I don’t know if this is ruining the surprise or just making sure you don’t miss it… Eyeshield 21 Vol 19 hits comics shops everywhere tomorrow, and it features a chapter in full colour! Mirroring the Japanese release of the series, this volume features a chapter that ran in full colour in Japanese Shonen Jump, in what looks like a marker/paint combo by series artist Yusuke Murata. It looks great too, crisp and bright and immaculately produced. I kind of want anything I do in colour to show up on matte/uncoated stock I think? Anyway.
While many manga publishers had begun to print the first few introductory pages of a manga in colour on a special insert, it’s very rare indeed to include a full-colour chapter… Other than some of the recent prestige releases like Tekkon Kinkreet, and a very notable sequence at the end of Yotsuba Volume 3, I can’t think of too many other North American manga that have gone to such lengths to preserve the integrity of the original release. Very cool stuff.
- Christopher
Thanks to Derek for the pic.
I bought this issue based SOLELY on the color pages. Yusuke Murata is a great artist, and particularly good with color, so this was a real treat.
Makes me wonder if this was a one-time deal, or VIZ’s new standard… I sort of want them to keep this up, as it looks completely sick, and I’m a little miffed that EVERYONE could have been doing this ALL ALONG. -_- Sigh.
April 1st, 2008 at 10:11 pm
Eyeshield is awesome. I love how the guy pushes and explodes the limits and boundaries of graphic sfx.
April 2nd, 2008 at 4:51 am
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April 2nd, 2008 at 7:48 am
This was a pleasant surprise when I got home from the bookstore yeterday. It is really nice to see this level of quality on something that wouldn’t be considered a prestige release.
I have been noticing a lot more color pages sneaking into my manga lately, but they always seem to be the first few pages in the first volume.
April 2nd, 2008 at 11:35 am
Je trouve que ce manga est magnifique , ce sport le football américain est un sport qui compte juste sur : la force , la vitesse , la technique , l’intelligence
May 19th, 2008 at 11:50 am
Hot stuff! Eyeshield’s always been and always will be my all time favorite manga. Since online scanlators use the volumes for the first maybe 200 chapters, I missed out on seeing a lot of Murata’s amazing color pages– and wow, a whole chapter of his colors available for me to own? Almost UNBELIEVABLE. Next time I head over to B&N, I’m picking myself up one of these. :)
December 10th, 2009 at 3:25 am