News J-Comi Posts 1st User-Submitted, 'Purified' Manga Scans
posted on 2011-04-13 11:30 EDT
Negima/Love Hina creator Ken Akamatsu's J-Comi manga distribution site posted the first title from its "Illegal Out-of-Print Manga File Purification Project" on Wednesday evening. Under the project, J-Comi "purifies" or legalizes unauthorized scans of out-of-print manga from file-sharing networks by adding advertising to the existing files — with the creators' permission. The first title is Tetsuya Kurosawa and Hidehisa Masaki's one-volume manga Player wa Nemurenai: The Man Lost in the Network Labyrinth. It is already available for free browsing online.
Kurosawa developed Player wa Nemurenai (The Player Cannot Sleep) after a Shogakukan editor asked him if he could tell a story about a monster born in a computer network. Shogakukan had serialized the manga in Big Comic Spirits magazine, and then Tokuma Shoten published it in book form with revisions in 1993.
According to Akamatsu, J-Comi had just received the ZIP-compressed files for the manga Tuesday night, shortly after he launched the "purification" project. Akamatsu cautions that it has some adult scenes, although not erotic ones.
discuss this in the forum (9 posts) |
del.icio.us
reddit
Facebook
StumbleUpon
Twitter (retweet)
Email
Robert's Anime Corner Store
AAA Anime Distribution
Visit AniplexUSA.com
Anime Castle
, Answerman! - Fallout: New VilificationBefore dropping into your exquisite answers about sexism and objectification in anime, behold as Brian assuages fears about the death of dubs, misconstrued Puritanism, fansub empathy, and robot bunny-
- Men of InactionZac and Justin are killing time before Memorial Day weekend, and what better way to do that than to take some super fun Twitter questions? Ghibli bluray discussion, movie chat, Sentai vs. Funimation and oh so much more! It's an hour and 6 minutes of PURE GOLD! 2012-05-24
Thompson's House of 1000 Manga - Hitoshi ArigaJason checks out the work of the man behind the manga for both Mega Man and The Big O. 2012-05-24
This time on the Stream, zombie girls, flying robots, and more pretty boys than you can shake your stick at! Plus, find out which simulcasts got the axe this time around! 2012-05-23
This week: a look back at Monster World and the rest of Sega's Vintage Collections! Plus E.X. Troopers, Soul Sacrifice, and some rumors to astound and/
Dawn of the Arcana GN 3Dawn of the Arcana stumbled at bit in its second volume, but with this one we seem to be back on track.
Higurashi: When They Cry GN 18As far as conclusions go, this arc has one of the strongest. While Eye Opening revealed some important information about the Sonozaki family in general and the twins in particular, Atonement makes us look at what information we already have in a different way.
Kimi ni Todoke Blu-
Upotte!! Episodes 1-
Kids on the Slope Episodes 1-While the story still has its logical flaws, it remains an engaging read that holds up well despite the passing of years and this volume continues to keep up both the promise and nostalgia of Takeuchi's masterwork.
Overall, neither Pokemon the Movie: Black or its White counterpart really stands out from the already packed herd. While not terrible, these are films that can be safely left alone unless you or your child have a compulsion to truly catch 'em all.
Miami Guns DVD 4Miami Guns ... comes up short in everything it tries to accomplish. The result is an ending that's satisfying only because you're thankful that there are no more episodes left.
