2012 Schedule Announcements

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I've finally worked through a schedule for the rest of 2012! Here are the plans:

• October's One-shot theme -- Halloween! (of course)
• November's One-shot them -- Fall Tragedies (2 one-shots from Aka Lala)
• December's One-shot them -- Nao Tsukiji one-shots! (3 long and 1 short)

Series that will be completed --

• Ojousama no Untenshu
• Furou Kyoudai
• Pochamani
• Fushigi no Maria-kun

Ongoing Series --

• Magnolia
• Servamp

Resuming January 2013!!!!

• Rex Fabula
• Ore to Atashi no Kareshisama
• Kemono Kingdom: Zoo (we will be accelerating this since the series is complete in Japan)
• The Ghost Apartment Manager
• Detarame no Mousouryoku Opera Chp 3 (end)

With the completion of 4 series by the end of 2012, we can start 2 new series in January 2013.  There are several on my wishlist and I will announce the new series before the end of the year. My feeling is that we will choose one historical romance (1 - 2 volumes) and a josei series for Bakeneko's Lair. We will evaluate the possibility of taking on more new series as 2013 unfolds.

Two chapters of "Ojousama no Untenshu" will be released next week!

Favorite Water Themed One-Shot Poll Results

Here are the results of the favorite August one-shot poll. I'm kinda surprised that "Over the Blue" was so popular.  I wasn't expecting such a big spread between the top 3 picks and I was expecting better performance for "Summer Blue" and "Kaizokuhime."  The bottom two, I'm not surprised about at all.  Anyhow, this is good data and gives me some clues about what kinds of manga readers like.  I think I have an idea of what readers aren't big fans of, but I also see in this particular poll, my favorite "Summer Blue" wasn't a top pick.  Hahaha!  It helps me stay grounded :).  But my instincts are correct that "typical shoujo" like "Shima x Dan" and "The Day I Kissed a Whale" aren't expected or preferred amongst our readers.  I think that's the case too amongst OS group members.  I can tell you, no "typical shoujo" is planned moving forward.  In fact we're expanding the types of shoujo we cover and we'll be taking some chances this fall and winter with some weird, horror-themed, ecchi, and josei manga.  The good thing is right now, many of the magazine I subscribe to are trying different things in a effort to find a hit, so I'm seeing a lot more experimental one-shots and short series.

Anyhow, if you would like to expand on your favorite or what you think was the worst from August, please feel free to go nuts in the comments section.  I would love to hear your opinion and I keep those opinions in the back of my mind as I select projects for the group.

"Ojousama no Untenshu" Chapter 5

Events are progressing in "Ojousama no Untenshu" and soon Sayaka will have to make a choice. I'm actually about to burst out of my skin because I want to get to chapter 7 and chapter 8 already. But we still have to get through chapter 6.  Anyhow, this is a cute chapter, though the path to cuteness requires a stop over with a character I want to slap the crap out of.  Heheh, but it wouldn't be any good if I didn't want to slap this dude. I think, though this chapter begins setting up for the final resolution of the story which most of you won't see coming.  Haha! Yes, there are a couple of twists, but if you consider Sayaka's personality, the ending is obvious.

Also, check out the many beautiful drawings of Narutaki.  Amrai, the translator, likes page 36. I like the drawing at the bottom of page 23 (going by the page number of the PDF). Page 26 is also adorable.

Enough of my rambling before I spoil the entire series.  On to the release!

Akagami no Shirayukihime has been Transferred to Fallen Syndicate

Well, that was quick! Yes, we are transferring "Akagami no Shirayukihime" to our friends at Fallen Syndicate.  The transfer is immediate, meaning they will handle the release of chapters 35 - 37 using our translations and high quality raws.  After that, we will have no further involvement in the series. As for Akidzuki Sorata's future one-shots, they will be assessed on a case-by-case basis. We do know there are other groups who like Sorata-sensei's stories more than we do, so I think we would wait and see if those group translate the one-shots before taking any one of them on.

We realize we are moving on from our most popular series, but popularity and hits were never our goal, and honestly AnS popularity had become a burden. We felt we couldn't drop the series earlier because we feared the wrath of fandom.  Unfortunately, this led to resentment and hate towards a series.  As a scanlator doing this as a hobby for free using the money out of my own pocket, it's very stressful to dread working on a series.  This is supposed to be fun, and working on AnS hasn't been fun for me since the pirate arc ended. 

I want to thank everyone who's supported the series so far. I was hoping we'd get to the finish the series, but my hopes were dashed after AnS was transferred to Lala.  This is a double edged sword.  It's great that AnS can go on indefinitely, but at the same time it's horrible AnS can go on indefinitely. Unfortunately, for us in the US, the longer a series runs, the more unlikely it is the series will be licensed.  Also, series that run on indefinitely usually fizzle out rather than ending in a satisfying matter.  I hope AnS ends on a strong note.

Now that the transfer is set, please support Fallen Syndicate's efforts.  If you only visited Omari's Sister for AnS, we encourage you to try some of our other series, though I admit since AnS was never really our style, our other series and one-shots are nothing like it.  Haha!  Everyone else, please stick around for the future.  We have some great new series and one-shots waiting in the wings and we will be resuming some neglected series very soon ("The Ghost Apartment Manager" and "Zoo"!!!)

August 2012 Statistics, September Plans and AnS

August was our themed one-shot month.  I think it went pretty well, though in the future after Halloween and Christmas, we are probably going to limit it to 3 or 4 one-shots instead of 6.  I wanted to do a more stark alternation between series and one-shots, but from now and into 2013, we have too many on-going series that we need to moving.

In September, we plan to make some progress on our series, though I admit at this moment I don't have a firm release schedule.  As of now "Ojousama no Untenshu, " "Fushigi no Maria-kun," "Furou Kyoudai," and "Servamp" are being worked on. We are also working on one-shots for our Halloween/October one-shot party.  The plan for this month is to go with the flow and see what gets done.  We have one planned one-shot from Tsukiji Nao and Aka Lala is coming in on the 11th or 12th, but until I see the magazine, I don't know how much of it we'll cover and what the schedule will look like.  I do know though with respect to Aka Lala, we will not be paying any attention to what other groups are doing.  We may duplicate efforts, but we are not going to rush.  Rather we will work at our own pace and deliver our best effort.

Okay, now on to a detailed look at August's activities.

Top 10 Visiting Countries

1. US (CA, NY, TX, MA, FL)
2. Canada
3. France
4. Philippines (Hey! Hey! You guys made a big move up the rank!)
5. Indonesia
6. Australia
7. Germany
8. Malaysia
9. Singapore
10. United Kingdom