See? We are back on schedule still! Yay! Chapter 10, the final Jumbor chapter will be released next weekend (Maybe Friday?). But this won't be our last Jumbor release. Nope! There is a bunch of extras as well. We will be scanlating those too! But that won't be for a while. Dit's still working on them (all 38 pages!). So, enjoy this "semi-sequel to Shaman King" chapter of Jyuki Ningen Jumbor!

(Also, still need typesetters, then, maybe we can have more than one release a week)

Seeing as I'm not sure where Fox is, and we've got a bunch of new and exciting projects being worked on by all of our staff, I think it's time for....

New Typesetters!

Typesetted something before? Great! If not, don't worry.

I'm looking for one or two people. I am willing to help out, since, there is a "method" I have, and what not. Everybody's got one, and mine works. And at least, works in a way that's not completely crazy. If you've got your own methods, and it works, great. I'm always learning new things. If not, and you want to learn, then take try the "Mankin Way."

What I need from you (as a potential typesetter):
- To be able to do 19 pages per week (a standard chapter length)
- Need Photoshop 7 or higher
- Willingness to get the job done
- Be around on IM so things can get done.
- Knowledge of Shaman King, and past M-T projects is useful
- Willingness to work on non-Takei made projects (or non-Shaman King ones)
- Will need to do some basic cleaning on pages (basic leveling, removing Japanese text, .etc)
- Willingness to learn how to do more complex cleaning on pages (such as double pages, and re-drawing)
- Either an AIM, MSN, YIM client and screen-name.
- Willingness to have fun!

Sounds fun? Want to jump into the manga scanlation team, but don't want to jump into those "big groups?" Nor feel confident in taking a "scanlation test?" That's good to hear.

If you want to join, first, read this: http://www.unblessed.net/guide/main.html
Just the understand the cleaning, and really understand the typesetting.

If you are still interested, and doing those tasks don't seem too rough, then contact me via one of the following:

AIM: andysislands
YIM: andysislands
MSN: andysislands[at]hotmail.com

If I'm online, then that's good, IM me. If not, wait until I am. And make mention you want to be a typesetter for Mankin-Trad (unless you have some other question or something, then just ask, I don't bite). This news post will be up for as long as I am looking for typesetters. Thanks!

It's 08/08/08, what chapter should you be reading? I say it should be Chapter 8 of Jyuki Ningen Jumbor! Yeah!

As of this posting, we are the only group which released a "Chapter 8" of a manga so far today. We're so clever. Actually, it's a combination of two things. Bad luck, and mad props. Without Fox, we are a bit behind where I was hoping we would be. No biggie, Jumbor 9 and 10 are lined up for the next two weekends anyways. Plus, the mad props go out to Marco Maxwell for getting those lines for translations to get this chapter out today! Yay! Without her, well, this chapter could have been delayed for a while (couple of weeks!?).

So, enjoy. Let's just say, keep checking back every weekend, since, I think I got released lined up for the next 6 weeks. Who knows, maybe they might come in even sooner! Just best to check everyday!

Shhh... pretend it's still the weekend.
Yeah, so after some delays, here is the chapter. Hope you enjoy it, since I hated typesetting it. I need to spend some more time on it, so there will be a "version 2" within the "batch volume release," at some point. So, if you are "collecting" chapters, do yourself a favor and wait until that one. There will be some changes throughout all the chapters at some point. If you want it perfect, wait for that one. But if you read Chapter 7 now, it will make me happy, even though it's not perfect. So go read it!

There is some issues with the translations with Chapter 8. So, can't be certian when this chapter will be ready (since Dit is on break).

Uhh... the latest Jumbor chapter is still in typesetting. When it's done, it will be released. It just so happens, it won't be this weekend. Sorry.

But, we do have English Scanlations of the Kang Zeng Bang (reprint) volumes 7-8! Yay! Dit is going on a little break for a while. Which is cool. So, we won't have anymore English scanlations of these for a while. Probably start back up with Volume 9-10, in Sept. No, we aren't stopping, just on hait until Dit comes back to continue translating. If you can translate Japanese -> English, and want to help, e-mail me, and we can work something out.

Speaking of Volumes 9-10, Jezzy is working on scanning them. But since there won't be English scanlations, there is no real rush to get them scanned in and rushed over to Dit. So, yes, those will come at some point, just wait.

So yeah... I tricked you, when you see images you think "Yes, an update!" but today's was mostly just "please wait." Oh well. A brand new Manta's Bargain Bin tomorrow! Make sure to check that out!

We always suggest and support the purchasing of the Shaman King related products! To support this, I say head over to Shaman King Nation! A brand new weekly special in which I'll highlight all the best deals for the week! This includes websites, eBay, and Yahoo! Auctions Japan. So click on the link below:
http://shamanking-nation.com/english/mantas-bargain-bin-7708/

Geez, do you honestly expect two new chapters every week? Well, at least we've made alot of progress on the series up to this point. So, for the next month, we'll be down to only one new chapter a week of Jumbor. Sad I know. But because of this, I get some time to work on some other SK-related stuff!

Also, you only got a couple hours left for some great Shaman King DVD deals! Check the news post below! Bid now!

Buying stuff is expensive. Money doesn't grow on trees, and isn't around to give us a blank check. Somebody... (*cough* *cough*) spent all of our Dolby Dollars. And some of us... (*cough* , *cough*) are a bit high maintenance. So, our local Mankin-Trad staff member, Jezzy, is cleaning out her closet full of treasures from Shaman King, and giving you the option to add them to your collection!

Official Japanese Shaman King DVDs:

DVD1
DVD2
DVD4
DVD6
DVD9

Starting bid at only $5 with shipping at $3, these are priced GREATLY lower than the original Japanese price! So, if you wanted to add something a little special to your collection of stuff, and help clean out Jezzy closet, that would be very good! Even I'm tempted to buy them, but I got some other things to buy (Drama CDs, reprint volumes... .etc). So, you know I always say it, but buying stuff to support the series is good. If you help Jezzy out, well, then, she'll buy some more!