Shueisha runs a global manga community website translated by AI in just 1 month
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There is no doubt that the popularity of manga has increased over the past few decades. Along with that growth, there have been many fandoms around the world. While there are online forums for these fans to interact, fans may have to create their own little islands due to language barriers. However, Japanese manga publisher Shueisha is trying to build a bridge between those metaphorical islands with its new service”MANGA Plus Universe by SHUEISHA”.
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The official X account (formerly Twitter) for SHUEISHA Fans around the world discuss the works. Titles include: Chainsaw Man, SPY x FAMILY, Kaiju No. 8, Blooming Love, and [Oshi No Ko], among many other titles. This is a service for MANGA Plus that allows manga fans to discuss, lament and rant about the 15 titles on the platform.
🎉 SHUEISHA's MANGA Plus Universe is live! 🌏
Celebrating 5 years of MANGA Plus with the global community✨
Series 15: #KaijuNo8 , #Chainsawman, #SPY_FAMILY and more❗️
Automatically translated into 9 languages 🌐
Chat with fans around the world! 💬https://t.co/SruGV1CxEF— MANGA Plus Universe by SHUEISHA (@mangaplus_u) April 12, 2024
However, the big question is how fans will read each other's comments if they don't understand the language. According to the website, reviews are machine translated. There is “automatic translation into nine languages.” Translated languages include: English, French, Indonesian, Japanese, Portuguese, Russian, Thai and Vietnamese. English and Japanese translations are what you can expect from many machine translation services. In other words, the translations are accurate, albeit literal and somewhat stilted. It is natural that French, Indonesian, Portuguese, Russian, Thai or Vietnamese translations would be appropriate. Fans are interacting with each other despite the shortcomings of the translation.
According to the website, this is a limited-time service. While the website doesn't list an end date for the service, Comic Natalie cited May 13 as the last date.
Source: MANGA Plus Universe website and X/Twitter accountNatalie Comics
