Guys guys guys (and gals)!
http://books.simonandschuster.com/Excel-Saga-Vol-24/Rikdo-Koshi/Excel-Saga/9781421549385
Go look before Viz makes them take the link down!
November 13, 2012!
OH MY GOD
THIS BETTER BE TRUE
IT MUST BE
:ehail: Nice! (if true)
Please let it be true.
I don't know this random website, is there any likelihood that the November date is accurate?
That random website is Simon & Schuster, Viz's corporate parents. So there's a high likelihood it's true.
I think I just experienced an eye-gasm after seeing that November 2012 date. :il_hahaha:
Man, I sure hope that's true.
It's what it should be.
There is no reasonable excuse for it taking a year for one volume to come out.
Quote from: Duomaxwe on April 29, 2012, 02:12:43 PM
It's what it should be.
There is no reasonable excuse for it taking a year for one volume to come out.
Carl Horn doesn't work for Viz anymore, though, so I can definitely see that prolonging things a bit.
I hope not.
I want it in November now, screw April.
Even though April 10th is actually my birthday and I thought it was funny it kept coming out on my birthday, I want it sooner.
Quote from: Foggle on April 29, 2012, 06:34:27 PMCarl Horn doesn't work for Viz anymore.
:e_confused: The hell?
Quote from: SWamP on May 01, 2012, 06:54:30 AM
Quote from: Foggle on April 29, 2012, 06:34:27 PMCarl Horn doesn't work for Viz anymore.
:e_confused: The hell?
He works for Dark Horse now, I think, but they still bring him on for Excel Saga.
http://www.animenewsnetwork.com/news/2004-04-02/carl-horn-joins-dark-horse
I think, that part of Carl's move to Dark Horse from Viz may have been a contractual "I get to keep doing Excel Saga", but I could be wrong. :)
Carl's main project there has been Oh My Goddess, which has just finished its reprints. He still has CLAMP and Evangelion, of course... Christ, he's busy.
Quote from: Foggle on May 01, 2012, 09:17:35 AM
Quote from: SWamP on May 01, 2012, 06:54:30 AM
Quote from: Foggle on April 29, 2012, 06:34:27 PMCarl Horn doesn't work for Viz anymore.
:e_confused: The hell?
He works for Dark Horse now, I think, but they still bring him on for Excel Saga.
http://www.animenewsnetwork.com/news/2004-04-02/carl-horn-joins-dark-horse
hmm... The date of that article goes back to '04. It wasn't a recent change. Not nearly as recent as I once thought.
We should really just ask Carl Himself some time about the details, if we're so interested :P
As long he's still involved though, that's cool..!
Quote from: Lord Il on May 01, 2012, 02:43:41 PM
hmm... The date of that article goes back to '04. It wasn't a recent change. Not nearly as recent as I once thought.
Yeah, I always figured it would have been around the time the Excel Saga releases started slowing down. :o
In the immortal words of Professor Farnsworth, "Good news, everyone!" I just wanted to drop in to confirm that Excel Saga Vol. 24 is in fact coming out this November. I also wanted to ask (since we had such a good "Oubliette" last time) readers to contribute more fan art, photos, letters, etc., as the case may be. Unfortunately, time is very short to get Vol. 24 together, so I would need it by the end of the month...
Thank you very much for supporting Excel Saga!
Quote from: Carl Horn on June 06, 2012, 06:17:50 PMVol. 24 is in fact coming out this November.
*happy dance*
Ah awesome the actual translator of Excel Saga himself.
That's great news that it's coming out in November, the year long wait between April 10th to April 10th was a bit ridiculous, even though that's my birthday ;)
That's the best breath of fresh air I've ever had in a looooong time. I'm really glad we got this confirmed!
Thanks for the fantastic news, Carl! :ehail:
Let's all show our love for the Excel Saga manga and get a ton of material submitted for the Oubliette! :elcool:
Really nice to see that the wait won't be as long as expected....I was on pins and needles after finishing Vol. 23.
Quote from: Carl Horn on June 06, 2012, 06:17:50 PM
In the immortal words of Professor Farnsworth, "Good news, everyone!" I just wanted to drop in to confirm that Excel Saga Vol. 24 is in fact coming out this November. I also wanted to ask (since we had such a good "Oubliette" last time) readers to contribute more fan art, photos, letters, etc., as the case may be. Unfortunately, time is very short to get Vol. 24 together, so I would need it by the end of the month...
Thank you very much for supporting Excel Saga!
Yay! Thanks for dropping by to deliver this awesome news! :im_nabeshin:
how did I miss this post? haha
It's here! Who else got their copy today?
Mine might have arrived, but it's a different address, so I wouldn't know until i get the opportunity to check it..!
Good volume. Kind of hit and miss, though. The first chapter, for instance, seems really phoned in due to constant art hiccups along with many of the jokes falling flat and uncharacteristic dialogue. #2 is an improvement, but still below par IMO - no big laughs and very little wit. Thankfully, missions 3-5 are excellent (5 being my favorite), with many hilarious scenes and some great character interaction. One part of chapter 5 made me put the book down since I was laughing so much! Chapter 6 is also good, but not that funny. It's a serious chapter, but more interesting than usual. I can't tell you why it works so well though, because that would be a spoiler. :P
As for characters, I felt that Iwata and Watanabe were far and away the highlights of this volume. Perhaps not in the way you'd expect, but I guarantee that longtime readers will love them in this installment. ;) Misaki and Kabapu have some great moments as well, while Elgala and Sumiyoshi are as charming as ever. I didn't much care for Excel in this volume, but I do believe that may have been intentional on Rikdo's part (and I'll say no more!).
I'd probably put this one near the bottom of my list, but it's still good. None of the volumes are actually bad, after all. There's fun to be had, but it seems like there's too much plot and not enough jokes throughout, whereas books 19-23 struck a healthy balance between both, making them some of my all time favorites. Though it's worth noting that I didn't really like #21 on my first reading, so maybe this one will improve upon re-reads. We shall see!
My long rambling thoughts on the volume are here: http://suitablefortreatment.mangabookshelf.com/2012/11/17/excel-saga-vol-24/
I'd read it, but does it contain spoilers..? Kinda wanna read it myself first if that's the case :o
I agree that the characterization in this volume was brilliant, particularly of Watanabe and Umi (and I really don't like Umi). Still wish it was funnier, though; I feel that there were a lot of missed opportunities for great humor in this book. Some parts were definitely too serious for my taste.
Quote from: Micki! on November 17, 2012, 07:01:29 AM
I'd read it, but does it contain spoilers..? Kinda wanna read it myself first if that's the case :o
Yep. I'd advise waiting 'til you read the volume before looking at his thoughts to keep from ruining any surprises. ;)
Quote from: Micki! on November 17, 2012, 07:01:29 AM
I'd read it, but does it contain spoilers..? Kinda wanna read it myself first if that's the case :o
It's spoilerriffic, yes. ^^;;
I have received my copy. I do not understand a single thing anymore.
So, I just noticed a theme basically. For the past lots of volumes, we've been on one Excel identity crisis after another. And we still don't know (unless we've been spoiled) what her true identity is even supposed to be so its been kind of an underlying identity crisis all along I guess.
But anyway I guess the general thing to say is that this was a good volume.
Edit: Sean, cool review. You really hit those points.
Holy shit-o, I check this forum every couple of weeks because it's just one of those things that pops into my head, the last time I checked, a couple of weeks ago, there had been no new posts since I'd last checked.
I had forgotten Excel Saga 24 had been advanced to November, it has been out for almost 2 weeks and I haven't ordered it yet.
This is the first time since I began buying the Excel Saga manga that I've been late for one, I'm normally counting the days down to it coming out, but with the massive 6 month gaps we've had in the last several volumes I'm now out of sync.
Needless to say I'm going to go to Amazon now to order it.
I received mine today! :im_nabeshin:
Quotethe last time I checked, a couple of weeks ago, there had been no new posts since I'd last checked.
Sigh... I miss the forum early years, with the crazy theories and random soliloquies...
http://www.excelsagaforum.com/index.php?topic=1233.0 (http://www.excelsagaforum.com/index.php?topic=1233.0)
The end of Excel in Japan hit this forum very hard, I guess... and we are growing older and lazier :il_hahaha:
Ahhhhh! I am so pointlessly happy to have read it! (six times)
I wonder if there is any connection between Iwata's behavior in this Volume, and [spoiler]the underground secret door he touched (while in Isshiki's body)[/spoiler] in Volume 21?
Quote from: Duomaxwe on November 22, 2012, 05:22:51 PM
I had forgotten Excel Saga 24 had been advanced to November, it has been out for almost 2 weeks and I haven't ordered it yet.
This is the first time since I began buying the Excel Saga manga that I've been late for one, I'm normally counting the days down to it coming out, but with the massive 6 month gaps we've had in the last several volumes I'm now out of sync.
Needless to say I'm going to go to Amazon now to order it.
ha! ha! If only I had THAT kind of problem. I usually need to wrestle with the local comic book shop to get it to me on time.
I did manage to get my copy last weekend though. Yay!
Yeah mine came pretty quickly after ordering it on Amazon, I just got around to reading some of it a few hours ago, and I rather enjoyed it of course, but at the same time I do feel somewhat like this is ridiculous.
We got up to like volume 20 fairly regularly then there was that sudden year long fucking gap between volumes? >__>
Yeah I love Excel Saga and all, but 4 years later and I hardly know anymore now than I did 4 years ago is taking the piss on how long this has been dragged out for.
I even have the final Excel Saga volumes in Japanese because I was eager to see what happens, but of course I can't read them.
I've always loved Excel Saga, but I think I would've enjoyed it so much more if I'd been able to read it at a sane pace, instead of this absurdly delayed pace... -_-
I read it last night, and I really liked it, as another doze of Excel Saga, but I have to agree that it fell flat when it came to laughs, I was mostly just reading great dialogue the way I always expected it, cryptic or straight to the point for each respective character (you probably know who I'm mainly referring to), and for a lack of better words, I guess it's just starting to feel like it's getting "old", as if it's dragging with the same-o-same for a full volume...
It still had some funny moments, but as a whole, the necessary progression continues as it has for a while, with fewer funny moments than ever this time, when the fun does happen Rikudou does it right though, he can still put a grin to my face when he's trying to..!
I'm pretty certain everything I say from here on is spoiler-free, so don't get scared (like, not literally, I think) to read on..!
Had great moments as well of course, and I can't help to think how great Iwata is, and how any funny moment with him basically saves a volume form being dull to average/good..!
Anyway, more interesting stuff is being hinted and revealed, I'm sure people came up with the same theories in mind as I have (yeah I'll read your spoilers at a later time, when it's NOT super late here :hdead:)
So anyway, for a series that will end in just 3 more volume, I really think the pace should pick up a bit faster, and I guess it's getting there from what I've seen, just too bad it took another entire volume to bring us there, so hopefully the next volumes will give us some real "action" soon..!
Oh yeah, "action" can be defined and interpreted in many ways, you know what I mean, If it was for me, I'd have Iwata do anything at all, that's action enough to keep me entertained, but for the sake of the other wonderful characters Rikudou created, I really hope they all get their share of "action", because the series deserves to end with them all looking great... Hey, "looking" in this context is yet another word that can be defined and interpreted in many ways, but I'm not gonna drag it now :D
Also, super omega ultra thanks again to Carl for putting my fanart (and the one I created with my friend, Ryan, ohh that was silly) into the book, I'm a little sad there were no other submissions or letters by other people that time, I'm, hoping people still care to write a few things for the last few books that are coming up soon..!
It's not even the pace of the manga is poor, I think if I'd been in Japan and reading the chapters as they were realised every month it'd be perfectly fine, the problem is with having found out Il Palazzo and Kabapu are 20,000 years old and that core element of the story like 4 years ago, it has just taken far far far too much to progress it, he revealed that and then nothing more for so long, only subtle hints at things.
As for the humour as well I agree with you, it's not as funny now as previous volumes were, however I don't fault Rikdo for that, a lot of the humour I found came from the guys working for the Environmental Protection Agency doing their mundane tasks without knowing what was going on.
Now that there is actually a structured story line with robot Excel and Iwata it's more difficult to insert the random humourous situations, so I don't begrudge that, all I'm begrudging is that I wasn't able to finish this manga at the same pace as the Japanese.
At least we still have Elgala. Elgala will always bring the yucks.
As for the pacing of the NA version, well, it sells like crap (note: I have no sales figures, this is just inference from the release schedule and online sales evidence). I wish I could change that. I think the only reason it's sped up at all is Viz knows it's OVER.
Hi all.
Bought vol 24 just a couple of days ago. Agree with Duomaxwe on the point that not enough progress has been made story-wise, but hoping it's just a bridge to the next volume of awesomeness.
For the most part, I think the forum's quietness is due to the release schedule of the manga. Simply put, if we don't have new anime material, or scanlations coming out every week, the series won't be so fan-able. At least with the way fandoms operate these days, where they're given lots of material to obsess over.
Still, the series is good enough to sustain long-time fans who stick with it. To be fair, you can only have so much patience.
So long!
Also, the manga has finally ended in Japan. There's nothing new on that front either. More than the anime, I think that may be why there's no chatter - we're not getting monthly spoilers from Uncreativity.
She could always make some up, I suppose. :)