First thing’s first! Shaman King chapter 282 is released! Once your done, or even before you read it, make sure you come back and read the rest of this news post. It’s long but it covers alot of important things!

Next, we’ll do these two releases. One of these is an older release, the other is brand new! So if you haven’t read them, do it now! Here my thoughts! Maybe they mean nothing, maybe they mean the world! Maybe you’ll learn something new. Who knows!

Let’s see.. what’s next. How about time frames for future releases!?

This upcoming weekend: Shaman King Chapter 283!
The following weekend (Weekend of the 18th): Shaman King Chapters 284 & 285
The weekend after that: Nothing! (Unless, something good happens… aka, keep reading)

So, yes, we’ll finish up the current run of the Shaman King manga in the next two weeks! Once we’ve finished it though, EveTenshi is going to take a bit of a break. This leaves us with one typesetter, me. That would be great and all, but over the last few weeks, our translator staff has expanded greatly. You haven’t even seen half of them yet! 4 translators to 1 typesetter means, slow releases. So, Mankin-Trad has some new “job” openings! Here’s the job titles followed by their descriptions followed by even more news.

– Japanese -> English Translator
– Italian -> English Translator
– Kang Zeng Bang Purchaser and Scanner
– Typesetter
– 3-tone manga cleaner

Japanese -> English Translator: Very simply, you translate from Japanese to English. Projects can range, but right now, looks like Man.Ji.En/Fanbook but could be expanded into new M-T projects. RAWs will be provided.

Italian -> English Translator: This job would require translating from Italian into English. The project would only Man.Ji.En/Fanbook translations. You need to own the volumes, no RAWs will be provided.

Kang Zeng Bang Purchaser and Scanner: We need somebody to purchase the new reprint volumes every month and scan in the extras from it. You don’t need to “splice” the binding, since most extras are in the front of the books, so binding blur isn’t much of an issue. You need to purchase them every month, and have a decent scanner. Looking for 1 or 2 people.

Typesetter: The job requires that you take the RAWs, clean them (remove the Japanese text, .etc), and add in the English translations. This also requires you to do some redrawing if the Japanese text overlays the artwork. Experience is recommended. Expect to do at least 20 pages a week. Projects will include Takei-based mangas (BZ, Jumbor, SB), Man.Ji.En/Fanbook, and other things. Most likely not Shaman King manga chapters. Looking for 2 people, willing to train, if you already have alot of photoshop skills in place.

3-tone manga cleaner: We have about 30 pages of the Butsu Zone manga which is done in 3 tone (White, Black, and Orange). We need somebody experienced to help us clean these pages. You will be tested. You can be the same person as a typesetter (and would be better).

The 2 biggest jobs we need right now are typesetter and KZB purchaser. Without a typesetter, we are looking at maybe 1 chapter a week. With 2 more people on our team, we can be looking at 3 releases a week. Translations are coming in faster than they are going out, so, we need help. If you want to apply for one of these positions, or want to find out more, IM/PM/e-mail me (andysislands) and my contact info can be found here: http://www.mankin-trad.net/forums/memberlist.php?mode=viewprofile&u=2
(Please make it clear that you are looking into one of these positions. No, you won’t be paid, this is work out of the goodness of your heart)

First, we’ll say what Mankin-Trad’s next new project will be…

Jyuki Ningen Jumbor!

Wait, what!? I thought the first 3 chapters were already out? Yes. But, we’re doing it again! We’ve got HQ volume raws, a backlog of translations, and no typesetters! *hint-hint* Anyways, once SK is complete, we’re going to move right into Jumbor. And get those 10 chapters out of the way. After that’s done, we’ll move backwards to Butsu Zone (where we need a 3-tone cleaner for the first chapter).

Now with all that good news done and out of the way, we’ve got to annouce Mankin-Trad’s first dropped project! Shaman King! Erm, I mean, Ultimo! That’s right, we aren’t scanlating it! Why? Since Viz is making an effort to bring it to the USA in a timely manner. For that reason, we are respecting their rights, and letting them do so! Please go to Shaman King Nation for more Ultimo news! ( http://shamanking-nation.com ).

With my final comment in this long news post, the website is having some issues. Besides all the down time, the layout no longer meets the needs of the website. It takes too long to get to the new chapters. You have to scroll down the page so far just to find anything. Plus it hasn’t changed (much) in 2 years. So, it’s time for a redesign! Kami-sama (our co-admin), is planning on basing the new Mankin-Trad design on his latest layout: http://thegreatspirit.net/ . Please visit the website, and browse through the layout structure. Thoughts? We’ll be making some changes to exactly how it will be laid out, but we would like your input. So, please post a comment in this topic on suggestions would you like to see if we moved towards that layout design (all M-T features, such as online reading and direct downloads, will remain active).

Thanks for reading!