Ragnarok Vol. 3 on the Amazon Kindle?

[bobalunatic]

In a desperate attempt to hunt down the Chuang Yi translations, I hit up the series on Amazon and got this curious result.

Volume 3, but only for the Kindle? Does anyone have any information on this? Unfortunately, I don't have a Kindle; otherwise, I would buy it myself and see. If this is a legitimate continuation of the translation, then I will

Comments

[kiraqueen]

Have you seen this?

http://www.amazon.com/gp/feature.html/ref=sa_menu_karl3?ie=UTF8&docId=1000493771

You can actually read Kindle format books on your computer or any of a few other mobile devices!

[bobalunatic]

I feel silly for not realizing that I could do this. I'm downloading it as we speak. I'll let everyone know how it goes!

[melfra]

Whoa, cool! If I remember right, wasn't the original release like that, too? Back with their whole "tee-hee, learn Japanese by reading manga" stint?

[bobalunatic]

I don't have either of the ADV translations with me at the moment, so I can't really compare. I don't believe that this translation of volume 3 is by ADV, though.

[melfra]

Well, the only reason I remembered so vividly is because it made such a negative impact on me. I eventually got into scanlating because of how appalled I was by legit books at the time... I'll have to buy this soon!

[bobalunatic]

Ah, that bad, huh? At least something good came out of it, then!

But really, I'm pretty sure that this version is worse than the ADV one. :|;;;

[michi_6278]

Hey, that's pretty neat! It's just too bad it only goes up to volume three. :/ But who am I to complain? I can read Japanese after all >.>;;

[bobalunatic]

My hope is that they're working on volume 4! Volume 3 was released on February 23, 2011, apparently, so it's possible that they do intend to finish the series. Which is why I'm hoping everyone will pitch in for an e-copy if possible to show our support!

[mayurasan]

Thanks for pointing this out. I totally bought it ^^

[bobalunatic]

Awesome! \o/

[awefuloffkilter]

OMGOMGOMG I'm so glad my mom bought a kindle now~ <3

Is there anyway we can track down what company is doing this? I really want to show my support. :X

Anyway, thanks so much for the heads up. If you need any help find the Chuang Yi releases in paper I have a few sites. Although most are out of stock. ~_~

[bobalunatic]

My pleasure! This was too good a find to keep quiet about. The publisher is "A-Net Digital LLC", and the translation is supervised by JN Productions (not exactly sure what that entails), which seems to be a translation company in Honolulu. I'm thinking about sending them an e-mail or somesuch to show my support too! A-Net's contact page is here. Curiously, it's the only page on their site that doesn't ask for a user name and password, both of which I'm having a hard time creating for lack of a registration page. I don't know if it's just me having this problem.

I wonder how well sales for this translation is doing, though, since it's a relatively old series with a niche audience. I'm also curious as to why they didn't start with the first series, just like ADV...

Really? :O I'd love to have those sites for the Chuang Yi releases, especially if they ship to the U.S.!

[awefuloffkilter]

excuse the account

[realityanchor]

Ah, yeah, I contacted about Eiwa about it, and they said that Chuang Yi hasn't been printing the Loki series anymore since it's so old. x| Apparently, they get a lot of requests for it, too, which I suppose is a good sign as far as the life of the Loki fanbase goes...?

I'm staring at the two volumes Tamarket DOES have in stock and wondering if I should get these or wait for more. What if more never come?? OTL

Thank you for the links!