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DG Mobile joins with Xing, the administrators of the top ringtone site "Pokemero Joysound", to create a new manga site, "Keitai de Manga * Mainichi Mobile Comics," operable on 3G cellphones
Xing Inc. (Representative: Tsukichi Takahiro, Location: Aichi Prefecture, Nagoya Shimizuho-ku, Shiori-cho 18-1) and DG Mobile Inc. (Representative: Kazusuke Obi, Location: Tokyo, Shibuya-ku, Tomigaya 2-43-15; following read: "DG-M"), starting February 3rd, will establish a new entertainment site called, "Keitai de Manga * Mainichi Mobile Comics," for KDDI's EZweb.
The cellular-publications market has shown signs of drastic growth in recent years. Particularly, for young people, comics and cartoons which users can access via their cellphones, or "mobile comics," are predicted to become central to this large market. DG-M for some time, has been a specialist in comic-contents distribution for third generation (3G) cellular phones. DG-M's "Mobile Comics Solution" is its unique integration-technology infrastructure for 3G mobile-use data. The "Mobile Comics Solution" provides solutions such as coimic and image authoring software, display-applications for specific uses, and technology licencing. On one side, the rapidly growing Web Progressive Inc (Tokyo, Chiyoda-ku; CEO: Masahiro Ohga; following read:"WP"), an associate of entertainment publishers Shogakukan, will be teaming up with DG-M as of May 2005. As of August 2005, they will also team up with the Manga-Kyoukai (Manga Society) organization,
a group of manga authors who are striving for fame while working in digital formats, to create and build the foundations for a new 3G cellular phone oriented-contents business. On the other side of the collaboration is Xing Inc, proprietor of the hightest ranked ring tone site, "Pokemero Joysound," who is the first large-scale provider of entertainment contents for cellular phones. As 3G phone functionality is progressing and more people are switching to 3G, the electronic publications market from now is expected to expand, and DG-M will be there to participate in the mobile comics market.
"Keitai de Manga * Mainichi Mobile Comics" will first be targeted at EZweb(KDDI) networks, but plans are already in place to expand the site to other carriers.
A monthly fee of 315 yen (Tax included) also grants 300 points to the subscriber. The point costs for downloading publications varies according to the publications. Additional points can be purchased if the original 300 points are exhausted before the month is over.
New works will be added daily, and users can enjoy new and old works from popular and famous authors regardless of their age or gender.
-Overview of "Keitai de Manga * Mainichi Mobile Comics"
Site name: "Keitai de Manga * Mainichi Mobile Comics"
ＵＲＬ： http://e.mobacomi.net
Top menu=> Categories search=> TV/ Media=> Magazines=> "MainichiMobakomi"
Fee: 315yen(tax include) for 300 points
(Additional points are available for purchase if the initial 300 points are spent.)
Launch date: Feb 3, 2005
Below are introductory samples. Whole works can be downloaded for only 10 points each.
President Yuka-chan/ Author: ?? ?? (type: comedy)
A collection of observations of a company's female president, presented on the television program, "Because it's love." She's the president of a company that does beauty-consulting. Although it's a makeup company, they are involved in the marketing sales-strategy of cosmetics-consulting, apperal, fasion and so-forth. This is one irritated working-woman's account of dieting, the makeup business and skincare-advising. Written in a unique style like a newspaper column or television comentary, readers can see all aspects of the mixed-up-yet-ordinary, life of "President Yuka-chan."
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Marshmellow Babies/ Inushige (type: character-development story)
>From Seainzoukei College's year 2000 elective painting class. Illustrations from the short animations used in NHK Osaka and NHK Educational TV's "Modern society in this world," Kenkyusha's university-entrance study magazine illustrations, digital communication report "sofmap.magazine"s illustrations, "Underground Dictionary" illustrations, illustrations from Recruit Rikunavi 2004/Tenshoku-navi introduction-flash illustrations, etc.
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I Am Mikarin / Fukan Shuu (type: ??)
Born in 1978, with a degree from Hosei college's department of liturature. Now published as a digital comic, Fuji-TV's website's 2001 "Shonen Takeshi," and starting into action primarily on the internet. >From 2003 it was available from "Kyarabbit" (Web Progressive), "Marble boy," and "USO800 Collection" as a character series. In 2004, in association with the NHK Educational TV's "Guttokuru Sunday," you could see it in the form of the show's MC character "Kuru-nyan."
Moba Kami-sama / Miwa ?-mura
Digital comic writer. Featuring flash minigames, charachter designs and illustrations from the "Kodomo Poruta" website for middle-schoolers, and character designs and illustrations from the website "Methane-hydrate Kids" (from the Japan National Oil corporation).
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