TMNT Manga

[TheCanadiandrome]

ok, here's my question: Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtle Japanese Manga, is there such a thing, and if so, where i can get some?

[DrSpengler]

ok, here's my question: Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtle Japanese Manga, is there such a thing, and if so, where i can get some?

Yeah, there's lots of it, but you wouldn't be interested in most of it. The majority of vintage TMNT manga is nothing but adaptations of episodes of the Fred Wolf cartoon with pretty lousy art.

Here's a rundown of the various TMNT manga series (http://tmntentity.blogspot.com/2010/03/confusing-history-of-tmnt-in-japan.html) as well as a history of the line in Japan (though you can just skip to the manga section if that's all you want to know about).

You can read the entire Mutant Turtles Gaiden series here (http://tmntentity.blogspot.com/2009/05/tmnt-manga.html). It was a single volume, 4 chapter series of original content and its amusing, if anything. Art's pretty good and the story is a nice hybrid of light-hearted action and goofiness.

There's also a 3 volume Super Mutant Turtles series that's made up of original content. I intend to translate it, some day, but I'm waiting until I can get my hands on the first volume (Alex Winters owns volumes 2 and 3, and he provides me with the scans I need for translation, but neither of us can find Volume 1).


Anyway, hope that helps. Alex has lots of scans of the episode adaptation series if you'd like to see what that art looked like (but it isn't anything to write home about).

[TheCanadiandrome]

can u provide more links from Alex? and actually u might be surprised to learn that yeah i am interested in most of it, hense this thread. i'd like to hunt down some of it. can u give me a rough idea of how much there is?

[DrSpengler]

can u provide more links from Alex? and actually u might be surprised to learn that yeah i am interested in most of it, hense this thread. i'd like to hunt down some of it. can u give me a rough idea of how much there is?

Well, Here's (http://www.flickr.com/photos/22047800@N07/sets/72157613377852732/) Alex's flickr page full of scans. If he has more, I'm sure he'll come along and link you to them.

You may want to read some of that article I linked you to since it gives a complete rundown of what was produced.

But to simplify it for you:

15 volumes adapted episodes of the cartoon (two episodes per volume, so 30 episodes total).

1 volume adapted TMNT III.

1 volume of Mutant Turtles Gaiden.

3 volumes of Super Mutant Turtles.


That's about the size of it. There were also fumeti style "comics" (photographs of toys with captions and panels) and "story page" collections (two page color spreads with narrative text, but not really comics).

But so far as manga goes, that's all there is. There were some comedy strips that were done in a newspaper comic style, but I can't find anymore info on where they were published or if they were ever collected, so I can't say much in their regards (Ninjaturtles.com has some scans of them in their manga section but no furhter info).

[TheCanadiandrome]

ok, cool. thanks for all the info. just one more thing, how the heck do i find any of this, is there a site that sells it?

[DrSpengler]

ok, cool. thanks for all the info. just one more thing, how the heck do i find any of this, is there a site that sells it?

Yahoo Japan is the only auction site I've ever seen them appear on, and even then you're pretty much at the mercy of whether the sellers ship to America.

Some members of this site own copies and I know that's where Alex got a good chunk of his collection from, so you could ask around the buy/sell forum here and see if anybody is trying to unload some copies.

I, personally, don't own any. I had to get scans from Alex so I could translate and image edit them for my site.

[TheCanadiandrome]

shoot, so odds are not in my favor that book stores or comic shops around Canada would have any, dang! well maybe i'll get lucky. thanks again. is Alex on this site?

[oldmanwinters]

Who's "Alex"?:P

Sounds like he has a pretty good collection, maybe he has some items I don't!

[TheCanadiandrome]

you've got Manga? any doubles you'd part with?

[oldmanwinters]

you've got Manga? any doubles you'd part with?

Sorry, bud, but I don't own any doubles and don't have any intentions to sell at this time. I bought two from Roseangelo and all the rest off Steve Murphy, but I'm not sure if either of them have any extra copies left.

[TheCanadiandrome]

shoot. well thanks any way. i'll try Roseangelo just for fun

[oldmanwinters]

You can see a good number of scans from issues 5 & 8 courtesy of tOkKa's Flickr page:
http://www.flickr.com/photos/terrible2z/tags/dengenkicomics/

Enjoy! It's some pretty wild stuff!

[TheCanadiandrome]

so if i were to actually buy/find some of this, it's not actually translated then?

[DrSpengler]

so if i were to actually buy/find some of this, it's not actually translated then?

There has never been any official translation or international release of any kind for any of the TMNT manga.

When I did my translation of Mutant Turtles Gaiden, I made sure to keep in contact with Mirage via Dan Berger, letting them know what I was doing and updating them when I completed new chapters. Berger liked my work and encouraged me to continue with the series, showing it to the other guys at the Mirage office.

So while my translations aren't officially sanctioned or anything, I at least got "permission" to do them, and by "permission" I mean "this is cool so we aren't going to have our lawyers send you a cease and desist notice".

Now that Viacom owns the Turtles, that "permission" likely doesn't still stand, but so long as their lawyers don't find out about it, I should be fine.

[TheCanadiandrome]

well here's hoping that i can find some. i don't care if i can read or understand it, i'll just look at the pictures

[Rise1184]

Yeah, there's lots of it, but you wouldn't be interested in most of it. The majority of vintage TMNT manga is nothing but adaptations of episodes of the Fred Wolf cartoon with pretty lousy art.

Here's a rundown of the various TMNT manga series (http://tmntentity.blogspot.com/2010/03/confusing-history-of-tmnt-in-japan.html) as well as a history of the line in Japan (though you can just skip to the manga section if that's all you want to know about).

You can read the entire Mutant Turtles Gaiden series here (http://tmntentity.blogspot.com/2009/05/tmnt-manga.html). It was a single volume, 4 chapter series of original content and its amusing, if anything. Art's pretty good and the story is a nice hybrid of light-hearted action and goofiness.

There's also a 3 volume Super Mutant Turtles series that's made up of original content. I intend to translate it, some day, but I'm waiting until I can get my hands on the first volume (Alex Winters owns volumes 2 and 3, and he provides me with the scans I need for translation, but neither of us can find Volume 1).


Anyway, hope that helps. Alex has lots of scans of the episode adaptation series if you'd like to see what that art looked like (but it isn't anything to write home about).

Awesome thanks for the info!

[TheCanadiandrome]

i think my hunt for the Manga is going good. can get these:

15 volumes adapted episodes of the cartoon (two episodes per volume, so 30 episodes total).

http://lh4.ggpht.com/_c1uLvGqaoqE/TMoRQlo7naI/AAAAAAAAAt0/P5Lk8SRB32s/TMNTpic2.jpg

1 volume adapted TMNT III.

http://lh6.ggpht.com/_c1uLvGqaoqE/TMoRP8HULcI/AAAAAAAAAtw/fLVfQsm2HH8/TMNTpic1.jpg

[Luzmagica]

Wow!!!! That´s an amazing supercool purchase!!!
Im so jelous!!! LOL!!! Congrats!!! Those looks great!!!

[TheCanadiandrome]

yeah. kinda costing a pretty penny though. going to have to think it over.

[Buffy]

yeah. kinda costing a pretty penny though. going to have to think it over.

If you're not buying these, I would sooo love to buy those manga. :)

[oldmanwinters]

yeah. kinda costing a pretty penny though. going to have to think it over.

I'd be curious to see scans of the third movie issue if somebody ends up buying these. I've seen this set before on Yahoo! Japan Auctions and it looks like shipping will cost you pretty heavily. Still, you do get the Super Turtles #1 issue included (shameless plug for DrSpengler's translation project (http://forums.thetechnodrome.com/showpost.php?p=804284&postcount=17)).

I recently picked up an extra set of TMNT manga in Chinese. I'm looking to sell them off, though I'm reluctant to mess with international shipping at this point.

[Buffy]

I recently picked up an extra set of TMNT manga in Chinese. I'm looking to sell them off, though I'm reluctant to mess with international shipping at this point.

If you ever change your mind, I'd be happy to buy those manga from you. :)

[oldmanwinters]

If you ever change your mind, I'd be happy to buy those manga from you. :)

Yeah, you'd be the first one to whom I'd offer them, since you've done me so many favors in the way of scans over the years. I'm just not sure I want to bother with international shipping rates and the hassle if I can find some ready American buyers.:)

[Buffy]

Yeah, you'd be the first one to whom I'd offer them, since you've done me so many favors in the way of scans over the years. I'm just not sure I want to bother with international shipping rates and the hassle if I can find some ready American buyers.:)

I totally understand, no problem! :)

[TheCanadiandrome]

If you're not buying these, I would sooo love to buy those manga. :)

i'm going to get them after all. i mean i want them bad enough and i doubt i'll ever have this kind opportunity again. kinda hopin to talk the person down in cost. contacted me via ebay after i posted to ebay's "Want It Now"

I recently picked up an extra set of TMNT manga in Chinese.

could u post some pics?

[Utromshredderhater]

I like it but Shredder looks weird

[TheCanadiandrome]

what doesn't look weird in Manga?

[oldmanwinters]

i'm going to get them after all. i mean i want them bad enough and i doubt i'll ever have this kind opportunity again. kinda hopin to talk the person down in cost. contacted me via ebay after i posted to ebay's "Want It Now"



could u post some pics?

Sure thing, the Chinese covers are pretty much rehashes of the Japanese originals, although sometimes the cool Chinese TMNT logo obscures the art.

http://i9.photobucket.com/albums/a56/slimer2erasmus/tmntmanga_PopComics2.jpg

http://i9.photobucket.com/albums/a56/slimer2erasmus/tmntmanga_PopComics_back.jpg

[TheCanadiandrome]

omg! those are so awesome!

ouch, ok so my Manga guy got back to me, and this is the price: (15 Manga Volumes and the Movie Manga) 180USD and postage will be 51USD for Sea Mail (8-10 weeks)! someone tell me, is this fair or am i being had? should i really pay that much?

[oldmanwinters]

omg! those are so awesome!

ouch, ok so my Manga guy got back to me, and this is the price: (15 Manga Volumes and the Movie Manga) 180USD and postage will be 51USD for Sea Mail (8-10 weeks)! someone tell me, is this fair or am i being had? should i really pay that much?

That's really hard to say with items so rare as these books. It's very hard to find these things outside of Japan. I paid $15 a piece for the first two manga volumes I bought (thanks, Rose!). It looks like the seller wants $11.25 a piece for each one. The shipping rate from Japan sounds about right, since I paid about $20 in shipping for one issue a few months back (Air Mail, I think). I personally don't like to drop a ton of money on stuff that's being shipped from an overseas country because I have less confidence it will arrive, and if there is a problem I figure I'll have a harder time getting it resolved due to the language barrier.

I guess it's all up to how much you want these things.

[TheCanadiandrome]

i'm thinking i'll try to talk him/her down some on the price maybe. and yeah i do want them badly. as i said i doubt i'll ever have this kind opportunity again

[TheCanadiandrome]

well i've done it! i've got some Manga on the way! all i've got to do is pay, but i made arrangements to pay Friday.

the rest of the Manga out there is obviously going to be a challenge to find, as i've checked different ebay sites with zero results

[Buffy]

Congrats on your purchase! :) Hope they arrive safe and sound.

[oldmanwinters]

I hope you get it all worked out with these books. Just tell me you didn't mortgage your house for 'em!:P

[TheCanadiandrome]

Congrats on your purchase! :) Hope they arrive safe and sound.

yeah i hope so to, it's going to take a few weeks for sure :tcool:

I hope you get it all worked out with these books. Just tell me you didn't mortgage your house for 'em!:P

nope, i still live at home! :tlol:

however it's a damn good thing i've got two jobs! :twink:

[TheCanadiandrome]

getting three bonus books with my order:

one TMNT Quiz book, one guide book, and one comic book.

[Buffy]

getting three bonus books with my order:

one TMNT Quiz book, one guide book, and one comic book.

That's pretty sweet! :)

[oldmanwinters]

getting three bonus books with my order:

one TMNT Quiz book, one guide book, and one comic book.

Sweet deal! I hope you post some pics/scans once they arrive!

[Gyt Kaliba]

There's no plans currently to remove these manga scanlations from your site, is there DrSpengler? I still haven't gone back and read them yet, is why I ask.

[DrSpengler]

There's no plans currently to remove these manga scanlations from your site, is there DrSpengler? I still haven't gone back and read them yet, is why I ask.

Nah, my translations are staying up until I get a bitchsmack from Viacom's lawyers or something like that.

Even then, if that happens, I'll keep them saved to my harddrive so you can always PM me and I can e-mail em to you if worse comes to worse.

I'll try and get to the last quarter of Super Mutant Turtles Vol. 1 this weekend. After that, it might be a little while before I get to Vol. 2. Juding by the stats function on my blogger dashboard, NO ONE reads the things. My comic revies and especially my articles tend to get the most pagehits so I figure that's what the majority of my readers want to see.

The manga is more or less a personal project, considering the lack of interest. I intend to get the final two volumes done, though, but probably some time next year. I'll have Vol. 1 completed before the end of 2010, though. Promise.

[Gyt Kaliba]

Cool! And no problem, do it at your own pace. I want to read them, but like I said, I haven't really been reading them lately either. I got about...hmm...halfway into the one-volume one, and never came back to it yet. I love TMNT and I love manga both, but for some reason this one wasn't resonating with me. But, I'll work my way through it as a labor of love soon enough.

[oldmanwinters]

Nah, my translations are staying up until I get a bitchsmack from Viacom's lawyers or something like that.

:lol:
You know how glad I am that you keep chipping away at this project!;)

I'll try and get to the last quarter of Super Mutant Turtles Vol. 1 this weekend. After that, it might be a little while before I get to Vol. 2. Judging by the stats function on my blogger dashboard, NO ONE reads the things. My comic reviews and especially my articles tend to get the most pagehits so I figure that's what the majority of my readers want to see.


On the one hand, I'm surprised the public revealing of the TMNT manga hasn't achieved the same sort of cult appreciation as that TMNT OVA review (http://www.scary-crayon.com/spectare/tmntova1/) that ScaryCrayon did a few years back.

Still, TMNT Black & White manga adaptations of a bizzare subsection of the franchise is a bit of a hard sell for the general public (although the Japanese TMNT section on my Flickrstream does get quite a few hits). I'm just surprised more TMNT fans haven't received it a bit more warmly since anybody who posts on this forum is pretty much head-deep into the weirdness that is the TMNT mythos.

I remember when you started up the translation for Mutant Turtles Gaiden, there were some complaints about the blogspot format. I think your setup works great for referencing pages and provides a chance for user comments and your own notations about specific linguistic/cultural references. Still, I can understand why some people might find it cumbersome to individually load each page post by post. You might consider creating an alternative repository where all the pages are more readily available for viewing.

Have you considered actual reviewing the issues once you finish translating them? It would be a nice way to cap off the translation and we'd actually get to hear your candid take on the story/art/concept/etc. It might be a good intro "drug" for getting people to actually go read the translations.

Anyway... you're my hero, Spengs! Keep it up!

Cool! And no problem, do it at your own pace. I want to read them, but like I said, I haven't really been reading them lately either. I got about...hmm...halfway into the one-volume one, and never came back to it yet. I love TMNT and I love manga both, but for some reason this one wasn't resonating with me. But, I'll work my way through it as a labor of love soon enough.

Yeah, Volume 1 of Super Turtles is pretty basic, so I could see why you lost interest.
Bad guys find magic stones, get super powers. Good guys find magic stones, get super powers. They fight. Good guys prevail.
Volumes 2-3 seem to have a bit more meat to the plot. But my favorite is still the Mutant Turtles Gaiden issue for its reimagining of the TMNT story and its distinctive art style.

[DrSpengler]

I've no problem with anyone taking my translations and uploading them to rapidshare or however that stuff works. I don't own them and never make any claims like that (if I was a colossal douche I'd slap ugly watermarks on the thing to feed my own ego, but I don't roll tha way).

So if anyone wants to spread them around, then go for it. At least that way, if Viacom does crack down on me in the future, they'll already be out there in other venues and possibly in places where Viacom will have a tougher time getting rid of them.

Apparently, as Adam showed me, some Russian fans have taken my translated pages and begun their OWN translation project.

Japanese to English to Russian? Gotta wonder how much is getting lost in the process.


And though few people read the translated manga I post, I'm surprised at how many people are interested in Japanese Ninja Turtles stuff. My History of the TMNT in Japan (http://tmntentity.blogspot.com/2010/03/confusing-history-of-tmnt-in-japan.html) article gets at least a hundred pageviews a week.

[oldmanwinters]

And though few people read the translated manga I post, I'm surprised at how many people are interested in Japanese Ninja Turtles stuff. My History of the TMNT in Japan (http://tmntentity.blogspot.com/2010/03/confusing-history-of-tmnt-in-japan.html) article gets at least a hundred pageviews a week.

Yeah, I definitely think people are curious about the TMNT's presence in Japan on a general level (likewise my Flickrstream), but few probably care enough to sit down and read a whole comic. Similarly, I'm guessing few people who read the ScaryCrayon review of the OVA have actually seen the anime all the way through.

At the end of the day, maybe people are just too lazy after all? :roll:

[Gyt Kaliba]

I think for me it is that laziness, mixed with how many comics I read online as it is. I read the weekly chapters for a few other manga as they come out (I buy too though before anyone can thwack me for that :P), not to mention forum time, so finding time to make myself read a full thing (even short ones like this) are hard for me.

TMNT and Japan definitely interests me though. The idea is so Japanese to begin with, even beyond the ninja stuff. I mean...walking, bipedal turtles, fighting...that just sounds like something weird Japan would come up with to me LOL.

[Powder]

For me, I've been waiting for a good time once you were done where I could save them & read them all at once in windows picture viewer.

[TheCanadiandrome]

Sweet deal! I hope you post some pics/scans once they arrive!

i have a pic from the guy i'm getting the Manga from but i'm not sure how to upload it

And though few people read the translated manga I post, I'm surprised at how many people are interested in Japanese Ninja Turtles stuff. My History of the TMNT in Japan (http://tmntentity.blogspot.com/2010/03/confusing-history-of-tmnt-in-japan.html) article gets at least a hundred pageviews a week.

dude, i've got your TMNT Entitiy blogspot bookmarked! :tcool:

For me, I've been waiting for a good time once you were done where I could save them & read them all at once in windows picture viewer.

that would be sweet, i'd love to do that :tcool:

[TheCanadiandrome]

yay! my Manga collection is complete! just got this from the same guy i got the others:

Mutant Turtles Gaiden, 1 vol only 25USD

Super Mutant Turtles vol.1 21USD
Super Mutant Turtles vol.2 22USD
Super Mutant Turtles vol.3 27USD

[oldmanwinters]

yay! my Manga collection is complete! just got this from the same guy i got the others:

Mutant Turtles Gaiden, 1 vol only 25USD

Super Mutant Turtles vol.1 21USD
Super Mutant Turtles vol.2 22USD
Super Mutant Turtles vol.3 27USD

Nice job, dude! Looks like you've surpassed my manga stash. Although... I can at least take pride in the fact that I paid far less dough for mine.:P

[TheCanadiandrome]

lol! ya got me there. but like someone said:

"you're pretty much at the mercy of the sellers"

and i got em straight from Japan. got some nice pics of Super Mutant Turtles but not of Mutant Turtles Gaiden though

[oldmanwinters]

Picked up a cool Japanese coloring book with 32 pages of original art!

http://farm6.static.flickr.com/5044/5229147547_4f006a7353_z.jpg (http://www.flickr.com/photos/22047800@N07/5229147547/)
TMNT Japanese Coloring Book (Front Cover) (http://www.flickr.com/photos/22047800@N07/5229147547/) by oldmanwinters (http://www.flickr.com/people/22047800@N07/), on Flickr

http://farm6.static.flickr.com/5045/5229147597_88a0a1b924_z.jpg (http://www.flickr.com/photos/22047800@N07/5229147597/)
TMNT Japanese Coloring Book (Back Cover) (http://www.flickr.com/photos/22047800@N07/5229147597/) by oldmanwinters (http://www.flickr.com/people/22047800@N07/), on Flickr

[Buffy]

That looks really cool! Thanks for sharing! :)

[oldmanwinters]

Always my pleasure to do so, Buffy!

Here are some contents that you aspiring colorists can color in and print out yourself!

http://i9.photobucket.com/albums/a56/slimer2erasmus/Magazine%20Scans/JapColoringBook_1.jpg

http://i9.photobucket.com/albums/a56/slimer2erasmus/Magazine%20Scans/JapColoringBook_6.jpg

http://i9.photobucket.com/albums/a56/slimer2erasmus/Magazine%20Scans/JapColoringBook_8b.jpg

http://i9.photobucket.com/albums/a56/slimer2erasmus/Magazine%20Scans/JapColoringBook_9.jpg

http://i9.photobucket.com/albums/a56/slimer2erasmus/Magazine%20Scans/JapColoringBook_10.jpg

Sorry they are a bit blurry, but that's the scan setting I had to use in order to prevent the image on the opposite side of the page from bleeding through.

[Buffy]

Damn, those are some cool pages. I might try to color one in this weekend.

[Eiko]

Cool these are amazing the Shredder pic looks really cool. My kids will love to color these in with me. thanks for sharing.:)

[TheCanadiandrome]

man those are wicked

[TheCanadiandrome]

these:

1 volume of Mutant Turtles Gaiden.

3 volumes of Super Mutant Turtles.

just arrived this morning! so excited!

[oldmanwinters]

just arrived this morning! so excited!

Congrats at finally receiving the fruits of your search! I know the excitement that comes with opening up a new book with no clue what might be inside! I hope it gave you the same thrill! Hopefully, we'll be getting those last two books of Super Turtles translated into English over the next year or two!

[TheCanadiandrome]

Congrats at finally receiving the fruits of your search! I know the excitement that comes with opening up a new book with no clue what might be inside! I hope it gave you the same thrill! Hopefully, we'll be getting those last two books of Super Turtles translated into English over the next year or two!
oh for sure. now i'm just waiting on the last of the Manga i ordered to arrive

[TheCanadiandrome]

the last of my TMNT Manga has arrived! so happy!

[Psypher39]

Adam !?! Matt!?! :o crazy finding you guys here. oh right its mike, i recently contacted you guys when i was in fukuoka japan. i used to come to this forum all the time back around 2002-2005 better known as "the ratking". And dont worry adam after the christmas thing dies down ill get back to scanning that bom bom 3rd movie adaptation. :tgrin:

[TheCanadiandrome]

wicked, u translate some japanese stuff as well?

[Psypher39]

well i can read it, i dont know if id say i translate though. takes too long.

[oldmanwinters]

Adam !?! Matt!?! :o crazy finding you guys here. oh right its mike, i recently contacted you guys when i was in fukuoka japan. i used to come to this forum all the time back around 2002-2005 better known as "the ratking". And dont worry adam after the christmas thing dies down ill get back to scanning that bom bom 3rd movie adaptation. :tgrin:

Oh, sweet Christmas, indeed! Thanks, Mike!

[TheCanadiandrome]

well i can read it, i dont know if id say i translate though. takes too long.

awesome. cool that u can read it. i just love looking at the pics

just wondering if you'd know anything about one book i got with a number 92 on the cover. maybe it's like an encyclopedia of some kind. i think i've seen another with 91 on the cover. it's 1992 Japanese TMNT Annual. i'm wondering if there's more

[oldmanwinters]

awesome. cool that u can read it. i just love looking at the pics

just wondering if you'd know anything about one book i got with a number 92 on the cover. maybe it's like an encyclopedia of some kind. i think i've seen another with 91 on the cover. it's 1992 Japanese TMNT Annual. i'm wondering if there's more

It's not an annual published in 1992, although that's what I first thought. "Encyclopedia" is a good description of it. It is one of a series of books in the Comic Bom Bom brand. The 92 probably stands for the issue number. Comic Bom Bom would dedicate an issue to a particular franchise and show off their stuff, TV episodes, video games, and sometimes include original comics. The TMNT got at least two volumes dedicated to their franchise (issues 91 and 92).

[TheCanadiandrome]

cool beans. any idea where i could score this 91?

[oldmanwinters]

cool beans. any idea where i could score this 91?

Amazon Japan is the best bet, although I wouldn't know exactly what keywords to search for. Try your contact guy who sold you the others, perhaps? I believe those issues came out in 1994.

[TheCanadiandrome]

Amazon Japan is the best bet, although I wouldn't know exactly what keywords to search for. Try your contact guy who sold you the others, perhaps? I believe those issues came out in 1994.
thanks, i'll ask him. and i'm going to see if i can get those TMNT Shougakukan pic books as well. u said u have some right?

[TheCanadiandrome]

any more pics of this? like the inside covers perhaps?

http://farm4.static.flickr.com/3470/3388577707_02717c2f16.jpg

my Manga guy wants to help me out, and needs more pics. i've not got a scanner

[oldmanwinters]

any more pics of this? like the inside covers perhaps?


Will this do?
http://i9.photobucket.com/albums/a56/slimer2erasmus/manga/misc/coverflaps.jpg

[TheCanadiandrome]

sweet! that's what i need!

[Diorm]

Digging up old threads, digging up old threads :thyper:

So, is there a list or something of all the manga that were released since... well, the first one?

I was searching for some Batman manga like the Jiro Kuwata Batmanga when I though to myself "hey, why is nobody doing a list of everything japan as to offer in terms of TMNT?"

There's just blog post by Mark here: http://tmntentity.blogspot.com/2010/03/confusing-history-of-tmnt-in-japan.html

But I think that's it.

[Ninjinister]

Digging up old threads, digging up old threads :thyper:

So, is there a list or something of all the manga that were released since... well, the first one?

I was searching for some Batman manga like the Jiro Kuwata Batmanga when I though to myself "hey, why is nobody doing a list of everything japan as to offer in terms of TMNT?"

There's just blog post by Mark here: http://tmntentity.blogspot.com/2010/03/confusing-history-of-tmnt-in-japan.html

But I think that's it.

Been trying to get one together for the Wiki but it's not super accessible to find everything. Turtles are a lot more niche than Batman (despite the former's rise to fame and all of the page - and now screen - time they've shared), so it's not a surprise there's less of an archive of the more obscure stuff.

[TheCanadiandrome]

i'm quite pleased with my TMNT Manga collection i have

[Diorm]

I'm not, since I can't, for the love of me, read japanese. IDW should do something about this. And the newspaper comics too...

[TheCanadiandrome]

haha well niether can i but i'm just glad to have my collection

[lonewarrior20]

was able to get 1-15 and the 3rd movie adaption for $209 and free shipping from japan. think i did pretty good.

[Cryomancer]

I'm not, since I can't, for the love of me, read japanese. IDW should do something about this. And the newspaper comics too...

Good thing we translated a bunch of it then, scroll down to snag it

https://opentrain.theyear199x.org/?page_id=28

[Diorm]

I wonder if Demon-Alukard and friends can use this to make an english physical version.

[Cryomancer]

If they wanted to we should probably do a somewhat more professional job with the art editing, I was a lot better at these by the end of them than I was at the start.

Probably someone else could do a much better job, really.

[slashpieturtlemix]

I wonder if Demon-Alukard and friends can use this to make an english physical version.

I really wish they would. Feels weird having tmnt stuff I can't physically hold :tlol:

[oldmanwinters]

If they wanted to we should probably do a somewhat more professional job with the art editing, I was a lot better at these by the end of them than I was at the start.

Probably someone else could do a much better job, really.

I have also updated all my scans to higher quality images! You worked some semi-miracles on some of the old 1-page spreads I sent you a decade ago!

[Cryomancer]

Yeah, I don't even really know how I managed to pull off some of those spreads. The gutters still bug me though!