Inside Scanlation
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| Website | |
|---|---|
| Name: | Inside Scanlation |
| Owner/Maintainer: | |
| Dates: | 2009- |
| Type: | nonfiction resource |
| Fandom: | Manga |
| URL: | http://insidescanlation.com |
| Click here for related articles on Fanlore. | |
Inside Scanlation is a website documenting the history of scanlation. It debuted in October, 2009 and was widely praised by the scanlation community for the depth of its historical coverage and the quality of its articles. Some have also accused the site of a bias towards older scanlation styles and groups.
Links
- Inside Scanlation the site itself
- article discussing the site opening
Contents
The website has the following categories in the top navbar
- History
- Focus (Spotlights of various groups)
- Side (Background or deeper dives into scanlation related issues. Examples...)
- Legal Issues and C&D Letters (For more on this topic, see Copyright)
- IRC
- Hosting Scanlations
- Distributing Scanlations
- "Scanlation Drama" - including project-poaching, and particularly Naruto fansubbing incidents (dedicated article)
- Talk (Contains interviews with various groups)
- Misc
It used to have a forum from 2009-2011, but this was closed and archived due to low activity and spam with no plans to reopen it.
The timeline page covers pre-2000 til 2009. Under history of scanlation, the page epilogue-2010 shares facts and opinions on the future of scanlation after this time.