Manga on iPad

[R.R.Mac]

I'm seriously thinking about getting an iPad but primarily for reading Manga on it (no it is NOT the same as marvel comics so please no talking about them). Does anyone use their iPad for manga and does it look good? Is it easy to read and do you get eyestrain?

Thanks!

 

[pondie84]

Yes, yes, no.

And for the question you didn't ask: Comic Zeal

 

[miamijim]

Got over 500 comics on my iPad.....


Comiczeal FTW


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Oh and get comiczealsync free program for your Mac or pc converts all your jpg type files into comics and syncs hem all over wifi to you iPad..... Nice

 

[R.R.Mac]

thanks a lot

 

[Vic-Viper]

Comic Zeal sucks. Get cloud reader. No conversion needed and it's free. Supports USB transfers, and MANY file formats (cbr, cbz, zip, jpg, png, rar, etc)

 

[pondie84]

Of course it's a matter of personal preference. I'd recommend you try cloudreaders because it's free.

I'm not a huge fan of it though.

And comic zeal supports USB transfer as well.

 

[Dekimasu]

unfortunately the phrasing of your request to keep marvel comics out of it had the opposite effect on me.

comics are [manga are] comics.

some japanese manga is basically the same (artistically, thematically) as marvel comics. not much sense in making a loanword-based distinction as far as i can tell.

 

[pondie84]

I read both manga and American comics and think mostly there are very few similarities.

 

[miamijim]

I just installed cloud reader and I must say I find comiczeal to be a much easier ui to use. Plus I have all my comics on comiczeal and there is. O way to import them into cloud reader even though they are already on my iPad.

 

[gigades]

I'm using Manga Storm for reading manga from websites. It's free and very cool.

 

[gloss]

I read both manga and American comics and think mostly there are very few similarities.

You're right. Japanese films similarly can't be referred to as 'movies,' because they're culturally distinct.

Oh, wait.

The comic book is a medium. In any normal conversation, the terms are fungible. The only time you'd get picky about it was if you were specifically trying to differentiate between the two ("I love manga, but I hate American comics").

 

[outphase]

unfortunately the phrasing of your request to keep marvel comics out of it had the opposite effect on me.

comics are [manga are] comics.

some japanese manga is basically the same (artistically, thematically) as marvel comics. not much sense in making a loanword-based distinction as far as i can tell.

I think the distinction is that Marvel has its own app which looks pretty good, but manga is usually cbr/cbz files and unofficial.

 

[StevenMontain]

my favorite

manganinja HD