colfax123 wrote...
I suggest licensing Love Fool by Kerorin. For that matter, I would like to see all of Kerorin's volumes licensed and translated into english (Note: Stop Quibbling About Love has already been done).
I don't know if this has been suggested already, so I apologize if I'm re-treading a previous post, but would it be possible to base some of the decisions for which titles to license on a funding model? Basically FAKKU would say, "If readers commit to a given property and commit X-dollars to it, we will license and translate it." For example you could set the amount at $1,000 and if readers donate money totaling that amount, then the title gets licensed and translated.
This would allow readers to defray the upfront cost and risk to FAKKU of a given title, acting as patrons to it so it can get an english release.
In the boardgame industry, there is a company which does something similar. They call it P500. They propose a boardgame and if it gets 500 pre-orders, it gets produced and shipped. A similar system could work for Fakku.
Granted there would be a longer lag time for Fakku than a boardgame, because of translation, etc. but Kickstarter demonstrates that people are willing to wait a length of time for a product.
Also, I agree, Kerorin is super-great. Would love any books from them, including a re-do of Stop Quibbling (the Project-H one is not as good as Fakku Quality).
Also, just noticed Fujimaru, how did I not see them before?
https://www.fakku.net/artists/fujimaru