Guest kuroari Posted June 2, 2006 Share Posted June 2, 2006 How many of you would pay for a weekly newsletter/e-zine which featured 5-10 *HIGH QUALITY* manga series written by upcoming artists & writers? Hypothetically speaking, the e-zine would cost between £0.90 (roughly $1.65) and £1.25 (about US$2.35) depending on how long you subscribed for. Any feedback would be greatly appreciated. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Nony Posted June 3, 2006 Share Posted June 3, 2006 I would better consider it if I could get a sneak preview of some of the artwork from the stories, or just a summary. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
YoukaiAlchemist Posted June 4, 2006 Share Posted June 4, 2006 ^_^ I would! Well depending on the type of manga, but I probably would! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bluemarble Posted June 4, 2006 Share Posted June 4, 2006 I would too! Me and YoukaiAlchemist have the same Av... >____< Lol. But yeah, a preview would be nice something that costs like 25 cents, I'd be down. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
YoukaiAlchemist Posted June 4, 2006 Share Posted June 4, 2006 O.o Sorry, bluemarble, want me to change it?? ^_^ ok, so I really like these sorts of manga: action, horror, comedy/horror, and anything else cool like that. my favorite manga are InuYasha, Hellsing, Ranma, Cowboy Bebop, and...ummm....just about anything else like that. hehe. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bluemarble Posted June 4, 2006 Share Posted June 4, 2006 [QUOTE=YoukaiAlchemist]O.o Sorry, bluemarble, want me to change it?? ^_^ ok, so I really like these sorts of manga: action, horror, comedy/horror, and anything else cool like that. my favorite manga are InuYasha, Hellsing, Ranma, Cowboy Bebop, and...ummm....just about anything else like that. hehe.[/QUOTE] Psh no! I'll change mine, I've been too lazy to make my own so this will give me a reason too. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
duoikari Posted June 4, 2006 Share Posted June 4, 2006 so kuroari must be british? But anyway, i would only buy a manga if i a) respected the artist work so much that i felt that i should buy her work b) because the plot was so interesting and i love it to bits. I have only ever bought viz, or yaoi mangas, but i have read a hell of a lot over the internet. I don't think it's worth paying like £6.50 per book, for a manga that is like gravatition or sukisho. I would rather pay out for a mangas that i have heard of or at least know who the artist is. For example, i recently bought 2 yaoi mangas from amazon, that were done by [B]Hinata takanaga[/B] which is one of my favourite artist. One of the mangas i bought, was one that i had started to read online (before it was taken off :animecry: ). And the other was one that i had never heard of, but because i knew the style of hinata work, i knew what kind of things would be in it, comedt, angst etc etc. As for fan mangas, no, i don't think i would ever buy a fan manga unless it was drawn really well and had a good plot to go along with it. Although i have read fan mangas that do have a good plot and style i wouldn't go as far as to go toan anime convention and buy the manga for the sake of buying it. And i also feel the same about my own work, if i was to create a a badly drawn manga then i would not charge a very high price for it even if i did seel it, but saying that i properly wouldn't. I don't like it when some thing or someone is not treated equally, such as in the distrubation of anime in the u.k, i don't feel that there should be that amount unfair when it comes to selling anime. Like german getting more mangas then sweden (as an example). So if i ever made a manga i would post it on the internet first. then if it done well, i may consider selling at an anime convention or something. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hanabishi Recca Posted June 4, 2006 Share Posted June 4, 2006 [QUOTE=kuroari]How many of you would pay for a weekly newsletter/e-zine which featured 5-10 *HIGH QUALITY* manga series written by upcoming artists & writers? Hypothetically speaking, the e-zine would cost between £0.90 (roughly $1.65) and £1.25 (about US$2.35) depending on how long you subscribed for. Any feedback would be greatly appreciated.[/QUOTE] I probably would. Saying that I am trying to draw at this point and not getting anywhere. I mean, there isn't anything that I know how to do to get better besides -this one deadly word- practice. On topic, there are some things that I would pay for. It all depends on what I find interesting in the thing that I'm buying. If I get some insite on Mangas, I don't know why people wouldn't want to do that. If it is only a couple of dollars, sure! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
PaganAngel Posted June 4, 2006 Share Posted June 4, 2006 Well, it's certainly a prettier price point than Newtype, to be sure. I'd give it a try just because I'm sick of wandering into the manga section and having not a clue what series I want to start. It'd be a great (and relatively cheap) way to get a sneak peek at my next purchase. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
HitokiriTaijiya Posted June 6, 2006 Share Posted June 6, 2006 I could see myself going for something like that if I had a job. *opens wallet and watches a moth fly out* Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
uchihagirl Posted June 7, 2006 Share Posted June 7, 2006 I would want a preview of it first though. Not many manga costs that little. >.> The only thing that cost that little are very boring manga or something. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kidate Posted June 7, 2006 Share Posted June 7, 2006 [COLOR=DarkSlateBlue]I agree with uchihagirl, I would need a preveiw of the manga first and probably a summary of each selection, also if something like that did come out, I would wonder... if I could split the manga's between me and friend so that we can pay half and half just to make it cheaper. [/COLOR] Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sara Posted June 9, 2006 Share Posted June 9, 2006 [color=#b0000b][size=1]The idea of paying for anything online kind of bothers me, so I doubt I would pay for that. I would be willing to pay up to two dollars/issue of a hard copy, more if I were familiar with the artists' styles and enjoyed the stories.[/size][/color] Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Prons Posted June 11, 2006 Share Posted June 11, 2006 [QUOTE=kuroari]How many of you would pay for a weekly newsletter/e-zine which featured 5-10 *HIGH QUALITY* manga series written by upcoming artists & writers? Hypothetically speaking, the e-zine would cost between £0.90 (roughly $1.65) and £1.25 (about US$2.35) depending on how long you subscribed for. Any feedback would be greatly appreciated.[/QUOTE] If it's something legit. If you've spent a day or two on the Internet you know when something's a scheme or a raw deal. Of course, it'd also depend if any of the stories interested me. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest aoi_ame_tenshi Posted June 13, 2006 Share Posted June 13, 2006 Sure I would, but I'd probably want the first issue for free so that I'd be able to preview the series that would be in the magazine. I also think that I would probably want a variety of genres, a action series, a romance, etc. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Doublehex Posted June 22, 2006 Share Posted June 22, 2006 [quote name='aoi_ame_tenshi']Sure I would, but I'd probably want the first issue for free so that I'd be able to preview the series that would be in the magazine. I also think that I would probably want a variety of genres, a action series, a romance, etc.[/quote] I agree. Variety is the best thing for a manga magazine, even though I have never read one. <_< Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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