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Interviews with Localizers is back (again)!!! This time with an interview with Japanese to English video game translator and project manager @japantaloons.bsky.social! #InterviewswithLoc j-entranslations.com/carrick-loma...

The thing that depresses me in the whole AI revolution in my industry (I’m a literary translator and publisher) is that the question is not whether machines can replace human translators, but how will we deal with the fallout after machines are forcibly introduced regardless.

It's a wrap for 2025, and here's my translation work that came out for the year (one image per series)! Sad to see the adorable glasses couple go, but also can't wait for some seriously cool projects coming out in 2026.

I recently discovered that there is a self-published print version of Is Love the Answer? (an asexual coming-of-age manga I had the pleasure of translating) that the author put out themselves. The Japanese version only had a digital release before. Each one is even signed!

Call of the Night S2 far exceeded my already high expectations, leaving a hole in my heart with no more weekly episodes to translate. Hopefully there'll be a S3? Please? Miyuki Sawashiro's top-notch voice acting absolutely stole the show, from Anko's unhinged banter to the heart-wrenching

翻訳をさせていただいている『綺麗にしてもらえますか。』に関して春にBehind The Mangaさんにインタビューを受けたのですが、なんと今度は作者様ご本人のインタビューが掲載されました。アニメに向けて、ますます海外ファンが増えますように！ 先生の「金目さんから学んだ方法を暮らしの中で実践している」という言い回しがまるで金目さんが実在しているみたいで、しみじみいいなと思う。私も染み抜きのアドバイスなど日々活用していて、金目さんにはいつもお世話になっております。

Kudos to Behind The Manga for doing an interview with Mitsuru Hattori, mangaka of Wash It All Away! I love how when he answers about incorporated cleaning techniques in his everyday life, he says he uses what he learns from Miss Kinme (in the Japanese) as if she exists, which is very sweet somehow.

Finished volume 3 of Wash It All Away! The entire volume was focused on Kinme's personal life more than the previous vols. I think the author was trying something out here and I think they did a solid job at it! Hopefully we get more insight into her backstory soon! #manga

Sheltering Eaves 4 is out, and in addition to the heart-wrenching-to-hopeful turn the story takes, it includes what might have been the most challenging translation task I’ve ever taken on—a rap with meaning so integral to the plot, the story can’t move forward without it 🧵

This is actually something I’ve been mulling over recently, ever since someone mentioned that while things might seem much cheaper in Japan with the weak yen from the outside, that isn’t the experience living in Japan. There has also been less inflation. An ice cream at the conbini is about 200 yen,

Can’t believe I got to see Ado live. Her voice is insane and oh my gosh I love her

It’s tonight!! Ahhhh

Did this Oshi no Ko tie-in escape game (in Japanese). The player is an actor at Strawberry Productions who gets dragged into a scandal, and you have to solve the mystery along with Aqua and co. (voiced by the actual actors!) Super immersive and fun. realdgame.jp/d/oshinoko-g...

I really have to visit Shikoku sometime. For the udon! (not just the udon, of course)

Yesss! So psyched to be translating for another season of Call of the Night, particularly this next chapter. Nightscape visuals promise to be stunning once again 🌃

A preview for the final volume of The Girl I Like Forgot Her Glasses is now available! The last one's a little thicker than other volumes and gives this adorable couple a proper send-off. Coming very soon.

Part 2 of our interview where the team behind the English version of Wash It All Away talks about the series! It dives more into the devoted lettering process by @macaran.bsky.social who goes above and beyond retouching so much with close attention to how the Japanese text would look like in English

A nice review that includes Wash It All Away. Thankful for the positive attention this series has been getting. I completely agree that’s it’s very iyashikei (soothing)!

So excited for the chance to talk about Wash It All Away with editor @jaasherman.bsky.social and letterer @macaran.bsky.social! I couldn’t ask for a better team to work with on this sweet manga. Huge thank you to @behindthemanga.com for making it happen!

New series I’ve had the pleasure of translating is coming out this week! A story about a woman running a garment cleaning service and discovering the local community of Atami, a hot spring resort town.♨️ There’s a touch of mystery about who she is that adds to the cozy vibe.

Look at this lovely trailer for the French release of Sheltering Eaves (titled Shelter of Love over there)! I'm so glad this series will be reaching an even wider audience now. youtu.be/HZbOCvrU-Fo?...

What?! More people should buy/read these! They’re an absolute delight. One even has a totally serious squirrel book club, and the clubhouse is decorated with little human curios. If you like fantastically paneled visual storytelling (and drawings of beautiful clouds) I urge you to check these out!

The final episode of Flower and Asura is coming out very soon! Musshu, who does the art for the original manga, wonders if Hana will intrude on the wedding to speak now instead of forever holding her peace. Stay tuned!

Previous post from the old place: Can I say how much I like writing translation notes for the end section of manga? While onscreen notes can be distracting at times (though great when well-placed), I think volume-end notes are perfect for providing cultural context for those with extra interest.🧵

#FlowerAndAsura, Ep 6 (Sub), is live at #HIDIVE www.hidive.com/season/28119

Perhaps the most adorable work I’ve had the pleasure of translating. Pen is so endearing and his relationship with his oblivious/careless owner makes him the definition of 不憫かわいい(you feel sorry for him but that also makes him cuter). Plus…penguins!

The literature in Flower and Asura has been tough to translate, especially since most are so well-known and beloved. Ep2 features Yamanashi by Kenji Miyazawa, a grade school textbook favorite. Like many literary greats, Miyazawa makes up new words to fit the worlds he creates, in this case #花修羅アニメ

With the first episode out, I guess I can announce that I'll be providing translations for Flower and Asura on HIDIVE this season! I think the anime adaptation just makes sense—the animation really brings the dramatic readings to life in this episode.

Happy New Year!

I run Shift JIS characters through a filter in my brain that spits out English words, then lay them out in an acceptable format in a computer document

It's a wrap! A look at all the manga/anime series and games I translated that came out in 2024 (only one volume cover of each included). Excited for 2025. Bring it on!

Sheltering Eaves vol. 1 is out! As with Perfect World, Rie Aruga-sensei depicts sensitive issues with so much care and a ton of research. I promise you'll be invested in what the future holds for Yoru and Tenjaku. I only hope we do this series the justice it deserves.

finally finished watching akiba maid war, and all i can say is "oh my word." that's it - that's all I can say!! like, it was good, but oh my word!!! 『アキバ冥途戦争』……たまげた

Happy Halloween!! Much trick-or-treating with Decidueye (Pokémon) and Crazed Tank Cat (Battle Cats)

Seen in the wild in NZ, a Yu-Gi-Oh x Sanrio collab happy meal toy. I genuinely want to know who this is this targeting. 謎需要

I thought it was cool we had a whole 151 Pokémon back in the day, but now I need to know more than 1,000 to keep up with my kids, who keep throwing around both the Japanese and English names interchangeably. My daughter made a PowerPoint for us the other day. There was even a test. I kid you not.

I so wish I could go to the 50th Anniversary Hana to Yume exhibition. I grew up on these. Just seeing the old manga volume cover format with the red title and colored frame makes me think, "I need to read that." Why did I have to move away before this?! tcv.roppongihills.com/en/exhibitio...

Wanted to figure out Bluesky etiquette before making posts but now I feel like I'm just too worried and should just go for it. If anyone has any advice on what to avoid, I'd appreciate it.