Monday, October 24, 2011

[ANNOUNCEMENT] Thank you and goodbye



Greetings,

This is Yuzuyaro, lead translator for Aizome Scans. As of today, Aizome Scans will be closing its doors. Life has brought forth many challenges for me, and I can no longer devote the time and effort I feel is required to producing quality scanlations in a timely manner.

I wanted to thank all of you fans out there who have supported the efforts of my team members and I. I know some of you were following my translations from when I worked for EvalPowar. I truly appreciate all of you and the support you have given me.

I hope you all can look back and enjoy the projects we have brought to you.

Take care and thank you,


Yuzuyaro

[COMPLETED RELEASE] MGX (Mysterious Girlfriend X) -- Ch.60


Hello All,

Thank you all for your patience and support. We proudly present to you Mysterious Girlfriend X - Chapter 60.

Enjoy,

Yuzu and the team

Mediafire

Fileserve

Wednesday, October 12, 2011

[COMPLETED RELEASE] Amagami Special EX 8


Hello all,

I apologize for the delay in releases. Recent events in my life have been challenging.
We hope you enjoy this special chapter of Amagami - Amagami Special EX 8.

Yuzuyaro and the team

MF Link

FS Link

Friday, September 23, 2011

[ANNOUNCEMENT] Releases & Delays

Hello All,

I'm sorry for the delay in releases. I've had to take care of some personal business lately.

As of now:

MGX 60 - Translation complete
Amagami EX Special - Typeset
Amgami Kaoru - Translation Pending

Yuzu

09/29/11 - 1222 PST

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Hey guys,

I just wanted to let you all know that Amagami - Kaoru will be re-starting in Japan as of today. Hopefully we will receive a copy of the raws soon so we can bring it to you. From the previous post, you can see we are in the process of working on the most recent Amagmi Special EX chapter. Additionally, the next chapter of MGX should be coming out some time this weekend, as well.

Now for a bit of a downer. I had some vacation time I had planned a while back that I will be taking this weekend. Unfortunately, that means that current Amagami Special EX chapter won't hit typeset immediately after cleaning. On top of which, there may be a delay in the release of MGX and Amagami - Kaoru if LHI finds raws for us prior to my return.

I just wanted to keep you all updated.

Thank you for your support and patience,


Yuzuyaro and the team

Monday, September 19, 2011

[Pending] Amagami Special EX 8 - Typeset

09/26/11 - 1705 PST

Phase 4 - Typeset - Temporary hold while working on MGX 60

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09/20/11 - 1705 PST

Translation Completed

Phase 3 - Cleaning in Progress

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09/19/2011 - 1723 PST

Correction - This posting is for Special EX 8, not 9.

Sorry guys ^_^x

Yuzu
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09/19/2011 - 1438 PST

Phase 2 - Translation

Tuesday, August 30, 2011

[COMPLETED RELEASE] MGX (Mysterious Girlfriend X) -- Ch.59




** Update 09/07/11 - 1225 PST**

Hi All,

We just sent an update that we uploaded our release of MGX 59. It's actually been out for a while.

Thank you for your support,


Yuzu and the team


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** Update 08/31/11 - 0538 PST**

Typo corrected and Version 2 created for download. Schthaxe, thanks for catching that ^_^x

Download links:

MF

FS

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Hello Everyone,

Thank you for patiently waiting! Aizome Scans proudly presents chapter 59 of Mysterious Girlfriend X!

We are not here to be first, we are here to bring you what you deserve -high quality scanlations at regular intervals.

We hope you enjoy the chapter,

Yuzu and the team

Thursday, August 25, 2011

[PENDING] MGX Chapter 59 - QC

**Update 08/29/11 - 1931 PST**

Currently in Phase 4 - QC

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**Update 08/28/11 - 1059 PST**

MGX is currently ending Phase 3 - Cleaning and beginning Phase 4 - Typesetting


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**Update 08/25/11 - 2041 PST**

MGX is currently in Phase 3 - Cleaning



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**Update 08/25/11 - 1724 PST**

MGX is currently in Phase 2 - Translation


Yuzuyaro


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Hey guys,

MGX chapter 59 has been acquired. I want to thank all of you out there who have posted links. However, our current raw provider, LHI, had already left a version for us in my mail when I awoke and I would like to give him credit. I will begin translation today after work. You can check this thread or our Project Listing and Status Page for updates.

Talk to you soon,

Yuzuyaro

Tuesday, August 23, 2011

[ANNOUNCEMENT] Welcome to our new Cleaner

Hello All,

I want to thank all of you out there who auditioned for the Cleaner/Typsetter position. I must say there are some talented people out there. But in the end, we chose one Cleaner who will be handling the cleaning, image re-construction, and leveling for MGX. The team is happy to welcome Schthaxe to the Aizome Scans team! We look forward to working with our new team member to produce high quality scanlations for you to enjoy ^_^x

Until next time,

Yuzuyaro and the team


Wednesday, August 10, 2011

[ADMIN] New Download Links

Good Morning All,

I wanted to let you all know that we have a second file server up. If you go to the "Project Listing and Status" page, you will see two (2) download links for each of the files we currently have available. Hopefully, you will be able to download from at least one of the links without difficutly.

I hope this is helpful to you all,


Yuzuyaro and the team

Sunday, August 7, 2011

[ANNOUNCEMENT] Open Auditions for Cleaner/Typesetter

**Update ~ 08/13/11**

Hello all,

First of all, I would like to thank all of you who have applied for the Cleaner/Typersetter positions. I would also like to announce that the auditions are now officially closed. For those of you who have applied and have yet to turn in your eval packs, please be sure to send your eval packs back to Aizome Scans by the deadline stated in the pack. If you do not meet your deadline or fail to communicate to the team why you cannot meet your deadline, your application will automatically be removed from the running by default.

Thank you all again for your participation,


Yuzuyaro and the team



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Hello everyone,

This is Yuzuyaro. Recently, I have noticed that some of our readers have voiced a desire to help out with our projects. The team and I would like to announce that we are holding an open audition for a cleaner/typesetter. We may actually create a small 1-3 person team of cleaners/typesetters, but that all depends on how many people apply and how the process goes.

For anyone interested, please email the Aizome team at Aizome.scans.info@gmail.com.

We are looking to take a maximum of 10 to 15 applications. Once we have received an email from you, we will email you a link to our cleaner/typesetter eval pack. Please, complete the eval pack per the instructions included and return the completed files in zip format to our team email.

The time frame for completing this eval pack is exactly 7 days from your having received the pack.

We look forward to seeing your skills,

Yuzuyaro


Saturday, August 6, 2011

[COMPLETED RELEASE] MGX (Mysterious Girlfriend X) -- Ch.58

Hello Everyone,

Aizome Scans presents Mysterious Girlfriend X Chapter 58. The team members currently working at Aizome were the same members that brought you the original scanlated release of chapter 58. In order to keep continuity for future releases of this series, the team has decided to release this chapter here.
We have worked together to re-touch the translation, SFX denotations, and scans themselves. We are in the process of working on new techniques and methods to bring you a more enjoyable reading experience.

We hope you enjoy the chapter and look forward to bringing you more in the future.

Thank you,

Yuzu and the team

Download

Kudos - I just wanted to thank one of our readers who gave me some excellent advice on cleaning. You know who you are. Thank you!

[ADMIN] Blog Layout Update

Hello Everyone,

We've been working on the layout of the blog to make it easier for our readers to find information.

The following pages have been created to keep you updated on our timelines, project status, and info on the group itself.

Production Timeline
- Info on our production process with estimated time frames.

Project Listing and Status
- Info on our projects, including phase of production and download links if available.

FAQ
-Info about us. This page is still in production.


Thank you,

Aizome Scans Team

Sunday, July 31, 2011

[ADMIN] How tags work on this blog.

  • 2011-08-01 MON, 9:01 AM PST
No new data, just renaming tags and inserting meta-labels.

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  • 2011-08-01 MON, some god-awful early hour of the day, PST.
UPDATE: Okay, Yuzu and I have worked out new rules on tag usage. This should clear things up.

[ANNOUNCEMENT] Should be self-evident. Also includes news about stuff that is not admin related.

[ADMIN] A post that conveys information of an administrative nature about the blog/irc/mediafire account, as all are forms of communication/disseminating data.

[PENDING] When a release is still "in the works", hence pending more action by the members (e.g., QC, translate, distro).

[COMPLETED RELEASE] When a release is... well, completed. Don't know how much more I can say about that.

[RANT] Oh, you guys are gonna love this one.

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It seems that everyone is misunderstanding the tag. Tags are used to organize and categorize data. The [Release] tag means that a post has data that is related to a release/production of work and is not related another subject/category (e.g., admin, announcement, correction, rant, etc).

Morever, the _context_ of the post says it all -- this should be obvious to anyone who reads the post.

If you made an assumption by glancing at only the title and failed to read the rest of the post, then that's your choice. We really have no control over that.

-Doku^2 Shinsha.

[PENDING] MGX (Mysterious Girlfriend X) -- Ch.59

STATUS REPORT

  • 2011-08-01 MON, 9:06 AM PST
No new data, just renaming tags and inserting meta-labels.
  • 2011-07-31 SUN, 5:53 PM PST.
-Awaiting raw acquisition. If you want to help us out, feel free to provide us with links to raws (as a reply/comment to the appropriate post). Once we get a set of raws that looks good, we will commence work on it.

Thanks!
-Doku^2 Shinsha

[ANNOUNCEMENT] MGX (Mysterious Girlfriend X) -- Ch.58

  • 2011-08-01 MON, 9:01 AM PST
No new data, just renaming tags and inserting meta-labels.

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Dear fans,


Yuzu's final collaboration with TkTranslate was the translation of this chapter. You can find TkTranslate's production of this scanlation here:

http://tktranslate.blogspot.com/2011/07/mysterious-girlfriend-x-chapter-58.html


Enjoy!
-Doku^2 Shinsha

P.S.: Chapter 57 will be available in the post below, and Chapter 59 will be available in the post above.

[COMPLETED RELEASE] MGX (Mysterious Girlfriend X) -- Ch.57


STATUS REPORT - Scanlation Complete
  • 2011-08-01 MON, 11:35 PM PST
**Updated Version**

A typo was found and corrected. Chapter 57 Version 2 available here for download:

Mysterious Girlfriend Chapter 57 Version 2 Direct Download Link

  • 2011-08-01 MON, 9:01 AM PST
No new data, just renaming tags and inserting meta-labels.
  • 2011-07-31 SUN, 7:00 PM PST
Hello all,

Aizome Scans proudly presents its first release - Mysterious Girlfriend Chapter 57. As stated in earlier an earlier post, we are committed
to providing you with high-quality scanlations in a timely manner. As such, we will providing updates on our projects regularly so that you can stay up-to-date on what's happening with the scanlation projects you are following.

Feel free to visit us in our irc channel at #aizome-scans on Rizon.net. Links to any direct downloads will be available there, as well.

Thank you all for your support,

Yuzuyaro

See link to version 2 above
  • 2011-07-31 SUN, 4:47 PM PST
-Currently in Phase 5: QC.

Everything's on schedule,

-Doku^2 Shinsha.

[ADMIN] Production Protocol/Procedures

Dear fans,

Even though Aizome Scans is only a few days old, we've hit the ground running and we want to be transparent with our fans about production protocol and procedures.

Here's a timeline of how we operate:

Phase 1: Raw acquisition (pending availability)

Phase 2: Translation (1.0 ~ 1.5 days)

Phase 3: Cleaning (1.5 ~ 2.0 days)
-A: Text removal from bubbles and frames.
-B: Text removal from image overlays and image reconstruction
-C: Double-page spread image reconstruction
-D: Artifact removal and gradient leveling (if required).

Phase 4: Typeset (1.0 ~ 2.0 days)
-A: In-bubble and in-frame text placement
-B: Out-frame and SFX text placement
-C: Title page text placement

Phase 5: QC (2.0 ~ 3.0 days)

Phase 6: Archive creation and distribution (0.50 days)
-A: Mediafire upload
-B: IRC channel upload

TOTAL TIME FROM RAW ACQUISITION: 6.0 ~ 9.0 days

NOTE: We will have regular updates; if we deviate from this schedule, we'll post something to let you know.

-D^2 Shinsha

Thursday, July 28, 2011

Today is a new day

Hello to everyone,

This is Yuzuyaro, formerly of Tktranslate. As of today, I resigned my post at Tktranslate and have started this group - Aizome Scans. Our project lineup includes the following:

1. Mysterious Girlfriend X - Starting with chapter 57

2. Amagami Precious Diaries - Kaoru - Starting with chapter 12
(raw release date pending author)

3. Asa Made Jugyou Chu - Pending Member's decision

We are committed to bringing you quality scanlations in a timely release manner.

We look forward to your support,

Yuzuyaro