Irodori Comics has started an official Patreon.
We want to take a new step towards providing official, high-quality content to everyone.
We currently have five tiers of support, and each tier gives you a set of digital doujinshi every month. On higher tiers, you even get physical books and an opportunity to decide what books get printed.
Patreon backers will get early access to announcements, blogs, interviews, and such before we post them on other social media platforms.
Check out the Patreon Program here.
Why join Irodori Comics’s Patreon? Why not join the Japanese artists’ subscription program?
You’re, of course, free to support the Japanese artists (please do!). But, there is strength in numbers. Some doujinshi artists don’t have enough time or titles to justify running a subscription program. Others have their hands full with their Japanese programs and can’t run Patreon in English.
Japanese payment processing companies have been cracking down/ blocking off foreign credit cards recently, and it’s become much harder for foreign fans to support their favorite artists via Japanese subscription programs.
As the publisher, Irodori Comics can freely design a bang-for-your-buck subscription program.
For just $3 USD a month, you’re getting three officially localized and fully uncensored doujinshi to keep. For $10, you’re getting six titles, and for $30, you’re getting 13 titles. The highest tiers even allow you, the fan, to decide which doujinshi will be printed.
All of these doujins will be granted to your Irodori Comics account and will be DRM-FREE for you to download and keep. There aren’t any publishers offering subscription programs like this, and Irodori Comics and our artists are excited to try new things with you!
This Patreon program might not offer many new things for those already buying a lot of works on our Irodori Comics store directly. There will be months when the Patreon rewards are works you already own. But for those new to officially localized English doujinshi, subscribing for just $3 ~ $30 a month can grant you a hefty number of titles to enjoy. We’ve curated our monthly Patreon rewards program to have a variety of artists and titles.
The revenue from Patreon each month will be evenly distributed amongst all artists who contributed their work to the Tier Rewards that month. It will also help Irodori Comics set up a dedicated team to deliver interesting blog content about doujinshi and conduct more interviews with artists.
We have more plans for Patreon backers in the future that we hope to share with you as our Patreon support base grows.
What kind of rewards can I expect?
We’ve curated a nice list of titles to give out as part of the monthly Patreon reward tiers.
Here’s a sneak peek of the different titles we are giving out across the various tiers in January!
How do I get the doujinshi?
The titles will be granted to your Irodori Comics account at the end of the month.
If your Patreon email is not the same email address as your Irodori Comics account email, then let us know your Irodori Account email via Patreon, and we will update the system.
The Irodori Comics Patreon Program is an absolute steal of a deal, and we have more things planned for the future as our support base grows. We hope you’re looking forward to it!
