Despite having troops on the ground at TGS and the hardest working staff this side of a Chinese sweat shop, we've been scooped on some TGS news by the nefarious ne're-do-wells at Japanator. Don't think I don't know what you're doing over there, Japanator staff! Bringing us videogame news so hot it could kill. They bring news (most likely for evil reasons) of the Playstation Network's upcoming manga distribution network, which has been announced to launch in Japan this December. After all, the Wii can't have all the (insert stereotype about manga here) fun.
The network will allow PSP owners to download mangas for their reading pleasure when they've decided that it's time to stop playing since their hands are starting to cramp. And seriously, if you ever want to give up gaming forever, the amount of manga hitting this network will make sure that you're able to still use your PSP for other reasons. The service already features eleven of Japan's major manga publishers, including the Kadokawa group, Kodansha, Square Enix, and Bandai Visual. With over 100 mangas scheduled to hit on launch day there's going to be plenty of crammed-onto-a-tiny-screen reading to do. Still, less paper volumes taking up space on your bookshelf... that is if it ever makes its way to the West.
Full release list after the jump courtesy of ANN.
ASCII MediaWorks
Shakugan no Shana
Nogizaka Haruka no Himitsu
Nanatsuiro Drops
Enterbrain
My Girlfriend's A Geek (Fujoshi Kanojo.)
Desert Punk (Sunabozu)
H�r� Musuko
Ii Denshi
Spelunker Sensei
Kadokawa Shoten
Sgt. Frog (Keroro Guns�)
Neon Genesis Evangelion
Neon Genesis Evangelion: The Shinji Ikari Raising Project
Neon Genesis Evangelion: Angelic Days (Shin Seiki Evangelion: Koutetsu no Girlfriend 2)
Neon Genesis Evangelion: Gakuen Datenroku
Petit Eva ~Evangelion@School~
A Girl Who Runs Through Time
Toki wo Kakeru Shoujo -Tokikake-
Macross 7: Trash
Macross Frontier
Kamogawa Harumo
Eureka Seven
The Melancholy of Haruhi Suzumiya
Melancholy of Haruhi-chan Suzumiya
Chrome Shelled Regios: Secret Side
Uragiri wa Boku no Namae o Shitteiru
Lucky Star
Lucky Star: Okiraku Carnival
Lucky Star: Pocket Travelers
Nichij�
Kodansha
Nodame Cantabile
Love Hina
Kindaichi Case Files
Baribari Legend
Shin Kotaro Makaritoru! Judo Hen
Fukkatsu!! Daisan Yakyuubu
Shueisha
Dragon Ball (Saiyajin Arc)
One Piece
Naruto
Bleach
Gintama
Reborn!
Shaman King Read
Kochira Katsushika-ku Kamearikouen-mae Hashutsujo Anime
Pyu to Fuku! Jaguar News
Yu-Gi-Oh! Network
Tegami Bachi (Letter Bee)
Rurouni Kenshin
Death Note
Hatsukoi Limited.
NANA
Boys Over Flowers
The Gentlemen's Alliance Cross
Kimi ni Todoke
Honey and Clover
Liar Game
Shogakukan
Detective Conan
Hayate the Combat Butler
Major
Zettai Karen Children
Doraemon
Revolutionary Girl Utena
Square Enix
Fullmetal Alchemist
Soul Eater
Dragon Quest Saga: Emblem of Roto Complete Edition
Sumomomo Momomo
Mah�jin Guru Guru
Nangoku Sh�nen Papuwa-kun
Hakusensha
Titles to be determined
Bandai Visual
Kuro-Bara no Saburo
ready lady's how to
Redline
Miss Maverick ni wa Sakarau na
Ontama!
Y�kai Manga
Gachapokke
Fujimi Shobo
Seitokai no Ichizon
Omamori Himari
Chrome Shelled Regios: Missing Mail
Futabasha
Crayon Shin-chan
Kariage-kun
Ballad Namonaki Koi no Uta
Masuikai Hana
Kamakura Monogatari
Maestro
Town of Evening Calm, Country of Cherry Blossoms
Kono Sekai no Katasumi ni
Haken Senshi Yamada Noriko
Uchi no Dai-Kazoku
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Will this be a subscription service or do you have to pay for each individual issue??
That's Fullmetal Alchemist to you dirty gaijin devils.
Oh c'mon. Why you gotta be like that? The people like manga.
Not everyone does. I sure as hell don't and I don't know anyone that does.
That said this is pretty great. Homebrew PSPs have been doing this forever.
YYYES! That was one of my favorite manga ever. Too bad XEBEC raped the anime adaptation. The character design was so godawful it made Tsukihime look like a work of art.
>Hayate No Gotoku
Yippeee kay yay!
Squeenix-published manga is not what I care about. Because I don't want to support a company that hates its most ardent fans...
http://kotaku.com/5249897/square-enix-putting-the-squeeze-on-chrono-trigger-fan-projects
Anyway. What I did was I had Photoshop batch...
1. Resize the page to have a width of 480px (the width of the screen)
2. Crop a 272px high slice of the page at the top.
- Save it as *filename*_*serial_letter*
3. Step back and crop a 272px high slice of the page at the center.
- Save it as *filename*_*serial_letter*
4. Step back and crop a 272px high slice of the page at the bottom.
- Save it as *filename*_*serial_letter*
So originally the pages would be called Page01. With the batch it would be Page01a, Page01b, Page01c. Using that naming scheme was the only way to get the PSP to sort them in proper order. Each page would only take up as much space as necessary, and it wouldn't take time adjusting and moving around pages to get it to work.
Here is an example I took way too long making just to make for a post here:
Although, come to think of it, that's a horrible idea. But in what way, I don't know.
Anyway, I don't want this.