08-28-2012, 04:20 PM | #16 |
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I like it that the japanese truly end their series. No more Goku dying and coming alive again in DBZ. Despite being a multimillionaire franchise, the series ended for real.
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It's very different from characters owned by publishing houses. If Harry Potter was a comic book, someone else would be hired to give it new spins, reboot it, put it into some parallel universe, kill him than ressurect him, picture him as a zombie and all sorts of silly stuff to get new readers into the pointless brand. |
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(Mind you, there were some really good stories among those new spins.) |
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08-29-2012, 04:42 AM | #20 |
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Kurt Busiek's Astro City. One of the most character-driven superhero comics.
Not sure if Mark Waid's Irredeemable and Incorruptible applies. Robert Kirkman's Invincible too. |
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And then there's Dragonball Kai... There are a number of classic manga/anime franchises that are perennials, and get rebooted every decade or so. I don't even know how many Tetsuwan Atomo/Astro Boy adaptations there have been. There are also a lot of long-running manga series that just stop, rather than having a proper ending. Ranma 1/2, say, or Uresei Yatsura. |
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I think the point being made though, is that it isn't uncommon to find manga or anime that have an actual story with an ending in mind. This is pretty rare in american comics. Yes there are anime/manga that have been going on for years, but there are also a lot that had specific endings. I have a bookcase full of both. I have very few american comics that had specific endings. I'm not talking about books that were canceled either, but were ended by the creative team once they told their story. |
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In Japan, I think that manga tends to be plotted out with an eye towards its eventual publication in tankoban (trade paperback) form. Even if the overall story arc continues from volume to volume, you usually get an end to an individual storyline at the end of a volume, or at least some kind of coda. And usually, when the end comes, they wrap it up at the end of a complete volume. That's starting to be more common in the US as well, with 12-issue arcs being designed for publication as one or two trades. |
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Which is just to say, it depends on the manga you're reading. Uzumaki by Junji Ito? Has some resolution at the end of the volume. One Piece by Eichiiro Oda? Not so much, unless it is the closing volume to an arc. There's probably more structure in the US trades you mention below. Quote:
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I don't know about most American comics, but I know Usagi Yojimbo (which isn't a superhero comic unless you consider a samurai rabbit a superhero) tends to have story arcs that are the right length for trade paperbacks. The trade paperbacks are the only way I have ever read it... which was a lot nicer than having to wait a month to find out what happened next .
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What does the expression "jumped the shark" mean? Haven't come across that one before.
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It's come to mean "blatant attempt to draw in new/lost viewers that interferes with current viewers' enjoyment." |
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Thanks.
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even I knew that one and I don't even know who Fonzie is!
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