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10:12:15 <bay|Ota|CRManga> Hi guys
10:12:20 <bay|Ota|CRManga> This is Crunchyroll's first manga only panel
10:13:28 <bay|Ota|CRManga> We're going to get started
10:13:50 <bay|Ota|CRManga> For those who aren't familiar with Crunchyroll Manga, it went live in October
10:13:53 <bay|Ota|CRManga> it's the result of a lot of hard work
10:14:06 <bay|Ota|CRManga> I'm going to get right in on introductions
10:14:16 <bay|Ota|CRManga> Evan and I are going to give introductions and then talk about what we're reading
10:14:24 <bay|Ota|CRManga> I'm Danika, the manga brand manager at Crunchyroll
10:14:29 <bay|Ota|CRManga> I take care of the marketing
10:14:42 <bay|Ota|CRManga> And work with the licensing team with acquiring new titles
10:15:13 <bay|Ota|CRManga> And I'm Evan, I'm a software developer at Crunchyroll, and I'm a blogger outside of work at Anigamers
10:15:55 <bay|Ota|CRManga> For those who aren't familiar, we just update the manga mobile apps on ios and android
10:16:12 <bay|Ota|CRManga> We implemented push notifications ... I believe yesterday...
10:16:19 <bay|Ota|CRManga> and if you want notifications when we launch new titles, you can set that up
10:16:27 <bay|Ota|CRManga> and we added progress tracking so you can pick up where you left off
10:16:34 <bay|Ota|CRManga> and it's like a queue, it'll take you to where you get off
10:16:39 <bay|Ota|CRManga> we have infinite scroll in landscape mode
10:16:53 <bay|Ota|CRManga> we have guided view, so you can zoom in on a panel
10:17:01 <bay|Ota|CRManga> page selection...
10:17:15 <bay|Ota|CRManga> bookmarking...
10:17:21 <bay|Ota|CRManga> sort and filter which is new
10:17:30 <bay|Ota|CRManga> and search
10:17:39 <bay|Ota|CRManga> What we're reading
10:17:45 <bay|Ota|CRManga> Inside Mari
10:18:37 <bay|Ota|CRManga> by the author of flowers of evil
10:19:14 <bay|Ota|CRManga> Yamada-kun and the Seven Witches
10:20:32 <bay|Ota|CRManga> Ajin Demi-human
10:20:41 <bay|Ota|CRManga> Kings Game: Origin
10:22:07 <bay|Ota|CRManga> A Silent Voice
10:22:09 <bay|Ota|CRManga> Fuuka
10:24:56 <bay|Ota|CRManga> Insufficient Direction
10:25:10 <bay|Ota|CRManga> Memoirs of Amorous Gentlemen
10:28:52 <bay|Ota|CRManga> Soredemo Machi wa Mawatteiru
10:28:57 <bay|Ota|CRManga> Mysterious Girlfriend X
10:31:20 <bay|Ota|CRManga> Doll: The Hotel Detective
10:32:28 <bay|Ota|CRManga> just picked up a bunch of Takao Saito titles...
10:31:41 <bay|Ota|CRManga> same author as Golgo 13
10:32:20 <bay|Ota|CRManga> Crayon Shin-chan
10:33:01 <bay|Ota|CRManga> doing 1 chapter a week
10:33:52 <bay|Ota|CRManga> so now we've talked about what we've read
10:33:54 <bay|Ota|CRManga> Manga Announcements
10:34:00 <bay|Ota|CRManga> and these titles will all be going up this week
10:34:07 <bay|Ota|CRManga> first one was made at Anime Expo
10:34:11 <bay|Ota|CRManga> GTO Paradise Lost
10:34:19 <bay|Ota|CRManga> catalog up 8/9 @ 11am pst
10:34:29 <bay|Ota|CRManga> simul-pub: Sundays @ 5pm PST
10:35:28 <bay|Ota|CRManga> we also have the GTO anime and the dramss
10:35:48 <bay|Ota|CRManga> we also have the GTO anime and the dramas
10:35:29 <bay|Ota|CRManga> Shindo
10:35:37 <bay|Ota|CRManga> full catalog available on 8/12 @ 5pm worldwide ex japan
10:35:59 <bay|Ota|CRManga> also new titles from Futabasha
10:36:04 <bay|Ota|CRManga> Murder Incarnation
10:36:09 <bay|Ota|CRManga> full catalog 8/12 @ 5pm
10:36:11 <bay|Ota|CRManga> worldwide ex japan
10:36:46 <bay|Ota|CRManga> Girl May Kill
10:36:51 <bay|Ota|CRManga> Azusa Itakura
10:36:56 <bay|Ota|CRManga> catalog 8/12 @ 5pm
10:37:27 <bay|Ota|CRManga> simulpub: every 24th of month @ 5pm, starting august 24th
10:37:12 <bay|Ota|CRManga> worldwide ex Japan
10:37:38 <bay|Ota|CRManga> Joshi Kausei
10:37:42 <bay|Ota|CRManga> by Wakai Ken
10:37:51 <bay|Ota|CRManga> catalog 8/12 @ 5pm
10:38:01 <bay|Ota|CRManga> Simul-pub: 2nd and 4th thursday of the month
10:38:11 <bay|Ota|CRManga> avail: worldwide excluding Japan
10:39:14 <bay|Ota|CRManga> Cronos Haze
10:39:14 <bay|Ota|CRManga> catalog available soon
10:40:16 <bay|Ota|CRManga> simul-pub 1st and 3rd monday @ 5pm pst
10:39:29 <bay|Ota|CRManga> first simul tba
10:41:15 <bay|Ota|CRManga> also, we run a ton contests on the site
10:41:39 <bay|Ota|CRManga> (talking about the Seven Deadly Sins contest)
10:41:54 <bay|Ota|CRManga> going to show the runner ups, they announced the winners
10:42:56 <bay|Ota|CRManga> artwork of runner-ups and winners will be published in the next volume in japan and in the US release
10:43:17 <bay|Ota|CRManga> next...
10:43:25 <bay|Ota|CRManga> Crunchyroll Manga Social Media
10:43:53 <bay|Ota|CRManga> ask.fm/cr_manga
10:44:33 <bay|Ota|CRManga> ask stuff
10:44:48 <bay|Ota|CRManga> twitter.com/cr_manga
10:44:57 <bay|Ota|CRManga> facebook.com/crunchyrollmanga
10:45:33 <bay|Ota|CRManga> going to open things up to Q&A
10:48:54 <bay|Ota|CRManga> Q: Is there anything you really want for the site?
10:49:09 <bay|Ota|CRManga> A: Ideally we want everything, but that's probably not possible
10:50:32 <bay|Ota|CRManga> Q: Are you guys strictly looking at manga or going for manwha too? Like Freezing and Unbalance Unbalance
10:50:47 <bay|Ota|CRManga> A: There are some manwha on the list, we aren't strictly looking at manga
10:51:09 <bay|Ota|CRManga> If you have suggestions, let us know
10:52:03 <bay|Ota|CRManga> Q: Will have you a separate manga plan?
10:52:09 <bay|Ota|CRManga> A: There is a manga only membership on the site
10:52:28 <bay|Ota|CRManga> Q: Can you have anime+manga only?
10:52:53 <bay|Ota|CRManga> A: We only have anime, manga, and all-access...
10:53:47 <bay|Ota|CRManga> How many want anime and manga combined?
10:54:41 <bay|Ota|CRManga> Q: A Town Where You Live isn't on the app?
10:54:58 <bay|Ota|CRManga> A: You need to change your settings on the site
10:55:18 <bay|Ota|CRManga> Q: You mentioned Leed, the publisher.... interested in suggestions from their catalog?
10:55:25 <bay|Ota|CRManga> A: We're interested in all suggestions.
10:55:38 <bay|Ota|CRManga> Q: Are you planning to update the site to make it similar to the iphone and the app
10:55:57 <bay|Ota|CRManga> A: I should have mentioned that before, the web update is coming which will bring them into parity
10:56:41 <bay|Ota|CRManga> Q: You showed a lot of recent manga, would you increase the catalog with older manga? 10 or 20 years in the past?
10:56:45 <bay|Ota|CRManga> A: What are you looking for?
10:57:00 <bay|Ota|CRManga> Yeah, we want catalog titles.. we want a lot of back catalog stuff...
10:57:28 <bay|Ota|CRManga> Again, send suggestions
10:59:42 <bay|Ota|CRManga> Q: Chapter based comments in update?
10:59:53 <bay|Ota|CRManga> A: Lemme take that back to the developers
10:59:58 <bay|Ota|CRManga> If you have questions, come up
11:00:42 <bay|Ota|CRManga> Thank you for coming and thank you for reading manga on Crunchyroll
11:00:43 <bay|Ota|CRManga> end