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You should start a petition calling for Takaya to end the manga instead. Overseas publishers ain't going anywhere near the Guyver until it's finished. Fact. I admire your dedication to the cause though... EDIT: Oh wait, you're talking about the anime. Doh!

Still nothing, huh? Another month of silence it is then....

To echo the sentiments of others, yes, this is indeed getting tedious now. It's gotten to the point now where I can't even be bothered to check if he's actually done anything each month. The guy's got no excuse for his silence on the project. Sorry but, "busy with action figures" just isn't a good enough reason anymore. Shame.

Aye that I did. As expected, despite me messaging them in Japanese, I got no reply at all. I think, if Takaya just said "Sorry but I'm gonna be busy for a year", I wouldn't mind in the slightest. It's just that he and Kadokawa are being totally silent and not even letting us know what's going on. That's what annoys me. If he cared about his fanbase, he would reach out in some way. He doesn't though. There's no defending the guy, he should say something. Period.

Just as long as those plastic figurines are being made who cares about the actual manga, right? I agree. This is beyond monotonous now.... I still think the biggest kicker in all of this is the fact that the very last we saw of that lazy tosser is when he said "I really gotta get a move on with the manga and bring it to it's climax" in that interview. .....Well, he certainly ain't done bugger all since has he?

Sure, it's incorrect. I actually went through all this with Jess quite some ago in another thread concerning some of the names so It might be worth scanning back through those and you'll find it. Wikipedia is often wrong when it comes to romanization of japanese words and this is a perfect example. How about you try typing アポルオン into this very widely used online Japanese dictionary? http://translate.weblio.jp/ Or check out the Duel Masters trading card game Japanese Wiki page? http://duelmasters.wikia.com/wiki/Apollyon_Worm,_the_Parasite My point is, it's only Guyver fans that misspell his name as "Apollon" due to a honest mistake when the advocacy first encountered his name. They probably looked at that same wiki page with the mistranslation that you provided too... I hope I don't come across as brazen in any way it's just that it's become a pet hate of mine. After all, you'll find very little (if any) evidence outside the Guyver community to support that アポルオン is translated as Apollon. If you can find some, feel free to share. Hope that helps!

Yeah "Apollon" was a mistranslation. The correct translation of his name is Apollyon since that is what the original Japanese says. There aren't any deeper mixes of cultures or whatever it's simply the same name as the god he is named after; Abaddon, or "Apollyon" in Greek which is where the Japanese translation comes from.

That's uncalled for man. Come on, you're better than that. Yeah, this hiatus ain't showing any sign of ending is it? I'm not even sure I care anymore at this point. Shame.

Haha! Yeah you could say I'm a fan. I'm close friends with the creator so I'm actually a fan of all his stuff! thanks a bunch mate!

I'm not interested in scans of the Guyver VHS covers but would you be so kind as to scan the full sleeves (back, front, and spine) for Urotsukidōji? I'm going to be writing an anime entry for the Overfiend movies on my Toshio Maeda blog ( https://tentaclelounge.wordpress.com/ ) and those scans would be really helpful!! Thanks Masamune!

Haha! Just being silly. I thought it was ingenious play on the dude's name, personally! Ha!

Guys, this will probably come as a major surprise but, it doesn't look like there's a chapter this month either. (There's no mention of it on the cover anyway) Guess we'll have to wait for Takaya to stop jerking off Wang before another chapter is done then...

Wow this is great!! I LOVE these movies! Keep it coming man!!

I sure hope he starts "working" on his manga. That would be nice. I'm tired of saying the same thing so I won't repeat myself. Besides, Matt said exactly what I was thinking anyway...

Yes I agree with your comment about translating tone appropriately but I have to say that I can't stand seeing Japanese honorifics in english text. Of course it's a matter of preference but a great many of us in the translation industry view their use as laziness and show a lack of skill. It's so much easier to just leave it as kun and sama or whatever but what this does is assume that all readers (or first time readers) of Japanese comics automatically know the differences. It's mainly amateur/fan translators that like to leave in honorifics too which is why it tends to smack of circle jerking among the community. The worst offender of all would have to be "Aniki" and "Oniisan" though. It blows my mind whenever I see those words in English localizations! At that point it's not translation but transcription. ....Oh man I can already feel that I'm standing on my soapbox now.... Hahahaha! Anyway, different strokes for different folks I guess but it's telling that the majority of professional, official book releases over the years always omit honorifics. It's because we hate them! Ha!

Ah yeah, honorifics are the bane of most professional translators. It was a lenghty post but yeah what Tora Tan says, those are the general ones. They are of little importance of course when localizing the language in English since we don't have honorifics like Japanese does aside from the general ones for rank and marital status. I wouldn't worry too much about it to be honest, the professional translations you've read have accurately conveyed the intentions of the speakers whilst giving a clear idea of who is above who so it's not really a big deal. Just as long as the honorifics don't get shoehorned needlessly into the english translations i'm happy.

I'm inclined to agree with you on this. He more than likely does other things on the side to pay his bills and whatnot but there's no way of really finding out what he does since he's so private. Yoshiki Takaya is not even his real name so who knows what he does under his actual name? It's all a mystery really...

Done! I said "And what about Guyver? It's been more than a year and we've heard nothing about the status of the serialization from either you or Takaya. This manga is loved by many all around the world so at the very least you could give us an update on what's going on!" I doubt they'll reply but I feel better for saying it at least. Feel free to retweet my comment so they get the message!

This. I know people are quick to defend the guy and I get it because you're all megafans but, it's just a common decency to let people know what's going on. Considering such manners are a huge part of the way society works over here, this guy has some mighty big balls treating his fans like this. Disgraceful.

Yeah man I feel ya... Most of the people here are massive fans and like collecting the toys and models etc but for people in the minority like me that really couldn't care less about owning Guyver shaped lumps of plastic, this is definitely a hard series to stay interested in. It feels very much like the guy is burned out and actually dreads having to sit down and draw anymore. He's happy to make money off the back of the franchise by "assisting" with other projects but it's clear that he doesn't give a toss about selling his manga anymore which is sad. I'll still check in from time to time of course but I'm 99% sure he's taking this to the grave with him so I'm more than prepared for that.

It says it's a commemorative model to celebrate the start of the second wave of OVA releases. ....Whatever that means. I guess the OVA's were released with several months between them?

Ah that's right, I remember now. Thanks! I might need to bookmark your post though for when the manga resumes next year. (Only half-joking)

Somebody in the facebook group mentioned that he was drawing other manga under his alias? Not sure if I misread that or whatever but I'm only interested in the manga. I couldn't give a toss about toys. I'd just like to know what's happening with the manga. If after all this wait, the next chapter is only 10 pages i'm gonna bin it I think. I have trouble enough remembering what's actually happening in the story as it is.... Love your optimism though Sully!

Nice idea. That would be a satisfying end to the story for me but unfortunately all of that will take Takaya 20 years to draw. I wonder if he even has an end in mind..?

I reckon that when the story ends sometime in 2047, it will be a Sho versus Guyver suited Guyot fight to the death style affair. I also have a stong feeling that the story will end with Sho permanently losing his ability to bio-boost and finally getting his life back. the reality though is that there are sooooo many loose ends to tie up right now that the end is frankly nowhere near in sight. I have serious doubts it will even end. Let's hope he can at least fill somebody in on what the plan is before the unexpected happens...