Forum:Viz Manga Images

Look, the whole "RAW/cleaned/scanlator" edit wars are getting out of hand. People are so dead-set in their beliefs that without concrete rules this shit is just going to continue to cause a mess.

Here's the thing, with Shonen Jump Alpha (now called Weekly Shonen Jump) being released at the same time as the Japanese print, I feel that we need to change and open ourselves up a bit. Japanese raws are often dirty until cleaned, and even then the users here can't attain the same quality as scanlator groups. And when it comes down to it, Viz is just the official scanlator group. Their images are of higher quality (similar to Mangastream) and would be better suited for use.

Japanese elitists may claim, "But One Piece is a Japanese manga and as such we should use the Jap pages!" or "But then the pages will have English words and sound effects in them!"

Well yes, this is true. But in the case of most articles we're illustrating a scene, not the dialogue. What matters is the images themselves, the kanji means jack-shit. If we were illustrating the dialogue because there was a unique example only shown by the Japanese text which the English couldn't replicate, then sure we'd use that. But in most situations this isn't the case. We are an international wiki, and our images should not be sourced from a sole country, especially now that that sole country in question is not the only legitimate source of content.

To summarise, allow images taken from Weekly Shonen Jump (both American and Japanese) and stop edit-warring over the two. Accept the one of better quality, and if that happens to NOT be the raw, just accept it. 01:09, January 23, 2013 (UTC)

Discussion
I agree with what was said above. However, I do believe we should still consult the raw when it comes to translation issues. 01:13, January 23, 2013 (UTC)

There is rarely an edited scene in Viz's manga, so when that comes I believe a different scan should be used. Other than that, I agree. 01:24, January 23, 2013 (UTC)

I agree. We should. 03:58, January 23, 2013 (UTC)

We would still have to remove the text. SeaTerror (talk) 04:00, January 23, 2013 (UTC)

Why? 04:01, January 23, 2013 (UTC)

ST, I already explained in chat that including the English text isn't a copyright issue. 00:28, January 24, 2013 (UTC)

Viz is guaranteed to complain about it. You'll most likely have to get permission from them first. SeaTerror (talk) 00:41, January 24, 2013 (UTC)

ST, that's what we have licenses for, and no, they wont waste the time on giving a shit. And who is gonna pay for the Viz chapters? Are they free?

They've complained about less. *cough* Narutofan domain *cough* Galaxy already has access to Alpha. SeaTerror (talk) 00:49, January 24, 2013 (UTC)

It's fairuse. We're using it for informational purposes. 01:00, January 24, 2013 (UTC)

@Sewil: No it isn't free. However, apparently Galaxy has access to it, so it's free for us. He can pay the rent. ;p 02:01, January 24, 2013 (UTC)

I disagree, since VIZ usually down-tones the true manga with censorship and add a shirt to cleavages. Besides, VIZ translation is still not the original RAW. It is just some official translators altering the original RAW to English, not much different from scanlation. 02:22, January 24, 2013 (UTC)

They don't do it that anymore Yata. The images are 100% uncensored.

Anyway, I think the forum is mainly calling for Viz Manga images being allowed until we have a good enough raw. Some raws are absolute crap unless cleaned, (and some don't get cleaned). Since when does the dialogue even matter in most images anyways? 02:25, January 24, 2013 (UTC)

No, the point is to allow either. Again, the point of images is they are images and the text is irrelevant. Yata, I'll quote from the introduction, "in the case of most articles we're illustrating a scene, not the dialogue."

The text means nothing in most cases. In the rare situation we want to highlight the text (such as for an SBS), then you can use raws exclusively. 02:29, January 24, 2013 (UTC)

Yeah, I think we should blank the text in any Viz images (if we allow them at all). Viz uses several different spellings than us, among other translation issues. If we want our own pictures to be able to be used as a source/reference, we should use a primary source (Japanese Raws) rather than a secondary one (English scans). It's harder for us to understand the Japanese text, but at least we'll know it's always correct. 02:30, January 24, 2013 (UTC)

Do VIZ have watermarks? 02:38, January 24, 2013 (UTC)

I think it'll be hard to distinguish scanlator from Viz so we don't know if people upload Viz or just something a fan group translated.

Pretty obvious if they do. The quality is substantially different.

Also, no they don't Yata. 02:39, January 24, 2013 (UTC)

Sewil's got a point guys. I mean just before he reverted to a version he believed to be higher quality, despite actually being MangaStream's scan with the Japanese text pasted over. It's an easy mistake to make.

In all seriousness, no. How many people here have actually seen a scan from Weekly Shonen Jump? We actually had this brought up on the Bleach Wiki some time ago, where it was shown to be clearly different. Unofficial scanlator groups tend to be very polar in their shades, thick black and whites. Scans from WSJ tend to be lighter in shading. 02:46, January 24, 2013 (UTC)