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NEWS: Ken Akamatsu Updates Digital Manga Library Service With GyaO




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Kadmos1



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PostPosted: Tue Aug 04, 2015 7:50 am Reply with quote
The manga or light novel scans are left in Japanese. The automatic translations more apply to the series summaries and messages about the site.
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CatSword



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PostPosted: Tue Aug 04, 2015 10:28 am Reply with quote
Kadmos1 wrote:
The manga or light novel scans are left in Japanese. The automatic translations more apply to the series summaries and messages about the site.


The site would likely increase in popularity if they offered automatic translations for manga into multiple languages. Then again they'd probably be very rough.
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Wrangler



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PostPosted: Tue Aug 04, 2015 10:32 am Reply with quote
Bold move, but i don't think this effort going do it until it goes to the next level.

This will not end piracy until they get right technology to translate entire book for the user. there more people outside of Japan who like Mangas and light novels.
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Hoppy800



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PostPosted: Tue Aug 04, 2015 11:27 am Reply with quote
Having legal manga available to download and use on a tablet or phone is the ultimate step towards a universal manga download service. It's time that Anime goes this route.
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The Mad Manga Massacre



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PostPosted: Tue Aug 04, 2015 12:51 pm Reply with quote
Hoppy800 wrote:
Having legal manga available to download and use on a tablet or phone is the ultimate step towards a universal manga download service. It's time that Anime goes this route.

It's kind of pointless if you can't read the actual comic. It's still in Japanese correct me if I'm wrong.
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Kadmos1



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PostPosted: Tue Aug 04, 2015 5:30 pm Reply with quote
Yes, they are in Japanese. It's almost, to me, like Akamatsu is asking fans to do scanlations in this situation.
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