Megatokyo 1

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Megatokyo 1 cover

Megatokyo 1 is the title of the book including all strips from Chapter 0. It was published by Dark Horse Comics in March 2004.

There is also a German version published in October 2004 by Eidalon, a Polish version by Mandragora in July 2004, and an Italian version by Free Books in September 2005. After a preview in the issue #7 of the Faust magazine in 2008[1], a Japanese edition in the Kodansha Box publishing line was released in May 2009[2]. A French edition was also planned.

Megatokyo: Chapter Zero, a book previously published and containing the same chapter, is no longer available.

Contents

  • Chapter 0
  • 18 pages of material from Fred's sketchbook, including early concept drawings of Megatokyo characters
  • Creator commentary on most strips and many drawings

Publishing information

French version (planned)

  • ISBN 2-226158-17-0
  • no further information as of July 2005

German version

  • Publisher: Eidalon (Stefan Heitzmann)
  • Publish Date: October 2004
  • ISBN 3-936686-81-5
  • Price: €6.90
  • Translation: [Lemmy], Stefan, DarkSpir, Akito, Denmaru

Italian version

  • Publisher: Free Books
  • Publish Date: September 2005
  • ISBN 88-89206-65-9
  • Price: €5.90
  • 160 pages

Japanese version

  • Publisher: Kodansha
  • Publish Date: May 7, 2009
  • ISBN 978-4-06-283660-9
  • Price: ¥1100
  • 166 pages

The japanese edition contains only one Shirt Guy Dom strip; there are 13 pages filled with translation notes at the end of the book instead.

Polish version

  • Publisher: Mandragora
  • Publish Date: July 2004
  • ISBN 83-89698-02-1
  • Price: zł18.00

References

  1. See http://shop.kodansha.jp/bc/magazines/faust
  2. The colored cover of the box was posted by Fred on March 16, 2009 [1] after two preliminary versions [2], [3].

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