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11:00 PM on 02.08.2011

Teen arrested for distributing manga scans online

Sometimes you really have to wonder what goes through people's heads. On Saturday, an 18-year-old male student located in Katagami City in Akita Prefecture was arrested for distributing manga scans online. Now norma...

Crystal White

8:00 AM on 12.08.2010

DMP's Digital Manga Guild reveals first Japanese partners

I don't care much for it, but digital manga has become pretty big in the otaku community. It's a shame, then, that the majority of that business comes from scanlations, which are, uh, not exactly legal. Still, I like the pass...

Bob Muir



Kindle is not a manga lover's best friend photo
Kindle is not a manga lover's best friend
by Lauren Rae Orsini




This is war: US, Japanese pubs combine to fight scans photo
This is war: US, Japanese pubs combine to fight scans
by Josh Tolentino


5:00 PM on 09.24.2009

Protip: Don't offer to partner with a manga publisher when hosting illegal scans of their IPs

This doesn't so much fall into the category of "news" as it is an example of extreme fail. As a scanlation site -- not a group, but rather a major site that distributes all of these titles -- you do not want to attr...

Brad Rice

12:14 PM on 08.20.2008

Shameless self-promotion time: Gakuen Heaven

I'd suggest you all go and check out the latest release of Gakuen Heaven from Fusion Scans. No, not that Gakuen Heaven. This Gakuen Heaven. The series is incredibly ecchi, and should be saved for those of an appropriate age t...

Brad Rice

10:13 PM on 10.26.2007

MangaNovel tries to tempt scanlators with an iPod touch

Remember how I mentioned that MangaNovel was launching, and trying to get people to read manga with their service, as well as provide scanlators with a way to make money? Well, right now they're running a promotional cont...

Brad Rice

10:54 PM on 10.04.2007

Toshiba and Manganovel to legitimize scanlations?

For those of you who enjoy spending your time making scanlations of all those series that will never get released over here (like No Bra and My Balls), now you can get paid for your work instead of asking for donations. Toshi...

Brad Rice

6:31 PM on 01.31.2007

Scanlation spotlight: No Bra

No Bra is an interesting little manga currently being scanlated by Dynasty Scans that I thought I'd mention to you all. The story is about two childhood friends, Yuki and Masato, who are living together in an apartment in T...

Brad Rice