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Your free online manga sites are listed here.
If you read manga in book format, you probably want more. And why not? Manga rocks! But a lot-and I mean a lot-of the good stuff isn't always available in print in English. But thanks to a ton of bilingual fans, there is plenty of manga available on the Internet for those of us who want to read manga online!
There are online manga sites listed here to get your started, and a steady listing of sites posted on www.read-manga-online.com.
For those who are into anime and just starting to check out manga, dip your foot in the pool! Most popular anime is based on manga--print versions--of your favorite series. And while anime is great, check out the lastest manga sometime. In this format, the stories and graphics tend to have more detail and more nuance than animators can fit into the short running time of anime.
Getting It On (line)
A lot of manga gets to the Internet via "scanlation" (this is a combination of the words scanned and translated). Scanlations are often done to translate manga to a language it never would be in otherwise like English or French.
Scanlations are generally made available for free via the Internet, either by direct download from various Websites or peer-to-peer networks like BitTorrent. On those sites where you have to pay, some let your subscribe for a fee and others let you pay one price to download one book.
Who Offers It
Scanlation originally started as fan projects, and most still are. Fans would translate the manga for others because there were so few commercial releases on manga in the West and importing manga was difficult. A lot of fans would organize into manga groups and offer all their collective scanlations on their own webpage and channel for downloading files. When larger companies like Del Rey, Tokyopop and Viz saw the popularity of scanlations, they too started offering their own manga titles online. Now, there are quite a few Web sites around that offer manga online.
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Where Do I Find Manga Online?
Recent years have been marked by an explosive increase in the number of groups and consequently, scanlated manga available to read online. Several sites list daily releases and maintain databases on projects and scanlation groups. These sites can be used for tracking releases, searching by genre, looking for synopses, and so on. Let's start you off with a few:
- Mangavolume.com is a major index for online manga that is easy to read. The home page lists all the newest stuff. Click on the Manga Directory to see the list of series or there is a little blue search bar that's kind of hard to see right about the list of series. Use that to find exactly what you want. When you click on a series, then click on an issue in that series, the manga opens up right in your browser-no downloading.
- SimpleManga.com - is as the name implies, simple to use. Click on the manga you want to see, then click on the issue to read. The site gives you clear instructions on how to use it to read the manga. It displays it right in the browser. The search engine doesn't work yet. But you can easily scroll through alphabetical lists.
- OneManga.com - lots of channels are offered here, very easy to view the manga. If you go to the directory, you see listing for much manga, even some of the very popular stuff.
- Stoptazmo.com - this is a forum with links to download manga. You have to register on the forum to become a member (free). Once registered, click on the manga you want, click on the link for which issue to download. It downloads a zip file on your computer. So the upside to this-you don't have to be online to read it manga. However, the downside is you do have to download files to your computer. Also, once you unzip the manga file, the manga is in a PNG file format. Windows usually can automatically open them (using Windows Picture Viewer) if you double click on them. If you have difficultly, you can always download a free PNG viewer from download.com.
- TokyoPop.com - Since they actually license a lot of manga in the US, their offerings are for profit-get out your wallet to view online manga. However they do make many of their manga available online.
More online manga sites updated on www.read-manga-online.com.
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I, too, have never heard of Manga, but I have anime. I'm not really a big fan. But great info.
I loooooooooooooooove manga a lot
So do I coco. So do I!
i started reading manga then wching the anime for it
I like both too. I admit, I tend to perfer manga versions more because of the story detail.
I think im addicted to manga!!!
Any cure????
manga is one of those things,you just gotta love its hard no too!
I understand your addition pufi_kris! Like sonja says, it's hard not to. Who needs a cure??!!! :>)
I KNO WHAT ALL OF YOU ARE SAYING ANIME IS ONLY ONE THING THAT YOU JUST HAVE TO LOVE IT IS EXTREAMLY HARD NOT TO!!!
Is there a reason this basically makes it sound like people are giving away manga for free online and that it's okay? At least tell people that the scanlators are infringing on the creators' copyright and that the pay sites are illegally profiting from this?
I love reading manga and watching anime.............. I love it when the characters are sooooooooo cuuuuuuuuuteeeeeeeeeeee
Lee, a lot of people scanlate and offer manga for free. That's the nature of scanlation, to share manga in other languages to those who wouldn't normally get it.
And the creators and their publishing houses ARE aware of it. Unlike the US record industry, Japanese publishers realize that scanlation and all this exposure helps sales by introducing manga to a much larger audience and the companies also find out what the public wants - free market research. Check out this really good article in Wired - http://www.wired.com/techbiz/media/magazine/15-11/
Paid manga sites are WRONG (unless they charge a NOMINAL fee to help with their server expenses). Free manga sites are RIGHT.
i love manga too
it's so popular in my school
Manga are the best books ever!!!!!!!!!!!!1
Manga is the best books ever!!!!!!!!!!!!1
what is manga
Manga are anime books. they're books but they're drawn have speech bubbles but have to be read a certain way and have a certain style.
i love manga it totally rockkkkkkkkkkkkkkkkkkkkkkkkkkkkkkkkkkkkkkkkkkkkkkkkkkkkkkkkkkkkkkkkkkkkkkkkkkkks
i like fruba and death note the best
I really appreciate you putting up this information. I really love anime and manga. I apprecite manga being scantalized(sounds naughty lol) online because I have more options, even though I buy my favorites =^.^= I am even starting to learn Japanese so I can read & watch straight from the source. Maybe one day I will be good enough to help with translations and support the case! `nya
I really appreciate you putting up this information. I really love anime and manga. I apprecite manga being scantalized(sounds naughty lol) online because I have more options, even though I buy my favorites =^.^= I am even starting to learn Japanese so I can read & watch straight from the source. Maybe one day I will be good enough to help with translations and support the case! `nya
I LOOOOOOOOOVE MANGA!!! & anime also! MY FAV ever was Tokyo Mew Mew!! And after is The Melancholy of Haruhi Suzumiya!!!! Anime/manga= <3
those who did not like reading manga will regret it.because comic is one of the most greatest thing in the world.
can you give me a free reading manga sites?
It seems most people that have commented really love manga lol =) I too really enjoy reading manga and also watching anime. I really like to draw anime characters but I find it difficult to draw characters from a manga, even if I find it easy drawing the same character from the anime instead. I love to read books, novels and whatever I can get my hands on and have done since I was a wee kiddy, now I write short stories since my imagination is obstreperous and usually runs off so I have to catch what it throws at me lol. Sorry babbling on, what I'm trying to say is I love Japanese culture and reading manga helps me to imagine what it would be like to live there in the present day and even in the past from some mangas without actually visiting the country myself. Some mangas are almost historically textbook accurate but at the same time engrossing to read instead of dead boring and they help put the country and most things about it into perspective. There are so many different types of manga that anyone in the world will definately find at least one that they enjoy. I like mangas compared to books probably because the drawing and the art work are usually so intense emotional that with one glimpse of a character you see the full extent of their anguish or their joy that in a book a whole page worth of words could not convey to the reader (is it not said that one picture is worth a thousand words?). Mangas are definately worth the effort to read even if only once, but if you are reading for the first time I think it is important to pick your first manga carefully as some people do not appreciate yaoi or yuri lol!
manga's are absolutely fabulous..for ppl like me who doesn't know japanese translations are the only resort..but still it is excellent..my favourites include la corda d'oro and cardcaptor sakura..i have seen the anime and read the manga of la corda..pitting the anime against the manga,the manga wins undoubtedly,but it is still absolutely fab..
manga is amazing XD it's so addicting too
my favourites are +anima, scrapped princess, V.B rose, gin tama, mars, and Bremen. even though they aren't that popular i still love them ^_^
i luv reading manga. i read them since i was 7! <3
manga is unavoidable and extremely awesome!!! i've read them ever since i was able to read. anime is okay, but manga is WAY better. people in my school call me manga freak!!! XD
except for one manga this guy only listed the wrong ones to go to, if you like manga go to one manga, manga fox, or manga hut, and if they dont have the manga you want go to animeA or manga volume as a backup id recommend going to one manga first because finding updates and manga is simpler but manga fox has a better selection and search engine so go there if your looking for something good
I also ENJOY manga and anime!!! It's great, I also enjoy drawing it. I started drawing Manga every since I was in 4th grade!! I'm in college now and still can't get enough!! :)
Have any of you heard of The Rona Project? It's a manga!
me love to read manga.. my life know just about manga.. me totally love manga.. ha....
I AM SOOOOOOOO ADICTED I TINK I READ LIKE 6,000 MANGA BOOKS LOL
manga rocks!I love the books, I have the ones were you read the books backward!I like 1st dream manga books.what.........I'm 10 years old!
manga rocz! i have a ton in my house, and when ireturn them 2 the library, i place even MORE on hold!!!!!!!!!!!!!! manga is soo great. i completely LUV them.............
Careful with Mangavolume, my antivirus always catches something trying to get on my computer from their site. This happens on every page, but I don't know if it's just a simple virus or what it is.
LOVE LOVE LOVE IT
If you like onemanga, then give http://www.mangarush.com a try.
Its the best manga site out there. It has every manga, including naruto or one piece.
All mangas, check it out!
u know im also addicted 2 manga very hard to not go on the computer wiiile im in the same rooom wiiith iiit once i even read manga for 14 hours straight and damn i was in a goood moooood after that iiiiit felt sooooooooo goooooooooood to have read that i felt like i just read all the twilight books in a dayyy incrediible heiiin?????? u should try iiit !!!!!!!
I recommend reading manga online at http://www.deliciousmanga.com
i think www.mangafox.com is much better, well i like it more =)
I love anime and manga a like. I think it is great that nowadays it is so easy to access anime and manga online. Reading manga online is a great opption if you want to save money and space. I also think it is great that there are many devoted fans that give up their time to translate anime and manga. Thank you!
Chobits and fruit basket s cool
ahhh soo nice to read manga... hehe it shows me the way i want my life be even though it can't be... because of this manga.. super imaginational man that i want is like them..
sure............ its BORING!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
i love the books that i read on manga.
i love the books that i read on manga.
Lyn Bell 4 years ago
Thanks for the interesting info. To be quite honest until now I'd never heard of Manga.
Lyn