Shonen Jump

[Andromeda18_]

I have 6 volumes of Bleach and I love it. It keeps getting better and the art is just awesome. My only problem is that the French edition has already caught up with the Japanese one and now I'm going to have to wait several months between volumes.

[rugrats1]

My only problem is that the French edition has already caught up with the Japanese one and now I'm going to have to wait several months between volumes.

It seems that the French already has a leg-up on anime, being many volumes ahead of the English version; for example, the French version of "One Piece" was already up to 20 volumes when I visited Quebec this past March (shame the first 14 volumes were printed western style). I also sampled the "Super Gals" manga (up to 4 volumes in French as of March 2004; English version starts 2/2005), and thought it was pretty good.

I guess if you can't get the gist out of Japanese, French would probably be the best second choice.

[Andromeda18_]

It seems that the French already has a leg-up on anime, being many volumes ahead of the English version; for example, the French version of "One Piece" was already up to 20 volumes when I visited Quebec this past March (shame the first 14 volumes were printed western style). I also sampled the "Super Gals" manga (up to 4 volumes in French as of March 2004; English version starts 2/2005), and thought it was pretty good.

I guess if you can't get the gist out of Japanese, French would probably be the best second choice.

For me it is because I pay an average of $8 per volume while a volume imported from the US costs me about $16.5. As far as variety of titles goes the US are rapidly catching up with France. I usually order from the US titles that either don't exist in French or that will be published in the US first (like XXXHolic, Tsubasa Reservoir Chronicles and Berserk).

[Blight]

For me it is because I pay an average of $8 per volume while a volume imported from the US costs me about $16.5. As far as variety of titles goes the US are rapidly catching up with France. I usually order from the US titles that either don't exist in French or that will be published in the US first (like XXXHolic, Tsubasa Reservoir Chronicles and Berserk).

Um, XXXHolic?

[Andromeda18_]

Um, XXXHolic?

XXXHolic is one of CLAMP's newest manga, as is Tsubasa Reservoir Chronicles. There's a crossover between XXXHolic's volumes 1 and 2 and Tsubasa's volume 1.
You can learn more about it here: http://www.randomhouse.com/delrey/catalo...45-47058-3

[JingRoyale]

I have every issueof Shonen Jump to date. My top three favorite mangas are Naruto, One Piece and Shaman King. I also have some of the Shonen Jump graphic novels like Kenshin, Naruto, One Piece and DBZ.