End of onemanga.com

I'm a bit sad onemanga.com , the home of manga..., is going to close at the end of this month. Here is the announcement:

"There is an end to everything, to good things as well."

It pains me to announce that this is the last week of manga reading on One Manga (!!). Manga publishers have recently changed their stance on manga scanlations and made it clear that they no longer approve of it. We have decided to abide by their wishes, and remove all manga content (regardless of licensing status) from the site. The removal of content will happen gradually (so you can at least finish some of the outstanding reading you have), but we expect all content to be gone by early next week (RIP OM July 2010).

So what next? We're not really sure at this point, but we have some ideas we would like to try out. Until then, the One Manga forums will remain active and we encourage all of you to continue using them. OMF has developed into a great community and it would be a shame to see that disappear.

You can also show us some love in this moment of sadness by 'liking' our brand new Facebook page. It would be nice to see just how many of you came to enjoy our 'better than peanut butter and jelly' invention.


Regardless of whether you stay with us or not, on behalf of the One Manga team, I would like to thank you all for your unwavering support over the years. Through the ups and downs you have stuck with us, and that is what kept us going.


As a certain Porky was fond of saying... That's all folks!


Time for me to go lay down and let this all sink in.


- Zabi

It was the first Manga web site I used and discovered a lot of Mangas and Manwhas. I found it because I was watching the One piece Anime and when I was done with the Anime I was eager to know what happened next, so I googled and found onemanga.com. I'm disappointed because 80% of the Manga found there aren't even published in North America and some probably won't ever be published.

According to google, onemanga is among the top 1000 of the most visited sites.: http://www.animenewsnetwork.com/news/2010-05-28/google/unauthorized-manga-site-is-among-top-1000-sites

Here is an article with some more information: http://www.publishersweekly.com/pw/by-topic/digital/copyright/article/43437-japanese-u-s-manga-publishers-unite-to-fight-scanlations.html

There is also some online petition: http://www.petitionspot.com/petitions/ommmm/
http://www.petitiononline.com/mangapol/petition.html
I'm actually not quiet sure that petition is going to change anything. Manga book is a business and when money is involved, the publisher won't back off. In a way I can understand that, but I'm still disappointed and wish onemanga could continue to exist.

This is not a good omen for other online manga, streaming anime and J-Music sites :(

Manga: Beelzebub

Long time no see :p

Today I'll make an article about the Manga: Beelzebub. It's a Shounen Comedy Action Manga with a bit of Supernatural created by Tamura Ryuuhei.

The story is about a delinquent, Oga, who is chosen by the Devil King to take care of his new born son: Beelzebub. He is more or less helped by Olga, a nurse and Alain Delon some sort of handyman both coming from Hell.

This a bit violent as Oga has be chosen because he is the strongest juvenile delinquent, so you bet there will be some fights! The story is funny and I like Oga character, he is a bit simple minded and dangerous -he solve of his problem with his fists- but he is honest.

This manga is still going, so I wait the "almost" weekly release with excitement. ^_^

You can read it on Onemanga.com

Manwha?!?

Manwha is the Korean Manga. It's less popular that the traditional Japanese Manga, but it starts getting more and more well known.
There are a few differences, the first thing to known about Manwha is that you have to read them from left to right and the format is also a bit bigger than a Manga book.
Now, regarding the content and stories. So far most of the Manwha I have read are Shoujo or alike, have a girl as main character and most of the time she a good fighter; But off course there are some good Shounen and Seinen, so it worst checking, you might find one of your favorite story there. ;)

The first Manwha I've read is the Bride of the Water God and it still my favorite, the art is really amazing.
You can read it online here from chapter 12. Since it has been licensed in North America, you can also purchase it. :)

Week #4 top 3!

This week it will be a J-Rap/J-Hip-hop to change a little! I'm usually not a big fan of rap and hip-hop but sometimes I change my mind when I found some cool songs :)

#1 Infinity 16 Tsutaeta koto ga konna aru no ni


#2 Rize - Heiwa


#3 LGYankees - Good Luck homies
No MV for this one, it's a shame but well... I like this song so I'm sharing it anyway :x


Enjoy!

Nobuta wo Produce (Japanese Drama)

Nobuta wo Produce is the last drama I've watched and I really liked it. The story takes place in a high school where Kotani Nobuko is a new student. She is really shy, has no self-confidence and start being bullied by others. On the other side, there is Kiritani Shuji who is a popular student and with Kusano Akira -who is kinda a weirdo- they decide to produce Nobuko to make her become a popular girl.

Things won't always go as planned, but in the end the 3 of them will become real friends even if at the start they have nothing in common. I just didn't really like the ending - but I won't reveal the plot :x-

This is a great story and the characters are really interesting, I especially liked the character of Kusano Akira and his weirdness - Kon-Kon!-

 
 
 
You can watch the 10 episodes with English sub on Crazy Drama.

Week #3 top 3!

This week I'm a little late and it will be a K-pop -Korean pop- top 3 instead, so hot boys and nice dance moves are on the program >_<

#1 F-Cuz -Jiggy


#2 BEAST - Special (I only found a live performance :x)


#3 Dong Bang Shin Ki - MIROTIC


Get some popcorn and enjoy the show ^_^

The last Airbender: The Movie

Yesterday, I went to see the movie: The last Airbender . I loved the anime, it was a great show, but the movie is really so-so. If you watched the show and liked it you will be probably as disappointed as I was. it quickly jumps from a scene to another without real connection, actors are - excuse me - bad except for Hiro (Shaun Toub) and Zuko (Dev Patel) and also maybe Aang (Noah Ringer) as the kid playing him is not an actor to start with, but a martial arts kiddo, so knowing that he actually performed very well. The actress playing Katara (Nicola Peltz) is the worst. Imho, the casting choice wasn't the best and they lost the spirit of the original show, it's just a special effects movie, so if you like good special effects, you will be happy, but as a fan of the animated show, you will be disappointed for sure.

Deep in my heart I knew this movie would be a fail, but I wanted to see it anyway, I know I just threw 10$, but well... *rolleyes*

To make it worst it was only available in 3D, which didn't add anything to the movie except annoying me as I need to wear glasses already so adding 3D glasses is just annoying for me. :x

There were some good points, Special effects are really amazing, Appa and Momo are really well done (we don't see them a lot -which is sad as they are in some way important second role characters in the anime show), some sceneries are really beautiful and combats are not bad. The story line is also close to the show, so it's a good point, at least for me as I hate when people adapt an already existing show and can't refrain from adding their own stuff generally it's just bad and add nothing to the story.

For more information about the movie you can check this wiki: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Last_Airbender

Last trailer:


You can also check the anime show on animecrazy.net: http://www.animecrazy.net/avatar-the-last-airbender-anime/