| According to Anime!Anime!, Shueisha announced at Electronic Book and Comic Summit that 37 Japanese major publishers will launch a manga portal website for North America. The website "J Manga Portal Site (tentative name)" will be opened next March following a test launch of the beta version by the end of this year. Shueisha, Shogakukan, Kodansha, Kadokawa Shoten, and Akita Shoten will provide their manga electronically through the portal site. Participants (partial): Shueisha (Shonen Jump, Margaret), Shogakukan (Shonen Sunday, Chao), Kodansha (Shonen Magazine, Ribbon), Kadokawa Shoten (Shonen Ace), Akita Shoten (Shonen Champion), Ascii Media Works (Dengeki Daioh), Hakusensha (Hana to Yume, Young Animal), Shonen Gahosha (Young King Ours), Media Factory (Comic Alive), Enterbrain (Comic Beam), Futabasha (Manga Town), Fujimi Shobo (Dragon Magazine), Tokuma Shoten (Chara), Houbunsha (Manga Time Kirara), Ichijinsha (Comic REX), Akane Shinsha (Comic LO), Takeshobo (Kindai Mahjong) Source: Anime!Anime! |
dtshykNov 11, 2010 11:15 PM
| So will this be some kind website where we can read translated manga online legally? Is there some kind of monthly fee or will it be add based revenue? |
| This sounds like an idea that won't work until some larger publishers (eg. Viz Media, Jump, etc) joins... |
uppfinnarn said: This sounds like an idea that won't work until some larger publishers (eg. Viz Media, Jump, etc) joins... Jump is Shueisha's magazine. VIZ is a subsidiary of Shueisha and Shogakukan. |
| Oh! It sounds interesting. I have faith in this. |
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| "For North America" Makes me sad, step in the right direction at least. |
| They need a worldwide subscription thingy... *not from NA* |
| ooo lovely news indeed |
pleman said: "For North America" Makes me sad, step in the right direction at least. My thought exactly. But I do hope I will be able to join in from Germany if this launches. I am sick of only seeing the same (mostly bad) series in the stores here. -.- |
| Sounds interesting but until the catch is revealed I ain't puttin to much hope into this. |
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| sounds interesting but it wont apply to me |
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| This sounds promising, but I won't get my hopes up. It'll be nice to read manga online without worrying about some computer killing pop up (yes I KNOW Adblock exists). That really stinks for those who aren't in North America. I'd let you live with me but that would probably result in bloodshed. On the bright side, it seems like they're getting the right idea, so maybe if this isn't a complete failure they'll branch out to other countries. And if it is a complete failure...heck why would you want it to branch out? Leave the mess with us. |
| Damn Yanks get everything. Naturally since I'm not in America I'm none too happy. Anyway since it's a good move nonetheless |
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| Comic Lo ?? In America ? I can already see problems (and family associations ) arising... |
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| BRING BACK THE OLD ONEMANGA FOR GOD'S SAKE |
"Your taste is shit cause you like what I hate. Believe me I have 1000 cartoons that I rated with less than 5."  |
| I was hoping the Japanese publishers would do something like this. For a while, I was worried that every publisher would come out with their own site, like Square Enix did, instead of doing a joint effort. So this pretty much puts a fork in "Openmanga", doesn't it? |
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| Sounds like a very good idea which I wholeheartedly support. The industry needs some innovation and it seems that it can't be brought in by the publishing companies. |
| damn only for USA people, but then again they can pay for this lol |
| So , only for USA? What about other place's? |
| I will save my judgment until I see what it actually is (and the prices involved). I really only care about Hana to Yume, Comic Beam, Chara, and maybe Ribon if it's cheap. But Comic Lo.....? lol A storm is brewing. Or was that just picked as an example of what readers here would know? Not many do... Opera however, has some well known series. Opera stuff... man that would be awesome.. |
shinkeikakuNov 12, 2010 4:36 AM
Cashdaxxx said: BRING BACK THE OLD ONEMANGA FOR GOD'S SAKE dont embaress yourself dude.. that site should've been closed a long time ago.. nice idea btw |
| manga website. and thats it? no more info? will we be translating the stuff or reading online? |
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| Official Translated Manga online?..that's a good step in the digital direction.Now they need to move onto ebooks..releasing volumes I can take anywhere.They do that and I'll definitely start buying manga again. |
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| nice news indeed |
| Damn this US-centered world. Nowadays not only the americans believe they're the center of the world but everyone else does too as it seems... |
| I probably regret this post by now. |
| This is really good news^^ And it's NA which means us Canadians get it right? |
| Good news wait Did I just see Comic Lo in there, how in the hell did it get in the running? Must be a mistake because it'll never succeed here. |
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| Even if this will be only for NA ,there will be people who will find a way to share with the rest of us, like horriblesubs etc do =D |
| Sounds interesting as long as they have good manga and a reasonable price. |
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| oh hell yea. this is some great news |
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Saddenvaryo said: So long free manga T_T You are on the internet. Once pirated content is out there it will always be out there some where. I am one am pretty excited for it. Even if it ends up being a pay site. I know I'll pay for it. Though as Onemanga proved you can run a site like this fully funded with banner ads so I don't see why it couldn't be free or have at least some free content. |
Brand said: Saddenvaryo said: So long free manga T_T You are on the internet. Once pirated content is out there it will always be out there some where. I am one am pretty excited for it. Even if it ends up being a pay site. I know I'll pay for it. Though as Onemanga proved you can run a site like this fully funded with banner ads so I don't see why it couldn't be free or have at least some free content. But onemanga was just getting money to sustain itself. The big publishers want to make a LOT of money. I just hope they don't go overpriced (i.e. costs as much as a hardcopy). And NA doesn't seem to include Canada. I doubt it. In Japanese minds, NA = USA. Canada is always forgotten. |
bla bla bla The endless debate between fans and haters. At one point, after spending a lot of time on MAL, you just realize it's totally pointless.Niko-kun said: On MAL, everyone who has used the lame rating system becomes a critic and an intellectual by default, haven't you heard? |
wakka9ca said: And NA doesn't seem to include Canada. I doubt it. In Japanese minds, NA = USA. Canada is always forgotten. They must think: "Who gives fuck to Canada?" Even FUNimation releases were limited to USA for some shows (until they went youtube). Anyways, I will be sitting here in Canada and will be hoping someone rips those manga if Canada is not included. But I always thought Asia is a much bigger market, particularly China, Eastern Asia and Indian subcontinent. Even if they sell a manga one fifth of the price that in NA, they could make fortunes with proper marketing plan in that region, and reducing the price NA has to pay. |
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| This sounds cool =D |
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| I will wait and see what the details are before I pass judgment. I hope they will include manga that is out of print. There are some I want to read but no one is publishing them anymore and I can't find used copies. |
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| we all know it's going to be overpriced, the translations are going to be average, it's only going to be available in America cause the rest of the world doesn't exist and 90% of us are gonna stick to scans. it's a nice idea but unless they get some serious scanners from the internet and give them creative freedom over the translations it's just going to be crunchyroll all over again with people using it to watch it fast then download a fansub for archiving |
いいですね オタクの事 |
James95 said: pleman said: "For North America" Makes me sad, step in the right direction at least. My thought exactly. But I do hope I will be able to join in from Germany if this launches. I am sick of only seeing the same (mostly bad) series in the stores here. -.- mikhailn said: Damn Yanks get everything. Naturally since I'm not in America I'm none too happy. Anyway since it's a good move nonetheless D: same here. we dont have a great range in western australia. it would be great if this was worldwide. otherwise it wont solve much. there will still be scanning sites. but yes, a good step in the right direction. |
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| Nice idea, depending on how they pull it off though as usual it's limited to the Holy Land of America. Would be nice if they open up more later on. |
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| I'm excited. I'd like to see sample of the work they'll release first before I jump into it, though. Anyway, it won't help the scanlation problem for publishers. People from all over the world read/release English scanlations, not just those in N.America. Hope they realize this. They probably don't. They didn't have a full (note:full) grasp of the fansub/scanlation problem until recently even though it had been going on for years. (Honestly, when someone asked a CEO about legally streaming anime online, they said, "Oh, you mean like Crunchyroll?" Note, CR was still illegal back then...) |
James95 said: pleman said: "For North America" Makes me sad, step in the right direction at least. My thought exactly. But I do hope I will be able to join in from Germany if this launches. I am sick of only seeing the same (mostly bad) series in the stores here. -.- Same here ;_; (<- is from Germany as well) I wasn't aware of entire websites being available only in one country, though O.o At least this is a ray of hope~ ¦D |
| I will waiting for more informations about this. |
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| expanding...doesn't sound very good but who cares |
| It could be good I suppose. Although I more than likely won't be able to use it because I don't live in North America. Oh well I guess I'll just wait and see. |
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