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progSHELL
Joined: 09 Jan 2010
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Posted: Thu Jun 17, 2010 6:44 pm
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I'm definately going to keep my eye on this. I hope that it will do as well as Crunchyroll has been doing. This will definately be a step in the right direction.
I hope it's not only boy's love though...
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DarkHunter6523
Joined: 27 Jun 2005
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Posted: Thu Jun 17, 2010 6:48 pm
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Oh dear god! A manga publishing company that has decided to innovate instead of blaming the consumer for their lack of sales???
WHAT HAS SCIENCE DONE?!
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Jaymie
Joined: 18 Jun 2009
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Posted: Thu Jun 17, 2010 6:51 pm
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What a fantastic and innovative idea. It looks like 2010 will be the year in which scanlations are finally combated head-on.
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Hyperone
Joined: 18 Feb 2010
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Posted: Thu Jun 17, 2010 6:53 pm
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Mostly in BL?
Well, can't say that didn't sharply drop my level of interest. Nice to see at least a little innovation (or should I say, someone finally has begun to catch up) within manga distribution. If this goes well, I look forward to a legal method to obtain quickly (and properly) translated manga.
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Oneeyedjacks
Joined: 21 Dec 2009
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Posted: Thu Jun 17, 2010 6:53 pm
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Good to see things moving forward finally.
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SoloButterfly
Joined: 12 Jul 2005
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Location: Masaki Residence
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Posted: Thu Jun 17, 2010 7:06 pm
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It seems like I saw something like this suggested in a recent Answer Man Ask the Fans segment. Like others I'm disappointed it's shounen-ai titles, but this could be interesting. I wonder if they will have any sort of editor in chief to assure some amount of quality.
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wandering-dreamer
Joined: 21 Jan 2008
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Posted: Thu Jun 17, 2010 7:09 pm
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Not much into BL myself but hey, cool beans, can't wait to see where this goes!
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Mr. sickVisionz
Joined: 28 Oct 2007
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Posted: Thu Jun 17, 2010 7:12 pm
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I was so excited until I saw that it would be a few thousand boy love titles. Cool for those looking for that though.
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Unholy_Nny
Joined: 22 Jun 2005
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Posted: Thu Jun 17, 2010 7:13 pm
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They're using fan translators?
I hope they have someone fluent in English quality checking this. Most scans I've read were shitty because they try to go the absolutely-direct-translation route and the dialog feels stiff.
If I'm paying, I want professional level translation work. Bottom line. Good idea overall, though.
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luhead
Joined: 04 Oct 2004
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Posted: Thu Jun 17, 2010 7:15 pm
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SoloButterfly wrote: | I wonder if they will have any sort of editor in chief to assure some amount of quality. |
Yes, this is a good idea, but if they expect people to pay for these, they need to insure some level of quality. A large number of scanlations I've seen are garbage.
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AyumiHamasaki
Joined: 17 Mar 2005
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Posted: Thu Jun 17, 2010 7:16 pm
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That's a great idea! Loves it!
There's a lot of BL fans that read manga online so hopefully they'll do it legally now that there's a legal option.
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v1cious
Joined: 31 Dec 2002
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Posted: Thu Jun 17, 2010 7:47 pm
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What's this? Someone's finally listening? Forsooth!
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loka
Joined: 05 Nov 2006
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Posted: Thu Jun 17, 2010 7:51 pm
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very cool. I hope it expands to include other genres.
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Revolutionary
Joined: 27 May 2009
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Posted: Thu Jun 17, 2010 7:56 pm
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loka wrote: | very cool. I hope it expands to include other genres. |
^This.
A step forward is a step forward, though. I've never read anything within that genre myself. I guess I should keep an open-mind?
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Unholy_Nny
Joined: 22 Jun 2005
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Posted: Thu Jun 17, 2010 8:04 pm
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Revolutionary wrote: | I've never read anything within that genre myself. I guess I should keep an open-mind? |
From what I understand the BL genre is one of those genres that are very... genre. Like paper back murder mystery novels in the US. You either like it or you don't, with very little titles having crossover appeal to non-fans of the genre.
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