iPad Manga Comic Maniac Tours Now On Sale

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iPad Manga Comic Maniac Tours Now On Sale
By The Editor
November 8, 2010 - 07:41

Katalyst Lab

Katalyst Lab is proud to announce that episodes 1 and 2 of “Maniac Tours” are now available for the iPad via download from the App Store. “Maniac Tours” is an original manga comic book created for the iPad. The first episode is distributed for free.

Maniac Tours is set in the year 2045, by the beaches of Shonan Enoshima. “Scrap Surfers” challenge the waves of a junk-filled ocean. The expensive antiques that float amongst other items of junk in the sea and a mysterious technology named “Nagisa Engine”, together, bring forth a transient summer in a near future surfer city. Will the legendary big wave ever come again to the scrap infested ocean? Total 10 episodes (planned). Art by Ayako Yamaguchi. Story by Ryosuke Oda.

Maniac Tours Official Website: http://maniactours.jp/
App Store Download Page:http://itunes.apple.com/en/app/id394358642?mt=8

Maniac Tours is released in Japanese, French and English. The 1st episode is free. The initial sections of all subsequent episodes will also be free but will require a payment of US$0.99 for the remainder of the episode as an in-app purchase. Downloading the application itself is free.

Ayako Yamamoto Profile
Manga artist, born 1974 in Shizuoka Japan. Post-graduated from Tama Art University. Delicate yet radical, also an essayist, columnist, and illustrator. Author of “BABY IBITSU” published by Kawade Shobo Shinsha.

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