English License!

[Regnant]

It'd be supporting Yoshi and what he does I think, so it might be worth paying to see it u.u
SFR is a great thing for us fans that love such an untouched series, but it's also a bit sad if you think about it. Regnant and the others worked on that site because of the lack of love Ginga has universally. If it was more loved and was translated more, we might lose the efforts of the fan site, but it'd actually be a good thing for the series and I'm sure everyone working on the site feels happy to hear the news as well.
Like the translations we all work on, it's out of our love for the series and the community. if it was officially picked up, that dedication won't go away!

SFR was only created 3 years ago most of the scans were made before then I will only be removing the convenience of GNG, but the downloads and all that are all off-site. GNG has been done since what... 2016? Everyone will still work on the scans of the newer series for sure. This isn't the end of fan translations! I'm extremely excited to see what this will do for the fan community, and I'm not sad about removing the GNG scans at all because of what it means~

plus save on server space haha

[Dragon]

That doesn't mean I won't support the publication though - will be happy to do that, if the translation is okay.

You bring up a good point Ginga being so old-timey, I hope they're not a company that'd cut out things they don't like in it. We all hate it, but Ginga wouldn't make sense for all the rest of the series' translations if they like tried working their way around 'males' being so focused on in the series.
Have anyone read other series this company has worked on? o:

[zj]

Have anyone read other series this company has worked on? o:

You can read Inugami-kai on their site (gore warning)
https://image.mangaplanet.com/viewer/5dca493ad2ba7

[MasterOfCider]

I'm not familiar with that particular website, but I can't say I'm thrilled. Not because I don't want to support Yoshi or pay people for their hard work. I just want to pay people who do good work is all. I'd gladly pay the fan translators who I know deliver quality over some random people who I've got no idea about. I really just hope they're accurate, because we all know how highly censored and weird the English GDW manga was.

[Wolpard]

I'm not familiar with that particular website, but I can't say I'm thrilled. Not because I don't want to support Yoshi or pay people for their hard work. I just want to pay people who do good work is all. I'd gladly pay the fan translators who I know deliver quality over some random people who I've got no idea about. I really just hope they're accurate, because we all know how highly censored and weird the English GDW manga was.

Im hoping we are past weird censorship in anime/manga translations. It was a big thing in the very early 2000's and before then, but recently we've been getting very accurate translations because companies generally know thats what fans want.

[Uru]

I'm also interested to see how they translate GNG. I think the important thing is to remember that GNG is written in very oldish style so there are many ways to translate things. Like "we are looking for real males" has been translated (in Finnish) as "real dogs", "real hounds" and "real heroes/males". Also, I'm under impression that lot of dogs talk with dialect. It was mostly ignored in Finnish version, but this translation might use it.

And using certain character names etc. I think it might be good idea to send publisher email and ask. MangaPlanet's serieses seems to be older and lesser known so they are probably happy to hear if the fanbase has any requests or know some easy to make mistakes. Like the series name for example: Shooting Star Gin is often translated Meteor Gin.

(I'm not going to contact them as I don't follow the English fanbase so closely to know what terms are mostly used.)

[Arano]

I wouldn't mind contacting for them on a collective behalf - are there any specific questions or concerns people would like me to ask?

[Silver_Alchemist]

Is. This. Real?

I never expected this! At least not now. I thought that it would probably gonna happen, but since I have only been a part of this fandom for 3 months, I didn't think that it would happen this early! This shit is wild...

[Tsukitora]

I wouldn't mind contacting for them on a collective behalf - are there any specific questions or concerns people would like me to ask?

Make sure they’re keeping the Japanese names and not thinking about turning everyone into weirdness like Red Helmet and Black Tiger

[Dragon]

I wouldn't mind contacting for them on a collective behalf - are there any specific questions or concerns people would like me to ask?

Tsukitora's is a good one.
I'd definitely like to know if they plan on censoring/cutting/working around anything in the manga.

[Regnant]

Definitely names and censoring!!! I hate it when names are directly translated

[Digsu]

Serious question: are censorship and name changes things that still frequently happen in manga translation? I genuinely don't know.

[YamaDora]

I never expected this! At least not now. I thought that it would probably gonna happen, but since I have only been a part of this fandom for 3 months, I didn't think that it would happen this early! This shit is wild...

I've been in this fandom about 15 years, and never expected to see the day we'd get an official English translation of Takahashi's work.

This shit is wild indeed.

[Crystal]

This is very exciting news! I can't believe this is happening!

I do hope they will keep the Japanese names and avoid censorship.

[Arano]

I don't think censorship is something we need to worry about... they seem to specialise in old titles, a lot of which are way worse in terms of gore and adult themes. GNG is pretty tame in comparison

I've sent a message through their website about the names though as I think that one is worth mentioning; I explained the flop of the ComicsOne publication for context as it may not have even crossed their mind to translate the names in such a way! But at least it then explains we've been stung before

I may not get a reply as their form says "*We cannot respond to opinions and requests, however we appreciate the input and will take it into consideration in the future".

[Silver_Alchemist]

I never expected this! At least not now. I thought that it would probably gonna happen, but since I have only been a part of this fandom for 3 months, I didn't think that it would happen this early! This shit is wild...

I've been in this fandom about 15 years, and never expected to see the day we'd get an official English translation of Takahashi's work.

This shit is wild indeed.

Well, if we expected it or not, then it's frickin' there. right there within grasps.

I don't think censorship is something we need to worry about... they seem to specialise in old titles, a lot of which are way worse in terms of gore and adult themes. GNG is pretty tame in comparison

You are right about that. I took a look at that Inugami Kai manga that people have mentioned in this topic, and I don't think that we need to worry about them censoring anything.

To be honest, that Inugami Kai manga is actually very frickin' good! I read the first six chapters (the only chapters that are free) and it is very intriguing and full of mysteries to be discovered (If you want to continue reading that is). Would definitely recommend giving it a shot:)

[Arano]

I never expected this! At least not now. I thought that it would probably gonna happen, but since I have only been a part of this fandom for 3 months, I didn't think that it would happen this early! This shit is wild...

I've been in this fandom about 15 years, and never expected to see the day we'd get an official English translation of Takahashi's work.

This shit is wild indeed.

Well, if we expected it or not, then it's frickin' there. right there within grasps.

I don't think censorship is something we need to worry about... they seem to specialise in old titles, a lot of which are way worse in terms of gore and adult themes. GNG is pretty tame in comparison

You are right about that. I took a look at that Inugami Kai manga that people have mentioned in this topic, and I don't think that we need to worry about them censoring anything.

To be honest, that Inugami Kai manga is actually very frickin' good! I read the first six chapters (the only chapters that are free) and it is very intriguing and full of mysteries to be discovered (If you want to continue reading that is). Would definitely recommend giving it a shot:)

Ikr, I'll definitely be reading this when I subscribe.

In terms of the subscription, just in case people are worried they'll miss out and won't be able to afford it - because they have a free title service with their accounts, you can therefore subscribe and unsubscribe at any time. If you aren't interested in any titles other than Ginga, you could wait until a volume is finished before subscribing, read the volume during 1 month, then unsubscribe until the next volume is complete. That way each volume will cost you $6.99 to read which is less than buying a physical volume.

Once we get closer to the release date I'll be putting up a topic with the Q&A's covered in this topic so everything is clear about what to expect form Manga Planet, and what to expect in terms of Ginga Board's support as well. I'll also create a separate topic for chapter discussions as no doubt it'll be fun to pick up on translation differences!

[Silver_Alchemist]

I've been in this fandom about 15 years, and never expected to see the day we'd get an official English translation of Takahashi's work.

This shit is wild indeed.

Well, if we expected it or not, then it's frickin' there. right there within grasps.

I don't think censorship is something we need to worry about... they seem to specialise in old titles, a lot of which are way worse in terms of gore and adult themes. GNG is pretty tame in comparison

You are right about that. I took a look at that Inugami Kai manga that people have mentioned in this topic, and I don't think that we need to worry about them censoring anything.

To be honest, that Inugami Kai manga is actually very frickin' good! I read the first six chapters (the only chapters that are free) and it is very intriguing and full of mysteries to be discovered (If you want to continue reading that is). Would definitely recommend giving it a shot:)

Once we get closer to the release date I'll be putting up a topic with the Q&A's covered in this topic so everything is clear about what to expect form Manga Planet, and what to expect in terms of Ginga Board's support as well. I'll also create a separate topic for chapter discussions as no doubt it'll be fun to pick up on translation differences!

What is the release date?

[FoxxTrott]

This is the best news ever can't wait to have a physical copy in my hands

[Arano]

Well, if we expected it or not, then it's frickin' there. right there within grasps.



You are right about that. I took a look at that Inugami Kai manga that people have mentioned in this topic, and I don't think that we need to worry about them censoring anything.

To be honest, that Inugami Kai manga is actually very frickin' good! I read the first six chapters (the only chapters that are free) and it is very intriguing and full of mysteries to be discovered (If you want to continue reading that is). Would definitely recommend giving it a shot:)

Once we get closer to the release date I'll be putting up a topic with the Q&A's covered in this topic so everything is clear about what to expect form Manga Planet, and what to expect in terms of Ginga Board's support as well. I'll also create a separate topic for chapter discussions as no doubt it'll be fun to pick up on translation differences!

What is the release date?

August 6th - next week! - is when the first chapter will be released

This is the best news ever can't wait to have a physical copy in my hands

This licensing is just for digital, not printed copies. It will be available here https://read.mangaplanet.com/ by subscription