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Alyssa Weldon @alyssaweldon.bsky.social · 17/09/2026

Update: $21k of the $25k raised! Unfortunately, their insurance didn’t cover everything they lost and a lot of the money will go to cover that gap, so meeting this goal would be a huge help for them. Please continue to share, and thanks everyone for donating/sharing already!

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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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Donate to Help Andria and Nik Recover from House Fire, organized by Alyssa Weldon

Andria McKnight, a veteran translator, is facing a heartbreaking loss afte… Alyssa Weldon needs your support for Help Andria and Nik Recover from House Fire

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Coop @riderstrike.bsky.social · 21/08/2026

Have you been working in the publishing side of localization (translation, editing, lettering) and want to share (publicly or anonymously) your concerns heard? I'm working on a story about just that. My dms are open and I'm also over on signal (riderstrike.152).

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Jan Mitsuko Cash @jmitsu.bsky.social · 21/08/2026

Aw, thank you! Wait, don't look at that picture, look at this one!

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Jan Mitsuko Cash @jmitsu.bsky.social · 21/08/2026

I would like it to be known I went to the AMAs in a trash bag

Me wearing a trash bag over a kimono to protect it from rain

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Jan Mitsuko Cash @jmitsu.bsky.social · 01/08/2026

Looks like your DMs are closed!

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🖤🩶💜Dreamer & the Cosmic Horror Show💚🤍🖤 @wanderindreamr.bsky.social · 31/07/2026

Omoi’s big shojo license, SUKEBAN DEKA

Delinquent Detective: Sukeban Deka
By Shinji Wads

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Jim Rion・ライオンジミー @jimrion.com · 27/07/2026

Bestselling (and one of my favorites...) mystery author Higashino Keigo has died at 68 from colon cancer. RIP, and thank you for the stories.

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Jan Mitsuko Cash @jmitsu.bsky.social · 27/07/2026

My name is now Jan Mitsulo Cash (and the "Jan" is silent) XD

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Behind The Manga @behindthemanga.com · 23/07/2026

Cocoon (published by @viz.com) is a beautifully illustrated but harrowing story of Japanese schoolgirls forced to serve as nurses during the Battle of Okinawa. buff.ly/WZ2V3rW #manga

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Cocoon Review

Review of Cocoon, a beautifully illustrated but harrowing story of Japanese schoolgirls forced to serve as nurses during the Battle of Okinawa.

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samoyedloverforev.bsky.social @samoyedloverforev.bsky.social · 19/07/2026

I really hope the Shojo/Josei manga nominated at 2026 American Manga Awards get the attention they deserve🤞 ( @darkhorse.com credits roll into the sea, @nyrb-imprints.bsky.social Miss Ruki, @viz.com Cocoon, @yenpress.com fruits basket and @glacierbaybooks.com Horrors of Noroi Michiru) All are great!

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sara linsley @sara.pizza · 16/07/2026

my take is that requiring editorial staff to commute to any high cost of living city is exacerbating poor working conditions across the industry

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sara linsley @sara.pizza · 16/07/2026

I’m running a meetup for Anime NYC this year for manga freelancers/pros/friends!! Signup here for details when they’re available:

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unraveled @unraveledpress.com · 14/07/2026

And another. This morning. Running for his life and hit by a truck.

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Omoi: Manga App & Publisher @omoi.com · 05/07/2026

📢 NEW LICENSE ANNOUNCEMENT ‼️ The cutest couple of all time is BACK! Natsume & Natsume: More Perfume is the “second season” of the hit romantic comedy series. Releasing this year! ➕ Add to your list: www.omoi.com/series/natsu...

New Series! Natsume & Natsume: More Perfume. by Shunsuke Sorato. Available this year only on Omoi.

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Omoi: Manga App & Publisher @omoi.com · 05/07/2026

📢 NEW LICENSE ANNOUNCEMENT ‼️ Walking Home with You is a fresh coming-of-age romantic comedy from Mai Matsuda, creator of the critically acclaimed Hikaru in the Light! Releasing later this summer only on Omoi. ➕ Add to your list: www.omoi.com/series/walki...

New Series! Walking Home with You. by Mai Matsuda. Available this summer only on Omoi.

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WinterVenom @wintervenom91.bsky.social · 03/07/2026

Next title is Daughter of the Dragon God

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WinterVenom @wintervenom91.bsky.social · 03/07/2026

The next (and sweet) title, Inuta: My Canine Classmate

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Anime News Network @animenewsnetwork.com · 03/07/2026

Ink Pop will release noho's My Neighbor Yokai manga in English starting next spring. The manga inspired an anime in April 2024.

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Ink Pop Licenses noho's My Neighbor Yokai Manga

Manga about town where humans, yokai live together inspired anime in April 2024

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Kodama @kodamatales.bsky.social · 29/06/2026

We’re honored to announce MAGICA has been nominated in the American Manga Awards for Best Translation and Best Publication Design! You can cast your vote by registering here: animenyc.com/american-man... Translation: Jan Mitsuko Cash Publication Design: Chichols © Yuzuko Hoshimi / Daiwashobo

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Kodama @kodamatales.bsky.social · 26/06/2026

Our fourth licensing announcement from this week is: CROWS by HIROSHI TAKAHASHI 📖 February 2027 🗓️ Another licensing reveal is coming tomorrow, please stay tuned! 🏆 Our giveaway winners have been contacted, thank you for playing!

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Jan Mitsuko Cash @jmitsu.bsky.social · 22/06/2026

Putting this out there: I want to work on more literary translations and children's books next year! 10+ years of experience 400+ books translated 1 Batchelder Award winner 1 Eisner nominee 5 American Manga Award nominees ...including 1 nominee for Best Translation

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samoyedloverforev.bsky.social @samoyedloverforev.bsky.social · 17/06/2026

Would be so interested to see stuff like “Shirahata no Shojo” as well. Seems like it might hit hard for those who were moved by grave of the fireflies while also covering Okinawa‘s bombardment in the war

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Jan Mitsuko Cash @jmitsu.bsky.social · 16/06/2026

Also, cocoon is up for nomination with the American Manga Awards for Best One-Shot Manga. If you're eligible, I hope you'll consider voting for it to promote the book so more stories like it can be published in English animenyc.com/american-man...

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Jan Mitsuko Cash @jmitsu.bsky.social · 16/06/2026

I think there's room for more books like these to come to the US and to make their way across the globe, like Kenshin Shinzato's work or Kohei Toyonaga's novels, so please consider buying books like cocoon and Okinawa or requesting them at your local library to show publishers there's an interest

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Jan Mitsuko Cash @jmitsu.bsky.social · 16/06/2026

But once the remaining survivors are gone, the memories will be lost if they're not preserved in some form, and they're even less likely to be accessible in English

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Jan Mitsuko Cash @jmitsu.bsky.social · 16/06/2026

The recollections I read for research from the Himeyuri women who survived will likely be the closest I'll ever get to knowing what happened to my grandmother's siblings, since they did not come out of the war to tell their stories

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Jan Mitsuko Cash @jmitsu.bsky.social · 16/06/2026

In cocoon's story and in real life, the Himeyuri girls headed south, where the battle was most deadly. My grandmother's siblings did the same, while my grandmother fled north and survived

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Jan Mitsuko Cash @jmitsu.bsky.social · 16/06/2026

The first mention of Okinawa in popular media I encountered, the battle was used as a joke in That '70s Show, accompanied by a laugh track and my mom's reminder 1/3 of the island died Translating this book was an emotional process because I wish it had existed while I was growing up

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manganonymous.bsky.social @manganonymous.bsky.social · 12/06/2026

anonymous manga public rates sheet forms.gle/PKRc8YtVJFD9...

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anonymous rates sheet

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🎃 Zack o' Lantern 🎃 @zackdavisson.com · 14/05/2026

Celebrated my own nomination, now I can big up my pals! Congrats to @keezyyoung.bsky.social , @gwillow.me , @jmitsu.bsky.social , @kellysue.bsky.social , @mrtylercrook.bsky.social , @trungles.com , @whattheshea.bsky.social , @kierongillen.bsky.social We have to pinkie swear to vote for each other

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Victoria Kasahara @vkasahara85.bsky.social · 01/05/2026

...schedule out follow up projects further in advance. I'd have much less stress if I coule schedule out concretely what projects each publisher/agency will have me doing which months and not be overwhelmed one month and scrambling for work another.

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Kyla Aiko | Foxlight comic @aikosmith.com · 25/04/2026

I lettered this! Akari is stunning, and Kohinata's mark-making is unmatched. Such a love letter to art and the impact i can have on one's life and the bonds it can forge It's debuting at TCAF (coincidentally, I'll be there tabling too!), and I can't wait to hold it in my hands!

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Fog @fog.mediocrity.ca · 01/05/2026

1. I'm definitely burnt out, having a real hard time forcing myself to do work nowadays. 2. I've been recently doing a lot of outside activities and slowly taking on less work, but that's much easier said than done. 3. Double the pay (at least) so I can work on less things and actually live.

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Brandon Bovia @brandonbovia.bsky.social · 01/05/2026

1. Yes, very 2. l will probably never recover until I quit entirely and am a few years removed 3. I think every publisher should double their rates :) and for some even that would still be too low

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Kyla Aiko | Foxlight comic @aikosmith.com · 01/05/2026

1. Yes 2. N/A 3. Increase rates to at least match the minimum of other parts of the industry (for lettering, 15 USD per page instead of 3 USD or even less) so localizers don't need to overload on projects to make a living wage. Work for hire and rights handover must come with adequate compensation

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The Dawn Witch Project 🇵🇸 @playerprophet.com · 01/05/2026

1. I have been, but not right now. 2. Turn down projects (this is hard and a privilege if/when possible) 3. more money. I wanna see clients more competitive about rates. As a CE/PR a lot of my work comes from exhausted translators and letterers who can't afford to do their best work either

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Kaylin Briggs @erothreep.bsky.social · 01/05/2026

Since rates are often so low, I feel like people often take on more work than they can reasonably handle simply because the work is available and they need the money. With freelance work being the way it is, they have to plan ahead just in case the next project takes a while to come in.

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Jan Mitsuko Cash @jmitsu.bsky.social · 01/05/2026

1. Yes 2. N/A 3. Rush rates for turnarounds with less than a month of notice, more communicative scheduling and transparency, setting aside time in the schedule for unplanned tasks, fulfilling comp copies and minimum contract obligations, etc. etc.

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Jan Mitsuko Cash @jmitsu.bsky.social · 24/04/2026

I'm actually not part of the in-group that'd know about that sort of stuff, but the internment camps definitely had a lot of long-lasting repercussions on culture and identity

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Jan Mitsuko Cash @jmitsu.bsky.social · 24/04/2026

Prewar JA families follow traditions that don't exist in Japan anymore and created new ones too. They don't consider someone like me JA enough, but ironically that's because I'm too Japanese Japanese nationals can't be questioned about cultural authority, so they don't get that treatment

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Jan Mitsuko Cash @jmitsu.bsky.social · 24/04/2026

Japanese Americans distinguish between sansei/yonsei/gosei, shin-nisei, etc., just not to Japanese nationals because they're not Japanese American in the same sense There's also a division between types of JA based on whether someone's family was in the US during internment camps

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Jan Mitsuko Cash @jmitsu.bsky.social · 30/03/2026

Nooo! I thought you were on the mend? ;.;

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Jan Mitsuko Cash @jmitsu.bsky.social · 30/03/2026

On days like this I just feel like giving up and finding a new job 🫠

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Victoria Kasahara @vkasahara85.bsky.social · 15/03/2026

Freelancing has been great for me as a flexible source of pocket money as a SAHM to young children, but I've always said that I couldn't afford to work in this field if I needed to support myself. My best friend makes a stable living freelancing in PR/marketing translation, entertainment underpays.

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Jan Mitsuko Cash @jmitsu.bsky.social · 15/03/2026

It might be a US-only thing, but freelancers pay both the employer and employee parts of social security and Medicare, so if we’re bringing in the same income as someone in-house, we’re taking home significantly less, esp after figuring in health insurance

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