02 How to use this Usenet Manga Guide
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This article is from the Manga FAQ, by Steve Pearl starbuck@cybercomm.net with numerous contributions by others.
02 How to use this Usenet Manga Guide
Please refer to the other Usenet manga FAQs for general background about manga,
the net, JIS encoding, etc.
The Usenet Manga Guide lists manga artists in English alphabetical order. Each
manga artist has a brief biography (where supplied), and a list of their most
important or recent mangas, in loosely chronological order.
For each manga, the following information is listed, with optional items in [ ]
braces:
* Romaji title, Japanese title (in JIS), [English title];
o [author/gensaku-sha;]
o magazine where the manga was serialized, OR publisher; (Please note
that publishers of manga magazines are listed in the Usenet Manga
Magazines FAQ. Currently running mangas are listed as "currently
serialized" or "currently published".)
o year of first publication; [year finished;]
o [number of volumes;]
o price per volume (in Yen);
+ synopsis/review/plot summary; (these are usually provided by
readers of the net, and tend to reflect individual tastes and
opinions, as with any review. They should not necessarily be
regarded as authoritative or objective. Contributors' names are
credited at the end of the Guide.)
+ list of relevant URLs. (provided as a sample only, not intended
as a full cross-reference to manga on the Web, and not
guaranteed to be current.)
Japanese bookstores only require the title, artist/author and publisher to
order a manga. ISBNs are not necessary.
The best way to find information in this guide is to keep a copy on-line and
search it electronically with a text editor or word processor. For those
looking for recommendations for new mangas, or information in general, it is
also suitable for browsing at random.
Currently, the WWW version of the guide is a single, bulky document with
minimal interactivity, generating about 250 hits per week. A proper queryable
database was planned, but this would take much more time than the current
maintainer can spare. In addition, no interest in this kind of service has been
expressed.
A Japanese-capable browser should be used to read the WWW version. Those using
a Japanese-language text renderer such as Shodouka should set their browser's
memory cache (10MB should be sufficient) to handle the large amount of JIS code
in the Guide.
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