Band of the Hawks

[MangaDex]

 

[KidYami]

Surprisingly awful.

 

[SlyapBG]

From what I remember, according to Inside Scanlation, this group was known for its high-quality scans. That was probably true for its time, since they existed until 2008 or 2009.

 

[damcanadian]

From what I remember, according to Inside Scanlation, this group was known for its high-quality scans. That was probably true for its time, since they existed until 2008 or 2009.

I was one of the cleanup/redraw/editors, I used the name Puck at the time. I started with the HQ rescans of Golden Age arc. The group consisted of 5 core members and we had some crossover with groups like Snoopycool and some other groups at the time. I eventually got a job with Tokyopop and I heard the lead of the anime division got a job translating for Viz.
As for quality, people who weren't around in the scanlation scene back then don't know how hard/expensive it was to get raws at the time, people didn't scan them and send from overseas, we were at the mercy of whoever could supply them. Most HQ scans came from order the book from overseas and ether cutting the pages out to scan or microwaving the spine to break it down and get slightly better scans, but most people didn't want to go that far, so we got really low quality scans from folding the book open.