Rokujouma Kickstarter Campaign
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@eternal-wanderer Would they simply use the first volume of the 3 and have the other two internally as just art perhaps?
It is an interesting situation
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Maybe a new stretch goal could be to commission Poco to do new cover artwork?
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@smashman42 It would be a bit of a pain but, yes, the printer could do a color insert with the back cover/front cover for each book, inserted at the start of each book in the omnibus. Outside cover would be of the first book.
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Stretch Goal #2 (digital drama CDs) surpassed!
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Congrats to the author/artist/ and JNC!
Kudos to Warnis: I can't imagine that we'd be here if the translator on this project wasn't so good at what they do!
Kudos to Sam, I'm glad you took the chance on this series and (as I'm sentimental about this particular work) I'm hyped to see this get the 'star treatment' with the premiums and whatnot
I'm happy to see that this endeavor is successful (reached goal and 2 stretches as of time of writing this...in less than 24hrs!) I think it says something about fandom that so many of us love this work enough to support it (and enough of us want physical copies and/or the new content) to 'put our money where our mouths are'. Hooray for us.
I wish that I had more disposable income to support at a higher level than I am, hopefully by next July I'll be able to plop down some cheese for what will be available via backerkit (or maybe we'll see some of the digital content being offered for premium credits via JNC?)
in any case I hope that this demonstrates that maybe other series can be celebrated in a similar way (if not on such a grand scale) - put out a quality product and the fans will support it!
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I can now have a shelf of Invaders of the Rokujouma novels in English. My expectations after watching the anime: I'd only be able to legally read the series by first learning Japanese. Nearly three years later, I get to legally read the series digitally in English. Now it's looking like after another three years, I'll be able to have a shelf of Rokujouma books.
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@regex said in Rokujouma Kickstarter Campaign:
Missed the early bird, anyways, with this I hope we can have some kickstarter licenses in the future.
A print run for an existing licensed title is easier to see happening than talking the publishers into granting a potential new license only if a KS succeeds.
It's kind of happened with anime from Nozomi and Animego but I suspect they both "cheated" and agreed up front to pay for a bare-bones license even if their KS failed. We can dream of new title licenses though.
Aside from that, it's great news that this KS has succeeded even though I only buy digital books now myself.
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@harmlessdave said in Rokujouma Kickstarter Campaign:
@regex said in Rokujouma Kickstarter Campaign:
Missed the early bird, anyways, with this I hope we can have some kickstarter licenses in the future.
A print run for an existing licensed title is easier to see happening than talking the publishers into granting a potential new license only if a KS succeeds.
It's kind of happened with anime from Nozomi and Animego but I suspect they both "cheated" and agreed up front to pay for a bare-bones license even if their KS failed. We can dream of new title licenses though.
Aside from that, it's great news that this KS has succeeded even though I only buy digital books now myself.
yeah, while outright licensing through kickstarter may be a no-go, though, I do hope that having this kickstarter succeed may encourage licensing other older, longer titles with established fan translations by illustrating that they can succeed better than commonly thought.
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@harmlessdave I only remember one KS from Nozomi, and that was to pay for dubbing a title they already had licensed and were distributing (Aria).
Creamy Mami was "crowd funded" by others, and the left-over copies were sold through distributors. (one of these days I ought to watch it)
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@someoldguy said in Rokujouma Kickstarter Campaign:
@harmlessdave I only remember one KS from Nozomi, and that was to pay for dubbing a title they already had licensed and were distributing (Aria).
Creamy Mami was "crowd funded" by others, and the left-over copies were sold through distributors. (one of these days I ought to watch it)
Nozomi did one for Emma too. In both cases they added an English dub and blu-ray, while the original license was DVD only.
For Animego I think their DVD licenses had lapsed and were out of print, but I'm too lazy to verify that :)
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Stretch goal 3 was just reached :D
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Well its official we need some new stretch goals.
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Yeah with 27 days left to go, I wonder if they maybe underestimated the fan base a little for this.
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@catstorm Fan base estimates probably had little to do with the choices, most likely. Why is it 30 days, when the goal was reached in 1? Because 30 days is probably the minimum for KS.
Ideally, once the books go to press, more than the minimum will be ordered, and the balance will go to retail outlets.
Heck, if we're lucky, it will convince the right someone in Japan that a second season for the anime would be profitable. The original anime ended just before the major action takes place.
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@catstorm I don't think it was an underestimation, even now there are under 350 backers, its just that people want all the books so they have to spend $250 minimum for that.
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@rahul-balaggan said in Rokujouma Kickstarter Campaign:
even now there are under 350 backers, its just that people want all the books so they have to spend $250 minimum for that.
with the vast majority being invader/invader plus (about 240 out of the approximate 350 total supporters)
so far the average supporter pledged $242
(the kisckstarter is funding a print run of 1000 sets, after the project is over where are the 750 +/- left over going to be sold?)this doesn't tell me that the series is hugely popular with the public in general (or anime/LN fandom in general for that matter), rather that a group of super-fans can have a pretty profound impact.
What I hope this means is that now that the typesetting/layout/editing work is done for this print run, the physical copies will become readily available at amazon/ BN/ general booksellers etc. I also hope this demonstrates to the industry that it can make business sense to support titles that are not blockbusters, but have a smaller (but dedicated) fan base
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@jon-mitchell said in Rokujouma Kickstarter Campaign:
@rahul-balaggan said in Rokujouma Kickstarter Campaign:
(the kisckstarter is funding a print run of 1000 sets, after the project is over where are the 750 +/- left over going to be sold?)It wasn't specified but they will probably be divided up among amazon, rightstuf, barns & noble, etc.
What I hope this means is that now that the typesetting/layout/editing work is done for this print run, the physical copies will become readily available at amazon/ BN/ general booksellers etc.
I don't think this will be a "readily available", situation, rather a limited run situation, once they are gone they won't get a reprint.
Also since the kickstarter is still ongoing I don't believe that the typesetting/layout/editing work is done for this print run, all of that should follow after the kickstarter closes. Best not count your chickens before they hatch and what not.
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I don't have any skin in this particular game (I'm a supporter but below the Invader level) so a physical set isn't in my immediate future (so I don't have any eggs/chickens to worry about)
what I am hoping for is:
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that if print editions find their ways to the virtual shelves on Amazon/Rightstuff/BN whatever, that more folks learn about Rokujouma and read/enjoy it
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that the success of this campaign emboldens JNC (and/or others) to support/revive/print/translate other works that currently are not in English / in print, that might not be current 'blockbusters' but are excellent artistically
I've seen a similar project 'bear fruit' in the past. The Vance Integral Edition was largely a volunteer project to get the works of Jack Vance back 'in print' and now they are readily available (as ebooks) on amazon or wherever.
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I just submitted my custom story idea, I'm feeling kinda nervous I really hope the author doesn't hate it.
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Curiosity has the better of me. Did anyone go for the Goddess of Dawn or Love is All tiers? A simple yes or no. Not asking who. (That would just be rude.)
