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NEWS: DMI Acquires 1st 487 Licenses for Digital Manga Guild




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RoverTX



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PostPosted: Mon Mar 21, 2011 11:11 pm Reply with quote
Very Happy ! Very cool I really hope this works out for the best!
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reanimator





PostPosted: Tue Mar 22, 2011 1:24 am Reply with quote
I wonder how good the translation quality is going to be. If fan translators get royalty, then it's expected to deliver decent quality as well.
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taraterrrific



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PostPosted: Tue Mar 22, 2011 8:40 am Reply with quote
this could be really interesting...
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Wiesteria



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PostPosted: Tue Mar 22, 2011 9:05 am Reply with quote
Holy cow, 487 licenses?! Shocked
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Emerje



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PostPosted: Tue Mar 22, 2011 1:28 pm Reply with quote
Wiesteria wrote:
Holy cow, 487 licenses?! Shocked
I'm guessing there's a lot of one shots and mini-series in there. It's a big number, don't expect 487 epic titles out of this.

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Psycho_Despair



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PostPosted: Tue Mar 22, 2011 6:01 pm Reply with quote
Wow this sounds interesting, when is this program going to start?
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Ashen Phoenix



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PostPosted: Tue Mar 22, 2011 10:08 pm Reply with quote
RoverTX wrote:
Very Happy ! Very cool I really hope this works out for the best!

Same here.

With a little luck and some good vibes, I'm hoping to see this plan flourish and the majority of the series made into physical print copies. *crosses fingers*
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ZepysGirl



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PostPosted: Wed Mar 23, 2011 10:52 am Reply with quote
Psycho_Despair wrote:
Wow this sounds interesting, when is this program going to start?



I think the rough time line they've given us is that groups will start working in late Spring, with finished product coming by the end of Summer.
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bglassbrook



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PostPosted: Wed Mar 23, 2011 7:12 pm Reply with quote
I wonder if DMP will use this program with some of their own titles. There were a few stalled titles bandied about their last article, they could use this to clear the backlog.
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maylo



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PostPosted: Wed Mar 23, 2011 8:25 pm Reply with quote
legit manga about time

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agila61



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PostPosted: Wed Mar 23, 2011 8:36 pm Reply with quote
reanimator wrote:
I wonder how good the translation quality is going to be. If fan translators get royalty, then it's expected to deliver decent quality as well.
If there are the normal social networking sections at the site, it should be possible for the more cautious to get word from the bolder on the quality of the translations.

But from a quick look at their site, its not "open season" ~ there's an audition process required for each of translating, editing, and layout.

maylo wrote:
found on /a/
http://www.jmanga.com
it's coming out in spring 2011
Yes, that's the long teased site Crunchyroll is putting together.

The Digital Manga Guild is more aimed at establishing a workable business model for manga that would have difficulty getting licensed for a regular print run. However, the two sites could be complementary, since it seems likely that DMG could put their more successful titles up on JManga ~ since JManga is clearly crosslinking to all the legit sources of manga that they can.

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