TokyoPop Manga cover?

[felicichan.livejournal.com]

TokyoPop is giving away some 'samplers' away this summer and it appears Hetalia is one of them. They released this image which has the cover art on it. I'm guessing it's not final, but what do you guys think about it?

It's not too bad but it's no where near the beautiful cover that Japan has.

Comments

[emsiecat.livejournal.com]

It looks pretty good to me =)

[syang70.livejournal.com]

Since it's a sampler, I didn't expect much. But oh my gawd if the official one looks like that

I'll cry.

[bei-kun.livejournal.com]

...Well.

I sure as hell hope that isn't the official one.

[sorryicantstay.livejournal.com]

It looks fine to me, though I do see it as less colorful. I still can't wait to have it!

[qichi.livejournal.com]

what is that font ლ(´﹏`ლ)

[star-of-heaven.livejournal.com]

I like that cover better than the Japanese one. It's not as cluttered. (Of course, only half of it is visible right now.)

[yuuago]

Not as flashy as the Japanese cover, but I'm not too bothered by it. As long as the internal contents are fine, I've no issue.

... Though the title font they used could've been a bit nicer.

[fivedayslater.livejournal.com]

It's alright. I don't see why they can't just change the logo and use the Japanese cover though.

[barnaby.livejournal.com]

I hope they change the logo....

[xxfurryfirefoxx.livejournal.com]

Doesn't it...look the same?

[xxfurryfirefoxx.livejournal.com]

Because Americans are like picky five year olds. We don't like Japanese on our English like the kids don't like peas in their potatoes. :-/

[miezen.livejournal.com]

Mm. Well, considering some of the other issues Tokyopop is known to have, I think the cover is a minor thing to worry about myself.

[karoia.livejournal.com]

It looks fairly similar to the Japanese one, so I'm fine with it. I had to go look up the Japanese one to see what the difference was 'cause I thought they were the same until I looked :P

[raindiae.livejournal.com]

It looks like butt.

ughughhugh i hope they fix that title font, and I was sort of looking forward to a nice flashy cover like the Japanese version :/

Don't fail me Tokyopop, I want to keep my doubts to a minimum.

[fivedayslater.livejournal.com]

But we're taking their stuff anyway. It's like calling the peas carrots or something. I can't even come up with a proper food analogy, that's how much their logic confuses me!

[xxfurryfirefoxx.livejournal.com]

Lol! Take there stuff, but stamp our language over it. "Now it's American! Ha ha!" Or something like that...

[bosscookie.livejournal.com]

Samplers? Is that the little previews at bookstores or something else?

Looks fine to me! I never liked the first cover much anyways!

[amano-hoshi.livejournal.com]

It looks alright, at least it looks almost close to the original. The title font looks ugly, though.

[jaderlife.livejournal.com]

I have a copy of the original manga, and suffice to say this looks a bit bland to be honest. xD;; I guess I'm just used to the lovely vibrant colours and cluttered-ness that I've come to associate with Hetalia.

OH WELL, might consider getting it so that I won't have to go squint-eyed whenever I encounter the kanji in the original Japanese version.

DO YOU THINK THEY WOULD INCLUDE COLOUR PAGES? That's what I really liked about the original versions. =d COLOUR.

[ichii-lemoncat.livejournal.com]

Sounds like something Alfred would do...

[felicichan.livejournal.com]

I own the original as well and this was a bit of a let down. But compared to other original manga, Hetalia is really extravagant and large and colorful and... @w@ It's amazing.

I don't think it'll have color pages and if it does it'll only have like 1 or two. ;A;

[nice-babana.livejournal.com]

Well...
At least it's not flipped. (Do they even still do that?)

[star-of-heaven.livejournal.com]

Considering the price ($12.99 instead of the normal $10.99), there's a very good chance of the color pages being included.

[jaderlife.livejournal.com]

I think this is why I'm so keen on owning the original Japanese versions - the packaging. It's just so lovely. You can tell the publishers really went all out to make it stand out from the crowd. Even with the 3rd volume, you can tell that they're becoming more creative with the layout and they've added a lot more detail to fill up the glaringly blank spaces.

Well, I think it is unlikely that Hetalia will make it to their Deluxe line, so I guess we'll have to settle with crappy black and white? This just means we'll have to brush up on our Japanese skills don't we? xD

[jaderlife.livejournal.com]

Really? In that case, this might be worth checking out! Thanks~ =D