Aria manga English release (or not)

[LordOmnit]

So after not having bought a new Aria volume for a few months and after receiving the gift of love (i.e.- Aria the Animation box set) I went to the Barnes and Noble website to see when I could get my next new Aria manga fix, but Aria vol. 5 wasn't listed. 'No big deal,' I thought, going away from the site, 'I'm just early, it'll be there later.'
---A whole lot of checking and later later---
Today it came to mind that I should probably look into why this nonsense is happening, so I go around and eventually find this with Aria vol. 5 listed at the top of canceled stuffs. Naturally I'm pissed off because I had originally thought that with the anime being pushed out in English by Right Stuf and all that this showed support for the series being brought to me English-speakers via an official way. However, after a teensy bit more searching I find THIS. For those of you who don't want to bother reading through the whole thing Tokyopop marketing director Marco Pavia said that orders for Aria vol. 4 came in much higher than projected (based on previous sales). Now, why would Aria vol. 5 be behind schedule coming out if the previous volume had even higher orders than projected? They should be ecstatic and throwing more people at the project despite layoffs after vol. 4 came out.

Now, can anyone else make heads or tails or even anything of this nonsense?

[Lime]

the go to persons would be sticks.

[Sticks]

I'd say Aria being an unknown series in the first place would be to blame. You have your loyal fans, but if your other abxy manga sell much better...

Vol 4 came out ~October 2008? I read and put it back.

I've got Japanese localisations by Comic Blade to drool over, the covers and inside are better too. Screw Tokyopop. :P

[kei78]

in france, the volume 8 has been delayed 4 time... I'm waiting for 5 months and there is no news... It is a shame...

[LordOmnit]

Originally Posted by Sticks

Screw Tokyopop. :P

I'll start saying that when I can read it in the original format (and then I'll buy all of Yokohama Kaidashi Kikou too and I'll be rolling in airy, lighthearted loveliness).
But about it being an unknown series anyways, they got even more orders for vol. 4 than expected, so I'd think that they'd at least have impetus to do more with it! It wouldn't even be so bad if the anime by Right Stuf didn't have those horribly ugly yellow-with-black-outline-blocky subtitles and said, "embarrassing remarks," instead of, "sappy lines."
Okay, no more ranting, time to just learn Japanese.

[Sticks]

At the rate they're going, the english localisation's going to be finished by 2301.

>_>

<_<

ZING

[Basaka]

Nice one, Sticks.

Or you can learn Chinese... :x

[Lime]

Originally Posted by Basaka

Nice one, Sticks. Or you can learn Chinese... :x

easier learning japanese and reading raws.

[frosty5689]

Originally Posted by Lime

easier learning japanese and reading raws.

Easier being raised in a family that speaks both Japanese AND Chinese. I never run out of my anime resources.

[Basaka]

I am half decent in Japanese now to be able to read RAWs fairly accurately. (reading Regios novels raw)