On Day 1 of #12DaysOfManga, getting ready for the holidays is the funnest part! Thanks for the reminder, Takada!

A geeky boy and a trendy girl become fast friends when she discovers that the skills he gained from being an anime and manga fan transfer nicely into the world of fashion! 💅🤓 Preorder Otaku x Gal, vol. 1 at your favorite retailer now! sqex.link/5dj9

I love Arakawa's work man

Silently cheering when annoying-to-retouch buildings get destroyed in a manga I’m working on.

“I’m descended from wolves and also love manga”

Who is the badass otaku Roei Tadera? Find out in the free preview of Daemons of the Shadow Realm, vol. 9 ➡️ sqex.link/o8rm

Daemons of the Shadow Realm, vol. 9 is on sale now! 🍟 On the verge of being overpowered by Daemon Wielders from Nishino Village, Hana is saved by a masked man claiming to be Roei Tadera! 🤓

Surprise! I'm the translator on this~! Maybe it's silly to wax poetic on a title about gyarus being in lesbians with each other, but it's manga like this that really makes me so grateful to be allowed to do this job full-time. It's just so good! Me and the team will do our best!

Happy Chainsaw Man – The Movie: Reze Arc digital release eve. I spoke with composer Kensuke Ushio about how he made me cry with his score, summer's end.

One thing a lot of "Why was this anime so heavily edited during localization?" conversations miss is that many of these series lived and died based on the success of their surrounding advertisements and merchandising...which were provided by companies that considered "Made in Japan" a dirty phrase.

Soul Eater: Soul Art Encore! is $25.98 [$39.99 MSRP] on Amazon amzn.to/48DjeF9 #ad

I got the new Soul Eater art book while it was on sale. This shit's so cool, man. I love real art.

To my fellow translators: what do you wish someone had taught you about translation (whether the act or translation or having a freelance job) that you had to learn by yourself?

If this change will affect you directly as viewer that uses the free, ad-supported tier, please email me at [email protected] and share what this means for your viewing habits and interaction with anime fandom.

Oh no, my last pair of wired earbuds is only working when twisted at a certain angle now…

I have mixed feelings about this.

It's probably not well-known, but in some (not so rare) cases a SINGLE PAGE of manga can take 3-4 hours to letter. Get 2-3 pages like this and your day is fucked. Meanwhile, you might only have 7 days to finish the volume. The amount of work going into some books is absolutely mind-boggling.

Japan's user-generated web novel platforms have become a growing source of original stories to be adapted into manga, anime, and film, but their operators are contending with a rise in submitted works that are generated by AI. Read this headline and more in this week's business briefing.

ARTISTS -- YOU NEED TO READ THIS MANGA Part 1 DRAGON & CHAMELEON by Ryo Ishiyama is a BATTLE MANGA -- but done with competing mangaka and their works, NOT from super powers. One of Saturday AM's FAVE #MANGA - we highly recommend DRAGON & CHAMELEON - in stores NOW www.amazon.com/dp/B0CXFBTM2...

Fubuki and Mio's adventures continue! Read the free preview of Holoearth Chronicles Side:E Yamato Phantasia, vol. 2 now! sqex.link/497b

Holoearth Chronicles Side:E Yamato Phantasia, vol. 2 is on sale NOW! While looking for missing children, Fubuki and Mio find themselves engaged in a fierce battle against an oni named Nakiri Ayame! 👹👘

Secrets and side quests kick off December's #RELEASERADAR! Here's what's hitting shelves tomorrow! 🎹 A Man And His Cat, vol. 14 👹 Holoearth Chronicles Side:E Yamato Phantasia, vol. 2

Let me give some insight on this, as a producer in the dub industry who worked with major streamers, who's witnessed first-hand where this push for AI is coming from. tl;dr: Only CEOs want this. Tell them how much you hate it. Be loud, email, call, @, post. You will kill this. 🧵⬇️

AI dubs aren't just an attempt to replace voice actors. Engineering, mixing, writing, directing, and QC are also cut, narrowed down to a single prompter. When I write dub scripts, it is an exercise in musicality, translation, and personal life experience. A prompter understands none of that.

The only thing less human than these AI dub performances is the decision to sign off on them A company this big can pay human actors a decent wage, not produce slop that intentionally removes the human element.

i know chapter 15 of Bug Ego came out a bit ago but i'm finally around to letting everyone know that YES i did have to completely redraw this computer screen and do all of the text, adjust the original emojis, and do all the effects myself! it took hours!!! happy with how it turned out but damn!

🚨DEAL ALERT🚨 The @square-enix-games.com shop is having an epic Black Friday sale, including 20% off some of our favorite video game tie-in manga, novels, & art books! Grab what you’ve been eyeing, while supplies last! 👀

Dinner time? #物語シリーズ

Happy #Thanksgiving  from the Square Enix Manga & Books crew!! Who are you sharing a delicious meal with today? 🍗 (via Beauty and the Feast)

Lots of newness dropped this past month! What was your fave November pickup? 🍁🍂

After publishing this article, I've heard from many that CR seems to be using AI to produce dub CCs. Now, thanks to a slip-up CR had with episode 6 dub of The Banished Court Magician, we can say that with 100% certainty: Crunchyroll is using the AI service Ollang.com for its dub closed captions!

When you have to rewrite a whole page of Japanese wordplay because it references some kanji from one panel two volumes ago that you had retouched into English 😩

Ugh, why do we use the phrase “make a reservation” both for scheduling a time to be somewhere AND for getting there on time?!

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.

HOT OFF THE PRESS! 🔥 On the verge of being overpowered by Daemon Wielders from Nishino Village, Hana is saved by a masked man claiming to be Roei Tadera! 🐶🐯 Daemons of the Shadow Realm, vol. 9 goes on sale December 9th! 💥 sqex.link/ed078f

I think the fact that I’m too prideful to take shortcuts at work will be my downfall 😔

HOT OFF THE PRESS! 🔥 While looking for missing children, Fubuki and Mio find themselves engaged in a fierce battle against an oni named Nakiri Ayame! 👘 Holoearth Chronicles Side:E Yamato Phantasia, vol. 2 goes on sale December 2nd! ❄️⛄ sqex.link/8i3m

🎁BOOK☆WALKER Black Friday 2025🎁 Don’t miss our huge sale! A special selection of manga from @square-enix-books.com is available for only $2.50! Details: buff.ly/6v5z4JZ

Important update: I have received word from insiders that Crunchyroll executives have deemed the user backlash to be small enough that their subtitle enshittification & OOONA plans will NOT be cancelled, only delayed. I have added an update to the article. There's a summary at the top now too.

Hi! (Pls say it back! 🥹) #WorldHelloDay (via Daemons of the Shadow Realm)

💥COVER ALERT! 💥 Although the war has ended, threats still lurk around every corner for the android mercenary, her adopted son, and their ragtag group of associates! Mechanical Buddy Universe 1.0, vol. 1 goes on sale in January! sqex.to/8ZDkh

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.

I don't know which of my kouhais need to hear this, but because I'm seeing this in a ton of commercial J>E game locs: you really shouldn't retain quotation marks in the same places as the Japanese source text 9 times of 10, especially outside dialogue. Punctuation parity in general is often sloppy.

Crunchyroll is involved in an incredible ~18% of new anime productions. A look at their full 2025 slate provides some insights into the company's priorities and what they do different from the rest of the industry. animebythenumbers.substack.com/p/crunchyrol...

Hit with a flash of inspiration, “Miyama” decides to redraw a storyboard from scratch three days before the final draft is due! Can his team still finish the chapter on time?! ✒️😱 Preorder Dragon and Chameleon, vol. 6 at your favorite retailer now! sqex.link/4bs6

For Reasons™, I am looking for freelance or in-house JP loc editorial, proofreading, and QA work. I have 6 years of experience in manga and light novels, but I'm open to working with anime and games. DM if you have any questions or leads.

Curious about the future of manga? @forbes.com sat down with Kodansha USA CEO Alvin Lu—the publisher of Attack on Titan—to explore how manga is expanding into new formats, new platforms, and vast global audiences. 📖 Read the full Forbes interview here: ow.ly/56I350XtMx7

I wrote about the career of the late Tatsuya Nagamine, his creative strengths on projects like Dragon Ball Super: Broly and the One Piece anime's Wano arc, and how he influenced his staff to produce their best work: www.crunchyroll.com/news/feature...

It's the clash of the G-Pens and ink will be spilled! Read a free preview of Dragon and Chameleon, vol. 5 now! sqex.link/4bbm

Dragon and Chameleon, vol. 5 is on sale now! ✒️ With "Shinobu Miyama" and Ikki Fugaku scheduled to start their new series in the same issue of Weekly Orochi, the stage is set for an epic clash between two manga titans!