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700+ Tezuka Manga Offered To Mobile Phones
Date: 11/16/2005
KDDI (au) and Tezuka Productions have come together to offer over 700 Osamu Texuka manga works to mobile phone users. The service which starts on the 17th will include rare comics, long out of print that are hard to come by in print form in comic shops. The service name is "Osamu Tezuka Manganomushi. " 40 works including "Astroboy", "Blackjack", and "Buddha" will be available upon launch. 315 Yen will net you about a month's worth of reading and each serial individually will cost 62 Yen. 30,000 people are expected to download the manga in the first month.
Source: Anime News Service