Manga pirates have operated in the internet’s shadows for decades, hiding from furious publishers whose translation efforts, pirates say, are shoddy, too slow or nonexistent. Now, as more pirates ...
The world of early manga translations was shaken this weekend when Japanese police confirmed the arrest of two people suspected to be leaking Shonen Jump online. Reputable Twitter manga commentator ...
Forbes contributors publish independent expert analyses and insights. Rob Salkowitz is an Eisner-nominated comics journalist and author. For decades, Asian comics, particularly Japanese manga, have ...
The rampant growth of illegal "scanlation": of web comics overseas is causing growing financial and psychological damage to Korean creators. Scanlation, a portmanteau of scan and translation, is a fan ...