Releases:

• Crimson Hero volume 13 chapter 54
• Kimi to Himitsu no Hanazono volume 1 side story – “Lovely Days”

There’s a lovely oneshot side story to round off volume 1 of Kimi to Himitsu no Hanazono! A cute story that shows a realistic progression into a relationship, too. Lots of development in the new Crimson Hero chapter as Nobara faces her punishment.

We’re working on a new policy where all downloads will be hosted on the site, and only the download links for licensed projects will be moved to the Forum. We are still moderating Forum spam, so please just email me if you want to get your account activated.

We are desperately looking for scanners and editors! Please apply and help us out!

Recruitment: Enchantment Scans is looking for:
- Scanners — Aozora Pop tanks and Skip Beat tanks!
- Editors
- Quality Checkers — needs prior editing experience and must have good proofreading skills. If you are nit-picky about details or a perfectionist with the above skills–please apply!
- Graphic Designers — If you happen to be talented at designing wordpress layouts, please email me!
Staff Application Form HERE.
Contact Us HERE.

Relax from exams and kick back as we celebrate the last days of 2009. For these 10 days until New Years, there will be at least one release every day! Join us in our countdown to 2010!

Day 10 (Dec. 22)

• Skip Beat volume 18 chapter 104
  We’re jump-starting the release special with a new chapter of Skip Beat! Kyoko struggles to improve as an actress, and Kuu gives her a little advice.

Day 9 (Dec. 23)

• Aozora Pop volume 2 chapter 8
  The results of the Heal Model Campaign are announced… but there’s been a twist…?

Day 8 (Dec. 24)

• Crimson Hero volume 12 chapter 51
  Nothing like a little angst for the holidays. Enjoy the chapter!

Day 7 (Dec. 25)

• Crimson Hero volume 13 chapter 52
  Haha, what’s this? Another Crimson Hero chapter already? Well, really, it’s an excuse for me to link this picture. For those of you who celebrate this holiday, Merry Christmas~! ^^

Day 6 (Dec. 26)

• Shiritsu! Bijinzaka Joshi Koukou volume 2 chapter 8
  This is the last installment of Shiritsu! for volume 2. Chihiro feels uneasy about Youhei and En…

Day 5 (Dec. 27)

• Ya-Ya-yah ga Yatte Kuru volume 1 chapter 1
  After a long hiatus, we proudly present the first chapter of this manga! I’d advise that you read the prologue chapter as well beforehand. The manga includes characters based on a real Johnny’s Juniors boyband called Ya-Ya-yah. You can find out more about them at their wiki page.

Day 4 (Dec. 28)

• Ya-Ya-yah ga Yatte Kuru volume 1 chapter 2
  So Hikaru is hyper and a bully in real life and in manga version! XD

Day 3 (Dec. 29)

• Crimson Hero volume 13 chapter 53
  ….Sorry for being late yesterday. Have some more Crimson Hero? ^^; On a side note, more power to rational fangirls! We need more people like that.

Day 2 (Dec. 30)

• Skip Beat volume 18 chapter 105
  I’m so sorry for the late release. It’s been a crazy these past days… I actually had ch106 finished earlier but this chapter gave me trouble. Again, please accept my apologies, and I hope you enjoy the release.

Day 1 (Dec. 31)

• Skip Beat volume 18 chapter 106
  Happy New Year, everyone~!

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Happy Holidays everyone! ^^ We hope you had a great year, and we wish you an even better 2010!

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Recruitment: Enchantment Scans is looking for:
- Scanners — Aozora Pop tanks, new projects welcome
- Editors
- Japanese Translators
- Quality Checkers — needs prior editing experience and must have good proofreading skills. If you are nit-picky about details or a perfectionist with the above skills–please apply!
- Graphic Designers — If you happen to be talented at designing wordpress layouts, please email me!
Staff Application Form HERE.
Contact Us HERE.

11/11/2009

Today we celebrate a milestone in Enchantment Scans’ history: the third anniversary of this scanlation team. Three whole years of activity. We’ve seen many changes and many staffs come and go during this period, but it’s incredible to still be here today. I haven’t done EScans justice this past year, but I do hope to see it live on longer.

Anniversary Releases:

• Anti-Chocolate story 4 [END]
• Crimson Hero volume 12 chapter 50
• Koigokoro Koushinchuu chapters 2-3 + extra (Joint with Fate)
• Skip Beat volume 18 chapter 103
• Smash 1 chapter 6 [END] (Joint with Covenant of Darkness)

I really owe a lot of people thanks and gratitude for these past years. Thank you to our Joint partners for collaborating with us and making it so pleasant to work with you. I would especially like to give thanks to CoD and Fate Scans for being so nice as to help coordinate a release for today. They are awesome teams, so please respect their rules and disclaimers.

Thank you to our webmistress, Chiresakura, for hosting our site and forums when our old host expired. She has been nothing but nice and encouraging. She is a goddess of an editor, too, and her team is lucky to have her~! Thank you to my co-head, July, for sharing these past years with me and helping make EScans so, so much better. You’ll always be my partner.

Thank you to the staff, who are always so diligent and hard-working. On top of that, they put up with my horrible lapses in contact and still produce such beautiful work. The voluntary time and effort that they put in makes me proud to be part of this team and strive to be better. I personally enjoy working with all of you!

Finally, thank you to you, our readers, for supporting us and encouraging us, and being patient with our releases. If it weren’t for you, and having you in our hearts, scanlation would be meaningless. It’s always much more fun when you can share with others.

I love you, Enchantment Scans. Happy Birthday.
~StarStorm

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Recruitment:
- Scanners — Aozora Pop tanks, new projects welcome
- Editors
- Quality Checkers — needs prior editing experience and must have good proofreading skills. If you are nit-picky about details or a perfectionist with the above skills–please apply!
- Graphic Designers — If you happen to be talented at designing wordpress layouts, please email me!

Recruitment Application Form HERE.
Contact Us HERE.

Slowly but surely the site is coming together again, so links are once again on the project pages. As a reminder, the Forum is completely up-to-date on all releases.Membership is still being moderated in the forum, so email me if you need to activate your account.

Releases:

• Crimson Hero volume 12 chapter 49
• Kimi to Himitsu no Hanazono volume 1 chapter 3

In Crimson Hero: The Newcomers’ League begins! Lots of volleyball action as the boys and girls’ teams chase the Spring Tournament and the championship.
Kimi to Himitsu no Hanazono: It’s been a long time since we’ve released a chapter! The boys’ and girls’ academies go on a school trip together–but Fuji and Ayase run into trouble!

Have a fun time dressing up and don’t eat too many sweets!

Recruitment: **very urgent
- Scanners — **Aozora Pop tanks, new projects welcome
- **Proofreader (2) — looking for one Skip Beat proofreader and one proofreader for upcoming projects–please list any and all assets/credentials when applying. You’ll be proofreading upcoming projects
- Japanese Translators
- Editors
- **Quality Checkers — needs prior editing experience and must have good proofreading skills. If you are nitpicky about details or a perfectionist with the above skills–please apply!
- **Graphic Designers — If you happen to be talented at designing wordpress layouts, please email me! Thanks~!

Recruitment Application Form HERE.
Contact Us HERE.

The site’s up and running again–I’m just a bit behind with updating the pictures and links, but I assure you that it will be done as soon as possible. Thank you everyone for your patience, and a big shout out to Chiresakura for hosting us and helping sort out our problems.

In the meantime, you can get the download links at this POST (viewable to guests, too). And as always, the Forum is up-to-date on ALL releases!

Releases:
- Crimson Hero v12 ch48
- Skip Beat v17 ch102
- Yamamoto Zenjirou to Moushimasu v02 ch06 (Joint with Divine Sanctuary)

Recruitment: **very urgent
- Scanners — **Aozora Pop tanks, new projects welcome
- **Proofreader (1) — looking for one proofreader–please list any and all assets/credentials when applying. You’ll be proofreading upcoming projects
- Japanese Translators
- **Quality Checkers — needs prior editing experience and must have good proofreading skills. If you are nitpicky about details or a perfectionist with the above skills–please apply!
- **Graphic Designers — If you happen to be talented at designing wordpress layouts, please email me! Thanks~!

Recruitment Application Form HERE.
Contact Us HERE.

Happy Mid-Autumn Festival! Hope you all saw the lovely full moon~!

I’m sorry that we couldn’t release last month as planned due to complications, but here’s a brand-new release to start off September.

Our old host has expired, so we’ve recently moved hosts; consequently, our site is still in the process of undergoing some changes. As you may have noticed, there are various things missing from this site, including some previous posts and the images for the project pages. Hopefully, this is only temporary, so I am posting all download links on the front page for now. The Forum is completely up-to-date on all releases. Membership is still being moderated, so email me if you need to activate your account. I’ve also updated the Release Log so that we’ll all on the same page.

Dedication goes to our wonderful, gracious new webhostess, chiresakura, who is kindly allowing our site to live on~~ There will never be enough words to describe our love and gratitude.

On to the releases:

• Aozora Pop volume 2 chapter 7
  • Link 1 | Link 2
• Crimson Hero volume 12 chapter 47
  • Link 1 | Link 2
• Skip Beat volume 17 chapter 101
  • Link 1 | Link 2 (Edit: Sorry for the typo; I’ve replaced the links. This IS the correct chapter for Act 101)
• Yamamoto Zenjirou to Moushimasu volume 2 chapter 5 *Joint with Divine Sanctuary
  • Link 1 | Link 2

In Aozora Pop: Orika auditions for “Heal,” but the competition is fierce…
In Crimson Hero: In this first chapter of the volume 13, many uncertainties pile up. Nobara and Yuushin’s secrets haunt them both. Meanwhile, what’s up with Kazu…?
Skip Beat: Kyoko consults a friend for advice. Meanwhile, what is the big news that’s causing such a fuss…?
Yamamoto Zenjirou to Moushimasu: Hotate meets a ghost child, and she and Hayami-kun must help him with his mission. (Yay, this project is not dead!)

Much thanks to our joint partners for working with us! Please respect Divine Sanctuary’s release policy and ask for permission before redistributing any releases!

Thank you, everyone, for your patience. Now go get those releases! ;)

Recruitment:

• We are in desperate need of a Skip Beat Proofreader! Please apply if you want to help us here. Please only apply if you’re sincerely interested in helping proofread, and not just to know what happens next in the translations. It would help if you threw at me any and all credentials. We only need one proofreader, and you’ll mainly be proofreading Skip Beat (so it would help if you were familiar with the manga) with maybe some occasional side projects.
• We are also recruiting Scanners, Japanese Translators, and Quality Checkers. If you are really confident in your editing skills, you are welcome to try out editing test, but as of right now, I don’t have enough projects to go around except for the really tough ones, so editors will be closed… For details on the positions, please see here.

Releases:

• Shinshi Doumei Cross volume 5 chapter 22 & side story (Joint with Esthetique)

Many thanks to Esthetique for working with us on this project; we’re very grateful to have collaborated with such a wonderful team. It’s been a while, but our stubbornness made us follow through the Joint to the end. Shinshi Doumei Cross was one of Enchantment’s first projects, but it has since been long completed by other fan-scanlators. Though we regretfully haven’t been able to keep up with the entire series, we are very happy to finally put this project to rest in the Dropped pile. In this release, you can look forward to Haine and “Shizumasa-sama” on their first date, as well as a bonus Komaki’s and Kusame’s side story included in volume 5.

Please remember to respect Esthetique’s and Enchantment Scans’ release policies, and ask for permission before redistributing the releases.

Given our forum’s registration-approval policy right now, I’m leaving up the more recent download links.

Recruitment: Want to help us release more, faster? Currently, we are recruiting for Japanese Translators, Photoshop Editors and Quality Checkers. For details on the positions, please see here or this Monster Recruitment Post.

Their 2nd anniversary was on July 4th, the correct release date for Smash 1, but I’ve been out all week so I’ve only just pieced together this release… I apologize for the belatedness.

Releases:

• Shiritsu! Bijinzaka Joshi Koukou volume 2 chapter 7
• Skip Beat volume 17 chapter 100
• Smash 1 chapter 5 (Joint with Covenant of Darkness)

In Skip Beat, Kyoko and Ren both get a taste of their new roles as they feel out new acting jobs. In Smash 1, Miu and Issei face off against tough competition in the tennis tournament! The long-awaited new installment of Shiritsu! has arrived: En finds out the truth about Sayoko in a heart-to-heart with boyfriend Chihiro while childhood friend Youhei watches from the sidelines.

Please remember to respect CoD’s and Enchantment Scans’ release policies, and ask for permission before redistributing the releases.

Given our forum’s registration-approval policy right now, I’m leaving up the more recent download links.

Enjoy!

Recruitment: Want to help us release more, faster? Currently, we are recruiting for Japanese Translators, Photoshop Editors and Quality Checkers. For details on the positions, please see here or this Monster Recruitment Post.

Releases:

• Crimson Hero volume 11 extra story
• Skip Beat volume 17 chapter 99
• Smash 1 chapter 4 (Joint with Covenant of Darkness)

Skip Beat: Ren versus Reino. Prepare for warm fuzzies at the end. *Dedicated to Lindsey, our wonderful editor. Happy Birthday, darling!
Crimson Hero: A cute extra story that continues from the extra story in volume 10.
Smash 1: Our heroes begin to train for a new tournament. Many thanks to CoD for working with us! Please remember to respect Enchantment’s and CoD’s release policies.

Everything You Wanted to Know About Recruitment AKA The Monster Recruitment Post

Quite frankly, we need staff in order to produce more chapters. More staff = more releases = faster releases. So, today I’ll go a little more in depth about open positions and what we’re looking for.

Photoshop Editors
Scanlation runs on Editors, no joke. Photoshop Editors do the labor of cleaning the raw scans and typesetting the English translations onto the image. NOT to be confused with Proofreaders who proofread scripts. You may request to work on a specific project, if you wish. There are a couple requirements:

• Must have an editing program, such as Adobe Photoshop (versions 7 and up is preferred).
• Must be knowledgeable in your main editing program.
• Must be able to edit at least one chapter per two weeks.

Previous experience is preferred, but not required. I am willing to take a bit of time to coach a new Editor if you show potential, but it will be up to you to put in the work. Enchantment has several challenging projects, and we expect Editors to edit in SFX. Basic skills such as typesetting, levelling, and cleaning are a must. More advanced skills such as cloning and redrawing will be expected from you as well. For new Editors who wish to try their hand:

• http://www.unblessed.net/guide/main.html Read it. Memorize it. Live by it. You will not find a better editing guide.
• Read manga from HQ scanlation groups to get a good grasp of proper white/black level contrasts as well as the neat sizes and shapes of the text (text should never overcrowd the bubble and should be rounded to shape of the bubble while having as few broken words as possible). It’s always a plus to admire well-done scanlation works.

Quality Checkers
This is a hard position to describe, but a very crucial one. Quality Check is the last stage of scanlation, so the QCer is in charge of fixing any mistakes and sprucing up the chapter to be the best it can be before saving it to images. Thus, the QCer has the dual job of a Proofreader and an Editor; though the job is not as strenuous as editing, you need to be committed to every chapter.

Basically, ask yourself this: Are you a perfectionist? Are you particular about High-Quality releases? Do you have a keen eye for detail? If so, consider Quality Check:

• You must have an editing program, such as Photoshop (versions 7 and up is preferred).
• You MUST have prior Photoshop manga-editing experience and be knowledgeable in your main editing program. While you shouldn’t need to utilize many advanced abilities, you should know how to fix editing errors and have the abilities to clean a page. You should DEFINITELY have a good understanding of leveling and typesetting. If you do not yet have this experience, consider applying for Editor first and then working your way up to QCer.
• Proofreading experience is preferred but not required. However, the candidate must have keen eye for spelling and grammar, and be confident in their mastery of the English language. (It helps if you know a little Chinese or Japanese, too.)
• If applying for a specific project, must be well-acquainted with the characters and able to look up “flashback” text for consistency. Consistency is the name of the game–and QCers are responsible for uniformity throughout a project.

Japanese Translators
Japanese translators should be fluent in both Japanese and English; you should also have an understanding of Japanese idioms or explain text that may be confusing in a way that the Proofreaders can understand. We are looking for the full deal, which includes all text, SFX, small text, and extras/omakes (author’s columns are optional). Translations can be typed neatly in a document (Word or Note) in a way that is easy to read and identify. We are actively seeking translators, especially for the following project(s):

• Aozora Pop
• Yamamoto Zenjirou to Moushimasu
• If you are interested in a project not listed here or one on our Future list (located in the Forum), please apply and we’ll make arrangements. It is easy for us to get new projects.

Scanners
We need scanners to provide us with Japanese or Chinese RAW scans. RAWs must be at least 900px width per single page, as flat as possible (be prepared to sacrifice the binding or take the book apart), of at least 300dpi. It’s OK if you don’t have prior experience; we can offer some advice to newbies.

We are currently looking for RAW in the following series:

• Aozora Pop [tanks only!] (Chinese or Japanese RAW) – volumes 3 and up
• Yamamoto Zenjiorou [tanks only!] (Japanese RAW) – looking for volume 4!
• New Projects (Chinese or Japanese RAW)

*Tanks refer to “tankobons,” or the actual book-version (and not magazine scans).

You can apply for a position by filling out a form here.

I’ll try to sneak in another chapter tomorrow. Right now, the QCing is taking a bit too long and, er, I have a short attention span?

Releases:

• Crimson Hero volume 11 chapter 46
• Skip Beat volume 17 chapter 98

Skip Beat: A showdown between Kyoko and Reino is bound to be anything BUT normal… especially when you factor in Ren Tsuruga.
Crimson Hero: Between Nobara, Yuushin, Haibuki, Tomoyo, and Kazu, the web keeps getting more and more tangled…

Enjoy the releases!

Recruitment: Want to help us release more, faster? Currently, we are recruiting for Scanners, Japanese Translators, Experienced Photoshop Editors and Quality Checkers. For details on the positions, please see here.