| Question - is there a manga reader for use on a pc? [message #385572] |
Thu, 01 August 2019 12:56  |
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Originally posted by: Yes
Hello,
I'm new to manga and this is the first time posting here, so these may
be old questions.
One, is there a legit site that publishes manga from multiple authors
that does not require a paid subscription membership? There are some
anime series I watch which are originally based on manga, and I'd like
to read the manga to see how the story lines and characters differ.
Two, is there a recommended manga reader to use? I'll be using my pc
to reaad the manga, not a smartphone. I can use Windows 8.1 Pro, Linux
Mint or Ubuntu but my first choice would be one for Windows 8.1. I'm
looking for a reader that will let me use most if not all of my screen
to size and display the manga panel in full. I've found that
smartphone displays are either too small for me to read or only
partially show a panel and require moving it around in order to see the
entire panel, which I find disruptive.
TIA,
John
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| Re: Question - is there a manga reader for use on a pc? [message #385579 is a reply to message #385572] |
Thu, 01 August 2019 16:40  |
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Originally posted by: Bobbie Sellers
On 8/1/19 9:56 AM, Yes wrote:
> Hello,
>
> I'm new to manga and this is the first time posting here, so these may
> be old questions.
>
> One, is there a legit site that publishes manga from multiple authors
> that does not require a paid subscription membership? There are some
> anime series I watch which are originally based on manga, and I'd like
> to read the manga to see how the story lines and characters differ.
There are many sites but what do you mean by legal. Most sites
will pull material if authors object.
For example the original graphic novel format of Maisson Ikkoku
left out episodes that were in the manga but this was later corrected in
the un-flopped but translated version from VIZ.
>
> Two, is there a recommended manga reader to use? I'll be using my pc
> to reaad the manga, not a smartphone. I can use Windows 8.1 Pro, Linux
> Mint or Ubuntu but my first choice would be one for Windows 8.1. I'm
> looking for a reader that will let me use most if not all of my screen
> to size and display the manga panel in full. I've found that
> smartphone displays are either too small for me to read or only
> partially show a panel and require moving it around in order to see the
> entire panel, which I find disruptive.
>
> TIA,
>
> John
>
I have been using my browser to read off most sites.
For downloaded stuff depending on format, discrete images I use
Gwenview, and pdfs I use Ocular. Both are Linux but on old Windows
XP I used Irfanview for the discrete images by which I mean files
of .jpg or .pgn usually compressed into .zip archieves.
I am using a laptop with a 1920 x 1080 screen and use
Ctrl + to enlarge small print and image size or Ctrl - to view
the pages that stretch across double width. Laptop is not ideal
but must be better than a phone.
You should have no trouble in Linux getting full screen
displays in any tool.
bliss
--
bliss dash SF 4 ever at dslextreme dot com
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| Re: Question - is there a manga reader for use on a pc? [message #385604 is a reply to message #385579] |
Fri, 02 August 2019 01:20 |
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Originally posted by: Yes
Bobbie Sellers wrote:
> On 8/1/19 9:56 AM, Yes wrote:
>> Hello,
>>
>> I'm new to manga and this is the first time posting here, so these
>> may be old questions.
>>
>> One, is there a legit site that publishes manga from multiple
>> authors that does not require a paid subscription membership?
>> There are some anime series I watch which are originally based on
>> manga, and I'd like to read the manga to see how the story lines
>> and characters differ.
>
> There are many sites but what do you mean by legal. Most sites
> will pull material if authors object.
> For example the original graphic novel format of Maisson Ikkoku
> left out episodes that were in the manga but this was later corrected
> in the un-flopped but translated version from VIZ.
>
>
>>
>> Two, is there a recommended manga reader to use? I'll be using my
>> pc to reaad the manga, not a smartphone. I can use Windows 8.1
>> Pro, Linux Mint or Ubuntu but my first choice would be one for
>> Windows 8.1. I'm looking for a reader that will let me use most if
>> not all of my screen to size and display the manga panel in full.
>> I've found that smartphone displays are either too small for me to
>> read or only partially show a panel and require moving it around in
>> order to see the entire panel, which I find disruptive.
>>
>> TIA,
>>
>> John
>>
> I have been using my browser to read off most sites.
> For downloaded stuff depending on format, discrete images I use
> Gwenview, and pdfs I use Ocular. Both are Linux but on old Windows
> XP I used Irfanview for the discrete images by which I mean files
> of .jpg or .pgn usually compressed into .zip archieves.
>
> I am using a laptop with a 1920 x 1080 screen and use
> Ctrl + to enlarge small print and image size or Ctrl - to view
> the pages that stretch across double width. Laptop is not ideal
> but must be better than a phone.
> You should have no trouble in Linux getting full screen
> displays in any tool.
>
> bliss
by legit (legal), I was thinking of sites that have the permission of
the author to show their work.
I don't know what file format manga titles use. I had assumed manga
would use a standardized file format and to require a dedicated viewer.
I have an account at Crunchyroll, and its manga viewer is designed for
use on an android smartphone only, not windows. CR already told me
that its viewer is the only way to view their manga content.
So what would you suggest for a site to get started finding and reading
manga. Um, the manga would need to have English (su)titling so that I
could follow the story.
John
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| Re: Question - is there a manga reader for use on a pc? [message #385621 is a reply to message #385604] |
Fri, 02 August 2019 10:50 |
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Originally posted by: Bobbie Sellers
On 8/1/19 10:20 PM, Yes wrote:
> Bobbie Sellers wrote:
>
>> On 8/1/19 9:56 AM, Yes wrote:
>>> Hello,
>>>
>>> I'm new to manga and this is the first time posting here, so these
>>> may be old questions.
>>>
>>> One, is there a legit site that publishes manga from multiple
>>> authors that does not require a paid subscription membership?
>>> There are some anime series I watch which are originally based on
>>> manga, and I'd like to read the manga to see how the story lines
>>> and characters differ.
>>
>> There are many sites but what do you mean by legal. Most sites
>> will pull material if authors object.
>> For example the original graphic novel format of Maisson Ikkoku
>> left out episodes that were in the manga but this was later corrected
>> in the un-flopped but translated version from VIZ.
>>
>>
>>>
>>> Two, is there a recommended manga reader to use? I'll be using my
>>> pc to reaad the manga, not a smartphone. I can use Windows 8.1
>>> Pro, Linux Mint or Ubuntu but my first choice would be one for
>>> Windows 8.1. I'm looking for a reader that will let me use most if
>>> not all of my screen to size and display the manga panel in full.
>>> I've found that smartphone displays are either too small for me to
>>> read or only partially show a panel and require moving it around in
>>> order to see the entire panel, which I find disruptive.
>>>
>>> TIA,
>>>
>>> John
>>>
>> I have been using my browser to read off most sites.
>> For downloaded stuff depending on format, discrete images I use
>> Gwenview, and pdfs I use Ocular. Both are Linux but on old Windows
>> XP I used Irfanview for the discrete images by which I mean files
>> of .jpg or .pgn usually compressed into .zip archieves.
>>
>> I am using a laptop with a 1920 x 1080 screen and use
>> Ctrl + to enlarge small print and image size or Ctrl - to view
>> the pages that stretch across double width. Laptop is not ideal
>> but must be better than a phone.
>> You should have no trouble in Linux getting full screen
>> displays in any tool.
>>
>> bliss
>
> by legit (legal), I was thinking of sites that have the permission of
> the author to show their work.
>
> I don't know what file format manga titles use. I had assumed manga
> would use a standardized file format and to require a dedicated viewer.
> I have an account at Crunchyroll, and its manga viewer is designed for
> use on an android smartphone only, not windows. CR already told me
> that its viewer is the only way to view their manga content.
>
> So what would you suggest for a site to get started finding and reading
> manga. Um, the manga would need to have English (su)titling so that I
> could follow the story.
>
> John
>
No one site is perfect. Search on "read manga online"
I use mangafox to keep up, mangatown for some things, mangapark
and kissmanga for others. Join rec.arts.manga and see what a
few of us have been reading.
Since mangatraders was taken down by bad hats I don't look
for many downloads.
All these have English translation not subtitles which are
on anime that are "fansubbed", Live-Evil maintains a good presence
on bittorrent and IRC as does horriblesubs, I haven't been to
horrible subs since all the seasons of Genshiken were published
and since I have all the volumes of the manga here both digially
and legally in the published story.
Searching on the name of the manga and read online will
find you some nice stuff like, "Hyougemono" aka "Tea for Life"
which has no authorized English version so far which is a story
about a character who like Yamouchi Chiyo and Kazuto lived their
lives in the Era of Warring states and survived by diligent
service in turn to Nobunaga, Hideyoshi, and Ieyasu. But this
about a warrior who became entranced by beauty and tea.
In some cases one man does the translation for the
the love of manga and a very good story.
bliss
--
bliss dash SF 4 ever at dslextreme dot com
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| Re: Question - is there a manga reader for use on a pc? [message #385622 is a reply to message #385572] |
Fri, 02 August 2019 12:00 |
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Originally posted by: Derek J Decker
On Thu, 01 Aug 2019 16:56:21 +0000, Yes wrote:
> Hello,
>
> I'm new to manga and this is the first time posting here, so these may
> be old questions.
>
> One, is there a legit site that publishes manga from multiple authors
> that does not require a paid subscription membership? There are some
> anime series I watch which are originally based on manga, and I'd like
> to read the manga to see how the story lines and characters differ.
There are a large number of free sites like that that showcase the work
of scanslators, groups that acquire manga in Japanese and translate it.
The people who pay to license manga aren't going to give away the product
free online.
> Two, is there a recommended manga reader to use? I'll be using my pc to
> reaad the manga, not a smartphone. I can use Windows 8.1 Pro, Linux
> Mint or Ubuntu but my first choice would be one for Windows 8.1. I'm
> looking for a reader that will let me use most if not all of my screen
> to size and display the manga panel in full. I've found that smartphone
> displays are either too small for me to read or only partially show a
> panel and require moving it around in order to see the entire panel,
> which I find disruptive.
I can't speak for Windows, but in the Ubuntu repositories is the program
Comix, which is a reader for CBR files, the standard format for digital
comics. You may see variants on the name - CBZ, etc as the standard
allows for different forms of compression - rar, zip , tgz, etc. These
files are basically just a compressed group of image files.
Comix has worked well for me for offline reading of manga.
-Derek
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| Re: Question - is there a manga reader for use on a pc? [message #385641 is a reply to message #385604] |
Sat, 03 August 2019 06:21 |
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Originally posted by: Alpatron
"Yes" <noone@invalid.invalid.com> wrote in news:qi0h6v$66r$1@dont-email.me:
> Bobbie Sellers wrote:
>
>> On 8/1/19 9:56 AM, Yes wrote:
>>> Hello,
>>>
>>> I'm new to manga and this is the first time posting here, so these
>>> may be old questions.
>>>
>>> One, is there a legit site that publishes manga from multiple
>>> authors that does not require a paid subscription membership?
>>> There are some anime series I watch which are originally based on
>>> manga, and I'd like to read the manga to see how the story lines
>>> and characters differ.
>>
>> There are many sites but what do you mean by legal. Most sites
>> will pull material if authors object.
>> For example the original graphic novel format of Maisson Ikkoku
>> left out episodes that were in the manga but this was later corrected
>> in the un-flopped but translated version from VIZ.
>>
>>
>>>
>>> Two, is there a recommended manga reader to use? I'll be using my
>>> pc to reaad the manga, not a smartphone. I can use Windows 8.1
>>> Pro, Linux Mint or Ubuntu but my first choice would be one for
>>> Windows 8.1. I'm looking for a reader that will let me use most if
>>> not all of my screen to size and display the manga panel in full.
>>> I've found that smartphone displays are either too small for me to
>>> read or only partially show a panel and require moving it around in
>>> order to see the entire panel, which I find disruptive.
>>>
>>> TIA,
>>>
>>> John
>>>
>> I have been using my browser to read off most sites.
>> For downloaded stuff depending on format, discrete images I use
>> Gwenview, and pdfs I use Ocular. Both are Linux but on old Windows
>> XP I used Irfanview for the discrete images by which I mean files
>> of .jpg or .pgn usually compressed into .zip archieves.
>>
>> I am using a laptop with a 1920 x 1080 screen and use
>> Ctrl + to enlarge small print and image size or Ctrl - to view
>> the pages that stretch across double width. Laptop is not ideal
>> but must be better than a phone.
>> You should have no trouble in Linux getting full screen
>> displays in any tool.
>>
>> bliss
>
> by legit (legal), I was thinking of sites that have the permission of
> the author to show their work.
>
> I don't know what file format manga titles use. I had assumed manga
> would use a standardized file format and to require a dedicated viewer.
> I have an account at Crunchyroll, and its manga viewer is designed for
> use on an android smartphone only, not windows. CR already told me
> that its viewer is the only way to view their manga content.
>
> So what would you suggest for a site to get started finding and reading
> manga. Um, the manga would need to have English (su)titling so that I
> could follow the story.
>
> John
>
You can get digital manga legally from comiXology. Most of the manga is available
only through their website or mobile app due to licensing, but you can download some
releases DRM free. They manga releases are really high-quality with ridiculously
high resolutions. They also offer a nifty feature called "guided view", which allows
you to automatically scroll from panel to panel.
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| Re: Question - is there a manga reader for use on a pc? [message #385645 is a reply to message #385621] |
Sat, 03 August 2019 10:03 |
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Originally posted by: Yes
Bobbie Sellers wrote:
> On 8/1/19 10:20 PM, Yes wrote:
>> Bobbie Sellers wrote:
>>
>>> On 8/1/19 9:56 AM, Yes wrote:
>>>> Hello,
>>>>
>>>> I'm new to manga and this is the first time posting here, so
>>>> these may be old questions.
>>>>
>>>> One, is there a legit site that publishes manga from multiple
>>>> authors that does not require a paid subscription membership?
>>>> There are some anime series I watch which are originally based
>>>> on manga, and I'd like to read the manga to see how the story
>>>> lines and characters differ.
>>>
>>> There are many sites but what do you mean by legal. Most sites
>>> will pull material if authors object.
>>> For example the original graphic novel format of Maisson Ikkoku
>>> left out episodes that were in the manga but this was later
>>> corrected in the un-flopped but translated version from VIZ.
>>>
>>>
>>>>
>>>> Two, is there a recommended manga reader to use? I'll be using
>>>> my pc to reaad the manga, not a smartphone. I can use Windows
>>>> 8.1 Pro, Linux Mint or Ubuntu but my first choice would be one
>>>> for Windows 8.1. I'm looking for a reader that will let me use
>>>> most if not all of my screen to size and display the manga
>>>> panel in full. I've found that smartphone displays are either
>>>> too small for me to read or only partially show a panel and
>>>> require moving it around in order to see the entire panel,
>>>> which I find disruptive.
>>>>
>>>> TIA,
>>>>
>>>> John
>>>>
>>> I have been using my browser to read off most sites.
>>> For downloaded stuff depending on format, discrete images I use
>>> Gwenview, and pdfs I use Ocular. Both are Linux but on old Windows
>>> XP I used Irfanview for the discrete images by which I mean files
>>> of .jpg or .pgn usually compressed into .zip archieves.
>>>
>>> I am using a laptop with a 1920 x 1080 screen and use
>>> Ctrl + to enlarge small print and image size or Ctrl - to view
>>> the pages that stretch across double width. Laptop is not ideal
>>> but must be better than a phone.
>>> You should have no trouble in Linux getting full screen
>>> displays in any tool.
>>>
>>> bliss
>>
>> by legit (legal), I was thinking of sites that have the permission
>> of the author to show their work.
>>
>> I don't know what file format manga titles use. I had assumed
>> manga would use a standardized file format and to require a
>> dedicated viewer. I have an account at Crunchyroll, and its manga
>> viewer is designed for use on an android smartphone only, not
>> windows. CR already told me that its viewer is the only way to
>> view their manga content.
>>
>> So what would you suggest for a site to get started finding and
>> reading manga. Um, the manga would need to have English
>> (su)titling so that I could follow the story.
>>
>> John
>>
> No one site is perfect. Search on "read manga online"
> I use mangafox to keep up, mangatown for some things, mangapark
> and kissmanga for others. Join rec.arts.manga and see what a
> few of us have been reading.
>
> Since mangatraders was taken down by bad hats I don't look
> for many downloads.
> All these have English translation not subtitles which are
> on anime that are "fansubbed", Live-Evil maintains a good presence
> on bittorrent and IRC as does horriblesubs, I haven't been to
> horrible subs since all the seasons of Genshiken were published
> and since I have all the volumes of the manga here both digially
> and legally in the published story.
>
> Searching on the name of the manga and read online will
> find you some nice stuff like, "Hyougemono" aka "Tea for Life"
> which has no authorized English version so far which is a story
> about a character who like Yamouchi Chiyo and Kazuto lived their
> lives in the Era of Warring states and survived by diligent
> service in turn to Nobunaga, Hideyoshi, and Ieyasu. But this
> about a warrior who became entranced by beauty and tea.
>
> In some cases one man does the translation for the
> the love of manga and a very good story.
>
> bliss
Thanks.
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| Re: Question - is there a manga reader for use on a pc? [message #385646 is a reply to message #385641] |
Sat, 03 August 2019 10:03 |
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Originally posted by: Yes
Alpatron wrote:
> "Yes" <noone@invalid.invalid.com> wrote in
> news:qi0h6v$66r$1@dont-email.me:
>
>> Bobbie Sellers wrote:
>>
>>> On 8/1/19 9:56 AM, Yes wrote:
>>>> Hello,
>>>>
>>>> I'm new to manga and this is the first time posting here, so
> these >> > may be old questions.
>>>>
>>>> One, is there a legit site that publishes manga from multiple
>>>> authors that does not require a paid subscription membership?
>>>> There are some anime series I watch which are originally based on
>>>> manga, and I'd like to read the manga to see how the story lines
>>>> and characters differ.
>>>
>>> There are many sites but what do you mean by legal. Most
> sites >> will pull material if authors object.
>>> For example the original graphic novel format of Maisson
> Ikkoku >> left out episodes that were in the manga but this was later
> corrected >> in the un-flopped but translated version from VIZ.
>>>
>>>
>>>>
>>>> Two, is there a recommended manga reader to use? I'll be using
> my >> > pc to reaad the manga, not a smartphone. I can use Windows
> 8.1 >> > Pro, Linux Mint or Ubuntu but my first choice would be one
> for >> > Windows 8.1. I'm looking for a reader that will let me use
> most if >> > not all of my screen to size and display the manga panel
> in full. >> > I've found that smartphone displays are either too
> small for me to >> > read or only partially show a panel and require
> moving it around in >> > order to see the entire panel, which I find
> disruptive. >> >
>>>> TIA,
>>>>
>>>> John
>>>>
>>> I have been using my browser to read off most sites.
>>> For downloaded stuff depending on format, discrete images I use
>>> Gwenview, and pdfs I use Ocular. Both are Linux but on old Windows
>>> XP I used Irfanview for the discrete images by which I mean files
>>> of .jpg or .pgn usually compressed into .zip archieves.
>>>
>>> I am using a laptop with a 1920 x 1080 screen and use
>>> Ctrl + to enlarge small print and image size or Ctrl - to view
>>> the pages that stretch across double width. Laptop is not ideal
>>> but must be better than a phone.
>>> You should have no trouble in Linux getting full screen
>>> displays in any tool.
>>>
>>> bliss
>>
>> by legit (legal), I was thinking of sites that have the permission
>> of the author to show their work.
>>
>> I don't know what file format manga titles use. I had assumed
>> manga would use a standardized file format and to require a
>> dedicated viewer. I have an account at Crunchyroll, and its manga
>> viewer is designed for use on an android smartphone only, not
>> windows. CR already told me that its viewer is the only way to
>> view their manga content.
>>
>> So what would you suggest for a site to get started finding and
>> reading manga. Um, the manga would need to have English
>> (su)titling so that I could follow the story.
>>
>> John
>>
>
> You can get digital manga legally from comiXology. Most of the manga
> is available only through their website or mobile app due to
> licensing, but you can download some releases DRM free. They manga
> releases are really high-quality with ridiculously high resolutions.
> They also offer a nifty feature called "guided view", which allows
> you to automatically scroll from panel to panel.
Thanks.
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| Re: Question - is there a manga reader for use on a pc? [message #385647 is a reply to message #385622] |
Sat, 03 August 2019 10:04 |
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Originally posted by: Yes
Derek J Decker wrote:
> On Thu, 01 Aug 2019 16:56:21 +0000, Yes wrote:
>
>> Hello,
>>
>> I'm new to manga and this is the first time posting here, so these
>> may be old questions.
>>
>> One, is there a legit site that publishes manga from multiple
>> authors that does not require a paid subscription membership?
>> There are some anime series I watch which are originally based on
>> manga, and I'd like to read the manga to see how the story lines
>> and characters differ.
>
> There are a large number of free sites like that that showcase the
> work of scanslators, groups that acquire manga in Japanese and
> translate it.
>
> The people who pay to license manga aren't going to give away the
> product free online.
>
>
>> Two, is there a recommended manga reader to use? I'll be using my
>> pc to reaad the manga, not a smartphone. I can use Windows 8.1
>> Pro, Linux Mint or Ubuntu but my first choice would be one for
>> Windows 8.1. I'm looking for a reader that will let me use most if
>> not all of my screen to size and display the manga panel in full.
>> I've found that smartphone displays are either too small for me to
>> read or only partially show a panel and require moving it around in
>> order to see the entire panel, which I find disruptive.
>
> I can't speak for Windows, but in the Ubuntu repositories is the
> program Comix, which is a reader for CBR files, the standard format
> for digital comics. You may see variants on the name - CBZ, etc as
> the standard allows for different forms of compression - rar, zip ,
> tgz, etc. These files are basically just a compressed group of image
> files.
>
> Comix has worked well for me for offline reading of manga.
>
> -Derek
Thanks.
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