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Launch HN: Azuki (YC W22) – All-you-can-read manga subscription

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Re: Launch HN: Azuki (YC W22) – All-you-can-read manga subscription

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Post by BasouKazuma »

retube wrote: post #6

I know nothing about manga, but my kids are bang in to it. What's your target demographic? Are these titles child friendly? (< 12 yo)

We do have some series like Chi's Sweet Home which is very child friendly but also fun for all ages. But our service is more suitable for teens and adults at the moment so you would need to guide your kids on Azuki so they don't read other types of content. We have discussed adding better filtering for age groups so that is something we are considering.

Re: Launch HN: Azuki (YC W22) – All-you-can-read manga subscription

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Post by snvzz »

ineedtosleep wrote: post #5

Nice. Wish you luck in this space, especially with the _other methods_ of reading manga around. Will definitely take a look. Question about the releases: are there any plans on having Japanese language versions of manga available as well?

Having Japanese would make it useful to me, and to many more studying the language.

Especially with English also available.

Re: Launch HN: Azuki (YC W22) – All-you-can-read manga subscription

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Post by BasouKazuma »

ineedtosleep wrote: post #5

Nice. Wish you luck in this space, especially with the _other methods_ of reading manga around. Will definitely take a look. Question about the releases: are there any plans on having Japanese language versions of manga available as well?

Not at the moment, but we’re definitely interested in expanding to other languages in the future. Japanese publishers usually don’t license out domestic distribution rights within Japan, so it’s a little harder to get permission to distribute the original Japanese versions. But that would be pretty cool!

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Post by toyg »

enahs-sf wrote: post #4

Great idea for a product. Glad this exists! If anything, you guys should be charging more for this service!

Calm down - we're in the middle of a massive upward inflationary spiral across the Western world. I know I'd love to buy this, but I'm already double-guessing myself on whether it's worth $60 a year...

Re: Launch HN: Azuki (YC W22) – All-you-can-read manga subscription

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Post by BasouKazuma »

mtalantikite wrote: post #8

Congrats on the launch! Any plans of offering other languages? I coincidentally the other week decided to experiment with reading manga in target languages I'd like to learn (or freshen up on). After talking to a friend I realized she actually learned French that way. I just ordered Akira in French, but would love to have a subscription to a bunch of manga in other non-English languages.

For now we are focused on English language so we can give the translations the care and attention it needs and only expanding to more languages when we can do the same for them.

Re: Launch HN: Azuki (YC W22) – All-you-can-read manga subscription

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Post by olah_1 »

A little off-topic, but what is the best way to translate manga into other languages? I have been looking for a tool that makes this easy, but i haven’t found anything yet.

I’m talking about making new translations myself, not tools that will scan the page and run it through google translate.

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