Where Does All This Free Manga Come From? Feat. Kewl0210
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The Tofugu Podcast: Japan and Japanese Language
May 26, 20171h 17m
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Show Notes
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This week, Koichi and Michael chat with Kewl0210, a manga scanlator. For those who don't know, a scanlator is a person who scans, translates, and uploads manga online for free. This practice is highly controversial in the translation community and technically illegal.
Michael and Koichi discuss the many facets of this practice, including:
- How to learn Japanese through scanlation
- Where scanlators source their manga
- How they choose which manga to scanlate
- Why they're faster than the pros
- Bitter scanlation group rivalries
For more from Kewl0210:
http://hiwamatanoboru.com/
We do not condone, endorse, or support this practice or project and do not encourage others to attempt it.
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