Ed (![[info]](http://l-stat.livejournal.com/img/userinfo.gif){kind=small} naniwa) wrote in ![[info]](http://l-stat.livejournal.com/img/community.gif){kind=small} mangacast,@ 2007-01-16 16:04:00 |
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| Entry tags: | delrey, new title, novels, pwcw |
All Aboard! TrainMan Novel is arriving on Track DR (new title)
The latest PW Comics Week drops news of the announcement of the Train_Man novel from Del Rey. The original collection of 2chan messages that turned into a media phenomenon is going to come to the US in April 2007 (?) weeks after Densha fans should get their hands on the R1 DVD.
Looks like fans will have even plenty of opportunities to ride the Train in 2007.
| 電車男 by: 中野独人 Train_Man by: Nakano Hitori Shinchosha/Gendai no Shosetsu Novel/1 vol |
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Now I know this is going to be a unique project for Del Rey. Check out what the book can look like at times (bottom image). Yeah this isn't much of a novel but a reprinting of the BBS communication that took place back in 2004. There is currently an English version of Densha Otoko available in the UK since July. Haven't had a chance to see that yet. If any of you all have drop us a word a or two about how that looked/read.
I remember asking a couple publishers about this last year and everyone I asked said it seemed impossible to do well. Possibly for them but not for Del Rey, I guess.
