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mglittlerobin
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now if only other manga companies would jump on this idea too. Fortunately, both of the manga series I'm buying just got finished, so I'm going to purchase all the volumes.
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shaggyglasses
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I'm sure they will when or if this succeeds. |
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Cait
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I'm astonished this thread hasn't gone negative already. Oh, to have skipped the wank from TYR (which was an extension of the wank from Aarin)...
I'll put my two cents in again, though. I'm concerned about a couple things with this proposed project. First, I worry that DMP will turn into another Netcomics where they will never print another series I want print copies of again. I've already been burned on Roureville and Do Whatever You Want and I don't want to get three volumes into a print series only to have to rent it online to finish it. Second, I don't want them to simply be picking up already scanlated properties and asking people to start paying for them. I'm not going to start paying money for the same exact thing I have already consumed for free. It has to be "new" for me to be willing to start paying for it. That means either a new (professional) translation or a new format (ie, in print). In addition, I don't see this going in a "monthly subscription" direction. It isn't going to be what Chrunchyroll does, it will probably be more like what eManga and Netcomics currently do: a free preview and then pay by the chapter or volume. |
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neocloud9
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So does this mean we'll finally get to read the final Ring Finger volume?
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Cait
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Ugh, I don't think I could stand an online-only version of that title, particularly not one with a non-professional translation. It might make my brain explode. We finally got past those awful localizations from the first few novels. I'd hate to go back to that... |
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giapet
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I heard about some of that. Someone flailing about how working on spec is so terrible? Even though it was something they were doing for free to begin with? =p |
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Shay Guy
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I don't get why Heroman doesn't have Lina call Will by name. I mean, the dialogue in his first appearance establishes the relation well enough -- what, were they just worried about kids finding it too weird? |
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Cait
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*starts to twitch* Let's not start down that path all over again. Please... Let's also not get into a whole thing about how DMP is some kind of evil corporation for trying to turn a profit on a commercial medium and how scanlators are some kind of noble entity stealing from the rich to give to the poor... |
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Navak
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One's use of English may be informal but the language itself is not "fairly informal". An author's ability to convey tone via text, or a readers ability to pick up on the significance of certain word choices, reflects the author's, or reader's, abilities; it doesn't reflect the limitations of the language. Yes, this may mean that a story would be structured in a manner different from its country of origin. Does that then indicate an inherent formality gap between Japanese and English? No. |
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Mushi-Man
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To me it sounds like Crunchyroll for manga. This seems like a pretty cool idea depending on how the payment situation is handled. But I think its cool that the translators will be compensated for their works. Though I have to say I'm not thrilled about the initial line up being mostly BL manga. Then again they did say that they plan to expand into other genres as well.
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The Yaoi Review
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*clears throat* And I'm sure you were TOTALLY innocent in the wankery. *points to above* 
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Mohawk52
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And who said "crime doesn't pay"
No matter. This will fail as soon as the little tealeafs have to file a credit card detail. 
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gorbal
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I notice most of the titles that haven't been liscensed yet are BL- and BL has some amazing scanlators so I can see why that might be a start.
This is the third project I have heard of like this this week- crunchyroll and openmanga being the two others- so I think their focus on bl might have to do with the competition. |
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mufurc
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Great idea, finally someone took a step in the right direction. There are some problematic points, though.
1. Is anyone going to profit off of this? I suppose yes, it wouldn't be worth it otherwise. So why is paying the scanlators only a possibility? I don't know who would be stupid enough to be okay with making a profit for someone else while not being properly paid for their work. After all, scanlation doesn't only mean translation, it's also scanning (or hunting down raws), cleaning, typesetting, etc. And if this project will have deadlines and whatnot... well, for the scanlators it's going to be a job, not a hobby. "A cut from sales"? Oh, come on. 2. Wait, sales? It's not going to be region-locked, is it? 3. I hope they'll have some sort of a quality check. Yes, there are awesome scanlator teams out there, but a lot of scanlated manga is translated from Chinese, or by people who don't really know Japanese (or English for that matter). 4. Are they going to provide scanlators with raws? |
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gynocrat_rex
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Another thing the BL genre is? Full of scanslation groups that are actual academics and professionals. ^_- Many BL scanslations are high quality, translated perfectly, and presented professionally-- they have to be - since perfection is a hallmark aesthetic of the genre. Not all fandoms have the luxury of academics, language majors, and employed graphic artists in their scanslation groups - and I think this is why it might backfire a bit. The best of the groups aren't just a bunch of young fans on their computers all night working on scanslations. These groups are fans, and this is fan expression-- asking them to meet deadlines, and telling them they might get paid after royalties come in but nothing up front-- I don't see this working for most BL scanslation groups. Good luck though! I think it might work with a few minor changes in their compensation portion of the plan. |
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