The site is all in Japanese but you can find the list of websites in English on pages 11 and 12 for
manga scanlation sites, pages 13 - 15 for video hosting sites (Youtube, Dailymotion etc.) and pages 16 - 18 for torrenting sites.
Not exact matches
After two years of double digit declines in sales of
manga, American
manga publishers have formed a coalition with their Japanese counterparts to battle the illegal Internet distribution of unlicensed
manga via
scanlation sites where translated versions of
manga often appear just days after publication in Japan.
A Google search for «
manga» returns seven «
scanlation» aggregators and zero
manga publishers in the top ten, while searches for «comics,» «books,» and «graphic novels» turn up stores and publisher
sites, and even a search for «anime» turns up mostly legitimate
sites.
Scanlation site Manga Helpers, which was in the news last year for trying to reach out manga publishers, has simultaneously announced it will stop hosting scanlations and will start a new business model called Open M
Manga Helpers, which was in the news last year for trying to reach out
manga publishers, has simultaneously announced it will stop hosting scanlations and will start a new business model called Open M
manga publishers, has simultaneously announced it will stop hosting
scanlations and will start a new business model called Open
MangaManga.
I do not provide
scanlations or translations on this
site, nor do I provide links to
sites where you can read
manga online.
Even though a legal
site will still not be able to match the amount on illegal
scanlation sites who host
manga from every publisher, a quality
site is working well for Crunchyroll versus its pirate competitors.
Here's why that doesn't matter: There are still plenty of multi-comic
manga apps on the iTunes store, and every one of them is a mobile reader for a
scanlation site.
They will all be working in concert with US
manga publishers Vertical Inc., Viz Media, Tokyopop and Yen Press to bring legal action to a slew of
scanlation sites.
The big
scanlation aggregator
sites are blatant pirates (some also sell bootleg merchandise), but most small scanlators aren't actually trying to screw over their favorite artists, and
manga publishers don't have to be stupid, like Paramount in the»90s trying to stamp out Star Trek fansites.
Another
site that hosted
scanlations has bowed to legal pressures and taken down all of the
manga from members in the coalition.
Navigation is quite simple, and I think most will find it better than the
scanlation aggregation
sites standard
manga viewers.
Digital comics I compared Crunchyroll to
scanlation sites and other digital
manga programs and concluded that they are indeed a worthy match for the bootleggers.
Note that not all
manga publishers are against
scanlation sites.
Many
manga publishers and retailers who used to believe that
scanlations actually attracted new readers, now blame the sales decline on the rise of giant for - profit
scanlation sites that have allowed a new generation of fans to grow up reading
manga for free online.
Well, illegal
scanlations have an impact that's many times bigger than any legal
manga site.
Read digital
manga on the official
sites, not on
scanlation sites.
Incidentally, I checked my iPod Touch app that draws from a variety of
scanlation sites, and it will no longer load
manga from OneManga.com.