In May, it was announced that publisher Shogakukan, JIC Venture Growth Investments (part of the state-backed Japan Investment Corp.) and more had invested 2.92 billion yen (about $19 million) in having the company Orange use artificial intelligence to translate 50,000 manga into English during the …Read more »
It takes a number of steps before a licensed manga reaches America. Someone has to translate it, sometimes an adaptor is hired, and someone needs to put all the lettering in. Phil Christie—a manga letterer for Kodansha, Yen Press, Seven Seas and Harlequin—crunched some numbers …Read more »
Many fans of anime and manga want to learn more about Japan, and sometimes that includes learning the Japanese language. Some of these language learners even decide to get into the translation business. Sam Bett, an award-winning Japanese translator, will be taking part in a special …Read more »
This past April 1, it was revealed Hideaki Anno ( Evangelion ) and Shinji Higuchi (live-action Attack on Titan ) would be co-directing the new Japanese Godzilla film due out 2016. Both men, who have a long history as tokusatsu professionals and fans , are …Read more »
As we learned the other day , Naruto (the manga, not the anime, which still has plenty of story left to adapt) is coming to an end. The manga, written by Masashi Kishimoto, will see its final chapter published in November after running in Shonen …Read more »
The third edition of the Manga Translation Battle is underway. The competition, sponsored by Japan’s Agency for Cultural Affairs, pits aspiring manga translators in a competition to see who can best translate a given chapter of manga from Japanese to English. The grand prize winner …Read more »
It’s quite possible you wouldn’t be reading this website without Frederik L. Schodt. It’s hard to overstate the impact the writer, translator and interpreter has had on western anime and manga fandom. Writing about manga before anybody in the States was even eating sushi, Schodt …Read more »
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