February issue of Dragon Age preordered

That's pretty much all I have to say.  It should be in between the 10th and 14th of January, most likely, so expect the new chapter around then.

HOTD volumes: need editors

Hello, all.  A few start-up groups who want to do HOTD volume 6 have recently been brought to my attention, so this is addressed to you guys:  We should work together to get HOTD stuff done.

There are raws of volume 6 out there, but they aren't the best quality.  I've actually scanned volume 6 myself at an extremely high resolution, plus I can translate the extra stuff, so we could put out something much better if we worked together rather than if you used the public raws by yourselves.

Also, I didn't really want to bring attention to it yet, but actually one of my goals with this blog was to eventually redo all the volumes.  XLG did fine with the resources they had, but the resolution on the pages is too low to and the brightness is overdone so a lot of detail is lost.  Needless to say, scanlating 6 volumes is a lot of work, so I haven't done much yet myself.  However, the translations are basically done and I've already scanned the raws of the 6 volumes and they're more or less ready to be edited.  But, it's looking increasingly like I'll never have the time to do them all by myself.

So people out there who want to do volume 6 or the earlier volumes, or anyone who is a skilled editor who's good at redrawing and can join spreads: please send me an email (I now have an email address listed on the left side of the page) showing me what you're capable of and we can work together to produce the best quality releases of the volumes possible.

HOTD Art Book

This took a while for me to put out.  Although I scanned it right after getting the magazine it came with, I decided it would probably be a better idea not to put it up while it was still available in stores in Japan, plus I've been very busy in real life.

Well anyway, I've separated it into two parts: illustrations from the anime and illustrations from Shouji Sato.  Both are completely raw scans.  I haven't done anything with them, and they're both ridiculously huge and pretty unrefined looking as a result.  If anyone out there wants to join the images and adjust the colors and stuff, well, that's up to you, but I don't have the time to do it myself at the moment.

The Shouji Sato portion contains the cover, a new illustration, the complete SchDead Museum, and the prequel novel which was originally in an issue of Dragon Age a couple years back before the hiatus started.

The anime portion contains a number of illustrations from the character designer for the anime.

As for the color edition preview, well, there's not much to see there so I didn't bother.  It's just the first 20 pages or so of the first volume in color.  It looks pretty good, but I don't see the point in me translating it when I'm already planning on doing the whole volume anyway.  Sorry for going back on what I say so much... First I said I'd do the 4-koma, and this time I said I'd do the color preview...  I have a tendency to overestimate how much free time I'll have.

Well, without further ado...
Shouji Sato Illustrations
Anime Illustrations

Oh, one other thing.  You may notice that there are no more ads on the site.  My AdSense account was disabled for "invalid clicks" so I can't make up for raw costs that way anymore.  I'm not going to ask anything too unreasonable, but if you can spare a little money, the donation button is still good.  I make enough at my job in real life that I should hopefully still be able to afford the magazine and import costs every couple months if a few people donate, but if I run into trouble, don't get mad if I start asking for donations.  It's not that I want to make money from this... I just don't want to lose a substantial amount of money.  Scanning the series takes money unfortunately, and I'm still a student so I don't yet have a full-time job.  Many thanks to those of you who have donated already!

Well, enough of that.  The next chapter comes out in less than a month, so I guess I'll see you again then.  I hope you have a happy holiday season, whatever that may mean for you.

Highschool of the Dead chapter 28

Well, what do you know, I got the chapter in today after all.

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This is where I'd say "See ya in two months!" but actually, I wanted to let you know that I'm planning on putting the art book that came with this issue up eventually.  With no hyperbole, it's FUCKING HUGE, so when I put it up it'll be in several parts.  Give me some time.

Also, this issue announced that there is going to be a full color re-release of the first four volumes of Highschool of the Dead.  There's not a whole lot of info yet, but we do know they're coming out in spring 2011, will be 176 pages (does that mean we'll get some extra stuff with each volume?), and are going to be B5 size.  For reference, B5 is just slightly smaller than standard size printer paper, so for a manga release, this is huge.  These volumes should be a treat, and if I can, I'd love to be able to translate them for you.

There was a preview for the full color edition included in the art book, so I'm planning on translating that so you can have an idea of what it'll be like.

Anyway, enjoy the chapter, and help me out if you can!!  I'm poor. ;_;

Dragon Age December 2010 issue preordered.

Sorry for a lack of updates, but I really don't have much to post about.  I might try doing the Saikin no Dead spin-off or the 4 koma parody Highschool of the Head sometime, but those are kind of low priority and I'm occupied with a lot of other things at the moment.

Anyway, this post is just sort of an update to let you know I'm alive, and as the title says, I preordered the next issue of Dragon Age, which comes out November 9th.  This issue is supposed to contain the next chapter of HOTD, and I'll try to get it out as quickly as I can once I get the magazine.  Many thanks to those who've donated or supported my scanlation through the ads on this site!  Buying things from Japan is very expensive right now, so every little bit helps.

Highschool of the Dead chapter 27

As promised, here it is.  I've tried to imitate the typesetting style used by the old scanlators for consistency, and also because I like it.

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Let me know if either link goes down.

I feel a little pathetic for asking, but do you see that DONATE button there?  If you can spare it, please consider donating to help pay for raws.  It's not cheap to import Dragon Age and I'm poor. ;_;

Dragon Age October 2010 Issue Preordered

Just a quick update in case anyone out there is checking this site already, which I kind of doubt: I've ordered the October issue of Dragon Age which contains chapter 27 of Highschool of the Dead.  I expect to get it around the 13th of September, so I'll try to get a translation ready that same day!