We are still falling victim to scattered DDOS attacks. If they continue, you can still get new releases in our manga channel on irc.irchighway.net, #baka-updates using the !manga command. This command is updated regardless of site outages.
Shinsen-Subs, an anime fansubs group, has officially started a Manga scanlating section, Shinsen-Manga.
It appears they are closing down...
"After two years together, we've decided to call it quits. I, the leader of JJ, was fed up with scanslation and decided to leave the group. No one else was interested in wearing my shoes. So we're done."
See the news at their website:
The site has been experiencing instability due to ddos attacks. We are working closely with our host to resolve this problem and should be running smoothly soon.
Update 11:15 est 3/28 - Manick We are still recieving a minor ddos at this time. Thank you for your continued support. We are doing everything we can to resolve the issue.
Fruity Explosive Translation has moved to irchighway. Visit them at #fet @ irc.irchighway.net if you are a Prince of Tennis fan.
Check it out here: [url]http://endlessdimension.org[/url]
Reviews
We would like to take a moment to thank our users for their generous contributions to the reviews section. Your contribution will ease the life of someone looking for some solid manga related opinions. We would also like to remind all our other users that reviews are public-submittable (you don't have to have an account). Just click here and scroll down to the bottom of the page. A link to your review will be listed in the specific series' database information page.
Series
We would also like to take this opportunity to thank all of our users for their generous contributions to our series section. We were overwhelmed with your support! We hope that it will continue in the future. For the users who do not know what I am talking about; if you have an account here, you can add and edit information in the series database for any series. If you do not have an account and would like to help contribute information to our database, signup! Make sure you put "to contribute to series database" as a reason in the reason box though -- this includes anyone who has had an account rejected in the past; you can still sign up if you submit a good enough reason!
Affiliates
We are also looking for sites willing to join our link exchange program. A description of your site will be listed on our affiliates page along with a banner. You must be affiliated with manga in some way. The only condition is you list our banner somewhere visible on your site; the image can be found on the 'About Us' page, here. To join, email your site title, description, and banner image to manick at baka-updates.com (where the at is @). A random banner/link is shown on the lower right side of every page.
We have some big updates planned over the next few months, so stick around.
It was brought to my attention that people with proxied connections were having trouble logging into the site. This has been fixed. If you were being sent right back to the login page right after logging in, and you have a proxied connection, you can probably login OK now.
Also, we changed our series update time to 10 seconds from 30. Some people were expressing dislike for the long wait.
I modified the login script af few days ago to allow people to log into bu-manga from the same computer with different browsers. I accidently left a small bug that invalidates everyone elses' sessions whenever someone logs in. If you have been experiencing difficulty staying logged in, I appologize. The bug has been fixed (hopefully...).
Sonia Leong writes: *UK-based anime/manga style comics highly profiled in mainstream art magazine:
For those interested in the attractive and dynamic art style of cartooning inspired by the Japanese Anime and Manga scene, you do not want to miss picking up the latest issue of Artists & Illustrators Magazine (on sale 4th March), the UK's best-selling magazine for practising artists.
Manga style is heavily featured, appearing as a cover-mount, two full-colour mini comics (eight pages each) and a "Make your own manga" tutorial, including sketching, inking and using colour markers to produce authentic looking illustrations. All of these features were provided by Sweatdrop Studios, a collaborative of UK artists working to produce original comics and graphics in this unique art style.
Sweatdrop Studios will also be offering talks, demonstrations, seminars and practical workshops at the Artists & Illustrators Exhibition (21st-24th July 2005). Look out for more information and features from the group in upcoming issues of the magazine.
RELATED LINKS:
More information (and sample pages) available on the product page:
http://www.sweatdrop.com/products/planetmanga.php
Sweatdrop Studios:
http://www.sweatdrop.com
A & I Magazine:
[url]http://www.aimag.co.uk[/url]*
