#K Manga

[wha-archive]

Publisher Update - English Simulpub announced

K-Manga, a US publishing site for Kodansha's manga, is due to launch in a week and has announced that the English translations of Witch Hat Atelier will be available as the Japanese chapters come out!

As it's a US site, you'll find you aren't able to access the teaser site without a VPN (I'm in the same boat!) - and I cannot confirm yet if payments will work outside of the US, but this is fantastic news for Witch Hat regardless!

If you're outside the US and wish to ask about whether the region will expand in the future, be sure to be polite when registering interest in wider coverage! In the meantime, be sure to support the official releases you can access - either by buying the volumes or the Japanese chapters on official sites.

[false-savior]

lmao

[multaangore]

Hello K/Sarumi fandom, it's been years and I'm feeling nostalgic so here I am peddling a new playlist I made for Saruhiko and Misaki.

https://open.spotify.com/playlist/6LO7q5PK2HsdxXq6RJpuxO?si=QdVFKyzdQr6m9wWb9Nzh_Q

[ljaesch]

K Manga Adds the Hajime no Ippo Manga in English

Kodansha’s K manga service has announced that it has added George Morikawa’s Hajime no Ippo manga under the title Hajime no Ippo: Fighting Spirit! The first 87 chapters (or 10 volumes) of the manga are available, and new chapters will launch every week. This is the first official English release available in the West for the manga. The manga is described as: What does it feel like to be strong?…

[rayelic]

aquarium date <3

[animepopheart]

To me, the price is still fantastic, but I am frustrated that Viz is missing chapters from its ongoing series available through the new app, including Tonikawa, Call of the Night, and Frieren. These holes often correspond to volumes printed physically in Japan, but not yet in the U.S.

In the case of Insomniacs After School, though, it's pretty much the entire series that's missing. To me, this encourages readers to access these works illegally so that they can catch up to the newer chapters that ARE now legally available.

Maybe this quick-strike approach we all assumed Viz took to get ahead of K Manga wasn't the best idea?

Regardless, I hope these holes are patched up soon.

[vforvalensa]

kodansha just put up a TON of manga up on hoopla, the digital media platform pretty much every public library in the states uses. All you need is a public library card and you can get hundreds of manga series on your phone or computer FREE. And there's some bangers on here my personal favorites include Battle Angel Alita, BLAME!, Jellyfish Princess, All Rounder Meguru, and Again!! So if you're read manga anyway do it while supporting your local library.

[raamitsu]

FUCK

[animenostalgia]

News - Kodansha has launched it’s own branded manga app called K MANGA in the United States. K Manga will run on a points system, similar to many webtoon and manga websites overseas. Basically, most manga will allow you to read the first chapter or two for free. But if you want to read any more, you’ll need to use either “tickets” or “points”. “Tickets” will be given to users for things like log-in bonuses and special campaigns. “Points” can be earned by reading featured manga, watching advertisements, or buying them outright. They’ve released a video on Youtube to explain the system that you can watch here. They’ve stated they will eventually have a web version of the app as well, and they’ll also be hosting a digital launch party for the app on June 22, 2023.

Currently, K Manga doesn’t have a lot of older manga titles (and seems more focused on newer ones), but from what I’ve seen, they do have some older manga, including:

Battle Angel Alita

Love Hina

BLAME!

Parasyte

Ghost in the Shell

Peach Girl

Manga app/service Azuki still as of this writing carries many Kodansha titles, you can browse their catalog here.

[saanix]

"ahh shit a few manga I follow are being dropped by their tl teams because Kodansha is gonna simulpub in english... well that sucks but I guess I can just get their app"

the fucking app, only available in the United States

I am going to kill Kodansha executives.

[graphicpolicy]

K Manga announces a new simulpub title Versus releasing on November 24

K Manga announces a new simulpub title Versus releasing on November 24 #manga #comics #comicbooks #graphicnovel

Kodansha has announce that Versus will be available on its K Manga service as a simulpub title starting November 24th at 7:00AM PST. This will mark the first time Versus is officially available in English. One-Punch Man and Mob Psycho 100 creator ONE is credited for the story, The King of Fighters: A New Beginning creator Kyoutarou Azuma is credited for the artwork, and bose is credited for the…

[manimeconquest]

Everything You Need to Know to Use Kodansha's K Manga App

The world of subscription services has rapidly become the norm over the last few years, ensuring a dedicated space, and ease of access, for specific products. There have been a few noteworthy manga apps around, but last year Kodansha dazzled the U.S. market by launching a version of their epic manga catalog called K Manga. Kodansha’s catalog on K Manga has their heavy hitters Attack on Titan,…

[false-savior]

🤔

future chapters will be... paid..? i hope it stays free because i dont wanna pay $20 for omori but in manga form, or possibly more if they make the hikikomori route its own manga

[kindinb00]

[ljaesch]

New Additions to K MANGA's Library

The official Twitter account for Kodansha’s K MANGA service added Hideki’s Miss Hikaru’s Sparkling Proposal manga on December 15, 2024. The service also added Seven Tsukishiro and Rila Kirishima’s Detached to Doting: My Husband’s Reincarnation Transformation manga on December 16, 2024. The service is starting a simulpub of Yūji Terajima’s new short manga side story Ace of the Diamond Act II Side…