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Good to have you there Dangaioh! Hope to see you again soon!

The first story arc for the series is 12 volumes and there is a clear break dividing the story into 2 parts. So there is already a plan to collect volume 1-6 into book 1 and volume 7-12 into book 2. Since I do have a small anime shop now, I have started looking into print on demand. That may come about very soon becasue I now have ways to move physical copies of the book. Sponsorship and advertisement can only be done when you can sell enough print runs to convince the advertisers that their products can be seen by a certain number of audience or target age group. Marvel & DC can do it because they have years of statistics and sales to back it up. The funny thing is, there was a very distinctively different reaction to Captain China from the Chinese and the Americans. Taiwan Yahoo was the first to break the new and they simply cried foul toward the character due to the fact they thought it was a book created and produced in Mainland China. The early articles that circulated were all misinformation but it reflected the political stance Taiwan have against China. A lot of the fan reactions from China were actually quite supportive toward the idea that they finally have their own super hero (and having a comic book that actually has some professional quality to it - they also thought it was produced in China). The Hong Kong fans were dissecting the book trying to figure out who created it and where it is from and to their credit did have a lot of correct info in their discussion. The American reactions range from a full out blind hatred against communism and Chinese piracy to finding the concept quite amusing or being really favorable toward the character. The book somehow brought out all kinds of emotions and political views and it is something that I have not witnessed in American comics for the past 20 years. If you are a long time American comic reader, you know both Marvel & DC have been ripping off each other for ideas and characters since the beginning of time. There is absolutely nothing new under the sun in the super hero genre. The real trick is in repackaging, restructuring, and updating for each new generation of fans. But since most Chinese have never really been exposed to American super heros besides seeing the recent movies, they just don't grasp way American comics are handled. But within the first issue story, I already address the fact that Captain China is a failed copy of the American counterpart. So people calling him a knock-off is quite accurate! Yeah, saw that before, kinda funny.

In general, most digital books sells only 2-3 thousand copies (even for Marvel & DC), so even under best circumstances, digital sales can barely pay for the production of the book. The main problem with printing hard copies is that most small press sells only 5000 to 10000 copies through Diamond Distribution in North America. And even that is hard to reach because Diamond do not help push unknown publishers. So I simply chose not to go to print at the moment due to saving money on printing cost and not having to go through the hassle of dealing with Diamond.

The reason is very simple. I have NO money. This book was done with a shoe-string budget. I am not talking about politics. I am talking about sales gimmicks.

Vocaliods are filled with human imperfections! BTW, here are some MMD cup 9 entries! "MMD Super Robot Battle Z" "Freely Tomorrow"

Thanks!

Well...so do I! Thanks! You are about 50 years too late to the party. That story actually happens in issue 2 but it's not Captain R.O.C.

Thank you! Yeah, come check us out! Well, since I've never had any retail shop experience before I figure why not try a little bit of everything. besides, 65% of the stock came from my own collection. Yup, Disney World city indeed. But give me 10 years and I'll turn it into Anime World City. Thank you! That's what all the customers tell me when they come in. What is that? Well, I kind fell into the whole deal. Never wanted to open an Anime shop but here I am... Thanks for the advice and comments. No Anime cels yet. But it could happen down the line. Cool! Love to meet you! Thanks! Looking forward to your visit!

And your point?

Not too bad, it got picked up by Taiwan Yahoo News and went viral for 2 week back in middle of May. Got an unbelievable amount of interest from around the world during that time period. But it has slowed down since. Working away on volume 2 & 3 at the moment!

Well... this is a bit unusual even for me. In the past 2 month I ended up opening my own Anime Shop: ANIME ORLANDO! Here is the official website: http://www.animeorlando.com/ And here the facebook page: http://www.facebook....440160219337844 And a intro video on youtube by poncho.com: So stop by and say hi if you are in the Orlando area!

I use the canopy directly out of the box. Just make sure you clean it with water and soap before putting it on the jet.

I've hear of Pan Con chocolate before and liked it. It really is quite interesting listing to Miku in Spanish. More MMD Cup 8 madness! Scatman Touhou the Movie

Masataka's MMD Cup 8 Entry: Aqua & Space Ship! The infamous "Miku's Golden Juice!" Unfortunately it is subtitled in English!

More stunning MMD Cup 8 Entries! Fix Miku's Surprise Concert http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=F-ERpE-uQaQ

Really nice Miku Songs: Vacant land of the Earth Don't kill the Love Song

Kamen Rider Black is THE BEST!

MMD Cup 8 Overall victory: MMDDFF Second Place:

Why is Kamen Rider Fourze considered a disaster?

Doraemon: Nobita and The New Steel Troops - Angel Wings 2011 [Eng Sub] Watch it before it's gone! http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zsDl7HtLOh8

Doraemon: Nobita and The New Steel Troops - Angel Wings 2011 [Eng Sub] Watch it before it's gone! http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zsDl7HtLOh8

Looking forward to your work on it! Thank you! I used a combination of panel wash and going over the lines again with a .005 sakura ink pen.

Thanks! Thanks! I use Tamiya masking tape. Nothing special, just a lot of patience and trimming. Thank you! Looking forward to seeing your build. Thanks!

HEH HEH! It's actually not difficult to paint. Only 2 main colors. But the decal work is where it'll kill me. The Masking job on the F-16 isn't as bad as it looks. Only 2 main colors to mask and the white is mostly straight lines. It's just time consuming.

1/72 F-16 Idolm@ster ver. Masking skill required...