Rakuten Free Web Manga

[Mulboyne]

Rakuten is running a campaign offering a free web version of the "Salaryman Kintaro" manga (Japanese only). You watch a few seconds of Rakuten advertising and then get the story.
http://event.rakuten.co.jp/kintaro/

Click this button for the free (no sound) shockwave version:

The button below will give you access to the soundtrack but you'll need to register as a member first. If you do register, you qualify for the "Rakuten Points" prize.

[Mulboyne]

You have to pay for this one


Kyodo Via Japan Today: Gentosha begins sales of English 'manga' on website
Gentosha Comics Inc said Tuesday it has started distributing a series of "manga" in English on its website in a bid to expand sales of the copyrights of its comics abroad. Readers can download a package of five comics for 210 yen, or about $1.91, every month at the firm's serialized web comic magazine called "GENZO".
http://www.gentosha-comics.net/genzo-e

[Taro Toporific]

Companies scramble to offer cellphone comics - manga - to Japanese on the go
canada.com Financial News, August 22, 2005
TOKYO (AP) -Sony Pictures Entertainment Inc. will almost triple the number of comic books it formats for viewing on cellphones, a company official said Monday, making it the No.1 provider of "manga" for Japanese turning to their handsets for entertainment.
The move means Sony will offer 300 titles, compared with less than half that figure combined by top rivals NTT Solmare and Toppan Publishing....
....Tapping into the manga fan market would also be lucrative for mobile content developers. Japan's Nomura Research Institute estimates that manga maniacs spent an estimated 100 billion yen ($906 million US) on comics in 2004.
Viewers pay 315 yen ($2.9o US) to download five manga titles a month by an artist of their choice. Sony Pictures Entertainment plans to introduce some 300 titles over the next year, while NTT Solmare and Toppan also plan to boost their libraries.