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ImmortalDrifter
  Posted: May 21 2007, 02:15 PM
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I've searched for the topic of the manga here and I don't see any existing ones... WHAT'S UP WITH THAT??? Nobody read Battle Royale? It's a great manga rated (M) for mature because of blood... gore (lots of it) ...and nudity (who cares!?). I love the manga and the movie. Has ANYBODY read this manga?
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Posted: May 22 2007, 05:06 AM
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Good Sir you have awakened the beast within me....I'm a Battle Royale Fanatic! The First time I ever heard of BR was back when I was 9 and came across a copy of the book, in japanese. My mom works for a japanese firm and some of the people explained to me what the story is.From then on I was hooked. Now I have both movies, multiple copies of the novel(includeing a first edition), a shitload of swag like the map of Okishima island, a fake collar, and Shogo's headband. One of my LIVE gamertags right now is MillenniumAct, but I also used to by The Third Man and Kiriyama Family. But to anwser your question, no, I have not read the manga. Its not becouse I dont want to, its just that:
1. There are no copies of the manga in any of the bookstores I've been to.
2. I've heard its published by TokyoPop, dont really trust em'....
3. Pure laziness, I'm not a big manga reader.
But If I find copies I'll probably pick it up anyway. Oh, and here's one of my BR sigs.


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Posted: Jun 5 2007, 08:29 AM
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GOD i lover this Manga and the MOvies and the Book. Oh and dude i have a tranlated Version of the manga i dont trust tokyopop ether

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Posted: Jun 15 2007, 03:53 PM
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The mall I go to has Borders so I go there to read BR. The thing is, Battle Royale is in the Erotica section so...


Anyway, I don't care about the publishing companies, I just want mangas.


Here's the real question:

Who is you favorite charater?

In the manga:
Mine was a toughie between Kiriyama and Kawada... I'll go with Kiriyama because he had these interesting... surgical ways to "take care" of his body. Like the time his trigger finger malfunctioned during his "gunfight" with Mitsuko and after he killed her, he heat up his knife and cut his bicep and pulled a tendon/muscle out to readjust his finger.
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Posted: Jun 17 2007, 10:22 AM
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I'm a sucker...I've watched the movies but never read the manga (even though a few of my friends tried to get me to give it a chance)...
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ImmortalDrifter
  Posted: Jun 20 2007, 07:28 AM
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I LOVE THE GORE!! From the manga, people are just too paranoid to allow more of it in movies.

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Posted: Jun 20 2007, 02:18 PM
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QUOTE (maxidrifter001 @ Today at 7:28 AM)
I LOVE THE GORE!! From the manga, people are just too paranoid to allow more of it in movies.

Who does not love gore i know i do I cant get enogh of this series and the movies
Yay for Violence!!!
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Posted: Sep 11 2007, 10:21 AM
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the movies are dope....and the japanese girls in the first battle royale movie were uber cute keke
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Posted: Sep 11 2007, 03:03 PM
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Read the manga then. It's better.
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Posted: Sep 12 2007, 12:26 AM
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where can i find the manga???
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Posted: Sep 12 2007, 12:35 AM
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I've read a few of the mangas and seen the first movie. I gotta say I do love this series!
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Posted: Sep 12 2007, 12:41 AM
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well i had the second movie but i didnt watch it cause it had no subs.....but it did look cool :/
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Posted: Sep 12 2007, 08:22 AM
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Book was good. Manga was interesting. The 1st movie was valuable to me in that it gave me something to laugh at considering how exagerated the ultraviolence was and how poor the acting was. The second movie was almost unwatchably bad but still made me laugh because of how bad it was compared to the first movie (and don't give me "stop bashing the Battle Royale movies" rants- my brother and I bought the DVDs so if any of you have pirated copies it gives me more right to talk about it than you). Now just because I said the movies were bad doesn't mean they weren't fun to watch in the proper context.
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Posted: Sep 12 2007, 12:39 PM
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Most overrated piece since Evangelion. Yeah, we all get it. All the otaku lock themselves in their room and go crazy about this stuff...

Honestly, there's a LOT better movies and novels out there. Go watch more asian cinema than just what is thrown at you by American fads, which is all Battle Royale is. It's controversial, or was, that's all it has going for it really.

I can't wait for the American remake *sarcasm*...BOY, it's gonna suck.

If all you care about is gore, and pushing the boundaries then Battle Royale is really one of the last Japanese movies you should be watching. Movies like the Guinea Pig series, Testuo I & II (The Iron Man, and Body Hammer), Evil Dead Trap, and other 1960-80's Japanese movies are a lot more controversial than just teens killing eachother.

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Posted: Sep 12 2007, 12:53 PM
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Haha Jon's right. I hate how overrated the movies and manga are. If anything just read the book. The movies are just funny and worth watching because of how ridiculously overdrawn they are.
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Posted: Sep 20 2007, 11:34 AM
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i still havent made my way reading the manga yet...but u guys make the manga out to be pretty good....so ill really go look into that
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Posted: Sep 20 2007, 11:48 AM
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Manga and book are ok. Manga's just a little overrated... and published by Tokyo Poop... Only watch the movie if you want to laugh your ass off.
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Posted: Sep 20 2007, 12:52 PM
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eww i hate tokyo pooper
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  Posted: Sep 20 2007, 03:40 PM
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Battle Royale... is a satire. I didn't notice that until I saw an old preview for their 9th volume. I think I saw it after reading Initial D at Borders... Volume 13? When Team Emperor was introduced.


...this week...

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Posted: Sep 29 2007, 08:17 AM
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takeshi kitano is 1 of my favorite actors of all time. I love his movies and he got the charisma with him. Battle royal is a great japanese movie but i never read the manga yet. I suggest if you those kind of action you should watch the condemned and the story its like battle royale. steve austin is a great wwe wrestler but hes also good in movies and this 1 really rocks.

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Posted: Sep 29 2007, 07:33 PM
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I''ve only read the novel...
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Posted: Sep 30 2007, 07:03 AM
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Hehe..... luv the movie grin2.gif . Especially when the girls are killing each other laugh.gif
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Posted: Sep 30 2007, 11:12 AM
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BR hooked me in with the novel. I loved it. I bought most of the volumes of manga, and I have bought the movie as well. (Thank You Anime Convention At CSUN!) It is great and all, but there are better things out there like Jon said... Open the horizons and you'll see...
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Posted: Oct 1 2007, 03:10 PM
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QUOTE (midnightcarnival @ Yesterday at 3:12 PM)
BR hooked me in with the novel. I loved it. I bought most of the volumes of manga, and I have bought the movie as well. (Thank You Anime Convention At CSUN!) It is great and all, but there are better things out there like Jon said... Open the horizons and you'll see...

Okay, I'm confused... do you have the novel or the manga?
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Posted: Oct 1 2007, 03:22 PM
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Maybe he has both?
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