New FMP manga?

[Jae]

I don't have time to look at this today, maybe tomorrow, but in May's Drag mag is an ad for Dragon Age- featuring a new FMP manga?

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[Weltall Elite]

Another one? I wish they'd just continue the ones they have. ;.;

[sj4iy]

[quote="Jae"]I don't have time to look at this today, maybe tomorrow, but in May's Drag mag is an ad for Dragon Age- featuring a new FMP manga?

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[Jae]

Yeah, it doesn't look like a whole lot of info right now, except that I gotta go back to the bookstore to look for that May Dragon Age

There is a larger pic in the Drag mag I'll scan eventually, but right now here is a pic stolen from the website showing the new artwork so everyone can see what we're talking about:


WTE- the FMP manga is only as slow as it always has been
But if this one is just a .... repeat??? of what we're already seen? Or will Retsu Tateo be done after vol 9? :hmm:

[Weltall Elite]

Clip Excess -H

In DM, eh? What're the odds it'll be printed in its own book? If so, it might come out here someday.

For all these FMP spin-offs to be showing up, it must be making quite a splash over in Japan, right? Which medium of the story initially caused all this interest? And what're the odds it'll do the same here in the US? Right now, FMP is considered to be slightly better than mediocre in the US by the general public. But most of them don't know about the novels, the following seasons, and the various mangas. I think if they did, it'd probably be a lot more appreciated.

[Wild Goose]

That may be due to GONZO, and how the story in FMP! ended...

Of course, most anime fans aren't as obsessed over FMP as we folk are, that's why we're following the novels. ^_^

*waits from next novel to be translated*

[AEmer]

Hmn. Maybe it's because they're giving the manga a new art direction?

Perhaps it's because the current manga's are all jumbled together in their timelines, and now they'll try to pick up the story and develop it towards the end of part 1 with something entirely different ?

Gah. Well, it would appear that we'll have to wait a month before we'll know anything solid about it, neh?

IRT Weltall:
Well, I'm not sure if the novels would help _that_ much...Although they might...harry potter is big because of the books, after all.
Anyway, Fumoffu is upthere high ranking among the best anime series there are on some toplists (often in top 10), while the original is often ranked lower (I recall seeing it place in top-30)...
Personally, I think that's a very nice accomplishment. With some luck, season 2 will place in top 10 too, that would mark the franchise as really kickass and must-see for any anime fan.

[Shewolf of Ga]

Thanks for the pic. I love the art style. Sosuke looks hot! Sigh! I gotta learn Japanese!

[Weltall Elite]

IRT Weltall:
Well, I'm not sure if the novels would help _that_ much...Although they might...harry potter is big because of the books, after all.

Well, I didn't necessarily mean the novels. I think it's generally accepted that American audiences probably wouldn't be as interested in reading books. I was just wondering what it was that gave FMP such a huge response in Japan. Or was the first season just that much more successful over there.

I mean, it's big over there, but they're working on a third season, and several manga versions. And if the novels are pretty big there, the story is pretty far along in that too. All we have is the first season and some of the manga.

It's my understanding that in Japan manga is much bigger than anime, where it's the other way around here. And personally, I felt the manga had more substance to it than the anime, so if people only watched the anime, the story may appear to fall flat.

[AEmer]

I'm gonna guess that it's much more of an analogous trancision in the case of FMP!, than it's a case of a sudden public hysteria and demand...

The trancision from medium to medium hasn't been happening that fast, and only as the introduction into every medium has been a commercial success. IOW, it wouldn't be altogether foolish to presume that it's due to a continous rise in demand that FMP! has kept moving on to more expensive mediums, finally making it to anime.

The amoung of people involved in the production of an anime like this one is about 40, without voiceactors and band. Then comes the people involved in translating it into english, making it a total of 60, and double the amount of voiceactors; overall, the first season of FMP!, everything included, must've had about 100 different people involved during various stages of production.

Since the first season was produced only slightly later than the manga entered production, and the novels had been running for atleast 3 years, I think it can be presumed that it was mainly due to the success of the novels that the productiong of the anime was initiated; however, if the book was popular enough to get an anime into production, that must've been because there were already a lot of fans, so the manga was likely pretty popular as well, by 'upstarting manga' standards.

The fact that additional anime has since entered production, and the mangas are increasing in number as well, only go as to show that FMP! was popular enough in the different mediums that it was a commercial success in those places too.

This leads me to believe that FMP! has been spreading mainly by developing a dedicated fanbase that would certainly try out the story in different mediums from day one.

A similar development hasn't been allowed to occour in the united states, or europe for that matter...there simply wasn't the same dedicated fanbase upon release in the following mediums...in fact, the anime was pretty much the ice-breaker here.

So to try to answer your first question, the chance that it'll repeat itself in the same pattern is nil - it won't.
But since ADV manga is taking up production and publishing of another part of the manga, it's obviously following it's own pattern of increasing popularity. It may be that, if it keeps getting success, it'll build up a similar fanbase, which would mean the demand for FMP! in other mediums will increase...but I doubt it.

I think we'll only get the cream of what the japanese get, since that's likely the only stuff that really appeals to people who aren't dedicated fans.

[Jae]

Okay, got a scan of the full page color ad for Dragon Age (manga anthology). This ad was in Dragon Magazine (sci-fi/fantasy fiction anthology). I'm just posting this so hopefully it's clear what appeared where.

Here is the ad.

And.. dadum... this inset that's on that ad appears to be... Melissa hanging out of a car, with weaponry
This is a large image.

My guess is the current FMP manga ends with volume 9.

[RADRAD]

Melissa hanging out of a car, with weaponry

And wearing a dress.

[Weltall Elite]

Looks like it might be a continuation of the original manga series. I just might get my wish.

[Jae]

If your wish was for faster... 'Sigma' is in the same monthly anthology as the first one. But I have found that the first manga series is officially finished as of the April issue.
But, a continuation is plainly obvious.

(I'm looking foward to seeing if Taeto uses her notes to explain why they are going to a new mangaka.)

[Weltall Elite]

I wonder if it'll be done in the same style as the original. Or if Taeto will be involved in it. The artwork looks different to me. I've said this a hundred times, but it was the manga that really made me start to appreciate FMP, so I'd hope the continuation would be done in the same spirit. Maybe adding a little more Sousuke introspection though.

I wasn't necessarily hoping for faster. I guess faster is better (provided the quality isn't sacrificed), but as long as I know I'll be able to read it someday, I don't mind waiting.