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Turn what you watch and read into active language immersion. Manatan is an all-in-one video player, manga and comic reader, EPUB reader, dictionary, OCR tool, and study companion for iPhone and iPad. Look up a word the moment you encounter it, capture the sentence that made it memorable, and keep moving through the story. ONE LIBRARY FOR THE MEDIA YOU LOVE • Import videos, subtitles, manga, comics, and EPUB books from Files • Connect Kavita and Komga reading libraries, plus Jellyfin, Emby, and Plex video libraries, using Manatan's native on-device integrations • Browse, search, filter, and organize the sources you configure from one interface • Build personal libraries, follow your progress, and download supported media for offline use WATCH AND LEARN • Play your own video files with advanced subtitle support • Tap subtitle words for instant dictionary results without leaving the player • Adjust subtitle timing and move between lines with precise playback controls • Find Japanese subtitles through Jimaku when you connect your own account • Create study cards from a sentence with its audio and visual context READ MANGA AND COMICS • Turn text inside a page into selectable words with private, on-device OCR • Look up dialogue directly over the page and return to reading without breaking focus • Choose continuous, paged, webtoon, single-page, or double-page layouts • Organize titles into categories and keep chapter progress together READ EPUB NOVELS • Import EPUB books directly from the Files app • Read in horizontal or vertical Japanese layouts where supported • Customize themes, fonts, spacing, margins, and navigation • Select text for immediate dictionary lookup and study-card creation • Resume exactly where you left off POWERFUL LANGUAGE TOOLS • Install dictionaries for the language you are learning • Use deinflection, frequency information, pitch-accent data, and dictionary audio when available • Create and review cards with Manatan's study system • Connect AnkiMobile or AnkiConnect and customize your card fields • Track manga and video progress with supported tracking services BUILT FOR IMMERSION Manatan keeps the player, readers, dictionary, OCR, and study workflow together. There is less app switching, less setup, and more time spent understanding real language in context. MANATAN MEMBERSHIP Manatan is free to download and includes core reading and playback features. Optional monthly memberships are offered in six tiers: Stone (5,000 service credits), Crystal (9,000), Emerald (20,000), Sapphire (32,500), Ruby (70,000), and Diamond (150,000). All tiers use the same StoreKit 2 purchase, restore, verification, account-linking, and subscription-change flow. Membership unlocks paid service features and supporter/profile benefits; higher tiers provide more monthly service credits and benefits. The app itself is always ad-free, including for free users. Sign in before subscribing so your verified Apple membership can be linked to your Manatan account and recognized across supported Manatan platforms. Payment is charged to your Apple ID when the purchase is confirmed. Membership renews automatically each month unless cancelled at least 24 hours before the end of the current period. You can manage or cancel it in your Apple subscription settings. Manatan does not provide or sell a catalog of commercial media. Connect only services you are permitted to access, and import or download only media you own or are authorized to use. Privacy Policy: https://manatan.com/privacy Terms of Use: https://manatan.com/terms