Jun 26, 2012

Happy 3rd Yeard Anniversary!

Today is Omari's Sister official 3rd year anniversary as a scanlation group!  We don't have a release today, so I thought it would be fun to reflect on the most popular releases according to readership.  Most of the popular series releases are not available because they are retired, but all of the popular one-shots are accessible. Onto the lists!

Top Ten Releases in OS History!

10. Lily Chp 2 and Magnolia Chp 12 Dual Release!
9.   One-shot: "Blue Rhapsodia"
8.   "Junketsu + Kareshi" Chp 9
7.   One-shot: "The Hands the Demon Adored"
6.   Ouran August 2011 Special
5.   One-shot: "Ryuu no Moriuta"
4.   Ouran January 2011 Special
3.   One-Shot: "The Honeybee Earl and the Flower Dress"
2.   Ouran July 2011 Special
1.   Ouran Volume 18 Extras

Top Ten One-shot Releases in OS History!

10. "3 Hearts"
9.   "Bouquets of Flowers for the Sleepless Knight"
8.   "Detarame Mousouryouku Opera"
7.   "Ginrou no Sakura"
6.   "World End Garden"
5.   "Kamisama no Sonata"
4.   "Blue Rhapsodia"
3.   "The Hands the Demon Adored"
2.   "Ryuu no Moriuta"
1.   "The Honeybee Earl and the Flower Dress"

Thanks to all of the Omari's Sister's members throughout the life of the group for lending your talents and thanks to all the readers who have supported us these 3 years.  I hope we have many years ahead of us!

Jun 25, 2012

Shiro Lala One-Shot: "Twinkle Loop Story" by Ayu Nozaki


I hate katakana. Up until yesterday, I thought the title of this one-shot was "Twinkle-Poo Story". Apparently the mangaka was being clever in a non-native language and I was supposed to see how the "ru" was multitasking as the "le" in "Twinkle" and the "loo" in "Loop"...ugh...I hate the Japanese version of English. Why can't you use Japanese words!!!  *Bangs head* Katakana is the bane of my existence. Anyhow...a kind and more learned soul set me straight.  Thank you higher power! Indeed! I learned something new yesterday!

This is one of my favorite all time one-shots.  It comes in behind "World's End Garden", "Souai Metaphysica", and the Yuu Toyota one-shots.  I guess that makes it number 5 on my list.  It was nothing like I was expecting.  From the title and the title page, I was expecting something cute and stupid, but it turned out to be very, very sweet, with a twinge of the tragedy that runs through most of the Shiro Lala one-shots.  This one, though, ends happily, so please don't skip it.

Onto the link!

Jun 24, 2012

Omari's Sister Tumblr!

I made a Tumblr blog so I can more easily share my manga related and non-manga related pictures.  You can follow it at: http://omarissister.tumblr.com/

I started posting pictures from my trip to the San Diego Country Fair.  I'll continue posting pictures tomorrow.

Jun 23, 2012

Aka Lala (Red Lala) Advertisements


I'm too sleepy to translate this late at night, so I'll update this post tomorrow.  I can tell you that there will be one-shots from:
  • Nari Kusakawa
  • Yumi Kiiro
  • Akane Ogura
  • Matsumoto Tomo

Jun 17, 2012

Redraw Artist Needed for the Completion of "Ojousama no Untenshu"

We need a skilled redraw artist or two for the next 3 months to complete "Ojousama no Untenshu".  It's only a 3-month or 8 chapter commitment.  If you are interested, please contact me (Kuroneko003) via the contact me link at the top right corner of this blog.

Jun 14, 2012

Zero-Sum Ward One-Shot: "Please Leave, Hero!"

Here's another short-gag one-shot from Zero-Sum Ward. I got a giggle out of it :) It's only 8 pages so there's not much to say about it.  If you like RPGs, this will be extra enjoyable!

Jun 13, 2012

Zero-Sum Ward One-Shot: "Noenoto"

I'm releasing this now and if I have to apologize, I'll apologize later.  Hahaha! It shouldn't be a big deal.  Anyhow, this is a joint project between us and The Zero Alliance. If all goes well, it should appear on their website in a few hours once the workday is done on the other side of the world.

This is a shounen-ish one-shot from Zero-Sum Ward.  This one-shot has been sitting around half done for about a year.  Sorry. It was meant for Bakeneko's Lair...but, well...you know the story by now :).

Not much to say about this one-shot, other than it's fun along the same lines as "Seimei de ga nanki ka?" and it won't leave you depressed when it ends. I do want to write a bit about this one-shot, but it would only spoil story, so I'll wait and write my thoughts as a comment.  Onto the links (and if you ask why there's a zip, you will earn great resentment from me!)

Jun 11, 2012

We are Going on Hiatus with "Akagami no Shirayukihime"

Update:  For now it appears that Mangafox is cooperating with our takedown request.  We'll see how long that lasts....
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I'm sorry, but the frustration level is too high right now for AnS.  Since the series moved to Lala magazine, the chapter image quality has ranged from crap to beautiful.  Chapter 35 is the worst looking chapter EVER and I can't do anything "magical" to fix it, so it would hurt my pride to release crap because it does no justice to the original work and our group.  Also, I'm tired of Mangafox and the stupid people who think they are doing a service by unloading AnS to that site.  So for now, for the sake of my sanity, we are going to take a break from AnS and evaluate its continuation when the Volume 8 tankoubon releases.  While waiting for that, it would be a blessing if one of Mangafox's sh**ty groups would put out some crap to keep the the entitled brats at bay so we don't have to worry about uploading and so we could actually put out a high quality ZIP for those who truly love the series.  I expect that we will return to the series in September, if as expected, the tankoubon releases in early September.

Jun 8, 2012

Real Numbers on Sales of Manga in the US

The weekly ranking for manga sales in the US were posted on ANN today. If you think people in the US buy manga, think again, because these number are sad.

BookScan Manga Ranking for May 28 - June 3

(Note: These numbers reflect sales at certain brick and mortar bookstores. They do not take into account online sales or sales at non-bookstores.  I have no idea how much the total market BookScan actually takes into account.)

Let's do a quick comparison between the US and Japan.  The latest volume of Bleach sold 507 copies in its first week of release in the US, while the latest volume of Bleach in Japan sold 269751 copies in its first of release.  And let's not forgot the craziness of "One Piece". The most recent volume sold 2,275,453 copies in its first week of release.  Sadly enough, even the best selling manga series in the US haven't broken 20,000 copies for the entire year!  Yep! That's just how anemic manga sales are in the US.  If you assumed that it didn't matter whether you bought manga because someone else is buying the manga, look around at your friends and ask yourself which of them is buying manga on your behalf.

Izana Wallpaper

We don't have a release for you today, but Tamaririn took the time to clean the title page from AnS Chp 34.  I added a little border to make a nifty wallpaper!

Have at it!

Jun 6, 2012

Very Short Manga: "Happiness Lawn" -- I Thought "Did I Die?"

This was a special for Silver Lunar who loves her birdies and birds in general!  Since it's only 4-pages, I'll just post the images here.  Click on the image to see it larger.

Jun 5, 2012

Ouran High School Host Club Volume 18 is out from Viz!

Go buy it so we can get more manga like this from Viz!

Links to purchase:
Amazon
Barnes & Noble

One-Shot: "Assassin Red Riding Hood"

Here's a wee-bit of stoopid to make up for all the dreary from the last two one-shots.  This is more like a one-shot for Bakeneko's Lair, but since I reintegrated that, this one-shot appears here.  I like stories that are parodies of Fairy Tales.  This is a short one-shot that appeared in Zero-Sum Ward magazine, so it's on the shounen side of the manga spectrum. Oh, and it's only 10-pages! So it's a quick read :).

Onto the link!