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Re: Excel Saga Vol. 1... digitally!
« Reply #15 on: January 15, 2013, 02:40:40 PM »
For North Americans (which may be just me and Carl on this forum...), Viz now has Vol. 4 and 5 of Excel Saga digitally.  5 is OOP, so good news!

They are both uncut, meaning the c*** word is present and correct.  Making my theory completely wrong!  :D

For non-North Americans, keep sending polite letters to Viz regarding international digital rights...

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Re: Excel Saga Vol. 1... digitally!
« Reply #16 on: January 16, 2013, 03:54:29 PM »
We can send letters to Viz and ask for this..?
Give me the right email and I'll be at it :D

I'd love an international release of this, it's a great way to keep the series alive worldwide, when it's eventually going out of print..!
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Re: Excel Saga Vol. 1... digitally!
« Reply #17 on: January 16, 2013, 04:29:09 PM »
I'm an American!

This is great news, Monsieur Gaffney. I will have to purchase these straight away.

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Re: Excel Saga Vol. 1... digitally!
« Reply #18 on: January 17, 2013, 12:44:49 AM »
The email is customer_service@viz.com.

Note that a lot of the time, it's the Japanese rights holder that may have the international rights issue rather than Viz itself.  But you have to start somewhere!

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Re: Excel Saga Vol. 1... digitally!
« Reply #19 on: January 17, 2013, 08:16:59 AM »
Done, it'll probably not do much though, but at least they can hang a formal letter from a fan on their wall now..!
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Re: Excel Saga Vol. 1... digitally!
« Reply #20 on: January 17, 2013, 01:34:43 PM »
Done, it'll probably not do much though, but at least they can hang a formal letter from a fan on their wall now..!
It would be informative to everyone internationally if you hear something back from them. Let us know if you do.

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Re: Excel Saga Vol. 1... digitally!
« Reply #21 on: January 17, 2013, 02:55:57 PM »
Well here we go, I got this unfortunately anti-climatic response, which was a little sad after writing them such a long message about how much I cared for it:

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Robert McCarthy (VIZ Media Support)

Jan 17 12:22 (PST)

We only have the right to sell in the U.S.

Well, short and to the point, I guess that's just how they're supposed to respond so that can't be helped, what a shame though...

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I could add in the email I wrote to them as well, but it would just make their sudden one-sentence response feel that much harder of a blow to be honest :D
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Re: Excel Saga Vol. 1... digitally!
« Reply #22 on: January 20, 2013, 04:21:44 PM »
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Even though it was short (and not the answer everyone would want to hear), at least you got a response.

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Re: Excel Saga Vol. 1... digitally!
« Reply #23 on: January 22, 2013, 02:21:00 PM »
And now 6 and 7 are up.  One of the two big OOP volumes!

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Re: Excel Saga Vol. 1... digitally!
« Reply #24 on: January 22, 2013, 02:29:46 PM »
<3 Viz. Since 8 already had a scan, now people can actually get into the series with ease! :ehail: :g_hail: :elhail: :im_nabeshin:

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Re: Excel Saga Vol. 1... digitally!
« Reply #25 on: January 22, 2013, 05:19:32 PM »
What a shame it's still US only, I got a friend from the UK who is missing volume 7 and 8, and this would be a great way to at least READ them, collecting the actual volumes would still be preferable though...

Oh well, positive progress, woo..!  :elhail:
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Re: Excel Saga Vol. 1... digitally!
« Reply #26 on: January 29, 2013, 12:54:23 AM »
And now Volume 8 is up.  With this, the worst OOP volumes are now available.

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Re: Excel Saga Vol. 1... digitally!
« Reply #27 on: February 05, 2013, 02:25:48 PM »
9 was out with 8 (which I'd missed) and 10 and 11 are out this week.  The digital speedup continues!

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Re: Excel Saga Vol. 1... digitally!
« Reply #28 on: February 05, 2013, 04:36:52 PM »
This is going fast ..!  :im_nabeshin:
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Re: Excel Saga Vol. 1... digitally!
« Reply #29 on: February 05, 2013, 07:01:29 PM »
This is going fast ..!  :im_nabeshin:
Indeed it is.

Wish there was a way we could see how well it's selling digitally. Perhaps the quick releases are an indicator of good sales?