Limited Edition Translation of Osamu Tezuka's "The Crater"
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We want to publish Osamu Tezuka's The Crater in a Limited Edition, individually numbered (out of 2000) high quality hardcover format.
Backers: 1105
Average Pledge Per Backer: $48
Funded: $52,861 of $3,500
Dates: May 17th -> Jun 21st (35 days)
Project By: Kansai Club Publishing
Backers: 1105
Average Pledge Per Backer: $48
Funded: $52,861 of $3,500
Dates: May 17th -> Jun 21st (35 days)
Project By: Kansai Club Publishing
$52,861
current pledge level
Last Updated: June 21 @ 16:45 -0400 GMT
1510%
of goal
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Latest News
Manga Answerman - Why Don't More Manga Publishers Use Kickstarter?
August 23rd - via: animenewsnetwork.com
Why don't more manga publishers use Kickstarter to raise funds to publish manga?
It's certainly true that Kickstarter has been a major force in comics publishing in the past few years. There are independent publishers like Iron Circus Comics that have run some very successful campaigns, earning thousands of dollars and many times over their original asking amount for their fundraising campaigns. (Read More)
And oops, a Tezuka Kickstarter that ran into problems
October 23rd - via: comicsbeat.com
Another Tezuka Kickstarter project that has kind of gone into the “Kickstarter failure” file. (Read More)
Thoughts on The Crater Publishing
June 16th - via: animenation.net
I had no idea until very recently that Kansai Club Publishing’s effort to Kickstarter publish an English book edition of Tezuka’s manga The Crater had engendered such a vehement frustration from supporters. (Read More)
A Note on Project Costs 
June 17th - via: kickstarter.com
This post is for backers only. Please visit Kickstarter.com and log in to read. (Read More)
Updated Shipping Costs
June 14th - via: kickstarter.com
Hello Everyone!! Well, we have one week left in this Kickstarter campaign and despite our mistakes and various fall-backs, this campaign can only be considered a huge success. Thank you everyone for your support and understanding regarding our... (Read More)
Reflections and Revisions of Update #2
June 2nd - via: kickstarter.com
Hello again everyone! Thank you for all of your questions, comments and concerns. Even negative comments are greatly appreciated as we would like to ensure that mistakes such as this one will never occur again in the future. Again, we would like to... (Read More)
NEW Bonuses and Important Info that Applies to Everyone
June 1st - via: kickstarter.com
Hello again everyone! We have almost reached our extended goal of selling 1,000 books! Once we reach this goal, EVERYONE who has purchased a book through Kickstarter will be receiving a free t-shirt with their orders. If you are going to Florida... (Read More)
Campaign Goals Revisited and MORE
May 21st - via: kickstarter.com
Hello Everyone! We can't believe the amazing response our Kickstarter project has received in just the first 5 days! Part of the reason why we kept our goal so low was because it was difficult for us to gauge how many people would be interested in... (Read More)
Tezuka's Crater in English Gets 280+ Pre-Orders on Kickstarter
May 19th - via: animenewsnetwork.com
Kansai Club Publishing's Kickstarter campaign for the English release of Osamu Tezuka's The Crater manga has over 280 preorders as of Sunday. Kansai Club is only publishing 2,000 copies of the short story collection. The manga has not previously been published in English. (Read More)
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