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(Most US based services are unavailable abroad or have incomplete catalogs (hi, Crunchyroll) due to licensing)
I suppose I would be most curious about your opinions on the viability of the simulpub model at scale. Viz, for instance, fully redoes their simulpubs for popular series like One Piece when releasing volumes, and it's not hard to see the challenges associated with rapid and consistent delivery of high-quality simulpubs on a tight schedule. I ask especially since you mention quality as one of your selling points, and beyond the major established print publishers quality has often been hit and miss, especially for digital-native services.
I wonder if a service like yours could licence distribution of digital editions in Japanese outside of Japan. I would sign up in a second for dual language access to Manga (and light novels).
I think part of the reason for manga piracy relates to people who want to consume the originals and can't buy from a Japanese store front or afford the price of buying the physical manga all the time.
It would be nice if you guys provided a Tachiyomi plugin; most of what I read is in Tachiyomi so it'd be inconvenient to switch between two apps.
Congrats on your launch! I have been an anime/manga fan for 30 years now, been following the development of the industry for a long time, and I have questions/comments. 1. Are Japanese producers interested in the foreign market now? How does this affect you? Piracy has been a phenomenon in the foreign market for a looong time, and for the longest time the Japanese weren't interested in the foreign market at all. Even…
I run a competitor to Azuki, Comikey, and I'm happy to offer some insight into this growing industry. 1. Absolutely, Japanese publishers are interested, but maybe not for the reasons you think. They have realized that the Korean (webtoons) and Chinese (webcomics) markets are expanding rapidly into the international market, and webtoon services are crushing manga services. Even a lot of the manga audience itself is mo…
Why? What's the downside of licensing content to smaller publishers? Licensing doesn't cost the producers anything right?
Congrats on your launch! I have been an anime/manga fan for 30 years now, been following the development of the industry for a long time, and I have questions/comments. 1. Are Japanese producers interested in the foreign market now? How does this affect you? Piracy has been a phenomenon in the foreign market for a looong time, and for the longest time the Japanese weren't interested in the foreign market at all. Even…
I've been reading a lot of Chinese novels and web comics. Discovering new genres based on chinese mythos, fresh takes on western fantasy and japanese manga tropes, and all the weird and wonderful new types of story has been a lot of fun. Censorship over the last few years has changed the scene a lot. It is now very hard to tell a political intrigue story for instance, and gay themes are apparently heavily censored. T…
Congrats on your launch! I have been an anime/manga fan for 30 years now, been following the development of the industry for a long time, and I have questions/comments. 1. Are Japanese producers interested in the foreign market now? How does this affect you? Piracy has been a phenomenon in the foreign market for a looong time, and for the longest time the Japanese weren't interested in the foreign market at all. Even…
A lot of what chocolatkey said is accurate. Also hi chocolatkey! I really hope manga survives too and I’m happy to see folks like Comikey out there alongside us trying to push the industry forward. 1. Publishers are definitely interested in the foreign market. The issue is that many of them are very conservative about making lots of content available via subscription. They’re used to a traditional a-la-carte model fo…
What is the risk to them? Don't they get paid no matter who they license to? Or is this about fear of cannibalizing the print business?
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