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Tonight I finally finished reading Otogi Matsuri. I had the first 7 volumes for a while, but it wasn't until really recently that I got the remaining 5. Glad I was finally able to finish it. I'd happily recommend it to the folks here who can read Japanese. (There's no translation, official or otherwise, that I'm aware of, but I could be wrong.) Actually, it's mostly an action series, so I guess you could probably enjoy it regardless...

Several characters from his games (ESPRade, Guwange, etc) show up in the series. Casper from Deathsmiles even gets a tiny bit part. :wink: So yeah, great art, lots of traditional-ish Japanese monsters, and lots of explosions. Well worth reading.
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Yeah, worth checking out for any Junya Inoue fan. I've not seen them all, but I used to own 3 or 4 random issues and thought they did justice to everything else he's done :D
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There is a fan sub of something like the first six or seven issues, but it's super hard to find on the net.
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drboom wrote:There is a fan sub of something like the first six or seven issues, but it's super hard to find on the net.
I'd love to read it - anyone got a link to the fan sub (or fancies uploading to rapidshare?) Would be much appreciated guys. :o
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Pretty sure there was a thread about this ages ago... and maybe even the links to the now hard-to-find translation. AFAIK, the ssries was purchased by a US company, but pushed back to some ridiculous date. The art is great, but the story is just kinda there. The ending was cool, although I'm a bit confused as to exactly what happened. Definitely violent! Apparently his new one (VDOOM) is also pretty bloody.
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Went searching and found a thread from you, but not much else and no links to scans. :(
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GaijinPunch wrote:Pretty sure there was a thread about this ages ago... and maybe even the links to the now hard-to-find translation. AFAIK, the ssries was purchased by a US company, but pushed back to some ridiculous date. The art is great, but the story is just kinda there. The ending was cool, although I'm a bit confused as to exactly what happened. Definitely violent! Apparently his new one (VDOOM) is also pretty bloody.
Didn't realize his new one was out. Will have to look for that.
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Cthulhu wrote: Didn't realize his new one was out. Will have to look for that.
I believe the first compilation is due out next month. He had a poster for it up at his booth at the Cave event last month.
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GaijinPunch wrote: I believe the first compilation is due out next month. He had a poster for it up at his booth at the Cave event last month.
Cool beans. I have a friend heading out to Japan in Nov, so I might be able to convince him to pick it up for me. This one will also be much easier to ask for by name than Otogi Matsuri. :lol:
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hope this is cool (if not ill remove) vol 1-4 scan/translated. vol5 started but not finished.

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brendz wrote:hope this is cool (if not ill remove) vol 1-4 scan/translated. vol5 started but not finished.

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Sorry, no linking to copyrighted material allowed, so I removed the links.
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whoops, sorryz. the fansub group is "izumo no ryuu" if anyone wanna google it up. hopefully this is allowed. if not i will remove
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Ghegs wrote:Sorry, no linking to copyrighted material allowed, so I removed the links.
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