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TGS 09: PSN getting manga love come December photo

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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milo128's Avatar - Comment posted on 09/26/2009 10:15
milo128
Is the typical gamer antisocial, likes manga and animes and listens to heavy metal? I always thought that was a false stereotype but everywhere I look it seems to be proven.
Chronic Logic's Avatar - Comment posted on 09/26/2009 10:20
Chronic Logic
Wouldn't you strain your eyes and go blind by reading something so small on your psp? I mean reading from your computer I can understand, but this?
Panda Cookies's Avatar - Comment posted on 09/26/2009 10:34
Panda Cookies
hahaha party
iEro-Sennin's Avatar - Comment posted on 09/26/2009 10:37
iEro-Sennin
Do want. Make it happen, Sony.
MowDownJoe's Avatar - Comment posted on 09/26/2009 10:42
MowDownJoe
!reve noitpac tseB
CelicaCrazed's Avatar - Comment posted on 09/26/2009 10:42
CelicaCrazed
Well I manage to read manga on the iTouch so the PSP would probably be a bit easier. Plus you could always do the output-to-tv thing to make everything bigger.

Will this be a subscription service or do you have to pay for each individual issue??
Everyday Legend's Avatar - Comment posted on 09/26/2009 11:35
Everyday Legend
Hagane no Renkenjitzushi (romanization notwithstanding...no Japanese on my BlackBerry)! Awesome!

That's Fullmetal Alchemist to you dirty gaijin devils.
RIMoonlight's Avatar - Comment posted on 09/26/2009 11:36
RIMoonlight
Soul Eater? I'm sold.
Electro Lemon's Avatar - Comment posted on 09/26/2009 12:00
Electro Lemon
.Idiot an I'm that realized then but, grammar horrible your correct and here in come to going was I.
Xzyliac's Avatar - Comment posted on 09/26/2009 12:34
Xzyliac
@milo128
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.
TheCleaningGuy's Avatar - Comment posted on 09/26/2009 12:51
TheCleaningGuy
I'd quite like this service in the US, but like many awesome PSP services, it'll probably stay in Japan.
Tye The Czar's Avatar - Comment posted on 09/26/2009 15:03
Tye The Czar
>Love Hina
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
Zerstorer23's Avatar - Comment posted on 09/26/2009 15:57
Zerstorer23
I used to make my own, actually. You need a macro set up in Photoshop to do it, and some pirated manga / comics. It's very possible and in fact easy to read.

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:
(Click)
hickwarrior's Avatar - Comment posted on 09/26/2009 16:19
hickwarrior
I don't think I would want this at all. Maybe I just like to have the real deal instead of the tiny PSP screen. Unless they can make it like so, that each panel is its seperate, but it doesn't seem like that would happen.

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.
Amnesiac's Avatar - Comment posted on 09/26/2009 19:54
Amnesiac
I actually use the browser on my PSP to browse Onemanga.com fairly frequently. So I like this.
artha14's Avatar - Comment posted on 09/27/2009 00:42
artha14
Or you could go buy a manga and read it. No battery worries!
DustyBlue's Avatar - Comment posted on 09/29/2009 00:59
DustyBlue
Yay! Fullmetal Alchemist! This is cool and all, but I only need to say one thing: MangaFox.com. More manga than the PS Store can ever hope to have, and free. Can put it all on the PSP as well. Just saying.
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