{"id":43706,"date":"2025-02-04T17:26:18","date_gmt":"2025-02-04T08:26:18","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/automaton-media.com\/en\/?p=43706"},"modified":"2025-02-04T17:26:21","modified_gmt":"2025-02-04T08:26:21","slug":"manga-library-z-is-launching-a-crowdfunding-campaign-to-reopen-after-credit-card-payments-were-suspended-on-the-site","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/automaton-media.com\/en\/news\/manga-library-z-is-launching-a-crowdfunding-campaign-to-reopen-after-credit-card-payments-were-suspended-on-the-site\/","title":{"rendered":"Manga Library Z is launching a crowdfunding campaign to reopen after credit card payments were suspended on the site\u00a0"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>After suspending its services last November due to <a href=\"https:\/\/automaton-media.com\/en\/nongaming-news\/japan-is-losing-an-archive-of-out-of-print-manga-because-of-international-credit-card-companies\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">problems with international payment processors<\/a>, Japanese digital manga archive <strong>Manga Library Z<\/strong> is looking towards the crowdfunding website <a href=\"https:\/\/motion-gallery.net\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Motion Gallery<\/a> to resume operation. The crowdfunding campaign will run from February 5 to March 31, with the intent to resume Manga Library Z\u2018s services by April 2025.&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-embed is-type-rich is-provider-twitter wp-block-embed-twitter\"><div class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\">\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"550\" data-dnt=\"true\"><p lang=\"ja\" dir=\"ltr\">\u3010\u30af\u30e9\u30a6\u30c9\u30d5\u30a1\u30f3\u30c7\u30a3\u30f3\u30b0\u958b\u50ac\u306e\u304a\u77e5\u3089\u305b\u3011<br><br>\u30de\u30f3\u30ac\u56f3\u66f8\u9928Z\u306f4\u6708\u672b\u3092\u30b5\u30a4\u30c8\u518d\u958b\u306e\u76ee\u6a19\u306b\u898b\u636e\u3048\u3066\u30af\u30e9\u30a6\u30c9\u30d5\u30a1\u30f3\u30c7\u30a3\u30f3\u30b0\u3092\u958b\u50ac\u3057\u3001\u5e83\u304f\u652f\u63f4\u3092\u52df\u308b\u3053\u3068\u306b\u3044\u305f\u3057\u307e\u3057\u305f\u3002<br><br>\u958b\u50ac\u65e5\u6642\u304c\u78ba\u5b9a\u3057\u307e\u3057\u305f\u306e\u3067\u3001\u6539\u3081\u3066\u304a\u77e5\u3089\u305b\u3044\u305f\u3057\u307e\u3059\uff01<br><br>\u25bc\u30b5\u30a4\u30c8<br>MOTION GALLERY\u69d8<a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/1nmmaf8BAI\">https:\/\/t.co\/1nmmaf8BAI<\/a>\u2026 <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/nNygGiqjSw\">pic.twitter.com\/nNygGiqjSw<\/a><\/p>&mdash; \u5e30\u3063\u3066\u304f\u308b\u30de\u30f3\u30ac\u56f3\u66f8\u9928Z (@Manga_Z_) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/Manga_Z_\/status\/1886359933022810217?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">February 3, 2025<\/a><\/blockquote><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script>\n<\/div><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>The Manga Library Z campaign page has yet to be launched on Motion Gallery, but the <a href=\"https:\/\/x.com\/Manga_Z_\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">manga archive\u2019s official X account<\/a> states that it will update followers on the official URL and reward details once the crowdfunding event begins. <a href=\"https:\/\/automaton-media.com\/en\/nongaming-news\/lets-meet-again-in-hell-japanese-out-of-print-manga-archive-manga-library-z-begrudgingly-shuts-down-but-swears-to-be-back\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">True to their word<\/a>, Manga Library Z\u2019s administrators have found a potential way to revive the digital manga archive.&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1040\" height=\"681\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1040px) 100vw, 1040px\" src=\"https:\/\/automaton-media.com\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/11\/20241106-39375.jpg\" alt=\"Manga Library Z\" class=\"wp-image-39378\" srcset=\"https:\/\/automaton-media.com\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/11\/20241106-39375.jpg 1040w, https:\/\/automaton-media.com\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/11\/20241106-39375-380x249.jpg 380w, https:\/\/automaton-media.com\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/11\/20241106-39375-768x503.jpg 768w\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>Launched in 2011 by Ken Akamatsu, Manga Library Z hosted manga with permission from their authors and publishers for free (the site also had a premium subscription). 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