TMNT Manga

[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]

Originally Posted by DrSpengler

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

You know how glad I am that you keep chipping away at this project!

Originally Posted by DrSpengler

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 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!

Originally Posted by 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.

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 article gets at least a hundred pageviews a week.

[oldmanwinters]

Originally Posted by DrSpengler

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 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?

[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 ), 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]

Originally Posted by oldmanwinters

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

Originally Posted by DrSpengler

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 article gets at least a hundred pageviews a week.

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

Originally Posted by 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.

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

[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]

Originally Posted by TMNT_Canadian

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.

[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!


TMNT Japanese Coloring Book (Front Cover) by oldmanwinters, on Flickr


TMNT Japanese Coloring Book (Back Cover) by oldmanwinters, 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!











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]

Originally Posted by TMNT_Canadian

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]

Originally Posted by oldmanwinters

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!