It’s #InternationalSignLanguageDay, so you know we had to celebrate our best boys (who know that love is the true universal language)! 👋 (via Love in the Palm of His Hand)

Sweet new series that I was a huge fan of during the original serialization! It's particularly good for anyone with a passion for creating (or reading) fanmade work and I'm so happy I get to translate it now.

Square Enix Manga & Books@square-enix-books.com · 2w ago

🚨New Series Alert 🚨 My Ex-Boyfriend Loves Boys' Love, vol. 1 is on sale now! Adult fangirl Momo is surprised to encounter a male BL fan in the wild--only to realize it's none other than her high school ex, who wasn't into that back then! 😱 Free Preview link below! ⬇️

Coming up next week!📚 Join us on September 12th (JST) for a special look into the world of Japanese-to-English manga localization and editing with Sarah Tangney (@sarasaraht.bsky.social) from Square Enix Manga & Books!🤩 Don't miss it! Sign up here: t.co/CDMRlYcsU8

I love that someone at Disney had to go "please make a story bible oh my god"

Our Summer School seminars continue!☀️ Join us on September 12th (JST) for a special look into the world of J-E manga localization and editing with Sarah Tangney (@sarasaraht.bsky.social ) from Square Enix Manga & Books!🙌 Sign up here: www.jvta.net/tyo/summer20...

【サマースクール2026】How Manga Crosses Borders: Inside the World of Manga Translation — 字幕翻訳・吹き替え翻訳　日本映像翻訳アカデミー｜映像翻訳　翻訳学校　翻訳受注

日本映像翻訳アカデミーは、ドラマや映画などの映像や動画の字幕翻訳・吹き替え翻訳をする映像翻訳者／翻訳家になるための翻訳学校です。翻訳者・受講生インタビュー、講義、イベント風景などを動画で紹介しています。

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Here’s some pix from Akiko Higashimura’s panel at Anime NYC on Friday + the sketches she drew on stage

please donate if you’re able to! this is the translator of tokyo aliens. I can’t even imagine losing a house and three cats 💔💔 what a horrible tragedy, I’m so heartbroken for them…

Alyssa Weldon@alyssaweldon.bsky.social · last mo.

Andria and her husband suffered a terrible loss last night as their house burned down. They both made it out, but lost all of their things and three beloved cats in the fire. Please consider donating/sharing with others. Andria is such a kind person and amazing translator. gofund.me/b49a76f41

Award-Winning Translator, Jan Mitsuko Cash, Calls on American Manga Industry to Double Their Rates!

Translator Jan Mitsuko Cash gets standing ovation after winning Best Translation and calling on the manga publishers to double their rates and describes the poor working conditions of translators that create their success.

for those of you at ANYC, I’ll be on this panel!! come check it out if you have time! (it’s right before akiko higashimura though so I’ll be zooming to that immediately after it’s over!!)

Frog and Toad were caught in the rain. They ran to Frog’s house. “I am all wet,” said Toad. “The day is spoiled.” “Have some tea and cake,” said Frog. “The rain will stop. If you stand near the stove, your clothes will soon be dry.”

We played Fire Emblem: Fortune's Weave on Nintendo Switch 2 and found five new things we love and one thing we didn't. Our final hands-on preview impressions ahead of launch: https://bit.ly/4g7gzWZ

I literally messaged Sarah when this series had just started telling her that if they put it out in English I would put everything aside to work on it. And now I do! It's so good...so good...everything I could ever want...

Sarah T. // サラ@sarasaraht.bsky.social · 2mo ago

very excited to announce I’m editing this series for print!! it’s been so much fun to work on, plus the art is absolutely gorgeous. of course it’s translated by @sakaimii.bsky.social, notorious fan of girl-on-top pairings between a strong woman and the pathetic wifeguy who adores her!

Cheers to familiar friends and new beginnings! The Apothecary Diaries (Light Novel), vol.10 AND The Princess Groom, vol. 1 are out today! We’ve been really excited to share these with you! 🥹

very excited to announce I’m editing this series for print!! it’s been so much fun to work on, plus the art is absolutely gorgeous. of course it’s translated by @sakaimii.bsky.social, notorious fan of girl-on-top pairings between a strong woman and the pathetic wifeguy who adores her!

My first manga design project came to my inbox while I was in Japan in 2019. I could have never imagined I’d be holding a copy signed by the author, and still working on the series over 15 volumes later! So grateful!

Sarah T. // サラ@sarasaraht.bsky.social · 2mo ago

while toyota-sensei was in LA, we also had her sign copies of cherry magic v1 for members of the team!! these have now been sent out and I’ve gotten back photos of the signed page 💕 these were sent to me by the cover designer, letterer, and translator! everyone is thrilled and so grateful 🍒

while toyota-sensei was in LA, we also had her sign copies of cherry magic v1 for members of the team!! these have now been sent out and I’ve gotten back photos of the signed page 💕 these were sent to me by the cover designer, letterer, and translator! everyone is thrilled and so grateful 🍒

I swore to myself I wasn't going to dunk on the CR seihantai subs again this week but they translated ばっか (abbreviated ばっかり/that's all you're talking about) as moron (misread as ばか) and I've completely lost my mind

On Sale Now ➡️ A Howl of the Heart, vol. 2! 🐺 Tenyo has uncovered more about the deception of the inner palace. He decides to disguise himself as the emperor for a ceremony that will protect what's dear to him. 🥸

📌Not news: The best adaptation of the "The Odyssey" is "O Brother, Where Art Thou?" Period.

here’s the one with aina 💕💕💕 my baby

Square Enix Manga & Books@square-enix-books.com · 2mo ago

🚨TWO WEEKS LEFT🚨 TO VOTE AND WE’VE GOT A FRESH ROUND OF PURRQUOTES… FUR YOUR CONSIDERATION! 🐈 Register today and let your meows be heard for A Cat Is a Cat in Any Life (Best Publication Design nominee: Ti Collier)! (and while you’re at it, see the other rad nominees!) 🔗👇!

Oldest cat name we know about is Nedjem, a name that translates to “Sweet One” or simply “Sweetie.”

THANK YOU EVERYONE FOR COMING!!!!!!!!! it was an incredible and magical #BLHONEYMOON

Sarah T. // サラ@sarasaraht.bsky.social · 3mo ago

sooooo excited to see everyone at the square enix announcements panel at 1 and then the psychic power of BL with YUU TOYOTA-SENSEI panel at 4:45! both room 408AB!!! #BLHoneymoon

sooooo excited to see everyone at the square enix announcements panel at 1 and then the psychic power of BL with YUU TOYOTA-SENSEI panel at 4:45! both room 408AB!!! #BLHoneymoon

The Screentoney Award for "Living Her Best Otaku Life Straight Out of Manga" goes to @sarasaraht.bsky.social screentoneys.com/award?id=76577

The Screentoney Award for "Most thorough and constructive feedback" goes to @sarasaraht.bsky.social screentoneys.com/award?id=80943

It’s *officially* the last Wednesday of PRIDE MONTH, and we’ve been so busy actually buried in PEAK queer reads we *may* have forgotten to take a break to post about it. Happy #PRIDE! 🎊🏳️‍🌈

【お知らせ】今月『とんがり帽子のアトリエ』はLA出張のため休載を頂いております。新章も準備中ですので、ぜひ楽しみに待っていてね！KODANSHA HOUSEでのトークイベントやAnime Expoに参加予定の方はどうぞよろしくお願いいたします！イラストはパッキング中のオターギオさん #とんがり帽子のアトリエ #witchhatatelier #Δ帽子

Here’s another angle of the privately funded Obama Center continuing to reflect beautifully. 💙

FNAF is ontologically evil because it's so hyper-tuned for neurodivergent children to fixate on instead of healthy things like tertiary dragon ball characters, video quality, sora and riku kissing, color balancing and sonic the hedgehog