn, Cross Epoch, and Chapter 0. What's left to translate? Maybe Monster One-Shot??? Shokugeki no Sanji?
LET'S GO!!!! I've been waiting years for this eventual fourth box set!!
Well, I know what I'm asking Santa for this year.
I expect that the bonus stuff will be Boichi Covers Zolo vs. Mihawk and Shokugeki no Sanji, as the previous three were all special chapters that had been translated for the English Shonen Jump magazine.
Maybe a stupid question, but is there a reason this thread hasn't gone back to living in the main manga forum? Because all of AP goes by Viz release dates now and Alpha hasn't existed for a couple years, it seems odd to have this subforum literally just for this one thread.
One Piece Box Set 4 will release on Sep 9th.
One Piece Pirate Recipes will release on Nov 9th.
pre-order:
https://www.barnesandnoble.com/w/one-piece-box-set-4-eiichiro-oda/1138872584?ean=9781974725960
https://www.barnesandnoble.com/w/one-piece-pirate-recipes-sanji/1138872580
Volume 97 cover:
Can anyone tell me why they stopped putting the number of days til the next chapter release on the viz website, I didn’t see it on the One Piece or the My Hero Academia pages
It always helped me when we were on breaks or if there was some sort of vacation like golden week
Box Set 4 Cover !
Sounds like the bonus in this one is just the Jinbei cover story all put together. Bloody good. Those of us who get the individual volumes have been screwed over by spinoffs and mini art books exclusive to the box sets for too long!
Don't think this had been revealed before - Viz's cover for Sanji's cookbook. Coming in November, apparently.
I'm glad we're finally starting to see more of the non-manga content come across officially, especially with volume releases going so slow at the minute, but I definitely would have preferred any of the databooks or the rest of the novels ahead of this. I'll bet they've converted all the measurements to the US system as well, which is going to make it a whole lot harder to actually use for cooking by a big chunk of the English-speaking world. I'll probably end up getting it anyway for the sake of the collection, but still…
A huge pet peeve of mine is seeing recipes mention "cups of" something.
HOW BIG IS THE "CUP"?
I like to get exact measurable units for ingredient weight/volume. Precise numbers.
A "cup" tells me nothing, since I didn't grow up using "cups" as a measurement.
I cannot visualize this "cup".
@MDL:
A huge pet peeve of mine is seeing recipes mention "cups of" something.
HOW BIG IS THE "CUP"?I like to get exact measurable units for ingredient weight/volume. Precise numbers.
A "cup" tells me nothing, since I didn't grow up using "cups" as a measurement.
I cannot visualize this "cup".
A cup is an actual specific measurement in cooking terms. It's about 240ml or equivalent in whatever other system. Most kitchens I've been in have had a set of designated measuring cups made to hold specifically full, half and quarter cups of whatever.
The stuff that bugs me is when they go into pinches, sprinkles, splashes that have no actual standard I've ever known of. Or saying to add an ingredient "to taste." Maybe I'm new to this dish/ingredient and don't know what my taste for it is yet, recipe writer. At least give me a baseline!
I actually have some measuring spoons for pinch, dash, and smidge, but that’s mostly a novelty. To taste is actually a pretty good measurement amount. Do you like the ingredient that’s being added? Add maybe a bit more. If not, put in less/none at all. Usually it’s for salt and pepper which can (usually) be added to a food after the fact if you find it lacking.
Luckily, for everything else, the internet exists for quick conversions.
@MDL:
A huge pet peeve of mine is seeing recipes mention "cups of" something.
HOW BIG IS THE "CUP"?
A cup is an actual measurement. 8 ounces I think. You're not supposed to guess or use a random cup, you use a measuring cup.
Any measuring cup should have multiple markers, most measuring cups hold 2.
Maybe it's different in the UK? But it's an actual measurement.
The stuff that bugs me is when they go into pinches, sprinkles, splashes that have no actual standard I've ever known of. Or saying to add an ingredient "to taste." Maybe I'm new to this dish/ingredient and don't know what my taste for it is yet, recipe writer. At least give me a baseline!
That's because at a certain point cooking stops being exact and turns into unscientific alchemy that will vary depending on your cookware and just how hot your stove is and a bunch of other things.
You just have to use your own judgement, and no recipe can get it right for those bits because the actual quantity is fickle.
Those pinches are so small as to not really fit any measurement. It's less than a tablespoon, or they'd say add a tablespoon. So you shake a shaker two or three times, and everyone's shakers and how forcefully they do it are different. . Then you test it and see if its overpowering or you can't taste it at all. But if you put it all in one spot it'll be overpowering.
You also need to taste test it because some things like salt, after coming out, are hard to actually see and its difficult to judge if you added too little or too much.
It's a non-specific amount because seasons are going to be different needs every single time, and vary from person to person, but it's always a low ammount.
That's because at a certain point cooking stops being exact and turns into unscientific alchemy that will vary depending on your cookware and just how hot your stove is and a bunch of other things.
You just have to use your own judgement, and no recipe can get it right for those bits because the actual quantity is fickle.
Those pinches are so small as to not really fit any measurement. It's less than a tablespoon, or they'd say add a tablespoon. So you shake a shaker two or three times, and everyone's shakers and how forcefully they do it are different. . Then you test it and see if its overpowering or you can't taste it at all. But if you put it all in one spot it'll be overpowering.
You also need to taste test it because some things like salt, after coming out, are hard to actually see and its difficult to judge if you added too little or too much.
It's a non-specific amount because seasons are going to be different needs every single time, and vary from person to person, but it's always a low ammount.
I get it, I understand why it goes that way. There's as much art as there is science in the process. Problem is, I'm no artist as as kitchens are concerned and imprecise instructions always get me a little anxious no matter what they're for. Just one of those personal things.
Hey Den's face didn't get covered up by the Vol number
Did Box Set 4 get delayed or something? I checked through Amazon and Barnes & Noble and it says January 4 2022. Is it a place holder date?
This may be a stupid question haha.
Looks like next August is going to be a good month for One Piece
Volume 99 English front and back covers
Volume 100 cover just revealed on twitter:
That number sure is getting chunky.
Color Walk 7 - 9 Compendium is also up for pre-order. They went with Color Walk 8 as the cover this time. I would have preferred 9 personally.
Has anyone been able to get Volume 101 at Barnes and Noble? All the release dates seem to have been pushed back and when I call they say they don't have them, but I see people on Twitter have their volumes, and Viz has been advertising that they're out already
@Elektrik-Dynomite said in The Viz Media Thread:
Has anyone been able to get Volume 101 at Barnes and Noble? All the release dates seem to have been pushed back and when I call they say they don't have them, but I see people on Twitter have their volumes, and Viz has been advertising that they're out already
Viz communications/support is so bad with responding to people, we got better chances at talking to real ghosts.
The volume did get delay but it seems at least some copies got out.
just got vol 100 and it looks like they made a weird/stupid change in Chapter 1011 from what showed up online to what they actually printed in the book.
4th page online Luffy talking to Kaido: "I can tell you're enjoying yourself ... the more precarious the situation ... the bigger your smile!!"
in print: "the more precarious the situation ... the bigger your smile ... and the bigger your smile ..."
if you're going to change it wouldn't "the bigger and bigger your smile gets" been better?
@Raffy No because the original translation made a mistake, in the Japanese, Kaido seems to suggest something happens the bigger/the more he smiles, but we never hear the end of the sentence, it's left incomplete on purpose.
There was a huge push on One Piece this year, and it seemed like a multicompany push. Bandai certainly was making a big splash at the summer shows with those huge figures. There was a takeover in Times Square during New York Comic Con. It's definitely finally breaking into mass consciousness a little bit. Where did that push originate? What were the companies involved? What are you seeing, in terms of the response?
It was Toei, the licenser and the company that made the movies and the anime, and then Bandai with all the consumer products, and then we have the manga. It all happened around volume 100, and then the movie, One Piece Film: Red came out and did quite well worldwide.
I did hear that worldwide, viewership is up on the anime. I'm seeing One Piece merchandise everywhere I go. Our sales have been incredibly increased since Vol. 100, and people are going back and starting the series. We've had to reprint all 104 volumes and all the three‑in‑one editions.
It is in the mass merchandisers now, and that contributes to the increase in sales. Even Indigo, and BAM!, and Barnes and Noble are all seeing increase in sales products. I don't know if it's generational, or if it's because of COVID people finally got into it, or all of that, but it's nice to see.
shudders at realistic Whitebeard
@JustaGuy said in The Viz Media Thread:
There was a huge push on One Piece this year, and it seemed like a multicompany push. Bandai certainly was making a big splash at the summer shows with those huge figures. There was a takeover in Times Square during New York Comic Con. It's definitely finally breaking into mass consciousness a little bit. Where did that push originate? What were the companies involved? What are you seeing, in terms of the response?
It was Toei, the licenser and the company that made the movies and the anime, and then Bandai with all the consumer products, and then we have the manga. It all happened around volume 100, and then the movie, One Piece Film: Red came out and did quite well worldwide.
I did hear that worldwide, viewership is up on the anime. I'm seeing One Piece merchandise everywhere I go. Our sales have been incredibly increased since Vol. 100, and people are going back and starting the series. We've had to reprint all 104 volumes and all the three‑in‑one editions.
It is in the mass merchandisers now, and that contributes to the increase in sales. Even Indigo, and BAM!, and Barnes and Noble are all seeing increase in sales products. I don't know if it's generational, or if it's because of COVID people finally got into it, or all of that, but it's nice to see.
I really think it’s the generational change. Folks who weren’t misled by the 4KIDS dub.
I got a friend to help me pick up some volumes to catch up, and when I was putting them on my shelf yesterday I noticed I was missing a whopping 22 volumes somehow. These volumes in the 90s are already on their 10th reprint, wow!
Did some research and came across this option:
Then pick up 91 and 92 separately to fill in the gap. While all that's happening I'll need to catch up again and get 101-104 
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