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New word for the day: Scanlator
New word for the day: Scanlator
Interesting article from Japan Times
Hardcore manga fans around the world are taking their Japanese comics off the shelf and putting them into the microwave.
"They do that so the glue melts, which allows them to take apart the volume page by page so they can be scanned easily," ...
Why would folks do that to their precious and costly imported comic books? Because they are "scanlators," a growing community of fans whose love of Japanese manga drives them to take each page, scan it into their computer, then translate the material from Japanese into English and upload it to the Internet for a wider audience to enjoy for free.
Read more: Fans lift J-culture over language barrier
(image from a scanlated Naruto Pilot)
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ReBlogged by ann p on Sep 13, 2006 at 01:05 PM
Posted by ann p on Sep 13, 2006 at 01:05 PM
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