Publisher Manga Box News and Discussion

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Mangabox was launched as a free platform offered in English and Japanese from (DeNa) for various manga from a few different publishers. It has spinoffs and other series. Thus far these are its series.

Note some series are change and such on Android (Google Play Store) for having inappropriate sections.

1. The Knight in the Area by Hiroaki Igano and Kaya Tsukiyama (updated on Thursdays)
2. Can't Ride A Bicycle! by Hideki (updated on Thursdays)
3. High-rise Invasion (Tenkū Shinbon) by Tsuina Miura and Takahiro Ohba (Updated on
4. Thursdays)
5. High School Ninja Girl, Otonashi-san by Masami Watanabe (updated on Thursdays)
6. District Hakkenshi [code:T-8] by Rando Ayamine (GetBackers, Majestic Prince), Kentaro, and
7. Saki Kurimoto (updated on Thursdays)
8. NadeNadeShikoShiko by Tarako Umeyama (updated on Thursdays)
9. Schoolgirl Landlord Honoka by Toshihiko Kobayashi (Pastel) (updated on Fridays)
10. Peephole by Rahson
11. Girl and Car on the Beat by Akata Inubo (updated on Fridays)
12. The Chronicle of Akoya by Shō Satō (Arashi no Densetsu) (updated on Saturdays)
13. My Grandpa's Stories Can't Be This Weird! by Kazuhiro Urata (updated on Saturdays)
14. GREEN WORLDZ by Yusuke Osawa (updated on Sundays)
15. ARAIDOKI by Yusuke Hashimoto (updated on Sundays)
16. Man's Bestest Friend by Hiroyuki Tamakoshi (Boys Be…) (updated on Mondays)
17. Horizon by Takuya Okada (updated on Mondays)
18. First Love Suicide Pact by Yosuke Suzaki (updated on Mondays)
19. Stra the Warlock by Nawoya Iwata (updated on Tuesdays)
20. In a Heartbeat by Neruko Sugu (updated on Tuesdays)
21. Shinjuku DxD by Yuma Ando, Takanori Yasaka, and Ponjea
22. Destroyed Century JOXER by Sera Works
23. Billion Dogs by Muneyuki Kaneshiro & Naoki Serizawa
24. I was human by Hyakurai & Kikonomi
25. Too Much Booty by Kaname Yamanashi
26. High School Ninja Girl, Otonashi-san by Masami Watabe
27. Logick by Takuma Nishimaki
28. Bushido Academy by Tomoe Kasahara
29. Old Man Frog by Zenyu Shimabukuro
30. Milk on the Farm by Yoko Sanri
31. Tawara Cat by Torako Hidaka
32. Student Council ~ Total Takeover! by Yatsuki
33. Genji the Death's Friend by Seimaru Amagi & Minami Ozaki
34. The Great Phrases Women Fall For by Misawa of Hell
35. Beyond Evil by Miura Ogino
36. The Wheel of Life by Kuranishi
37. Oh God! Dear God! by Akane Nagano
38. Eyaminokami - The Plague Princess by Toru Fujisawa & Hirokazu Ochiai
39. Red Blood Red Legacy by Kaishaku
40. Money Fight by Mix Up
41. Mission in the South! by Toru Hisaka & Hiyori Mikagami
42. Kindaichi Case Files: The Mini-Vacation by Awabako, Seimaru Amagi & Fumiya Sato
43. The Host-man by Satoshi Kinoshita
44. Why Can't I Get a Girlfriend? by Uchino Shuya & Mogi Kanta
45. The Godlike Gambler ARIMARIA: Once Upon a Time by Kenji Sakumoto & isora
46. FATAL FRAME: Shadow Priestess by Seimaru Amagi & hakus
47. Kazuki Makes Love Happen?! at ALL-BOYS High School by Shuya Uchino
48. Online by Midori Amagaeru × Kyokatsukasa
49. I'm Obsessed With My Little Bro! by Hatsumi Ogi × Kure Huyujima
50. A World Without Boundaries by Daikokudoh Ikuya
51. Yukikaze White Wind:The Legend of Meiji Era Martial Arts. by Kohei Uchida
52. BLACKOUT – The Enigmatic Game By: Kazuo Maekawa & Ransuke Kuroi
53. HOLIDAY LOVE by Yukari Koyama × Eriza Kusakabe
54. B-Ball Gooddess by KEYAKI UTIUTI
55. Our Reason for Living by Kazuyuki Watanabe
56. The Obligatory Harem Contract by SNACK GORI × Azumi Mochizuki
57. The Sentimental Girl by Nao Ninatsu
58. Le Vin, Wine Burglar by Tadashi Agi & Shu Okimoto
59. Wild Fancy Dynamite! by Fumuarunukufamuppuaffa
60. Chubby Cinderalla by Makoto Suzukawa/RiSe
61. Hana the Fox Girl by Chima
62. Nisekoi by Aoi Sakaki/Ayano
63. Roppongi Black Cross by Kimio Yanagisawa/Yousuke Mori

Some of the manga were removed for being inappropriate for google play store

• High-Rise Invasion (all)
• GREEN WORLDZ (some sections)
• District Hakkenshi [Code: T-8] (guess those panels were too lewd)
• Peephole (all)
• Schoolgirl Landlord Honoka (all)

 

[TXC]

All is available on my Iphone app, that's what I care about.

I read this ones:
The Knight in the Area by Hiroaki Igano and Kaya Tsukiyama (updated on Thursdays)
High-rise Invasion (Tenkū Shinbon) by Tsuina Miura and Takahiro Ohba (Updated on
Schoolgirl Landlord Honoka by Toshihiko Kobayashi (Pastel) (updated on Fridays)
Peephole by Rahson
First Love Suicide Pact by Yosuke Suzaki (updated on Mondays)

 

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District Hakkenshi [code:T-8] is my favorite title running in this, I enjoy the art and the Shino Inozuka is really good looking, and also the Hakkenden story in the modern age with blights and such is fun. Really the highlight of the service.

 

[Chipp12]

I'm reading these:
Monday: Kaze no Stra / Logick / Ningen Deshita
Tuesday: Takatou Shounen no Jikenbo / Billion Dogs
Wednesday: Kunoichi Joshikousei Otonashi-san / Tenkuu Shinpan
Thursday: Patrol Musume Ikkimasu! / Tokku Hakkenshi [code:t-8] / Nadenade Shikoshiko. / Ana Satsujin / Sailor Fuku, Tokidoki Apron
Friday: Akoya Tsutaya
Saturday: Onimote / Green Worldz / Araidoki.
Sunday: Wanko Number One / Horizon / Hatsukoi Shinjuu / Rakunou Milk!

First reading the new chapter in Japanese, then rereading in English when it becomes available. Also started reading "Kaeru no Ossan" in Japanese and planning to start "Take Dake Dake!" since it looks like they're not considering the English versions of those. Also damn Play Store, thanks to it several manga became unavailable and other are now censored at some places.


Oh, and speaking about news - Chinese language was added in the latest update.

---------- Post added February 27, 2014 at 03:41 PM ---------- Previous post was February 20, 2014 at 11:10 AM ----------

Wo-ow, that's kinda scary. It feels like every time I update their home page they add a new work
And now they've added manga from this media mix project.

 

[Stark700]

This was featured in a column by Jason Thompson.

He makes some good points.

http://www.animenewsnetwork.com/house-of-1000-manga/2014-03-06

I like Manga Box, but I'm sort of waiting for the other shoe to drop, because it's obviously going to have to change a lot over the next few months. "Put out a ton of manga for free with no advertising" is not a business model, so I assume that to monetize, the app will eventually have to take some of the manga off the site and either sell some kind of ebooks, or offer a paid premium subscription service of some kind. But even if the whole site collapses next week, I won't regret a second I spent reading it: hey, it's free. And there's a lot of it. The boom of new manga content on licensed digital devices makes the Tokyopop Manga Boom of 2002 look like a trickle, and even if there's a few bad ones and badly drawn ones in the lot, that's totally fine. Good manga are interesting, but so are really bad manga and weird and rugged and "not ready for prime time" ones. Manga should be surprising, and the best compliment I can pay to Manga Box is that I was surprised.

 

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It seems a new manga was added this week Genji the Death's Friend by Seimaru Amagi & Minami Ozaki.

Kind of wish they had some english account that would tweet updates.

 

[Chipp12]

http://www.itmedia.co.jp/news/articles/1403/17/news056_4.html
Looks like they're planning to release the first tank around May:

最初の単行本は5月ごろから発売予定。

Also Patrol manga has ended, and I was human is pretty much around there too (7th chapter was the last but there will also be a special chapter next).

---------- Post added March 20, 2014 at 06:03 PM ---------- Previous post was March 17, 2014 at 10:05 AM ----------

Aaaand Rakunou Milk! was blocked for Android users as well. Well, considering all these talks about

Spoiler

mating and pig's dicks

it's not that surprising.

---------- Post added March 28, 2014 at 06:20 PM ---------- Previous post was March 20, 2014 at 06:03 PM ----------

http://dena.com/press/2014/03/mangabox-0328.php
https://creator.mangabox.me/

 

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Two more manga coming to mangabox Apr 2

Beyond Evil by Miura Ogino
The Wheel of Life by Kuranishi

 

[Netorare]

+ Oh God! Dear God! by Akane Nagano (April 4)

 

[Chipp12]

Also some manga by GTO author and this artist.

 

[Xadyu]

I've installed the app a few days ago (both iOS and Android), read most of the series on there already. Few left to go.

I'm not familiar with most of these mangakas, but the Horizon manga reminds me of Gamaran, in style and execution, is it perhaps an old assistant of Yousuke?
I saw that Old Man Frog used to be serialized in Shonen Rival, and both Area no Kishi and Shingeki no Kyojin have related manga running in here.

All of these series came from Kodansha, so my question is, how does this work?
MangaBox is going to release it's first tank in May, does Kodansha come in play somehow?

Were do the other mangaka's come from, are there beginners and experienced ones?
Do other companies like Kodansha have their authors on MangaBox?

 

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I've installed the app a few days ago (both iOS and Android), read most of the series on there already. Few left to go.

I'm not familiar with most of these mangakas, but the Horizon manga reminds me of Gamaran, in style and execution, is it perhaps an old assistant of Yousuke?
I saw that Old Man Frog used to be serialized in Shonen Rival, and both Area no Kishi and Shingeki no Kyojin have related manga running in here.

All of these series came from Kodansha, so my question is, how does this work?
MangaBox is going to release it's first tank in May, does Kodansha come in play somehow?

Were do the other mangaka's come from, are there beginners and experienced ones?
Do other companies like Kodansha have their authors on MangaBox?

The ones behind the Tokku Hakkenshi [code:t-8] did the manga Get Backers, Majestic Prince, and were serialized in that weekly kodansha magazine, so I think they would count as experienced.

 

[Chipp12]

http://ddnavi.com/feature/189834/
So they're planning to start releasing tanks on May 9th, huh.

Speaking about their mangaka I'm planning to update this post when I'll have a bit more time on my hands and deliver more detailed information.

 

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Ah youre right, there goes a link for Green Worldz on amzn.

 

[Chipp12]

Tokku Hakkenshi [cord:t-8]
Takatou Shounen no Jikenbo
Billion Dogs
Ana Satsujin
Tenkuu Shinpan
Wanko Number One
Hatsukoi Shinjuu
Kaeru no Ossan
Akoya Tsutaya
Horizon

僕おじ1巻7/9発売

Kinda small?

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[TXC]

Looks normal to me. (But I'm on the cellphone)

 

[Chipp12]

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=p10Hw0g-Ah0
Something between VOMIC and Flash anime for the 1st chapter of Ana Satsujin/Peephole.

Looks normal to me. (But I'm on the cellphone)

Dunno this looks more like some card/flayer to me. Maybe I'm not that familiar with tank sizes though (only have two volumes at home).

 

[jagman1x3]

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=p10Hw0g-Ah0
Something between VOMIC and Flash anime for the 1st chapter of Ana Satsujin/Peephole.

Dunno this looks more like some card/flayer to me. Maybe I'm not that familiar with tank sizes though (only have two volumes at home).

Volume sizes depend on what imprint they're being published under, but weekly and anything related to weekly magazines are generally the smallest. It should say what imprint is on the top of the spine, although I think they mentioned they were making a new one for Manga Box titles.

 

[Blader]

They also add Kindaichi spin-off about Hajime and Miyuki romatic comedy too.

Look like I finally should read series in mangabox after never read any of them before(I wait Takato spin-off in tankubon book)

 

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Updated the first post with the three new ones that appeared on today.

I started reading the Red Blood Red Legacy.

Surprised were nearly to 50 series in english.