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typesetting (only one part of lettering) is not just "put in text". you need to know what looks good and stupid AI does not know that! and every attempt at this has always been something ugly as hell, disrespectful af, that someone in my position has to clean up!! wasting everyone's time and money!!

A bunch of artists will lose work, the flow and immersion for the reader is ruined, the mangaka's vision is butchered...and they'll probably raise the price on consumers anyway. but at least a corporation made more money 😀

The awards committee is proud to announce that nominations are open for the ✨ LEAST PRESTIGIOUS MANGA LOCALIZATION AWARDS ✨ form here: docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1F...

I was having sort of a rough day the other day, and I got an unexpected little package. It was just what I needed, but here's the thing. Without talking about it, we both somehow sent each other a package that arrived on the same day!?! Life is weird. Keep doing little nice things for your friends.

It's crazy that in Bartz, et al. v. Anthropic, Anthropic agreed to pay the authors of books they stole, but only if the authors/publishers did the work to apply for a claim? They have a list of every book the stole, they should be the ones putting the work in to get authors their money.

Thinking about anime cons today for some reason... I still hope I get the chance to go to Anime Expo someday. Okay, back to watching The Apothecary Diaries.

"We only use it for ideas." "We only use it for concept art." "We only use it for basic programming." "We only use it for a base translation." Any use of AI is theft and still impacts the quality of the game, the people who work on it, and people who don't work on it because their job was stolen.

I hope the bubble bursts. I hope it bursts hard. And I hope it bursts soon.

I saw a post on another platform with someone excitedly sharing a photo of a pirated print edition of The Apothecary Diaries light novels. As someone who works on the real English print versions, it made me so sad. If you like something, please make sure you support the official release.

I have many thoughts about it, but I believe his statement was oversimplifying. EN and JP both have tools in their linguistic toolkits that the other language doesn't. East Asian languages' plethora of 1st and 2nd-person pronouns is just one example of this among many. But... 🧵

AI does not "assist" translators, it just makes their work harder, brings down the quality, and impacts their pay. 😭

If you don't want gen AI in your manga, anime, game, and light novel translations, now is the time to make your voice heard. Write to your favorite publishers and developers and ask if they are incorporating LLMs into their process. And most importantly, tell them you will vote with your dollars.

"Artificial intelligence" is a misnomer for genAI. There is no intelligence. It generates text that it hopes humans will think makes sense. The idea of something being factual in and of itself is basically irrelevant to genAI.

Happy 30th birthday, Pokémon! You've made all our lives a little bit more fun. I could go on, but for now, here's a picture from November of the Pokémon manhole cover at the Nintendo Museum. And, yes, I wore my Eeveelution sweatshirt today.

Here's the latest 🌸:

Yakul definitely counts as an honorary horse

I've been watching figure skating for a week, and now Carmina Burana is stuck in my head. Send help.

the generative images during the olympics opening ceremonies when the country is ostensibly showcasing its unique culture is so fucking bleak man

Just got sent an unsolicited email from a company wanting to AI dub anime. I replied that I would rather eat my own sick.

Here are many of the projects I've worked on that released in 2025. The list includes Wash It All Away, A Man and His Cat, Dragon Quest: The Mark of Erdrick, The Girl I Like Forgot Her Glasses, Just Like Mona Lisa, Smoking Behind the Supermarket with You, and The Apothecary Diaries novels (print).

Accidentally wiped off my keyboard in such a way that it closed everything and put my computer into sleep mode. When I signed back in, all my browser tabs were permanently gone. No option to reopen previous session. Goodbye, 80+ tabs 🥲. Well, that's one way to start the year fresh.

stop using AI to do your research. it hallucinates too often. if you want an answer to something, post something arrogant on the appropriate subreddit. something like: "this item performs 10% better than everything else. only idiots deny this." this will bait nerds into doing your research for you.

Let this year be the year you read again. Literacy is alarmingly low. Times are dark. We need books now more than any of us probably has in our lifetime. Do yourself, and ultimately society, a favor. Pick up a book. 📚📖📘

As someone who worked in healthcare for half my career: Do not - *DO NOT* do this. The amount of data in your medical record is fucking INCREDIBLE and you do not have *any* idea of how granular things get DO NOT feed that into the slop generator that steals shit for profit already. It will be sold

Along with the creator of the series "Wash It All Away", we also interviewed the manga's localization staff ( @jaasherman.bsky.social , @sawamsavage.bsky.social, and @macaran.bsky.social ) at @square-enix-books.com last year! Link to part 1: buff.ly/67qfsnG #anime

This is some of my favorite every art from a manga I work on. I had to frame a copy of it! Also, you should be reading A Man and His Cat! Hope you're having a good holiday season!

Merry Slimemas to all, and to all a good night!

Our last #RELEASERADAR of 2025 brings new faces to the adventuring party! ⚔️ Dragon Quest: The Mark of Erdrick, vol. 2

Also the holy grail in Animal Crossing

I don't know who needs to hear this, but the Twelve Days of Christmas are December 25 to January 5. They do not lead up to Christmas. Does this really matter in anyone's life? No. Is it a pet peeve of mine? Yes. Please help me find peace this season and learn the fun fact! 🎄🧑‍🎄🎁❄️☃️

Our team at Square Enix Manga & Books is hiring a managing editor! Check it out, and pass it on! jobsearch.createyourowncareer.com/PRH_US/job/S...

Fujiwara is a great artist, and it's exciting to see him return to this. In the meantime, we're continuing to make The Mark of Erdrick the best release it can be. Thanks for your work, Fujiwara Sensei!

this point really hits the nail on the head of why localization workers are so frustrated by “AI” loc companies. freelancers have to beg for a single dollar wage increase, while tens of millions are dumped into a machine designed to replace them. the machine doesn’t even work. freelancers do.

Exciting to have two books I've worked on on the list. And I hope this leads to more people checking out The Mark of Erdrick. Whether or not you're an existing DQ fan, it's a worthy series.

My team at Square Enix Manga & Books is hiring for a junior editorial position! If you have questions, feel free to ask~ jobsearch.createyourowncareer.com/PRH_US/job/A...

Thanks so much for the review!

We're currently pretty far into working on this series—as far as volume 7 already. Now that a few volumes are out in English, it's great to see interest picking up. Thanks for giving those interviews, Hattori Sensei!

Hey, I was in another DQ podcast about Dragon Quest: The Mark of Erdrick! Thanks, Slime Time. BTW, the book's out today~

I've been thinking this very thing for a while. Yes, both things can be true!

His obituary: www.vinsonfuneralhome.net/obituary/Mat...

Just a reminder, but ChatGBT is NOT a search engine. It's a statistics based random word generator. The results you get are not guaranteed to be accurate. Please don't use it. (Same with Google's generated results.)

Wow, that's amazing! Congrats! And it's exciting to see our little manga get some more attention.

Me: Why am I so hot?! It's only 68. *looks at weather* Me: Oh... 86% humidity, huh?

Have I mentioned Yoshi's Island is one of my favorite games?

Hey, I did a DQ podcast about Dragon Quest: The Mark of Erdrick! Thanks to BJ and Austin for having me to talk about our special project ⚔️