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With the coalition of U.S. and Japanese manga publishers trying to take down scanlation sites, many overseas fans are worried that they will soon be cut off from the world of manga. Viz Media is now making an attempt to bridge that gap by releasing their very own iPad app!

The app is currently a free app that can be downloaded to your iPad. Currently, volumes of Bleach, Death Note, Dragon Ball, Naruto, One Piece and the first volume of Bakuman are available for download. Viz plans to add more volumes of Bakuman, Ouran High School Host Club, D.Gray-man, Rurouni Kenshin and Vampire Knight in the near future. Each volume costs $4.99. As of now, the app is exclusively for the iPad, but Viz Media has hinted that there is “more to come.” You can download the app here.

While free scanlation sites are always a convenient way to get your fill on manga, I think this is a great way to offer legitimate manga sales to overseas consumers. $4.99 for a volume is not bad at all!

What do you think about this app?


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this app sounds great! but if you really search online, there are stil a few good scanlation sites
thanks for sharing!!


yay for manga! :D too bad i don’t have an ipad D:


..wahhhh!!cool!!
..sounds great!!!


omo,. is this actually true?
LOL,. AWESOMENESS!!!!!!!!!!!!,.. kya~!,. GREAT GREAT NEWS!!!!!!!!!!


i am happy for this..
since i am a manga lover…
this one would be so interesting!


that’s great!!!


i will make my brother buy this app :OO if he did, i’d probably use it more than he does xD


I like how they’re making manga more available and accessible in the U.S. But $5 for an electronic copy is a bit too much for me. I’d rather have the book in hand for that amount.


that’s so cool xD manga fans must be happy!


Oh!! That is pretty awesome~~
I love this idea~~ ^^



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