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Happy Birthday to Us!

Wed, 03 Mar 2010 20:03:13 -0700

Just would like to say...

Happy Birthday to us! Today, 3/3/10, Mankin-Trad is 3 years old! Well, it really depends on how you count. Here's the reasons why you will say we are wrong:

- Mankin-Trad started off as a French team. So yes, you could say, Mankin-Trad started in early 2005. Fine, then we are 5 years old!

- There were Mankin-Trad releases in English before 3/3/2004! We even released Jumbor chapter 1 (from WSJ raws) before that! And that's very true. But alot of those weren't of great quality. Not that quality you have come to know and love. It's not that we aren't saying those months were important. They certainly are. But those 7 months were like my gearing up zone, to get us to where we are today!

So why this date? Well, since it's the day that mankin-trad.net domain name was purchased. And that seems like a good enough day to say, "it's our birthday!" So here we are! Yup, we are 3 on 3/3! Another year has gone by so fast! It feels like I've been doing this longer than I actually have! I know, it should be the reverse!

What are we going to do special for our birthday? A new banner! More Baru for you! What does this mean? More Jumbor is on the way! So make sure you look forward to it! More releases will be coming soon!

Jumbor Oneshot released!

Thu, 11 Feb 2010 23:02:20 -0700

Hello, after several months of waiting, Mankin-Trad is proud to announce our latest release, and future project. As some of you may know, Takei has now entered the market of Ultra Jump. His first contribution to the magazine is a Jumbor oneshot. This is a sequel to his original series "Jyuki Ningen Jumbor". You can read this series right now on Mankin-Trad, just take a look through the left hand menu.

From this success, Takei will now be releasing brand new Jumbor chapters every month in Ultra Jump. Mankin-Trad is proud to announce that we will also be scanlating this series every month, as it is released from Japan. As some of you may know, some of Dit's first work here at Mankin-Trad was the original "Jyuki Ningen Jumbor." As such, the entire team will be back on again for this new series! Raws will be provided by Jezzy, translations by Dit, and I'll cover all the typesetting and cleaning. It'll be fun, and I hope you all enjoy this new series!

In the upcoming weeks and months, we will also have some other new releases. So please check back every week, and watch out for other things we have planned.

Our entire team has worked very hard on this oneshot, and we hope you enjoy our release!

Shaman King: Flowers Chapter 1

Wed, 14 Oct 2009 22:10:15 -0600

Once upon a time, Takei wrote Shaman King. Then it got cancelled. Then he wrote some more. And ended it quickly. Then he tried something else. And failed. Then he went back to Shaman King. He created several wonderful volumes. He finished with the story. But he forgot some details. So he created the "Mentalite" fanbook. He created Snake's Legs to introduce us to information we basically already know. But he knew that wasn't enough. No. He couldn't stop. As a result...

Shaman King: Flowers -Hana's Epoch- Chapter 1!

This is the true sequel to Shaman King Kang Zeng Bang. Originally published in the Mentalite fanbook, this is the start of the sequel. However, there are no plans yet for when chapter 2 will be released. Or even where! So we just got to hope for it!

When it appears, we'll be ready for it! Enjoy this chapter!

SK:KZB:Mentalite:Bonus Track:Snake's Legs

Fri, 04 Sep 2009 23:09:36 -0600

You just finished Shaman King chapter 300 ten minutes ago? Well just in luck! We've got the inside scoop on what's going on now! Let's just say those were some crazy times you missed!

Well, enjoy! We've got more Mentalite stuff coming on the way. I told you we weren't done with Shaman King yet!

KZB300: The Last Train Stop

Sun, 23 Aug 2009 00:08:08 -0600

Some of you have waited a very long time for this. For fans like myself, I've waited even longer. The final, true, conclusion. An ending that Takei wanted. On Takei's timeframe. It covers alot of ground, but it needed to end somewhere. Takei picked here. There is alot to it. But this is it, chapter 300, the final Shaman King chapter. It's ready for you to enjoy. Maybe I'll do a commentary in the future. Probably something serious, which will show you the depth Takei placed in this end if you don't find it convincing.

But, we aren't done yet. Mentalite has brought us some more Shaman King goodness and we will do our best to give that to you. Plus we still have more loose ends to tie up with Kang Zeng Bang, and Shaman King in general. So look forward to that in the upcoming days, weeks, and months!

Working towards the End

Tue, 04 Aug 2009 18:08:49 -0600

Hey guys! It's me, andysislands! And I just wanted to give a nice big post on the main site about the status of Shaman King Kang Zeng Bang Chapter 300! Basically right now, it's not done. We believe in a higher quality for our releases, so we aren't going to make it look bad. As such, chapter 300 contains color pages. However, the public raw makes them look really, really bad. So, Jezzy will be scanning in some pages for us, which is completely awesome. As a result, the color pages will actually look like the original pages, not dull, uncrisp versions. So, that's going to be really nice. Also, like at the end of volume 32 of the original Shaman King manga, Takei left us with some final thoughts, Dit hasn't finished that yet, so for completion sake I wanted to add that as well.

Now, here comes the tricky part... both Jezzy and Dit's computers both blew up. So, both of them have a really hard time to get online, if at all. As a result, those two pieces are currently being put on hold. Plus, all three of us have things we need to take care in our lives, and that always comes first. So, chapter 300 can't make any progress until we get both of them back. And I wish them the very best of luck to get their computers back up to speed quickly! I will have updates in this news post (or following news posts as needed), when I know more information. Also read staff comments as well (which have a grey background!).

But there is more stuff being worked on as well. Shaman King Bonus Chapter: Snake's Legs will be completed soon. Shaman King: Flowers chapter 1 will be worked on soon as well. Plus there is another new series (not Takei related) that will start up very soon as well. Also, on our MangaHelpers page, I'll be uploading some more raws (of non-Takei mangas, which may or may not be future Mankin-Trad projects, aka: need a translator).

So, it might appear slow here, but we got things coming. Chapter 300 will be coming, just wish the best of luck to both Jezzy and Dit. Also, as a note to people in the comments, don't dare blame either of them for any delays. This was just some bad luck, and if you have some problems with Mankin-Trad related things, please contact me. Thanks. I'll keep you all posted!

Updates from Staff via comments:

Jezzy: I'm trying my very best to get my scans up (I really should have done this a long time ago, but I need a razor to separate two of the pages) before next Tuesday, since I'm leaving, and I really don't want to make you guys wait until the 19th or later. That's really not fair. I can understand you being all grrr about that.
So yeah. I have a computer whiz on my side, so hopefully between the two of us, we can get everything back.

Dit: Regards from... Germany? lol
I'll finally be back home next week, which means Takei's final letter is coming soon!
But first I need my laptop alive D: (A storm killed the poor thing, you know...)
Thanks for the cheerings, cards and everything, you guys are awesome

Kamisama: I'm still here, and my computer is very healthy .... mouhahahaha

KZB299: The Last PR

Fri, 24 Jul 2009 20:07:33 -0600

JULY 24, MANKIN, TRAD–Mankin-Trad.Net is proud to annouce the release of Shaman King Kang Zeng Bang Chapter 299 This is another thrilling chapter from the mangaka Hiroyuki Takei. Each chapter is hand crafted by this master of manga. This chapter, which stands unique among the rest, is that chapter 299 of the Shaman King Kang Zeng Bang manga is the longest chapter he has ever created for Shaman King. This single masterpiece is three times as long as his standard chapter.

Chapter 299 is released effectively immediately. Mankin-Trad features both online reading and direct downloads for this chapter, as with all of Mankin-Trad's other releases, which can also be found on their website, http://mankin-trad.net.

MANKIN-TRAD- Originally a French manga scanlation group, which turned into an English scanlation website by andysislands. Since then, there have been over 100 releases under the Mankin-Trad release. Mankin-Trad is still an active scanlation group, and will continue to release Shaman King Kang Zeng Bang, and other projects in the near future.

Commentary 3: Jezzy gives her 3 points

Thu, 23 Jul 2009 21:07:21 -0600

Hello, and welcome to Mankin-Trad's third commentary chapter release! This one was done by Jezzy in her spare time! Yay! Hope you enjoy this chapter commentary! Both online reading and download version are up! Just click on the image to go to the page! You can find our first two commentary chapters in the left hand menu all the way down near the bottom under "Mankin-Trad Originals." I know, too many releases. And I think I'm still missing some on the menu too...

Reminder: Takei will be at SDCC tomorrow. Check SKN tomorrow for full coverage of everything I can find out about it. No news will be posted here, we aren't a news site, but Shaman King Nation is!

Speaking of tomorrow.... KZB chapter 299 will be released tomorrow as well. So, look forward to that too!

KZB298: God Ghostbusters End

Mon, 29 Jun 2009 21:06:53 -0600

Everything that is a trilogy needs to have a part two. And here is part two, out of three! *gasp*

Please follow our spoiler policy. You don't want me editing your posts. And don't spread rumors. Just because it's on the internet, doesn't mean it's right.

KZB297: Transform and Rage Out!

Sat, 20 Jun 2009 22:06:11 -0600

A bit later than what I expected, but it's got some goodness in this chapter! Plus, we got up to the minute news over at Shaman King Nation as well! You know, like that Ultimo news and such.

News post will be updated later today to include international releases of various KZB chapters!