Totally surreal feeling that I can hold an English copy of Billy Bat in my hands. Even more that I got to work on it with @lettererbrendo.bsky.social and @editortiina.bsky.social. Super grateful to @abramskana.bsky.social for bringing it bringing us on. Order it! www.abramsbooks.com/product/bill...

Also I am compelled for reasons related to some groups I'm in (le sigh) to occasionally visit FB and today it decided to remind me about these earrings and you know what FB you're right, those were bangers. Made for @editortiina.bsky.social!

THAT is the problem with "better than nothing". MTPE fan TL is worse than nothing. It's actively detrimental to the games supposedly being translated and the community at large. It makes players associate the game with slop. It forestalls good-faith translations. It wastes everyone's time.

Former Washington Post journalists have launched a GoFundMe to help repatriate fired staff members who are effectively stranded in foreign countries. One of the richest men in the world fired them from the paper and didn’t even pay to ensure they got home. Abolish the billionaire class:

keeping the streak alive

I'm so grateful to work with @editortiina.bsky.social, @nmamatas.bsky.social, and @amylynnjack.bsky.social.

Apparently the AI bros are on another round of "Hatsune Miku is AI, checkmate luddites" so this is just a reminder that the singer behind Miku was paid and still earns royalties, and beyond that, Miku is nothing more than a MIDI soundboard with advanced pitch converter options, it is not genAI.

Trying to keep words like "nakama" in Japanese, on the other hand, is pure Orientalism. It is done to exoticize something, and try to pretend it is something different than the very normal and widespread concept the word represents. It is an attempt to "other" the work.

📖KANA ANNOUNCEMENT! 🌃Get ready to embark on a horror filled, dark and supernatural journey with Jagaan! 📚Volume 1 of Jagaan comes out September, 2026! #Manga #NewRelease #Horror #Kana #Thriller

Manga Publisher @abramskana.bsky.social set to release Jagaan! in English September 2026! buff.ly/8QToPCg #manga

ko-fi.com/s/fc34523e7f Happy New Year, Fuck Gen AI, Never Surrender.

🎇Happy New Year! Check out the amazing books being released in January at Abrams ComicArts and Kana! 🏔️ Leo Rising 🎨 Cat's Eye Omnibus Volume 2 🌃 City Hunter Omnibus Volume 2 These exciting books are coming this January to your local bookstore! #NewReleases #JanuaryReleases

I can't believe we're already looking at the new year 2026! 🤯 one thing remains true though, I am so excited to share another year with @abramskana.bsky.social and bring our manga announcements out for 2026!

Barnes & Noble preorder sale, so let me give you all a gander at some of my fave upcoming ComicArts titles! :3c

There's a reason why I've been so adamant in not touching the slop generators for anything. The moment you start justifying "just one thing" is the moment you start to find new ways to justify using it. You lose your ability to stand against it, because suddenly you're invested in keeping it.

🧐 We might be looking for another editor or two to add to our editors’ pool sooner than expected. If you’re interested and a mutual, shoot me a message on here or Discord.

It's buy one get one 40% off for ALL our graphic novels from @abramscomicarts.bsky.social today! I'm going to list some of my favorite gift pick combos from this season—we make some great books! www.abramsbooks.com/imprints/abr...

Do you need a distraction from the doom scroll? Kana Manga just launched a discord server where we post sneak peeks and official announcements: discord.gg/WSFNhTEBJ

people measurably don’t want to pay for AI-generated content. you can’t grow a business off of a product no one will pay for. you don’t need to be an AI skeptic to understand that using AI like this will kill your business.

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.

"Oxford commas are a sign you write with ai" I will find such a unique way to rip out your spine that they'll make a movie about it

It’s Asexual Awareness Week 🖤 Oct 19 - 25, 2025 🩶 Celebrate identities 🤍 Build community 💜 Advocate for acceptance I’m a proud 🖤A🩶C🤍E💜 with some info to share. Take a look ⤵️ and THANK YOU for your support! AceWeek.org #Asexual #AsexualAwareness #AceAwarenessWeek

Took me a while to be ready to write this, but here's my post about Matt. I still can't fully believe he's gone.

Manga friends: I'm going to try to make some kind of memorial for Matt Haasch. If you have stories, photos, or any words of appreciation you want to share, please let me know. DMs are open. If there's anyone doing something similar already please also let me know and we can pool our efforts.

Sometimes the only way I can keep getting up everyday, what with the country and world being how it is right now, is because all I can do is put nice things into the world. And if that's just well localized manga that people enjoy...well, then I can get up tomorrow too.

Matt has setup a GoFundMe to help with rent and debt while he heals so please consider making a donation to help him out: www.gofundme.com/f/donate-to-... If you cannot donate, please share & letting folks know!

the thing is if you have a six hour day for eight hours pay & full employment you now have time to enjoy walking your dog. to cook yourself something at leisure. to enjoy taking care of your dwelling. the answer isn't magic robots. it's unions, it's workers getting the means of production

Thanks for the shout out Tiina 🥰 Here are some of my favorite sfx instances from Cat’s Eye Vol 1!!

Did you know it's #lettererappreciationday?! The English omnibus editions of City Hunter and Cat's Eye have brand new lettering from the fabulous Kai Kyou and Barri Shrager @omgitsbarri.bsky.social respectively. Please appreciate what amazing work they've put into these new editions!

Happy #Letterer Appreciation Day! If you want to check out fantastic letterers here on bluesky, here's a starter pack! Also, if you are a letterer who wishes to be included in this pack, or an aspiring letterer who would like a portfolio review, please message me any time. go.bsky.app/D5PbjPZ

💜ASEXUAL IS QUEER💜 Ace authors. Ace women. Ace characters. Ace horror. We're often not considered queer enough to be labeled LGBTQ+. We're often passed up when people are considering LGBTQ+ reads. We have voices and we'd like to be heard. Consider these upcoming ace horror offerings this fall.

The most sobering yet important panel I attended all weekend of Anime NYC was one on censorship, both "hard censorship" and "soft censorship," with discussions of our current political climate along with why US publishers might decide the things that they do. 🧵 incoming

Congrats to all the American Manga Award winners!

Kana will release Naoki Urasawa and Takashi Nagasaki’s acclaimed thriller "Billy Bat" in English, begining June 2026.

Lettering pays poorly. I work a full-time office job to support my passion of lettering manga. I don't dislike AI localization because I see it as a threat to my livelihood, I dislike it because it is profane. An essential aspect of the job is respecting the work of the artist and writer.

For example: If an industry-heavy anime con wants to talk about, say, fansubs, and scanlations, they should get an actual historian of the medium to discuss it so they can frame it properly. Or better yet, shelve that idea and get actual translators to talk theory and industry, which is more useful

28. Industry-centric events shouldn't be prioritizing upbeat conversations about piracy and illicit distribution over expert-led panels.

Yeah, sure, why not? 0. Generative AI is, was, and always will be incurious, wildly inaccurate slop built on the stolen work of actual humans. There's no ethical way to use it, like, at all.

YOU WILL BECOME MY WIFE (MANGA) (For Mature readers, Steamship imprint) In this steamy romance manga, one woman is overwhelmed by the pleasure and desire she receives from her handsome fiancé! Out today in print/digital! See RETAILERS section: sevenseasentertainment.com/books/you-wi...

hey @animenyc.bsky.social — this panel is so disrespectful to all of the manga localization professionals going to the con. can you please clarify the wording to let all of us know you’re not actively endorsing unauthorized distribution?

I finally mounted my pinboard and pin collection, but I'm afraid it's too high over my window 🤔

I want to put together a piece on how AI is inserting its dirty little claws into manga translation and localization. If any translators who work in the industry want to take part, give me a shout via DM and we can chat.

City Hunter: Angel Dust arrives on Blu-ray Disc in N. America on July 14!

Here it is, my latest for ANN. I'll be frank: this is the most important piece I've written. The deepest of thanks to every librarian and person I spoke to in this investigation. It's an honor and a privilege that they trusted me to share their stories. With that, go support your local libraries.

Once again reminding people why machines can't translate creative Japanese well. j-entranslations.com/why-machine-...

Abrams ComicArts Kana will publish collector’s omnibus editions of Tsukasa Hojo’s City Hunter and Cat’s Eye manga series! ✨More: atani.me/cityhunter-catseye

New translations confirmed for Kana's physical omnibus editions of City Hunter and Cat's Eye!

it's the MOST WONDERFUL TIME OF YEAR 🎄✨ the screentoney awards are officially accepting nominations for 2025! nominate your favorite manga localization pros and find the rules over here: forms.gle/jQzo2QeiiNy1...

I'm a little late but happy CLAMP Day! Sakura is @editortiina.bsky.social 📸 by @discovader.bsky.social