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These are the only two sites that seemed to have preserved the digital colors in its original coloring:
https://portalpieceoficial.wordpress.com/2013/11/24/manga-colorido-capitulo-714/
Thanks for the links, that tumblr one especially, that was really cool. So interesting seeing what changes and what stayed the same between the two versions.
These are the only two sites that seemed to have preserved the digital colors in its original coloring:
https://portalpieceoficial.wordpress.com/2013/11/24/manga-colorido-capitulo-714/
Lmfao that's my Tumblr. I made a GIFset comparing the preview and the final.
https://www.imagebam.com/image/57531d265264235
https://comiko.net/chapter/773425
https://bato.to/chapter/685931
This where I actually got the pages.
That way you can read them without it constantly switching between versions lol.
Lmfao that's my Tumblr. I made a GIFset comparing the preview and the final.
https://www.imagebam.com/image/57531d265264235
https://comiko.net/chapter/773425
https://bato.to/chapter/685931This where I actually got the pages.
That way you can read them without it constantly switching between versions lol.
Thanks for the links!
Lmfao that's my Tumblr. I made a GIFset comparing the preview and the final.
https://www.imagebam.com/image/57531d265264235
https://comiko.net/chapter/773425
https://bato.to/chapter/685931This where I actually got the pages.
That way you can read them without it constantly switching between versions lol.
Always weird seeing your own stuff being linked in the wild, huh?
The original links are appreciated, but the comparison gifs on your tumblr gave me everything I would have wanted to do with the raw files anyway. Nice work with those!
Alternate digital colorings for Gerd?
Alternate digital colorings for Gerd?
I think this came up a few pages back in the thread (or if not here in the Vivre Card thread). Colours on the right are from her Vivre Card, which came out a while before all of Whole Cake Island's colour volumes were released. I'm pretty sure there were one or two other characters with mild differences between the cards and the final release, but I'm blanking on who they were.
I'm expecting to see some similar differences between the Onigashima volumes and the panels in the latest Vivre Cards. Some details of even the Straw Hats' outfits in the cards don't match the latest volume covers - Nami's kimono, Usopp's helmet and Brook's scarf are all blue instead of red, Sanji's tie is red instead of white, and Jinbei has a dark purple segment on his cape instead of a grey one.
https://nyaa.si/view/1461595
https://nyaa.si/view/1445725
Anonymous coming in clutch with Volume 94 & 95 translated, as always.
I got a question that I didn't see addressed here (unless I skipped it). Does anybody know what kind of updates these volumes receive? I own them all and when I open them on my reader I sometimes get the notification that a new updated version is available and get asked if I'd like to download it. I always do but I never see what's changed. Is it it color schemes or bigger things, like edits in the artwork, respectively changes in the dialog? I was wondering about that for quite some time.
The only change I've really ever known about is older colored volumes that skipped over SBS corners eventually getting them.
If there were color scheme changes or anything like that I'd love to know but I don't think that's ever happened.
Yeah, the SBS as well as all the frontpages like recaps and tables of contents and stuff, and all the endpages and back of volume ads. From memory, volumes 71 and 72 were the first ones that actually shipped with all that stuff, and the rest were backfilled a little while later.
Even after the Vivre Cards shipped with some updated art for certain characters (Morgan, Vitan) I looked back over the colour volumes and saw no changes. They still haven't fixed the spread in volume 82 that's slightly cut off either.
The SBS I've noticed. But even after the SBS update the same volumes have received updates again but I couldn't figure out what changed.^^'
I seem to recall the SBS initially being added without page numbers on them. The little skull marks in the corner of the page were blank in the digital versions then, but they're indistinguishable from the physical releases now. Beyond that, I have no idea.
That's something I haven't noticed. Thanks for pointing that out.^^
A new colour panel from volume 97 in a preview for the upcoming OP Magazine:
(with apologies to anyone who saw the thread update and thought it meant a new volume release date)
Volume 96, 97 and 98 in Color will release on May 2 !!
Well that's a fantastic birthday present for me if I ever saw one. Looking forward to get them.^^
Thanks for the info btw Scotchinformer.
Holy shit! I'd dared to hope 96 might come alongside the digital black and white 102. I would maybe have dreamed they'd do 97 as well, just because it's been so long. But three whole volumes is such a treat! I can't wait!
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As a side thought, the English version of volume 99 comes out May 3, so for a single day, the colour release will have caught up with the English release. I don't think that's happened before, and can't immediately be bothered running the numbers to say if it means the English release has slowed down or the colour release has sped up. Maybe a bit of both.
Holy shit! I'd dared to hope 96 might come alongside the digital black and white 102. I would maybe have dreamed they'd do 97 as well, just because it's been so long. But three whole volumes is such a treat! I can't wait!
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As a side thought, the English version of volume 99 comes out May 3, so for a single day, the colour release will have caught up with the English release. I don't think that's happened before, and can't immediately be bothered running the numbers to say if it means the English release has slowed down or the colour release has sped up. Maybe a bit of both.
English has slowed down a bit. There's a 5 month window between 98 and 99. Part of it is slowing down to match the Japanese publications, but US slowdown is even moreso. I think 101 doesn't come out until December in the US.
Volume 92 we were about 8 months behind Japan, but with 102, we will be about 13 months behind. It's not a huge difference, but it's almost half a year longer, so not entirely negligible difference either - which could explain what you've described.
Can't wait to see 96 - 98 in full color! I will reiterate - I really wish these received a printed edition (in English or Japanese, don't really care which, though would like something in English). I wonder if it's ever possible or if they're worried it would cut too much into sales of the black & white manga? For the record, I would buy both lol
Luffy, Zoro, Nami, Usopp, Sanji, Chopper, Robin, Franky, Brook, Jimbei, Carrot, Vivi, Smoker
"ONE PIECE, IT EXISTS" - The Great Pirate Edward Newgate
@Vongola_Boss_XI:
English has slowed down a bit. There's a 5 month window between 98 and 99. Part of it is slowing down to match the Japanese publications, but US slowdown is even moreso. I think 101 doesn't come out until December in the US.
Volume 92 we were about 8 months behind Japan, but with 102, we will be about 13 months behind. It's not a huge difference, but it's almost half a year longer, so not entirely negligible difference either - which could explain what you've described.
Can't wait to see 96 - 98 in full color! I will reiterate - I really wish these received a printed edition (in English or Japanese, don't really care which, though would like something in English). I wonder if it's ever possible or if they're worried it would cut too much into sales of the black & white manga? For the record, I would buy both lol
Makes sense. I'm sure the colour walks and Ace novels seemingly taking up the release slots of new volumes also hasn't helped the English release's pacing.
Completely agreed on the final point. I have the full English set and a smattering of Japanese volumes already, but I'd double dip in a heartbeat if there was a physical colour release. Especially if it was in English.
@Vongola_Boss_XI:
I will reiterate - I really wish these received a printed edition (in English or Japanese, don't really care which, though would like something in English). I wonder if it's ever possible or if they're worried it would cut too much into sales of the black & white manga? For the record, I would buy both lol
Completely agreed on the final point. I have the full English set and a smattering of Japanese volumes already, but I'd double dip in a heartbeat if there was a physical colour release. Especially if it was in English.
Personally, I just wish they'd release them digitally in English officially. I never read physical comics anymore, and those that I already own just collect dust on my shelf. I suppose they'd look cool though.
Super pumped about these new volumes, wow! Three volumes, and we just hear about it two weeks out or something? It's probably just my imagination, but I swear the window from announcement to release gets smaller every time. It's exciting, it feels like it could happen almost any month!
I'm most excited to see THAT Roger page in color.
Personally, I just wish they'd release them digitally in English officially. I never read physical comics anymore, and those that I already own just collect dust on my shelf. I suppose they'd look cool though.
Super pumped about these new volumes, wow! Three volumes, and we just hear about it two weeks out or something? It's probably just my imagination, but I swear the window from announcement to release gets smaller every time. It's exciting, it feels like it could happen almost any month!
If it was just digital only, I'd take it, but I still love my physical releases. Some nice, maybe hardback omnibuses with spine designs similar to the backs of last year's Japanese box sets would be really cool.
I'm most excited to see THAT Roger page in color.
I've got a laundry list of pages I'm desperate for from these volumes. Roger vs Whitebeard, Oden and the Scabbards in the pot, the Beasts Pirates ships bearing down on the Scabbards, both the exterior and interior establishing shots of Onigashima, the Tobi Roppo reveal, Big Mom bursting in with her new Homies, the ambush on Kaido, Kaido's dragon form towering over the Scabbards, the Strawhats' group shot with Jinbe, and the first rooftop bout between Kaido and the Scabbards. So many back to back great moments and art that already looked incredible in black and white.
Speaking of Roger, I wonder how consistent the coloring will be for most of his crewmates, and be telling as to how informed the anime was for their color schemes vs how much they took liberties with them.
Speaking of Roger, I wonder how consistent the coloring will be for most of his crewmates, and be telling as to how informed they were for their color schemes vs how much they took liberties with them.
I guess we won't know for sure unless Oda does his own art of Roger's crew.
I'm interested to see how much they change from the panels previewed in the Vivre Cards and magazines. Some of those had definite departures from Oda's illustrations - probably just an early version thing - and some significant differences to the anime - perhaps constituting an actual difference in canon between the two mediums.
I guess we won't know for sure unless Oda does his own art of Roger's crew.
I'm interested to see how much they change from the panels previewed in the Vivre Cards and magazines. Some of those had definite departures from Oda's illustrations - probably just an early version thing - and some significant differences to the anime - perhaps constituting an actual difference in canon between the two mediums.
I'd have to wonder how much the anime is willing to take liberties with designs, like how Roger isn't shown with a necklace when he was 47 in the anime, even though the manga showed him having one.
I'd have to wonder how much the anime is willing to take liberties with designs, like how Roger isn't shown with a necklace when he was 47 in the anime, even though the manga showed him having one.
He does wear that scarf elsewhere in the Oden flashback, even in the manga, so I guess the chain is just underneath it. The chain seems to be there in the anime when he's open-shirted fighting Oden and Whitebeard in the clip I found. Maybe there was just a mix up between the scarfed/scarfless model sheets when they were storyboarding that episode that was too minor in the grand scheme of things to be worth correcting.
If it was just digital only, I'd take it, but I still love my physical releases. Some nice, maybe hardback omnibuses with spine designs similar to the backs of last year's Japanese box sets would be really cool.
I've got a laundry list of pages I'm desperate for from these volumes. Roger vs Whitebeard, Oden and the Scabbards in the pot, the Beasts Pirates ships bearing down on the Scabbards, both the exterior and interior establishing shots of Onigashima, the Tobi Roppo reveal, Big Mom bursting in with her new Homies, the ambush on Kaido, Kaido's dragon form towering over the Scabbards, the Strawhats' group shot with Jinbe, and the first rooftop bout between Kaido and the Scabbards. So many back to back great moments and art that already looked incredible in black and white.
Yeah, hardcover, larger format, and maybe 2 volumes in 1 is my dream. I have the full-color Freeza arc volumes for Dragon Ball and every time I look at them, I just wish it was One Piece. Sadly, I guess they didn't sell well enough for Viz to release the rest of the series. All we got were the Saiyan and Freeza arcs, but the Dragon Ball Wiki indicates that the entire digitally colored series received a print publication in Japan.
Which is why it's even more surprising they haven't done so with One Piece. I guess maybe they'll wait until the series is over? Surprisingly, it seems Shueisha never did a Kanzenban / deluxe release for Naruto or Bleach, despite them being popular series.
But given 4 years of Oda's 5 year estimate are probably going to be spent on Wano, I think it's fair to say the end isn't particularly near for One Piece, so I guess we'll be waiting a while for any type of deluxe re-release.
Luffy, Zoro, Nami, Usopp, Sanji, Chopper, Robin, Franky, Brook, Jimbei, Carrot, Vivi, Smoker
"ONE PIECE, IT EXISTS" - The Great Pirate Edward Newgate
He does wear that scarf elsewhere in the Oden flashback, even in the manga, so I guess the chain is just underneath it. The chain seems to be there in the anime when he's open-shirted fighting Oden and Whitebeard in the clip I found. Maybe there was just a mix up between the scarfed/scarfless model sheets when they were storyboarding that episode that was too minor in the grand scheme of things to be worth correcting.
The anime also showed Buggy with an orange hat, even though the scene is meant to have it red and yellow according to the digitally colored manga.
Well it's clear no one goes to Toei saying which colour Buggy's shirt will be. Sourcing author and editor for every outfit out there would be absolutely crazy and the anime staff has to make their decision short (and cheap). We already have one coloured Buggy on a cover, let's use it ad his standard outfit the whole flashback and that's done.
I think the option to ask for instructions every time something new happens is and should be out of mind. It would be an exhausting way of doing things and ultimately not worth the effort as new minor characters (or old minor characters with new outfits) just keep coming out every ten chapters. It's already a huge thing they seems to ask for it for new main characters, which didn't happen to be a traditional Toei thing.
Event Roger's scarf seems to be just some sort of leftovers from the old official Toei design with just some updated details. Ultimately, think of how Onigashima SH outfits in the opening were totally off manga's color scheme and they only fixed them later.
Well it's clear no one goes to Toei saying which colour Buggy's shirt will be. Sourcing author and editor for every outfit out there would be absolutely crazy and the anime staff has to make their decision short (and cheap). We already have one coloured Buggy on a cover, let's use it ad his standard outfit the whole flashback and that's done.
That's the past Pirate King's crew you're talking about there tho. lol
That's the past Pirate King's crew you're talking about there tho. lol
And that's Toei were talking about here.
@Vongola_Boss_XI:
Yeah, hardcover, larger format, and maybe 2 volumes in 1 is my dream. I have the full-color Freeza arc volumes for Dragon Ball and every time I look at them, I just wish it was One Piece. Sadly, I guess they didn't sell well enough for Viz to release the rest of the series. All we got were the Saiyan and Freeza arcs, but the Dragon Ball Wiki indicates that the entire digitally colored series received a print publication in Japan.
Which is why it's even more surprising they haven't done so with One Piece. I guess maybe they'll wait until the series is over? Surprisingly, it seems Shueisha never did a Kanzenban / deluxe release for Naruto or Bleach, despite them being popular series.
But given 4 years of Oda's 5 year estimate are probably going to be spent on Wano, I think it's fair to say the end isn't particularly near for One Piece, so I guess we'll be waiting a while for any type of deluxe re-release.
I think it'd be cool to follow the log collections, or Jump Remix volumes, or some other way of blocking out the story that ends volumes and arcs at the same point rather than just sticking regular size volumes together.
I really think Viz shot themselves in the foot by testing the waters with Dragon Ball. Between the regular volumes, the box sets, the Vizbig editions and the regular 3-in-1s, there are so many ways to get your hands on the series. Even if the 3-in-1s came after the first colour arc, there was pretty thin odds that anyone who wanted Dragon Ball didn't have it. Hell, I'd just bought the Vizbigs when I first heard of the colour edition and decided it wasn't worth the double dip. Not to mention choosing to go by arc, starting from the Z era, with no guarantee of finishing the series or going back to the OG Dragon Ball stuff making it unappealing for anyone who wants a full set. If you're new and just want to get up to date, you'd choose anything else. If you're a veteran fan who wants to have physical copies, anything else is easier and more economical. It was a release only for the most hardcore, get everything with the branding on it fans.
Now I'm no marketing guy, and I don't know what the internal data is, but I'd like to hope One Piece could stand up a little better. Give the early volumes that revised translation we've been asking for forever to justify the upgrade and draw in the old guard weebs who think Zolo justifies snubbing the whole release. Just need to earn some trust with either big volumes or extremely regular releases so it's not a 20-year catchup job. Give them their box sets or bundles.
I'm probably sounding way off-base to anyone who actually works in manga publishing, but I like to dream.
That's the past Pirate King's crew you're talking about there tho. lol
And that's Toei were talking about here.
Basically this. The same Toei had troubles to ask for instructions on the MAIN CHARACTER's crew new outfit. I think, yeah Roger is great narrative-wise, but commercially is leagues behind Luffy which still doesn't have a proper treatment since ever. While we reader give enough gravitas to Roger & Co., I am pretty sure Toei won't waste too much time on characters we see for a dozen of episodes and then goodbye for the next two hundreds.
Basically this. The same Toei had troubles to ask for instructions on the MAIN CHARACTER's crew new outfit. I think, yeah Roger is great narrative-wise, but commercially is leagues behind Luffy which still doesn't have a proper treatment since ever. While we reader give enough gravitas to Roger & Co., I am pretty sure Toei won't waste too much time on characters we see for a dozen of episodes and then goodbye for the next two hundreds.
I suppose I'll more fun pointing out differences then. lol
Some pictures from new full color Volumes!! More pictures and full HQ RAWs soon 
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Vol 96
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Vol 97
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Vol 98
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One Piece - Digital Colored Version 96 - 97 - 98 (upscaled, the one I like 
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Volume 96:
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Volume 97:
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Volume 98:
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Original Raws (without upscales).
https://bit.ly/3KzxFL2
Hmm
Does anyone know what happened to aKraa of Nyaa.si? His latest post is from February. Is it some of you?
Chapter 967: when the crew is laughing at the treasure you can see some sort of clouds/mist behind them, or not?
Some interesting colour choices in this batch. I'm definitely disappointed to see the colours of the Performance Floor go from the bright red of the Vivre Card version to the dull natural wood of the anime. The coloured lights during the party phase look good, but they go off after the fighting starts sooo…
I wonder if there's been some infernal shifts on the colours of things. The Where's Wally poster, being an official collab, presumably had access to internal colour sheets and went with the same red design from the databook. It also used orange for Ulti's dinosaur skin and used different skin tones for a few of the Numbers, relative to the anime's version, which was again consistent with the Vivre Card's coloured panels. Kaido was also previewed wearing a purple shirt instead of the white on he's got in the anime. But all of that's been changed for the volume release for one reason or another. It's not that we ever saw these things drawn by Oda himself, but I still had them as my personal headcanon for a while, so this version is taking some adjusting. A few things that were inaccurate to Oda's art on the volume covers in the databook have been fixed though - parts of Jinbe, Snaji and Nami's outfits. I think this Jinbe's kimono can look a little too orange relative to the bright yellow on volumne 99's cover, but honestly it depends on the lighting.
A positive change is Luffy's Beasts Pirates disguise going from an understated brown cape with white horns to the much more eye-catching red version of the anime. I think Marco's wings also look a ton nicer than the databook version, with so many more yellow highlights.
I expect to find more changes going through the Vivre Card panels more closely.
The change to young Yamato's outfit actually makes sense. In the manga, it has a different design with the pattern moving onto the sleeves and no emblems on the chest. It's clearly not the same set as the present day one, so it's reasonable to colour it differently.
The rooftop scenes are a treat no matter what version of the story you look at.
The change to young Yamato's outfit actually makes sense. In the manga, it has a different design with the pattern moving onto the sleeves and no emblems on the chest. It's clearly not the same set as the present day one, so it's reasonable to colour it differently.
The weird thing though is that a later panel shows Yamato in her white and red outfit as opposed to a yellow and blue one, so was the yellow and blue coloring a mistake, or does Yamato not actually appear in Chapter 971 despite what the anime showed?
The weird thing though is that a later panel shows Yamato in her white and red outfit as opposed to a yellow and blue one, so was the yellow and blue coloring a mistake, or does Yamato not actually appear in Chapter 971 despite what the anime showed?
Yeah that is bizarre, and rare for the colour manga to contradict itself so blatantly. It's usually at least internally consistent.
Despite little things like missing the belt and seeming to have some kind of an undershirt, the 971 version is hard to dismiss given the height and the guy on the left having the same kimono design. Really hard to say.
Didn't realize how defined manga Yamato's lips were until seeing the color rendering. Makes her seem even more hot tbh.
Wow, so happy to see the Colored Manga briefly catch up with the English one!
I do hope the English gets an official release, perhaps to coincide with the live action series? We can dream!
@Gecko:
Wow, so happy to see the Colored Manga briefly catch up with the English one!
I do hope the English gets an official release, perhaps to coincide with the live action series? We can dream!
I imagine, Volume 100 in color will be treated as a special occasion, as per usual. lol
Oh wow, they fixed King's color scheme.
If you're saying to yourself right now "What do you mean? King's costume has always been black, they never got it wrong." Well, not exactly.
King's color scheme was a slightly washed out, blueish shade of black, in line with the anime.
This was not in line with officially colored illustrations, such as the Chapter 1031 color spread.
Hmm
Looking at this within the actual volume, it seems to me that the colors are different because of the fire kinda creating a light/shadow effect on the clothes.
There's something incredibly cathartic about reading the Roger Pirates laughing while the anime scene plays in the background.
Oh wow, they fixed King's color scheme.
https://media.discordapp.net/attachments/866076005512380436/970485570969170030/SPOILER_00094.jpeg
If you're saying to yourself right now "What do you mean? King's costume has always been black, they never got it wrong." Well, not exactly.
https://64.media.tumblr.com/d8fa3064855a5a41c91ce4b7f3ced6bd/4250069deb392002-30/s1280x1920/7c71eb3eac01fc39af6f989722f2aadb4b107d7e.jpghttps://64.media.tumblr.com/d97d2af09a7bf98a4ebb9ae1cdde8531/4250069deb392002-f2/s1280x1920/b3c97dc5d82db205deaf3bc3ee4912db119779e6.jpg
King's color scheme was a slightly washed out, blueish shade of black, in line with the anime.
https://64.media.tumblr.com/04b5c849c74cb64439a52c7cee766648/4250069deb392002-c4/s640x960/214cbf81f90558ce95a72cc57db2a61b4c90e699.jpg
This was not in line with officially colored illustrations, such as the Chapter 1031 color spread.
King's just got two gimp suits - a dark grey one for everyday use and a black one for parties. You should see what he pulls out for dates.
Actually, even more interesting is that his portrait in the recaps at the start of the volumes is taken from that first appearance in volume 92, but has been recoloured starting from volume 96.
Here he is in volume 95:
And the same portrait in volume 96:
I checked on Booklive and the older volume hasn't been updated, so it seems it's just for the new ones.
You have to wonder how many more things like this have slipped through the gaps due to deadlines or Oda changing his mind about colour schemes or just human error, and if they'd ever do a final update to lock all the continuity in the way its meant to be.
