Directly tied into the question on printing older titles— Apparently it would be quite hard to reprint Mars due to the condition of the Japanese masters. It’s not impossible. But it’s not just reprinting the old Tokyopop as a 3-in-1 to maintain current quality expectations.

So it’s not like Kodansha is ignoring us or doesn’t see the comments. It’s that the work involved is significant and not something that they want to rush into without really looking at the time and art clean up involved. And that’s before any kind of new translation stuff.