Shueisha Inc. and alu Inc., released on April 12 “MANGA Plus Universe” a global manga community platform for exchanging opinions with worldwide fans through AI translation regarding manga comic works listed on “MANGA Plus by SHUEISHA,” a free online manga content delivery service.
The community service will be available for about a month through May 13 as a project on the fifth anniversary of “MANGA Plus by SHUEISHA.”
MPU is a global manga community platform enabling worldwide fans to exchange opinions across language barriers on the 15 manga works listed. Users can post comments and images, click “likes” and make replies to others’ posts, or cast votes, among others, within threads for expressing opinions on the works in question.
This service has realized natural translation of nine languages including English and Spanish, utilizing “Azure OpenAI Service” offered by Microsoft Corp. while also using “DeepL Translate” and “Google Translate.”
Source: Press Release
