Area 88 thread

>>12179662
I think it'd be cool if you did. Did Viz ever completely translate the series? Have you scanned stuff before? How many volumes is the wideban edition?

>>12179877
Viz didn't finish it.
No one has finished it, really.

>>12179662
1) I will be interested.
2) Maybe.
3) I'm not an editor, sorry.

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I also bought v1 of Red Prowling Devil to scan. I've never read it, but it seems like an Area 88 knockoff, which I'm okay with.

>>12181398
How far did Viz get in their translation? What would OP do once he ran out of translated volumes?

>>12182641

Viz covered maybe 6 volumes (a little over 2 oft he wideban reprint), leaving 8 wideban volumes left.

That would be great OP.
I've wanted to read this since watching the OVA.

>>12182671
Sounds like a massive project. I assume the wideban volumes are over 500 pages each?

>>12179662
I've got some experience typesetting and cleaning manga; if you don't totally arse up the scans I could give it a go.

>>12182802

600+ DPI, Canon 9000F, debinding won't be a problem and I scan shit all the time. Leave an email and I'll get back to you. The issues should be here on Tuesday or so.

>>12182939
Hey, sorry I'm a bit late, needed to get a not-my-real-name account set up since I haven't needed one in a while. I'm at [email protected]

Does anyone know if Viz's translation was even okay? They did it way back in the shitty era where they printed everything left to right.

This reminds me. I should dl the anime and ova again.

>>12184958
While I would think the general dialogue would be mostly fine, I would be wary of their terminology translations.

Has anyone scanlated the volumes Viz didn't do? I went looking a while back but couldn't find anything.

>>12184986

There's not a lot of insane terminology in it. I have all of the tanko, and I made it through OK.

Of course, my J-go is sorely lacking these days...

>>12179662
Oh, god, please. Please do, anon.
The only scans I can find end at a crazy cliffhanger.

>>12184915

Thanks.

>>12179662

totally interested

>>12188848
Just shoot me an email when you have the scans; I'm assuming you'll be sending over both the Viz and wideban raws?