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Astro Boy Reprints

Posted: Mon Apr 20, 2020 12:34 am
by Solarcat20v2
Hi, i have been having trouble finding the reprints, especially from a seller that's willing to sell to someone internationally (Amazon Japan). I remember hearing about them a few years ago and was wanting to get my own copy. I am unsure if i am looking at the right addition or not. If anyone knows anything about them and how i can get a copy (i live in the USA), let me know!

Re: Astro Boy Reprints

Posted: Mon Apr 27, 2020 12:56 am
by -Nick-
This the blu rays?

Re: Astro Boy Reprints

Posted: Mon Jun 22, 2020 12:43 am
by Solarcat20v2
Not blurays, books. The reprinted books are hard to come by between availability, price, and finding a seller that's selling internationally.

Re: Astro Boy Reprints

Posted: Mon Jun 22, 2020 6:04 am
by DrFrag

Re: Astro Boy Reprints

Posted: Sun Jul 12, 2020 11:00 pm
by jeffbert
I used a buying service (forgot what it is called) to get UNIT #1 of the very limited edition (500 maybe 1000 copies) reprints of the original versions of the Japanese language comics. This middleman bought the thing from Amazon.co.jp, & forwarded it to me. It worked well, but was expensive.

Let me know, if you are interested, Solarcat20v2; I will find the info. :lol:


Bought Unit #2, by regularly checking to see if any seller would ship internationally. Took a while, but, worked.

Re: Astro Boy Reprints

Posted: Sun Jul 12, 2020 11:32 pm
by jeffbert
I found a thread that has, not only the name of the buying service, but detailed instructions on using it!

Astro Boy Gets Limited Reprint for Tezuka's 90th Birthday

:lol:

Re: Astro Boy Reprints

Posted: Fri Dec 03, 2021 11:41 pm
by Solarcat20v2
Thanks. I know it's been a year but i was able to finally get all of them. Thanks. Now i'm on the hunt for a copy oif some flash games i used to play on tezukaosamu.net

Re: Astro Boy Reprints

Posted: Sat Dec 04, 2021 4:34 am
by jeffbert
tALK TO US ABOUT IT, PLEASE!

Re: Astro Boy Reprints

Posted: Sun Dec 05, 2021 11:46 pm
by Solarcat20v2
I like them, a seller called mandarake had the whole set on eBay and also had a couple of issues of the mighty atom club that I ordered also. The reprints came with bonus content, including a newspaper reprint. I think there's only 7 units total. It's kinda tricky and a little inconvenient to have to jump between different sized books to "read" a whole story (I don't know much Japanese to read the text, I was going by pictures). I think it's neat to see how different some panels were or even a couple of whole stories being different from the dark horse English release (which I also have). I showed them to my mom, along with the mighty atom clubs. My mom wanted to see the gold key comic that she used to have when she was a lot younger back in the 60s.

I was surprised by how HUGE the units were!

Re: Astro Boy Reprints

Posted: Mon Dec 06, 2021 1:23 am
by jeffbert
Yeah, I, too, thought that the switching between tiny books of 50 or 70 pages and larger magazine sized books made it difficult to figure out which to read / view 1st, 2nd, 3rd, etc. Now they are reissuing the original Shonen (boys) magazine content in 16 volumes of 1 sized books. There is a new thread about these. I compared the 1st 2 issues with the UNITS & found them complete, even with margin text.