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Ben Applegate @benapplegate.com · 27/08/2026

The author of Kiki's Delivery Service sounds like a delightful person (shocking no one) and she has "thoughts" on AI.

Our world is at a complicated juncture. The voice of AI is loud and seems liable to suck us in. New technologies are sure to evolve at rapidly accelerating paces. I don’t know what the future will bring—it’s all a bit much for an elderly woman of 91.

But I have thoughts. Since the dawn of history, people have turned sounds into words and moved our bodies to acquire language. Bodies and language. The language packed inside a person. I think there’s power in that; I want to cherish it. Is it really okay to entrust everything to machines and abandon our rich culture of language so readily? If we do, humanity will probably lose the capacity to think, stop using our bodies, stop enjoying our imaginations, lose the power to create, and end up bored. Or will we instead aim to scale higher peaks? At 91 years old, I am interested, and I intend to observe from close up as long as I’m alive.

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Alyssa Weldon @alyssaweldon.bsky.social · 22/08/2026

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

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Kris Taquka'angcuk Knigge @krisknigge.bsky.social · 21/08/2026

LRT: there’s a reason everyone who works in Japanese media localization is rallying around Jan’s statement here. Anime, manga, and games are seemingly bigger than ever and none of the creatives involved in getting that media into English are making any money.

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Tiina of Kana and ACA @editortiina.bsky.social · 21/08/2026

Still can't belive that Kana US got the outstanding honor of bringing home the award for Best New Manga! 🫣

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Carly Smith 📖✍️ @carlysmith.net · 21/08/2026

LET'S GO @editortiina.bsky.social!!!!!!!!! THAT'S MY BEST FRIEND KILLING IT!!!!!!

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Seven Seas Entertainment @sevenseasentertainment.com · 16/06/2026

THE INVISIBLE MAN AND HIS SOON-TO-BE WIFE Vol. 7 A sweet and supernatural workplace romance manga by the creator of THE COUNTRY WITHOUT HUMANS (also from Seven Seas)—and don’t miss the anime! Out today in print/digital! See RETAILERS section: sevenseasentertainment.com/books/the-in...

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TheOASG @theoasg.mastodon.social.ap.brid.gy · 16/06/2026

[Kana] Molicoross's The Gentleman, the Cat & the Tearoom Volume 1 pre-orders are up at BAM! www.booksamillion.com/p/Gentleman-C… B&N […] [Original post on mastodon.social]

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Anime News Network @animenewsnetwork.com · 14/06/2026

[Review] Red River is a work of epic fiction, shoujo manga style, and it's still worth reading thirty years after its original publication.

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Red River Omnibus 2-5 Manga Review

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Aidan Clarke @cranchyroll.com · 08/06/2026

Billy Bat sound effects thread! Brendon (@lettererbrendo.bsky.social) and I adore the way Urasawa draws sound effects, and are so excited to adapt the Billy Bat sound effects into English. For years, we'd talked about the quirks they have and how to replicate them. Here's a thread of comparisons!

An image from the manga Billy Bat, showing a sound effect lettered in English.

An image from the manga Billy Bat in Japanese.

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Helô | comms open 💖 @heloisarmarques.bsky.social · 12/05/2026

✒️ More witches, more magic 🪄 #witchhatatelier #brushbuddy #noIA

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Aidan Clarke @cranchyroll.com · 27/03/2026

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...

Three copies of Billy Bat volume 1 in English.

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Eldritch Millennial @sundaycreature.bsky.social · 20/03/2026

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!

A photo of a pair of earrings displayed hanging on the top edge of some black paperboard. The earring closest to the viewer consists of 3 brass discs attached in a stack by jump rings. They each have a symbol of one of the Guardians of Rayearth from the series Magic Knight Rayearth by CLAMP. The other earring has another disc with a different version of Windam's symbol, with 3 chains of varying lengths hanging from the bottom. The shortest chain has a square shaped blue crystal bead, the middle chain has a bicone shaped green crystal bead, and the longest one has a round shaped red crystal bead.

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Christina 🌹 | Play Twisted Wonderland! @dramata.bsky.social · 01/03/2026

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.

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Kelly @broadwaybabyto.bsky.social · 08/02/2026

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:

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Donate to Support for Washington Post international employees, organized by Michelle Lee

Among the hundreds of journalists laid off by The Washington Post on … Michelle Lee needs your support for Support for Washington Post international employees

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wwxwashere.bsky.social @wwxwashere.bsky.social · 01/11/2025

keeping the streak alive

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🔞 Wysty, CEO of vampire yuri | Comms Open @wysticlipse.art · 19/01/2026

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.

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Zack Davisson @zackdavisson.com · 15/01/2026

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.

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Abrams Kana Manga @abramskana.bsky.social · 09/01/2026

📖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

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Lukasz Kowalczuk @elkowalczuk.bsky.social · 01/01/2026

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

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Abrams Kana Manga @abramskana.bsky.social · 01/01/2026

🎇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

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Tiina of Kana and ACA @editortiina.bsky.social · 31/12/2025

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!

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kotaline jones @kotalinejones.bsky.social · 30/12/2025

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

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Samantha Ferreira Is Back On Her Book Bullshit @sam-animeherald.northsky.social · 31/12/2025

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.

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Teresa (Katy) Castillo @harleygin.bsky.social · 01/12/2025

🧐 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.

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kotaline jones @kotalinejones.bsky.social · 28/11/2025

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...

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Tiina of Kana and ACA @editortiina.bsky.social · 14/11/2025

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

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Join the Kana Manga Discord Discord Server!

Community Discord for manga enthusiasts, operated by Abrams' Kana (US)! | 63 members

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sara linsley @sara.pizza · 07/11/2025

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.

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Ben Applegate @benapplegate.com · 07/11/2025

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.

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ana street rat @uldahstreetrat.bsky.social · 23/10/2025

"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

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Lizzylizumab @lizzylizumab.bsky.social · 21/10/2025

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

An infographic created by @BRIANNAVIEIRA & @THEQTHERAPIST for #ACEAWARENESSWEEK in asexual flag colors black, white, gray, and purple

Understanding Asexuality:

WHAT DOES IT MEAN TO BE ASEXUAL?
(ALSO KNOWN AS "ACE" OR "ACES")
There are many different types of attraction including romantic, aesthetic and sexual. Asexuality refers to someone who experiences very little or no sexual attraction to people of any gender.

ACE INDIVIDUALS CAN STILL FEEL...

ROMANTIC ATTRACTION
Desire for a typically romantic relationship with another person

EMOTIONAL ATTRACTION
Wanting an emotional connection with another person

AESTHETIC ATTRACTION
Attraction to someone based on their general appearance

SENSUAL ATTRACTION
Wanting to touch, hold, or cuddle
someone

PHYSICAL ATTRACTION
Where a person finds another person's physique pleasing

PLATONIC ATTRACTION
Wanting to be friends with another person

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Evan Minto @evanminto.com · 18/09/2025

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.

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Evan Minto @evanminto.com · 08/09/2025

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.

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Tiina of Kana and ACA @editortiina.bsky.social · 07/09/2025

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.

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Yatta-Tachi @yattatachi.com · 02/09/2025

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!

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Donate to Matt's Journey: Healing and Comics, organized by Matthew Haasch

With your support, I can focus on healing from lymphoma while continu… Matthew Haasch needs your support for Donate to Matt's Journey: Healing and Comics

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the Mountain Goats @themountaingoats.bsky.social · 03/09/2025

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

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Barri★ @omgitsbarri.bsky.social · 01/09/2025

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

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Tiina of Kana and ACA @editortiina.bsky.social · 01/09/2025

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!

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Ariana Maher @airy.bsky.social · 01/09/2025

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

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Katherine "Kat" Silva @katsilvaauthor.bsky.social · 27/08/2025

💜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.

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Carly Smith 📖✍️ @carlysmith.net · 27/08/2025

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

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Tiina of Kana and ACA @editortiina.bsky.social · 22/08/2025

Congrats to all the American Manga Award winners!

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