(7 Mar 2024) In a major push towards making manga more accessible internationally, several manga publishers along with the Japanese government’s Japan Industrial Innovation Investment Corporation have come together to translate manga titles to English using AI resources. As Nikkei reported, this is going to be accomplished by a start-up named Orange which has been provided an initial funding of 2.92 billion yen (~US$19 million). At least eight of the biggest manga publishers including Shogakukan have come together to contribute to the project.
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