And even being 4 years almost into lettering, it is STILL intimidating to ask for more when I know it's reasonable, bc at the end of the day we're still just contract workers with no real protection.

Manga companies, please pay us $8/page! The small and new publishers can do it, surely the big companies with owners who make $3 million+ per year can afford it too!! x.com/MangaAlerts/...

2024 Seven Seas revenue Approx. $50 million

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Today's bonus pigeon is 70 years old and he's fucking angry (and he's fucking right). Greg Ketter of DreamHaven Books in the Twin Cities 💛

[Kodama] Yuzuko Hoshimi's MAGICA Volume 1 pre-orders are up at Amazon https://www.amazon.com/MAGICA-Vol-1-Yuzuko-Hoshimi/dp/1966523173 B&N https://www.barnesandnoble.com/w/magica-vol1-yuzuko-hoshimi/1148021204 BAM! https://www.booksamillion.com/p/Magica/Yuzuko-Hoshimi/9781966523178

Our next Kanto Manga Loc (and more!) meetup will be on November 12! If you are in the area and would like to attend, please let me know. Also, feel free to let me know if you’d like to attend one in the future!

I haven't been sitting on it long, but Cocoon's announcement is so exciting! I think it's the first time a publisher has licensed something based on my suggestion With the anime, someone would have probably gotten it, but maybe not as quickly and maybe not Viz

My mom's side is Okinawan, so this one has a place very near and dear to my heart

(PAID) - We need a dialogue editor who is fluent in Japanese. Limited series, 8 episodes.

Shocked and saddened to hear that Matt Haasch, founder of indie manga publishing company @starfruitbooks.bsky.social has passed away. His gofundme campaign for his medical and other expenses is still up - contribute if you can. www.gofundme.com/f/donate-to-...

editor friends, my job is hiring an Editor - Fiction & Non-Fiction: www.viz.com/company-jobs...

Vols 1-5 of Hirayasumi by Keigo Shinzo are available now in the VIZ app! It’s such a lovely story, and I wound up reading all 44 chapters in one sitting. Translation by @jmitsu.bsky.social Lettering by Elena Diaz

VIZ Media quietly added an AI-translated manga to their app and hoped no one would notice. We did. Manga deserves better than cheap, soulless automation. This is a betrayal of translators, fans, and the art form. We don't want your AI translations!

We're freelancers. Legally, we cannot unionize "Under U.S. antitrust laws, freelancers organizing to negotiate higher pay could be viewed as engaging in “price-fixing” since they’re considered individual businesses rather than employees of a single organization." www.themuse.com/advice/can-f...

Large language models are incapable of having respect for an artist. And the people choosing to use them for the localization of art hold an active disdain for that art and the people they supposedly want to appreciate that art.

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.

y'know, I've been a die-hard supporter of the Shonen Jump app, and lately the Viz app but this is literally Step One to publishers strongarming licensors to save a couple bucks on translators and letterers contact Viz... let 'em know I actually care about the quality of the products I pay for

anyone who has a viz sub they pay for, I totally suggest leaving a comment about this www.viz.com/company-cont...

I'm going to start a lettering consultancy agency and all it will say is "don't use comic sans, anime ace, serif fonts, or system fonts" "also don't left justify text" I'll personally donate $40 so you can buy a great Blambot font if you don't want to spend $130 on Wild Words!

Yen has been giving me yearly raises, pretty much, so good on them, but yeah, the dollar doesn't stretch as far, so it's really stagnant. and don't get me started on how many thousands of dollars I've lost over the years because of the yen-dollar exchange rate... 😃

Yup. I've gotten a rate increase here and there but it's nowhere close to cover cost of living increases. So by stagnation, it really just means you're making less money. The $800 I was making on books in 2017 wouldn't go nearly as far today, and I live in relatively cheap North Carolina.

For manga and light novels, rates are generally determined by the publishers, so negotiation is difficult For translators, $5/page for manga and $10/page for light novels are the lower end of market rate, but rates vary from $1-$9/page or $1000-$1500/vol (manga) and $6-$15/page (LNs)

I also make fonts specifically for manga lettering and provide them for free because even pro letterers make very, very little money ko-fi.com/salinsley

Getting into the Japanese media translation industry, especially for manga, is a lot harder nowadays, but here are some resources for translators, letterers, and editors

A panel about legally done fantranslation would be really cool, but doing one about how to rip apart a book and distribute a fan artist's work without consulting them is so, so messed up Fan doujin are tolerated, but companies can still sue, so it's potentially painting a target on the artist's back

Last day to vote for the American Manga Awards is tomorrow (July 24, 2025, at 5:00 pm ET)! animenyc.com/american-man...

Centuria from Manga Plus/Viz mangaplus.shueisha.co.jp/titles/100314 "A bitter slave. A cruel bargain. A child worth saving. When Julian trades a life to awaken an ancient god, he gains powers he must use to protect an innocent in a brutal world."

Hima-Ten! from Viz Media www.viz.com/shonenjump/c... 16-year-old Tenichi is a part-time house cleaner. Himari Yoshino, a model, transfers to his school. He is then hired to clean her apartment regularly, as contrary to Himari's public persona, she is unable to keep her place clean.

Shinobi Undercover from Viz Media www.viz.com/shonenjump/c... "Even in modern Japan, ninja still hide in the shadows. Young ninja Yodaka has received his mission--protect high school student Aoi at all costs."

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?

VIZ Media and Shogakukan team up to co-produce "Hirayasumi," the acclaimed manga by Keigo Shinzo.

The #Hirayasumi anime is on its way! We're so honored to be apart of this adaptation of Keigo Shinzo's critically acclaimed manga. ✍️

this is why I find the "don't give up on yourself, just follow your dreams" school of "you can make it in games/localization/subdiscpline" to be well-intentioned but generally bad advice. many people cannot afford to just grind until they make it. 1/3

I only went full time after pandemic layoffs forced me to, and I wouldn't have had enough clients without working double time during all the years I had day jobs

🚨FOR YOUR CONSIDERATION: minami for BEST TRANSLATION – The Otaku Love Connection (vol. 1)! Our series The Otaku Love Connection (and *not* our ship-fanfic *about* the series) is nominated for Best Translation – maybe because love is a universal language. 💖 😍

Sample book with my translations for the MINT manga project arrived, and dang! Did they ever nail the comp titles for battan's And Then There Were no Heroines! Look at this list and then tell me you aren't dying to read Heroines!

Who says love can't bloom in the dark? Two teen opposites fall for each other during quiet nights at a convenience store in Our Aimless Nights. Read now on Azuki, or pick it up in print in 2026 from Ink Pop! Read: www.azuki.co/series/our-a...

#AnimeExpo2025 ANNOUNCEMENT 🌙 OUR AIMLESS NIGHTS is getting a print edition! Ink Pop, Random House Graphic’s new line of manga and global comics, is releasing the series in 2026! We’re so excited to partner with a new publisher to bring you another Azuki series in paperback and hardcover

#Japan #kidlit in the wild! Happy to see Houses with a Story by Seiji Yoshida tr @jmitsu.bsky.social, How Do You Live? by Genzaburō Yoshino tr Bruno Navasky, Kiki’s Delivery Service by Eiko Kadono tr @tristiger.bsky.social, and more near The Village Beyond the Mist at @vromansbookstore.bsky.social!

Yes, read Hirayasumi! It's about not letting ambition turn into misery, and still having joy and hope post-burnout If you're tired and questioning what the point of anything is, this is the manga you didn't know you needed www.viz.com/manga-books/...

The Screentoney Award for "Most Charming Dog to ever Charm the World" and "The Bless You Award" goes to Charm Cash @jmitsu.bsky.social

They're trying to deport my colleague from the med school and holding her without counsel. She was coming back from a visit to her family. If there are ways to help I'll let you know. www.providencejournal.com/story/news/l...

There is always ways to help! 🐻☎️ Call your local representative today and tomorrow and the next day, too!

Today I learned that you’re not supposed to say クソ食らえ when someone sneezes 🥲

🚀 HarperCollins is hiring an Editor (HarperAlley). Full time, NYC, $65k-75k. #comicjobs careers-harpercollins.icims.com/jobs/4962/ed...

WE'RE HIRING! We're looking for a Junior Designer to join our team! If you're interested in book design and have a passion for anime & manga as well as a keen eye for details, check out the link below & apply by Dec. 5th! Learn More & Apply: bit.ly/4eMrTF9

Emerging Translators: Apply for the 2025 ALTA Emerging Translator Program. Mentorships offered in 18 languages. I will be serving as the Japanese mentor. Deadline November 30. Apply here 👇 www.literarytranslators.org/2025-mentors...

Have you ever wanted to learn how to do manga lettering from beginner to master? Thanks to Gonzalo (@GonzaloLetterer on X), you can now learn the ins and outs of manga lettering from an actual professional in the industry on Udemy! Check out the course linked below: www.udemy.com/course/manga...

I'm not looking for work, but one question I get asked all the time is what my rates for lettering are. Here you go. It's on my website, and it's in this image. Please use this information to set your rates and budgets. sara.pizza