Saturday, August 27, 2011

Where things are going from here.

Keep an eye on things here. We'll share details with you when other groups pick up the series we unfortunately left dead in the water. There's also a handful of scripts that we have sitting around that need typesetting, so we'll share those here in whatever form seems appropriate (hopefully we'll get them typeset for a last couple releases, but who the hell knows). I'll be doing something as well, I'm not entirely sure what, but the main reason I'm going on haitus is because I can't handle dealing with all the bullshit of running a group anymore right now, so either I'll be packing up a few series and joining up with another group so that they can handle the stressful end, or I'll learn photoshop and fly solo, not really sure which. Whatever happens, you'll find out here. Lastly, any groups interested in picking up something we were working with should request raws from WOWscans@gmail.com

NJManga has been aggressively soliciting some of the series we were working with, and it looks like so far he's gotten Prunus Girl and several of the Waai series picked up already. NEEDLESS is already picked back up by the guy who was doing it via Pewpew, I think as a solo venture using js06's scripts.

41 comments:

  1. Well. Shit. I suppose it's no unexpected though.

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  2. Hope you people can relax and do whatever you want in the future. You have done enough already, so thanks for the all work so far. Although, i will personally miss wow scans but it can't be helped i guess.

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  3. Thanks for all the hard work you guys have done.

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  4. To anyone who was worried, this is NJMANGA:

    Just to clarify for the record I have only been placing ongoing series such as prunus which is a monthly, waii and oto which are quarterly, when it comes to series such as mei no naso, kaichuu, and maid in japan, those series still belong to WOWSCANS and I feel those should be placed where wowscans wants them, they have all the raws to the entire series that I sent them so they are complete 100 percent holders to those series and they should place them where they feel comfortable placing those series in proper homes. I would like to ask any groups interested in doing those series to request the raws from yammada and any series which is ongoing I will gladly support in terms of raw providing such as kaichuu and so forth.

    For the record only been placing ongoing series, prunus, waai magazine and oto, main manga series groups should request from wow in terms in where they want it placed.

    Yammada please relax and take a vacation we all know you worked hard, without your hard work alot of people would of never saw even half of these series, as a raw provider I thank you and as a friend please keep in contact in whatever group you may go into I will help you always with raw providing.

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  5. Well, I have never done Typesetting before, but I am pretty good with Photoshop, I can give it a try for you if you like and help you out with some of them scripts.

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  6. I am also interested in helping in anyway. Unfortunately, I do not have much translation skill but I am pretty good with gimp and ABBYY. I also have from ch6 till the end of the series of Anal Angel, Unfortunately, I have no clue what to do from here so if I can help you guys out just post what you need below and I'll do my best

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  7. wh... where will otoboku go from here?
    just wondering...

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  8. hey anonymous a post up how did you get ahold of chapter 6-end of anal angel.
    I would love to see the rest of this series translated or not. thanks!

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  9. if there's a whole script for anal angel, I can do the typesetting

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  10. As much as it's nice that people are trying to volunteer to help, if that was the main issue, we'd have just recruited more aggressively. Anal Angel and Mei no Naisho are two of the things I'm definitely going to continue with in one way or another in the future, since I personally really like both of those projects. Otoboku, I'm not a hundred percent sure, we've still got raws for the second series and the joint is up in the air at the moment. I'll let you guys know when that gets sorted.

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  11. Well, if you don't mind, I can help you finish the rest of Otoboku 1. Right now my group is only working on 1 series, and we still have enough manpower to work on another series. Currently there are only 5 chapters remaining, and I can finish my translation for chapter 21 anytime soon (script for chapter 20 is already sitting on my HDD).

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  12. Drop me an email at WOWscans@gmail.com and we can discuss details delacroix, I'm certainly hoping you guys'll still keep going with it, and I'll help you out as much as I can.

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  13. Thanks for all your hard work - maybe we'll have a chat from time to time in IRC!

    Cu

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  14. I've got my own hi-def raws for Balance Policy chapter 5 from Change H White and I'm soliciting a translation script at the moment for it. When it's done I'll announce it on my blog as well as some other places.

    I've already released My Senpai, the Amazume short from the same Change H volume that WOW! were going to do before the steamroller hit them. After that I'm not sure what's left from the Change H series, they've already released raw scans of the other chapters they weren't holding back to scanlate themselves.

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  15. Balance Policy is one of the things we have a script for. If you'd like to just work with the finished script that's already around, email me.

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  16. Glad to see some pulse from this site. I am elated that Anal Angel will get finished by the Web Master *Bows and gives thanks*. I found this mediafire link (above) that has the missing chapters. If it doesn't work, let me know. Thanks and care to all.

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  17. i just tryed your mediafire link it doesnt work >.<

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  18. Sorry, I goofed the post for Anal Angel. Just click the Name Area that says Anal Angel Series Complete - Untranslated and it should take you to the link. Wow that was epic fail on my part. Sorry All

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  19. ok so where do i go to get new Prunus Girl starting with #26 ?

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  20. Here, I'll teach you how to fish:
    http://www.mangaupdates.com/series.html?id=41616

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  21. http://www.mediafire.com/?6ioa3udapw2qbsa
    Anal Angel Series Complete - Untranslated

    It had a %3F where the ? was supposed to be on the link (that's why it didn't work).

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  22. thanks. there work is on par with WOW!'s, so it all good.

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  23. Honestly I would have rather seen someone else take over PG, but hey that's just me.

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  24. Well, you deserve a rest, thanks for all the hard work, I'm gonna miss your scanlations and all the trap series, I hope you'll be back

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  25. I've released Balance Policy chapter 5 scanlated from a WOW!Scans script. You can find a DDL at my own blog at http://albedo404.blogspot.com/ (or clicky the linky).

    If someone can source Balance Policy raws from future editions of Monthly Young King magazine email me and I'll try and keep going with this series.

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  26. umm just wondering , What about Reversable! .?

    And have a nice rest:)

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  27. Btw i should soon be having jap in class and was wondering, that when yer guy's are back, if i could help.? :P

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  28. Mei No Naisho is cursed, second group who stops to translate him T_T

    But thanks for all (i m french so sorry if i don t speak very well)^^

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  29. Don't worry too much about Mei no Naisho, it may keep going yet :)

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  30. Pretty much. People don't read.

    "Anal Angel and Mei no Naisho are two of the things I'm definitely going to continue with in one way or another in the future, since I personally really like both of those projects."

    Nothing's changed since I posted that anon.

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  31. I was looking for RAWs of the first chapter of Nozomu Nozomi from Change H! Red with a view to doing a Q&D scanlation but I can't find any. I have the RAWs you released of the second chapter from White but my emails about this seem to have fallen into a black hole somewhere. Can someone help me out with this?

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  32. @delacroix01. Could you please post when you or your group are finishing otoboku?

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  33. GeeK look here http://www.mangafox.com/manga/reversible/

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  34. Yamada, just wanted to drop a comment. Even though you've been taking an extended break, there are still those of us out here who thank you and love you for what you've contributed. Many thanks, and remember, we still love you!

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  35. Did any group pick up Near Equal? I had completely forgotten about it, but when I was at the bookstore recently, I saw that volume 2 had been released...

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  36. Which is NJmangas page? Can't find it on baka-updates.

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  37. Wow!scan is gone... I'm sorry for that.
    Mosco

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  38. Quick question... Are you guys still doing Kaichuu? I really love it and was hoping if you guys could continue with it.

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  39. Well you did your best.

    I closed my group some months ago too. That had something to do with mangafox and annoying leechers who found us to be the lesser evil.

    What I'm doing now is (studying of course but also) releasing whatever we can, meaning whatever translations we have that can get scanlated. The other series we are trying to hand to other groups before dropping them totally if no one wants them.

    I go in for having a real...closure when you shut down your group. This way you can feel calm that you actually "finished" it and your readers/fans will go: "Omg even if they are closing they still released what they could release before closing down when they could just dropped it all and shown us the finger."

    Anyway the choice to what to do is all up to you. After all this is your group.

    Me? I just want more Near Equal which was the only manga I read from here. ;)

    Thanks for all the work you've done and have a nice life even if you don't come back from your hiatus.^^

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  40. I miss you.



    http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xoH5MPIgM7c

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  41. It's too bad, I would've been willing to donate money to get Anal Angel translated the rest of the way =(

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