One for the archive.

So I went digging in my archives again and found another oddity. This time it's a 14 page lrough draft (?) of a Final Fantasy 9 doujinshi. Going by my notes I saved this back in 2006 from Yachiko. I'm unsure if it is still on the site but according to my records this is the source. It's also entirely possible this has since been published and I don't have it. I put it up on a DDL for archival ppurposes.

It's quite nicely done, if you're a Final Fantasy 9 fan you should give it a look.

 But don't take my word for it! See the images below!

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In other news

I've had a lot of business to take care of lately so things have been a bit slower than I had planned. However I'm in the clear for a bit so I got around to changing some things I've been meaning to for a while.

 

All releases including ones posted prior to the DDL server now have a DDL link alongside the usual Mediafire/E-Hentai combo. So even in the event of Megaupload's demise being replicated there will still be links live.

Due to some confusion on what has and hasn't been translated. I took the time to go back through and make sure all translated scans link to the translation post and vice versa. (In case anyone wants to confirm the translation with the raw or something)

 

Tags now show in the sidebar down the right hand side, hopefully this will be usefull for sifting through the releases on here. I'll go back and make sure all of the tags are accurate and add some more in the next day or so.

Formatting for the text only page has been fixed a bunch and looks a lot less shitty.

If you have any suggestions, questions or comments with regards to my work leave a comment or send me an email about it! strangescans[at]gmail.com

Release #114 - Black Lagoon [Translation]

[Strange Scans] is proud to present - a Black Lagoon swimsuit book! Contrary to the image below it's actually in black and white, also it's only eight pages. I edited this one back in 2009-ish under another name. So this is retroactive release, but it's still legit. Fyi: I haven't uploaded it on E-Hentai - rather I've linked to the upload of the guy who comissioned the translation because really, it's his comission.

Also I fixed a spelling mistake, so this is like. The super deluxe edition.

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Edit: It seems that there is a coloured version of this book released as part of The Book of Venom which is over here - E-Hentai Gallery. That would be the colouring Tex-Mex is thanking Iron Tiger for if I'm any guess. The following image is an example of said colouring. Note the slightly larger size due to less cropping.

 No text, awesome. It seems it's not as vibrant as the web version but whatever. The only difference is that now the Eda/Revy page now has roberta from another page, which is now a solo roberta page. (Which is hardly a bad thing) If by chance you just want the pages featured in the swimsuit book in colour I've uploaded those over here.

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Release #112 - Yorozu fetishism 2 [Translation]

[Strange Scans] is proud to present - yet another TTT doujinshi! This time it's "Yorozu Fetishism 2", you may remember the first one which I did a deluxe re-edit of a while ago over here. This is probably going to be the last TTT doujinshi I get translated for a while. Along with all of the usual TTT content this one also contains watersports so - you know what they say, forewarned is forearmed. Also it's pretty cool to find some 3x3 Eyes stuff.

This post is Chensafe™

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Also - from Desudesu

"Second part of the doujin is based on Sansha Sanyou (三者三葉). The long haired girl is Youko Nishikawa, an ojou-sama rich daddy archetype girl, but her father’s business went down under and now her family’s broke. She’s pretty naive and is god awful at cooking, which explains a joke in that part of the doujin :V"

The more you know.

Release #109 - Fate Stay Night [Translation]

[Strange Scans] is proud to present with the assistance of the one and only Desudesu. A Fate/stay night doujinshi - "CUTIE"! This circle who did this one - TTT is a personal favourite of mine. As with the other TTT doujinshi I posted, this contains yuri themed armpits/feet and sweat/smell fetish, so you know. You've been warned.

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Also on page 28 he mentiones using the art on the page as the cover for a copybook - which was apparenly "makidera falls in love". (Mugimugi) I wonder that was in it?

Black Magic M-66: Part 4

Well, it's about that time again I think. Lets have another Black Magic M-66 collection round up! In todays action packed issue we cover rare cells, promotional material and other miscellaneous stuff.
As usual 56K beware, there are many images ahead.

I think when it says Mario, they mean the first half of marionette.

Release #108 - Galaxy Express 999 Volume 1 Part Two

I got a email a little while ago saying that some of the files I have hosted at Mediafire have been suspended and deleted, upon inspection it seems I've received a DMCA or Digital Millennium Copyright Act notice in regards to Galaxy Express 999.

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I know right? Well, seeing as it's a fully legal takedown notice - I'm going to have to let it be. Lest Mediafire delete the rest of my stuff or something. Which is an eventuality I'd really rather avoid. It has however made me re-think my reliance on their hosting. (And I know they're still a good service despite this) When I have the time I will get around to rehosting all of my earlier doujinshi on my DDL server as a contingency plan.

In other news; yes releases are slowing down lately. I'm sorry about that but this is a project that I run in my spare time, which I haven't had so much of lately. That and it's a good idea to keep on top of things in real life. I do however have some things in the works (As usual) and I hope you'll stick around to see them happen,

-Superkawaii‼

Donor Projects: Update. Updated!

You may recall a while ago I made mention of donor projects. Where I hoped to get donations for interesting raws I'd gotten hold of in lieu of coughing up large amounts of money for entire volumes to be translated. (It's been slow). Well I've procured through a raws despository the first volume of Shape Up Ran - a charming gag manga written by Masaya Tokuhiro about a girl into body building and, well - a whole range of bizarre things. The following image is the only english language summary of the plot I have.

I have no idea who originally did these scans and there are no notecards or images, so it could very well have been one of those japanese p2p nets I keep hearing about. It dosen't really matter as long as we're clear I'm not taking credit for the scanning. I did however give it a bit of a scrub. It's going to need more work before it heads off to be translated, but I don't have the time for that at the moment. Please do give this a read it if seems at all interesting!

Now with Volume two!

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Release #108 - Galaxy Express 999 Volume 1

[Strange Scans] is proud to present, Galaxy Express 999 volume 1! This is the 1998 Dark Horse english release, which has been out of print for a good fourteen years now as far as I am aware. This scan is for archival purposes only, do not download unless you own a copy of the manga. If you do not please consider purchasing a copy to support the distribution of manga and show your appreciation for the work of Leiji Matsumoto. 

I've always liked Leiji's work, ever since I heard of "Galaxy Express 999: The end of infinity" which I recall seeing this advertised alongside Urotsukidōji (Which was a fair while ago now). He has a very unique style, which I really enjoy. He also draws really nice women - just look at Maetel! Classic stuff. Maybe I should have a dig around for some related doujinshi.

Also the notes inside indicate that "For the Purposes of publication in English, the artwork in this graphic novel appears in reverse of the original Japanese version." - I find that a bit disapointing honestly.

Enjoy!

Deleted due to DMCA request.

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Release #107 - Sailor Moon

[Strange Scans] is proud to present a Sailor Moon doujinshi - 月火水木金土日#3! This circle has done a few Sailor Moon doujinshi from what mugimugi seems to indicate, I have a feeling I have one of the others in storage somewhere. Also, after working on Kabu no Isaki I've refined my scanning method (yet again) so there should be a dramatic reduction in oversized scans from now on in.

Enjoy!

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Release #106 - Kabu no Isaki Volume 1

[Strange Scans] is proud to present - the first volume of Kabu no Isaki! A rescanning project that would not have been possible without the translation and editing assistance of  dou - thanks again guys! This is the tankobon scan of the first volume with quite a large amount of translation fixes applied - some of which have a reasonable impact on the plot of the story. So if you've read the existing scan this will be different. There is some banding in the scans - sorry about that, it appears to be a problem with my scanner.

If you don't know Kabu no Isaki you may know the author - Hitoshi Ashinano, from his other amazing work Yokohama Kaidashi Kikō also known as YKK.

"How did this happen? The surface of the earth has become ten times larger, so you need a plane to get around this giant world! Meet Isaki, who pilots a Piper Super Cub. Accompanied by his neighbors, the sisters Shiro-san and Kajika, today's another enjoyably mellow and wholesome day!".
How could you not read it after a write up like that? 

Enjoy!

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(Click on the pages for a larger version)

In regards to recent events..

It looks like Megaupload got popped by the FBI See wired.

So those links are going to be down (obviously).

I'll put them back up on the DDL server but it might take a day or so.

Release #105 - New Dominion Tank Police OST

[Strange Scans] is proud to present a soundtrack release! This time it's the UK OST for the New Dominion Tank Police OVA's. The aptly titled 'New Dominion'. The metadata however read Dominion II - New Dominion Tank Police, so we're going with that.

I find it interesting that they managed an english release of this all the way back in 1993. (The same year Ninja Scroll came out) I also find it interesting that Anipuma and Unipuma have blonde hair in Dominion Tank Police  and on the cover of the New Dominion Tank Police soundtrack but not in the insert or the New Dominion Tank Police anime? I know that New Dominion Tank Police was a reboot but whats up with changing a detail like that? Maybe I'm too picky.

Regardless, enjoy - and don't forget to sing along with the insert!

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Release #104 - Dominion Tank Police

[Strange Scans] is very proud to present a genuine gem of an art book - Masamune Shirow's 'Dominion Club'. It was released in 1987 for 1000¥ (Good luck finding it that cheap today) It features eight full colour prints, four monochrome manga pages and the dominion files (an eight page double sided foldout) which focus on individual characters. All of this is in A3 by the way - so it's really nice (especially if you are a fan or collector) to be able to the art in such quality.

I'm unsure how limited the release of this was but I haven't seen too many copies floating around. This one was in mint condition, I was actually under the impression it was A4 or letter size - so I was quite surprised by it's actual dimensions.

Below are a few examples of the work inside.

Don't forget to click for large!

I'm pretty sure the green fairy there is Greenpeace with two friends of hers.

There are two versions of this for download, one in blistering eye watering high res, and one in my standard release size - choose wisely!

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Comission - Black Lagoon

I really do enjoy Black Lagoon. Possibly the manga more so than the anime - but thats neither here nor there. I think I'm about due for my six monthly re-read to see how many more chapters have been done since I caught up last time. Also have I ever mentioned Saywer/Shenhua get nowhere near as much love as they should?

I have? Well okay then.

Praise and thanks should be directed to Zet for this one.

(NSFW of course)