In a very rare update to the Diary section of his personal website, Shouji Sato gave us a bit of news to end what has been a barren stretch of no information. He announced Triage X Volume 6 will be out February 9. I guess this is the first official announcement, though volumes are usually announced earlier. He also announced that Volumes 5 and 6 of the Highschool of the Dead Full Color Edition will be released some time in the future. There is no date, but it appears he has begun working on them. Thus it seems Yen Press wasn't acting alone entirely, which is a good sign. This also means, however, that the ad seeking artists was possibly just looking for people to help color the new Full Color Editions. This wouldn't necessarily be proof he is not also working on new Highschool of the Dead. In fact, he could be hiring extra people to take over the coloring process entirely so that he can focus on drawing for two series again. We will have to wait and see.
I am almost certain he also talks about the HOTD manga itself in the post, but I am waiting on some translation help to see exactly what that is about. I can assure you there are no specific dates or time frames. I will update this post as soon as I have more information.
UPDATE:
I don't really have much more information yet, but I did promise an update. The post by Shouji Sato does not mention HOTD returning. I saw "HOTD" and "thirty" in the post and got excited, but after further investigation, it appears he is simply pointing out how Triage X has passed thirty chapters, thereby surpassing HOTD in number of chapters. He notes his development as an author and artist while working on Triage X.
I hope to have more for you in my monthly Dragon Age update, which should come in a few days. See you then.
Hmmm every interesting news. Hopefully he said something about hotd returning soon.
ReplyDeleteI still think that HOTD will retutn at May. Can't wait to see this posts full version!
ReplyDeletesomeone who can translate... translate please!
ReplyDeleteI did the best I could with Google Translate, and it seems he might just be pointing out that Triage X has surpassed HOTD in the number of chapters. I am pretty sure he doesn't say anything about the series returning. It seems to be more of a remark on his development as a writer.
ReplyDeletedo you have a date for your next translate for the next volume. by the way it's just a question if you don't know don't take it thw wrong way like i am trying to put pressure on you.
DeleteI'm assuming you mean Triage X Volume 5. We haven't started on it yet, and I'm not sure when we will. I'll get my part done as fast as I can when the time comes, but since we are releasing the whole volume at once, it may take a while to finish it. We have other projects nearing completion that should hold you over for a short while at least.
DeleteSounds like the Hiatus will go into it's second year.
ReplyDeleteDisappointing.
:'(
DeleteIs there a scanlation of HOTD volume 7? I can only find single issues and those are censored, if I'm correct.
ReplyDeleteWe haven't gotten around to releasing our version yet. I know it is at least in progress because I did the editing for it. HOTDcups might want to release all seven volumes at once, and I don't know when the work for all of them will be done. Your best bet is probably to buy the official English volume as it is uncensored. Better yet, wait a bit and buy the second Color Omnibus this summer.
DeleteOkay, thanks for the update!
ReplyDeletePeople are already moping about no HOTD so far? We're 9 (at least where I'm from) days into the year 2013...Alot can happen in that time period.
ReplyDeleteSpeedy_J