Saturday, September 10, 2011

UDON Eyeing Rockman Maniax?

When it comes to Hitoshi Ariga Mega Man manga, there's no better friend than UDON Entertainment. UDON has fulfilled a near fifteen year-long dream; consecutively translating and distributing Ariga's work to fans outside of Japan; namely, Megamix and Gigamix. They've established an amazing track record, so it's only natural to wonder what comes next: Hitoshi Ariga's Rockman Maniax.

Released in Japan on July 11, Maniax contains a whopping 420 pages worth of content: all of the Rockman Maniax stories (including the previously unreleased "episode 0"), oodles of 4-panel comics and misc. short stories, The original “Destruction Order” story, Rockman X Megamissions, and oh so much more.

Is Maniax next on UDON's burner? I recently contacted our good pal Matt Moylan (UDON's managing editor) for comment, to which I was given a tinsy-winsy tease: No official comments right now but… seems like a good idea doesn’t it? ;) dun Dun DUNNNNN!

Seems like a good idea, indeed. As a big Ariga fan myself, I would no doubt love to have Maniax join my library. Question is, is Maniax something you'd like to see in English? Sound off in the comments...
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24 comments:

  1. AnonymousSeptember 10, 2011 at 1:03 PM

    Yes! My money, take it UDON!

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  2. AnonymousSeptember 10, 2011 at 1:16 PM

    Buy this in a heartbeat.

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  3. TomSeptember 10, 2011 at 1:25 PM

    Unlike Capcom, UDON listens to there fans.

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  4. TomSeptember 10, 2011 at 1:29 PM

    "their fans" sorry im a moron.

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  5. TomSeptember 10, 2011 at 1:39 PM

    ^Hey, you're not me...

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  6. Jimb0September 10, 2011 at 1:55 PM

    I'd looove to see this here!

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  7. JJSeptember 10, 2011 at 2:12 PM

    HELL. YES.

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  8. AnonymousSeptember 10, 2011 at 3:03 PM

    Of course. How else will the many american fans read their comics?!?

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  9. AnonymousSeptember 10, 2011 at 3:15 PM

    He!! yeah

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  10. AnonymousSeptember 10, 2011 at 4:12 PM

    I would definitely buy it. All that stuff (not to mention the Rockman X Megamission story) is a must-have.

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  11. AnonymousSeptember 10, 2011 at 5:00 PM

    I'd love to see the entirety of Megamission. That way Tanjou won't have to worry about the rest of it without a translator now.

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  12. turianx9September 10, 2011 at 5:09 PM

    I think it would be awesome if Ariga would do for the X series what he did for the original.

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  13. Dr. JerkSeptember 10, 2011 at 5:30 PM

    I'm glad that UDON was nice about it.

    A friend of mine once contacted Vertical Inc if they would ever consider buying the Phoenix license from Viz. They instead responded with a rude, one-word response of "No." I mean, I don't really expect them to buy out the license, but we kinda didn't needed a rude response either...

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  14. FlickySeptember 10, 2011 at 5:38 PM

    Kickass.

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  15. Vinnie D.September 11, 2011 at 1:55 AM

    It seems lately Udon and Archie are the only ones who show the Megaman fans any love. I've been wanting to read Megamission for a while, so that will be a bonus.

    Is Ariga the new Inafune?

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  16. TTLSeptember 11, 2011 at 12:44 PM

    Well, considering I've got Megamix 1-3 and the currently released Gigamix 1 and 2 with the full intention to pick up 3, I'd go with a resounding yes to that question! :D

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  17. AnonymousSeptember 11, 2011 at 1:02 PM

    megamission megamission megamission

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  18. Fanciful Dancing StarSeptember 11, 2011 at 1:26 PM

    I don't even have to think about it. My answer is "yes". Yes, I would TOTALLY want this released over here!

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  19. RaleneSeptember 11, 2011 at 9:49 PM

    As the popular saying goes...

    Yes, yes, a thousand times yes!

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  20. AnonymousSeptember 11, 2011 at 9:54 PM

    Moar X and Zero, plz ._.;

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  21. HypercoyoteSeptember 12, 2011 at 12:30 PM

    lol, to be honest, I dropped the $80 on the MM tribute book ONLY to support Udon. I'm a huge tightwad, but if they keeping show us love, I'll keep returning it.

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  22. Alyssa WSeptember 12, 2011 at 5:40 PM

    YES! Rockman Maniax! Gimme gimme!!! XD And also, turianx9 has the right idea about Ariga doing his own manga for the X series like he did for Classic! I loved everything he did with Classic so far.

    C'mon, Ariga-san! :D Show us what you can do with an X series manga! We'll be waiting for it, 'cause we'd LOVE to see it happen! No matter how much time you need to do it, DO IT AND WE'LL BUY IT. Because we love you! :3

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  23. FrauMopsSeptember 12, 2011 at 9:32 PM

    Here's a big YES!! My Megamix and Gigamix mangas would be happy to see Maniax sitting next to them ;) But first I have to wait till november for Gigamix 3 here in Germany -_-

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  24. MNVSeptember 12, 2011 at 10:25 PM

    I'm all about some Maniax. And hopefully they'll come up with a neat little collector's box to keep these lovely manga in.

    I'm hoping that since Megamix and Gigamix have sold so well lately that Ariga considers coming out with, maybe... Teramix?

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