RavenWilder
Since: Apr, 2009
#2: Oct 18th 2011 at 5:50:02 PM
In a word: awesome!
YamiiDenryuu
Since: Jan, 2010
#3: Oct 18th 2011 at 6:30:31 PM
Nothing on there I'd read but hey, more legal online manga is always good.
#4: Oct 18th 2011 at 6:31:08 PM
Well, awesome except for losing the print version. And that will be it for monthly manga magazines in the US.
#5: Oct 19th 2011 at 6:28:40 AM
If they can get near simultaneous releases going, this could be really huge. Hell, I'd pay that much just for One Piece.
Total posts: 5
Read about it here.
Weekly Shonen Jump Alpha will be available on Viz Manga.com and Viz Manga apps for the iPhone, iPod touch and iPad devices. An annual membership will cost US$25.99 for 48 weekly issues. (Weekly Shonen Jump takes a few weeks off during the year in Japan.) Single issues will cost US$0.99 for a four-week rental. Any issue on one device can be read on another device with the same user account via Viz Manga.com or the Viz Manga app.
Viz will also offer Shonen Jump Digital Warp — an accelerated digital release of select manga titles to bridge the gap between the latest English graphic novels in print and the latest Japanese installments in print. For example, Shonen Jump Digital Warp is starting from Naruto volume 53 now. (Viz published the print version of Naruto volume 52 last month.)
After Weekly Shonen Jump Alpha launches, Viz Media plans to stop publishing the print edition of its Shonen Jump magazine next March with the "farewell April 2012 issue." Viz has been publishing the monthly magazine since 2003.
edited 18th Oct '11 3:53:14 PM by Galeros