Scanlation is not popular with the anime and manga license holders. They see it as an enhanced form of piracy.
They may or may not be right. The debates remind me, very much, of the debates going on in the music industry.
Fan site Bleach7.com has been caught up in the drama. It was once the number #1 site for fans around the world to go get hold of the latest Bleach comics or animation. It’ll take, for example, UK shipping years to catch up.
The site is down and likely gone forever.
Why?
A clue can be found on Mangatoshokan where Bleach7 sourced some of the manga.
A message titled “Change of Direction” reads:
We hoped it wouldn’t come to this, but due to mounting legal pressure, we have been advised to remove all series serialized by the publishers in the coalition. This was a very difficult decision to make, and one we did not take lightly. Unfortunately this means we have had to remove the majority of our library, however we have been able to retain some manga, as well as most of our manhua and manhwa. We will be shifting the focus of the site more to manhwa and manhua (Korean and Chinese manga). For some of you, this may be your last visit to MangaToshokan, but before you leave we would appreciate it if you could fill out a short six question survey that we are going to share the results to the publishers. If nothing else, we hope it will make them aware of the consequences of their actions. Also if you could pass this survey on to other people we would appreciate it. Again, we apologize for this, but we don’t have any other options at this point.
Where do you find Bleach with Bleach7.com down and gone?
The alternative for fans who want to preview a Bleach arc before buying the DVD means risking dodgy torrent lands or file shares.
The good news is there are pay-to-view services like Crunchyroll that now have Bleach. In fact, Crunchyroll is a good bet going forwards.
There would likely be a market for license owners providing offical pay-to-download services across the States and Europe but, so far, none of them seem willing to step up to the mark.
Really saddened to know Bleach7 is gone. If for nothing else, the discussion on there was enjoyable.
I do think it's gone forever. I just can't see how it can dodge the lawyers any more – in hindsight, I'm surprised it kept going as long as it did especially so openly as it did.
There's no harm in hoping it'll be back in a different form, though, perhaps a return of the community around legal content.
Where you called Liamtroy on the community there too? Good to leave your Bleach7 name here so friends can find you again.
I'm hearing that it's just under some down time and this is just a coincidence.
That would be nice! It's been down for a while, went down exactly when plugs were pulled… but that certainly doesn't rule out coincidence and we've not seen anything explicitly tying Bleach7.com's current state of affairs to Mangatoshokan.
Let's hope you're right.
how am i gonna download the latest bleach episode now
why?why? have u never downloaded somthing free….sigh but i guese thats people 4 u…
http://status.maximum7.net/
The top post says that it's just the servers being down and it should be up in a few days. I hope it's true and not the whole deal with the licensing. It's a sad day when people with billions of dollars are crushing something so harmless as reading a manga.
Google is currently warning that Maximum7.net is an unsafe site. It may try and install harmful software on your computer.
If anyone is brave enough to visit the site; feel free to leave updates of what they think is going on in this thread.
Don't like to think of an “unsafe” site related to Bleach7.com
btw… bleach chapter 215 its a “OMG!” chapter… u all should read it :P
i justread the latest bleach manga on another fan site, as long as internet exists, there always a way of share things like manga and music. The industry has to accept this and stop bothering fans. if they close Bleach 7, another site will pop up, and then another, and then another, and im happy about it. =P
what ever it is they try to block away fans most fav sites..still BLEACH will get through anyway….ICHIGO didnt fade away, he kept trying.. so us FANS.. try BLEACHEXILE..at least its the best there is now for bleach fans.
From what I heard (after checking on bleach7’s parent site), they are moving the bleach7 server elsewhere meaning bleach7 isn’t actually gone and that it won’t be up for awhile. Also, bleach7 has nothing to do with the recent incident of manga site being force to take down their manga.
Also, the message titled “Change of Direction” is only for Mangatoshokan, not bleach7.
Well; I hope you’re right. Ever reason to believe you are. Bleach7 is still down, though, so it looks less and less like standard server issues.
where did bleach7 have gone to…?
so frustated you know!
it was the best……
aaaaaaa…………..no…………!!!!!!!!!!
Official quote from Bleach7’s sister site:
First up, Bleach7 was not taken down because of the legal issues surrounding mangatoshokan and onemanga. The Bleach7 server was physically removed from the datacenter it’s been at for the past 2.5 years and shipped back to Offbeat Adam. Right now, the server is in storage. It will probably remain in storage for a few more months. Additionally, Adam hasn’t had a chance to check it and see if the data has been corrupted. All of this adds up to one thing: no Bleach7 for the immediate future.
PS the date of that official statement was 10th of august
Now it redirects to http://www.NBAChat.co, or a forum from that site. What’s up with that?
I think that means they’ve lost the domain/not registered it again.
Not gonna visit Crunchyroll even if it kills me! First it was Naruto, then Bleach! They make me puke! Hogs! Thank God there are other fansubbing groups! They may not be Dattebayo-like, but hey, that’s heaven enough for me. As for Bleach7, I hope they revive it. Theirs was the best Bleach-site ever!
Horrible, i’ve been busy doing some things,and i stopped watching bleach, and now i find this out!!! now i’m so sad i didn’t finish what i was planning cuz i knew this might happen. I wanted to download all anime episodes and manga scanlations from them cuz they were the best bleach site and no other could hardly replace them!!! D:
You can always visit http://innerbleach.com there are tons of fansubs in there… The only problem is that it is via megaupload in comparison to bleach 7 and their direct downloads :( …
You can always visit http://innerbleach.com there are tons of fansubs in there… The only problem is that it is via megaupload in comparison to bleach 7 and their direct downloads :( …