New Zoids Artbook

[Chuckles]

news.mynavi.jp/photo/news/2013/08/22/249/images/001l.jpg

I actually enjoyed the last two, so I have high hopes for this one. Huh, that kinda looks like an iron kong-minotaur on the cover

[Falcarius]

That would presumably be the Vikong, which was mentioned in Chapter 3 of the online version (yes, this is the book version of the Invasion of the Dark Army story). Speaking of which, I wonder how the 'official' translation will compare with mine...

[Chuckles]

I'm not entirely sold that it would be the exact same material. It doesn't make good business sense for TakTom to publish and charge for something that's already freely available online.

[Tilly]

I see that happen reasonably often with webcomics and similar these days, actually. A lot of people still like print books, and if done well artbooks are one of the things I still like printed too. Mmmm, glossy paper.

[Falcarius]

Aug 25, 2013 14:22:50 GMT -5 Chuckles said:

I'm not entirely sold that it would be the exact same material. It doesn't make good business sense for TakTom to publish and charge for something that's already freely available online.

Considering it's a continuation of the Concept Art series, it will presumably have better resolution pictures, pages for the Zoids and characters involved, a decent (although not brilliant) English translation, and various other stuff besides the main story.

...That, and the online story is deliberately leaving out the last chapter... D:

[Maethius]

Probably because the line seems to be testing the waters for popularity. Makes me wonder how they gather their data and how it's shaping up.