Press on new BOOSTER release

There was one print article in Nikkei Business Daily yesterday, but they didn’t put it online. Today, however, there are a couple of articles on the Net about yesterday’s BOOSTER launch.

BOOSTER press release
[CNET Japan][Furigana.jp][English Translation]

人気アニメ「グラップラー刀牙」がダウンロード可能に
[RBB NAVi][Furigana.jp][English Translation]

グラップラー刃牙：アニメ版全48話をダウンロード販売
[Yahoo! Japan][Furigana.jp][English Translation]

グラップラー刃牙：アニメ版全48話をダウンロード販売
[Mainichi][Furigana.jp][English Translation]

I’ll update this post as there are any new articles for this release.

Someone smart blogs about Furigana.jp

I was browsing through the referrer lists for Furigana.jp and I found a very nice post in the Blogosphere.

I found this awesome tool for reading Japanese from web pages and text files. If you plug a URL into Furigana.jp, the engine will turn out your text with the wee hiragana gloss that is called furigana. If you are semi literate in Japanese like me, then you can quickly read a text loaded with unknown kanji using this handy phonetic script. [erizabesu]

Quite flattering considering this person actually knows what they are talking about. Read the full post because it has some very interesting tidbits about the Japanese syllabary and even some things I had never heard about before.

GDE launches Grappler Baki on BOOSTER service

As I posted before, the BOOSTER service had launched with two small artists back in March. Today, Groove Digital Entertainment has launched its first major client, Grappler Baki. In contrast with the first BOOSTER release, this release demonstrates a new widget that hosts video content. The widget itself presents an exciting interactive user interface that is both useful and fun.

In addition, Groove has initiated an affiliate program that allows individuals to sign-up and customize their own widgets. These widgets can then be placed on the individuals websites or weblogs. The affiliate program offers both a paid and non-paid option, so that affiliates may, if they have a Japanese bank account, actually get paid a commission on any sales that originate from their widgets.

Official Grappler Baki website [in Japanese]
Sign up to become a Grappler Baki affiliate