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Manga Scanlation Status
Friday, 18 July 2008 20:11Proofread
Lots of proofreading to do. Literally. I have a huge stack of Tales of the Abyss, Tales of Symphonia, Tales of Symphonia Comic Anthology (and more) scripts waiting to be proofread that it's not even funny...The scripts are literally screaming at me "Proofread me! Proofread me!" -_-" I don't even want to think about it.
Good news is, work has been a bit slow recently, so I'm using some of the spare time I have to proofread some stuff. I've just finished Tales of the Abyss Chapter 2's proofread. I'll be doing Star Ocean 2 Second Evolution next (since I'm aiming to do this as a monthly release so this takes priority) and Tales of Eternia Stage 28 after that.
The main priorities will be to get Tales of the Abyss scripts all proofread. The one Tales of Symphonia Doujinshi and one Tales of the Abyss Doujinshi proofreads that needs to be done will be done in-between proofreads for Tales of the Abyss along with Tales of Symphonia Comic Anthology Volume 1. Other projects are just on an ad hoc basis with Star Ocean 2 Second Evolution having priority over everything else. For Tales of Symphonia, I will only do this when I feel like it.
Cleaning
Err...for cleaning the chapters, I'm trying to completely take myself off that since I'm already doing a bajillion other things. Currently the only thing I'm the cleaner for is Tales of Symphonia. Load 4 has already been cleaned, so there is basically nothing to do in this regard for me since I haven't scanned anything yet. I have no motivation to work on Tales of Symphonia or whatsoever cause another group is already so ahead that I can't be bothered to work on it quickly. I will still do it, it's just that it's on my lowest priority list of things to do. However, this will change if I can get a good cleaner that can do HQ cleans at a good speed, because the scripts for Tales of Symphonia is actually coming along quite well...I'm just not motivated to work on it. I will only work on Tales of Symphonia when I feel like it. Tales of the Abyss takes priority out of all the Tales of Series projects...I already have a good cleaner and translator on it and I'm the typesetter. Tales of the Abyss is the one that I'm most motivated to work on, it is also my favourite of all the Tales of Series manga seralisations :)
Typesetting
Nugh...lots of typesetting to do, although most of it can't be done at this point in time cause proofread isn't done yet. The things that are ready for typesetting (which I am doing the typesetting) are Star Ocean 2 Second Evolution Chapter 1 and Tales of the Abyss Episode 2. Star Ocean 2 Second Evolution will be done first (monthly release, takes priority and I need to catch up -_-") then I will work on Tales of the Abyss Episode 2.
And oh. Tales of Legendia Chapter 3 is still being typeset, the editor handling that project hasn't given me the chapter back yet. I'm going to ask him for a status report.
Quality Check
There is only one thing that needs QC right now. And that is Tales of Destiny 2 Chapter 4. I will be doing this and releasing it before I do any typesetting for anything since this is long overdue for a release =/ I can't even begin to describe the trials this script has gone through...it got hung up in the proofreading stage for like about four months before I passed it to someone else to do it (I got sick and tired of waiting), then probably another one to two months before the proofread was done. Typesetting was done within a week, and it got hung up in the hands of my other QCer (I blame Ragnarok Online for having so many increased EXP events at that time and also the QCer was kind of sick at that time) before I finally got it back. As I was still trying to finish Valkyrie Profile 2: Silmeria when I got the QC back...it got hung up again (my fault this time >_<) because I was trying to finish up VP2. I have to do a final QC and the file renaming before any releases go out...so I'm always the final person to do the QC. I hope to have this done by next week the latest, although this QC will definitely take a bit longer than other QCs cause the typesetter accidentally faux italic all the text so I have to fix it >_<
Scanning
There's always scanning to do. I'm kind of jumping around here and there, mainly scanning Tales of Legendia, Tales of Destiny 2, Tales of Eternia and Tales of Innocence when they are needed. My immediate priorities are to catch up to scanning Tales of the Abyss up to Volume 4 (Tales of the Abyss is my priority), the latest tankoubon that has been released (I'm expecting Volume 5 to be out in about two to three months time) and monthly scans for Star Ocean 2 Second Evolution (Chapter 3 will be next) on top of doing my weekly shounen magazine scans and monthly shounen rival scans. Tales of the Abyss Comic Anthology Volume 1 is also in my to scan priority list.
As for Tales of Symphonia, I'll only be scanning it when I feel like working on it.
Closing
That's it for today's status report. You can find out the status of a project at my group's forums at http://eternalmanga.freeforums.org It basically tells you a chapter of a project is at which stage.
And yes, I know that this is a long post. But it's to be expected since it's my first manga scanlation status post and I need to summarize everything and what my priorities are, no? The future posts will be shorter, so no worries ;)
Lots of proofreading to do. Literally. I have a huge stack of Tales of the Abyss, Tales of Symphonia, Tales of Symphonia Comic Anthology (and more) scripts waiting to be proofread that it's not even funny...The scripts are literally screaming at me "Proofread me! Proofread me!" -_-" I don't even want to think about it.
Good news is, work has been a bit slow recently, so I'm using some of the spare time I have to proofread some stuff. I've just finished Tales of the Abyss Chapter 2's proofread. I'll be doing Star Ocean 2 Second Evolution next (since I'm aiming to do this as a monthly release so this takes priority) and Tales of Eternia Stage 28 after that.
The main priorities will be to get Tales of the Abyss scripts all proofread. The one Tales of Symphonia Doujinshi and one Tales of the Abyss Doujinshi proofreads that needs to be done will be done in-between proofreads for Tales of the Abyss along with Tales of Symphonia Comic Anthology Volume 1. Other projects are just on an ad hoc basis with Star Ocean 2 Second Evolution having priority over everything else. For Tales of Symphonia, I will only do this when I feel like it.
Cleaning
Err...for cleaning the chapters, I'm trying to completely take myself off that since I'm already doing a bajillion other things. Currently the only thing I'm the cleaner for is Tales of Symphonia. Load 4 has already been cleaned, so there is basically nothing to do in this regard for me since I haven't scanned anything yet. I have no motivation to work on Tales of Symphonia or whatsoever cause another group is already so ahead that I can't be bothered to work on it quickly. I will still do it, it's just that it's on my lowest priority list of things to do. However, this will change if I can get a good cleaner that can do HQ cleans at a good speed, because the scripts for Tales of Symphonia is actually coming along quite well...I'm just not motivated to work on it. I will only work on Tales of Symphonia when I feel like it. Tales of the Abyss takes priority out of all the Tales of Series projects...I already have a good cleaner and translator on it and I'm the typesetter. Tales of the Abyss is the one that I'm most motivated to work on, it is also my favourite of all the Tales of Series manga seralisations :)
Typesetting
Nugh...lots of typesetting to do, although most of it can't be done at this point in time cause proofread isn't done yet. The things that are ready for typesetting (which I am doing the typesetting) are Star Ocean 2 Second Evolution Chapter 1 and Tales of the Abyss Episode 2. Star Ocean 2 Second Evolution will be done first (monthly release, takes priority and I need to catch up -_-") then I will work on Tales of the Abyss Episode 2.
And oh. Tales of Legendia Chapter 3 is still being typeset, the editor handling that project hasn't given me the chapter back yet. I'm going to ask him for a status report.
Quality Check
There is only one thing that needs QC right now. And that is Tales of Destiny 2 Chapter 4. I will be doing this and releasing it before I do any typesetting for anything since this is long overdue for a release =/ I can't even begin to describe the trials this script has gone through...it got hung up in the proofreading stage for like about four months before I passed it to someone else to do it (I got sick and tired of waiting), then probably another one to two months before the proofread was done. Typesetting was done within a week, and it got hung up in the hands of my other QCer (I blame Ragnarok Online for having so many increased EXP events at that time and also the QCer was kind of sick at that time) before I finally got it back. As I was still trying to finish Valkyrie Profile 2: Silmeria when I got the QC back...it got hung up again (my fault this time >_<) because I was trying to finish up VP2. I have to do a final QC and the file renaming before any releases go out...so I'm always the final person to do the QC. I hope to have this done by next week the latest, although this QC will definitely take a bit longer than other QCs cause the typesetter accidentally faux italic all the text so I have to fix it >_<
Scanning
There's always scanning to do. I'm kind of jumping around here and there, mainly scanning Tales of Legendia, Tales of Destiny 2, Tales of Eternia and Tales of Innocence when they are needed. My immediate priorities are to catch up to scanning Tales of the Abyss up to Volume 4 (Tales of the Abyss is my priority), the latest tankoubon that has been released (I'm expecting Volume 5 to be out in about two to three months time) and monthly scans for Star Ocean 2 Second Evolution (Chapter 3 will be next) on top of doing my weekly shounen magazine scans and monthly shounen rival scans. Tales of the Abyss Comic Anthology Volume 1 is also in my to scan priority list.
As for Tales of Symphonia, I'll only be scanning it when I feel like working on it.
Closing
That's it for today's status report. You can find out the status of a project at my group's forums at http://eternalmanga.freeforums.org It basically tells you a chapter of a project is at which stage.
And yes, I know that this is a long post. But it's to be expected since it's my first manga scanlation status post and I need to summarize everything and what my priorities are, no? The future posts will be shorter, so no worries ;)
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