Comments on: Original Spice and Wolf Cover Art Uglied Up to Suit American Tastes.

By: Laughncat 1

Laughncat 1 — Mon, 23 Nov 2009 17:31:40 +0000

There’s actually some good news in the pipeline on this one. Yen Press has recently announced that they will be offering a “combo pack” through certain participating online vendors where you can get the dust jacket free with the purchase of the book. Don’t have the link handy, but I’ll post something when I get the info…

By: lc3

lc3 — Mon, 23 Nov 2009 16:15:45 +0000

Yeah, I totally agree there. The ‘you need to buy the good one’ clause is definitely insulting.

By: Laughncat 1

Laughncat 1 — Wed, 11 Nov 2009 14:16:49 +0000

Yeah, I understand some of the motivation. It does make it fit in on the bookshelf by making it resemble the cover art style that seems to be popular with the fantasy crowd lately. It still sucks though because it’s a terrible attempt when compared to the original art. I still wish they would offer a reversable cover or something packed in with the book rather then asking people like me to buy their manga magazine as well just so I can enjoy the beauty of original cover art.

By: lc3

lc3 — Wed, 11 Nov 2009 01:36:47 +0000

lol @ your description. I was wondering why she had buck teeth myself!

I kind of understand their motivation (it was described on their site) but your analogy is pretty accurate. XD

By: Laughncat 1

Laughncat 1 — Sat, 24 Oct 2009 14:50:39 +0000

Well, in this case, it’s the light novel instead of the manga. It’s got some manga style illustrations inside, but mostly it’s just text. Thankfully those have been left intact and have avoided the horror of being recreated using a bucktoothed photoshopped model with a bristle brush coming out of her butt.

By: angiechan

angiechan — Tue, 20 Oct 2009 02:59:59 +0000

What hideous cover art…are they trying to kill the manga before it hits the shelves?

T_T How terrible…cute lil’ Horo has been replaced by a horrible Photochop.