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Aidan Clarke @cranchyroll.com · 24/09/2026

The Delinquent and the Transfer Student volume 2 is out now! I adore this series, and lettering it was a huge challenge. I'm incredibly proud of the results, and wake to display some comparisons of the Japanese and English lettering. Here are some, with more in the thread below!

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Aidan Clarke @cranchyroll.com · 13/09/2026

Game Theory: Travis Bickle Would Have Been a Gamer if Born a Few Decades Later Evidence: he eats doritos in one scene

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Aidan Clarke @cranchyroll.com · 11/09/2026

I hated the show Caillou as a kid, but my sister liked it. The one and only day that I decided to be gracious and let her know that Caillou was about to start was September 11th, 2001, and if you can believe it, they weren't showing Caillou that morning.

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🪨 Geop! 🪨 @mrgeop.bsky.social · 11/09/2026

Happy birthday, Papa Nier

Nier Gestalt loading screen diary entry

September 11
Today is Dad's birthday, but he's not here. So I just had a party by myself!

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Brendo @lettererbrendo.bsky.social · 11/09/2026

On this day, in the early 2000s, a cultural shift.

Cover artwork for the 2003 video game "Drakengard".

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Aidan Clarke @cranchyroll.com · 01/09/2026

Celebrate the 11th anniversary of the release of Metal Gear Solid V: The Phantom Pain by picking up Billy Bat volume 2, now available in English!

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Jocelyne Allen @brainvsbook.bsky.social · 28/08/2026

Damn! Sing it from the rooftops, @jmitsu.bsky.social! Double your rates, manga publishers!! What an amazing speech to a room full of the people who actually need to hear its message. I'm sorry I couldn't be there to join the standing ovation and cheer loudly in person!

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Brandon Bovia @brandonbovia.bsky.social · 22/08/2026

So, How Does The Green Work, Anyway??? Working on the lettering (English text) for The Guy She Was Interested Wasn’t A Guy At All has been an interesting experience. I primarily work in black and white manga, or on rare occasions, full color.

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Anime News Network @animenewsnetwork.com · 21/08/2026

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

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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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MangaAlerts @mangaalerts.com · 21/08/2026

And that’s it for licensing! Now we’re getting indepth breakdown of the lettering behind Urasawa’s Billy Bat presented by Aidan Clarke #AnimeNYC

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mangaawardsusa.bsky.social @mangaawardsusa.bsky.social · 21/08/2026

🏆 WINNER FOR BEST NEW MANGA 🏆 Billy Bat Vol. 1 Naoki Urasawa Kana / Abrams ComicArts

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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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Banshee Lover's Rage @annlynzee.bsky.social · 21/08/2026

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.

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Aidan Clarke @cranchyroll.com · 19/08/2026

Please try saying the phrase "Doctor Pepper Manga Contest" out loud. Imagine Orson Welles saying it. A beautiful combination of words that should be seared into your memory.

A button showing a can of Dr Pepper, with the text "Dr Pepper Manga CONTEST", the most beautiful phrase in the English language.

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Aidan Clarke @cranchyroll.com · 07/08/2026

Thinking about the way Wayne Truman drew sound effects for manga that didn't match the style of the originals but still burst with energy. The full color version of Dragon Ball has the original sound effects so it's used for comparison here.

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Aidan Clarke @cranchyroll.com · 26/07/2026

Ideal bedroom setup

A drawing of a bedroom with a Billy Bat poster, Billy Bat charm, Billy Bat plush, and Billy Bat pillow.

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Aidan Clarke @cranchyroll.com · 14/07/2026

This bundle includes the first volume of Cyberpunk Edgerunners: Madness, with lettering by @lettererbrendo.bsky.social that is so cool that he's nominated for an American Manga Award for best lettering! You should check it out!

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Brendo @lettererbrendo.bsky.social · 06/07/2026

There just isn't enough time in a day for lettering simuls, lettering graphic novels, go for a walk, eat food, stare off into space, consume a weed, stare off into space, watch funny let's plays, play video game, eat chip, Mountain Dew, sleep. It's a sad sad sad world

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Ben Applegate @benapplegate.com · 03/07/2026

Being involved with a new edition of Phoenix is an honor (and a huge responsibility). The series will be published in six large-sized (7x10") hardcover editions with cloth casewrap, screenprinting, and gold foil. Feat. the original Dadakai translation with revisions/updates & letters by @sara.pizza

Cover of the new hardcover deluxe edition of Osamu Tezuka's manga Phoenix.

Spines of all six volumes of the new edition of Phoenix.

A 2-color manga page from the new edition of Osamu Tezuka's Phoenix.

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The Screentoney Awards @screentoneys.com · 01/07/2026

✨ Welcome to The Screentoney Awards 2026 ✨ We have a record-breaking 161 awards this year! Please join the Awards Committee in celebrating talented manga localization professionals 🧵

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Brendo @lettererbrendo.bsky.social · 27/06/2026

I'm a 28 year old man, I should be allowed to eat a chicken sandwich if I want.

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Aidan Clarke @cranchyroll.com · 26/06/2026

Does anyone know if there are examples of Lee Harvey Oswald's handwriting where he wrote in print? Everything I can find is in cursive.

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Brendo @lettererbrendo.bsky.social · 24/06/2026

It is fucking ridiculous how much an airliner can charge to sit in the most uncomfortable seat ever for hours and try to swindle you into spending more to sit in something acceptable. You get nowhere to put your fucking arms and taking a nap is literally impossible. Inhumane bullshit.

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CrumbedUp @ Dragoncon @crumbedup.bsky.social · 15/06/2026

That's right it's one of the greats

NOMINEES BY CATEGORY

BEST NEW MANGA

Billy Bat
Bug Ego
The Credits Roll Into the Sea
The Horrors of Noroi Michiru
Love Bullet

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Finn K. 💛 @matchafinn.bsky.social · 15/06/2026

BUG EGO NOMINATED FOR BEST NEW MANGA OMGGGGGGG!!!!!!!

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Aidan Clarke @cranchyroll.com · 15/06/2026

Billy Bat is nominated for Best New Manga at the American Manga Awards! And so many other fantastic comics and localization professionals are nominated. animenyc.com/american-man...

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American Manga Awards Nominees - Anime NYC

NOMINEES The 31 manga nominated for the 2026 American Manga Awards were selected by judges who are experts in their respective fields. Eligible professionals registered to vote in the American Manga...

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Dark Horse Comics @darkhorse.com · 15/06/2026

Congratulations to this year's @mangaawardsusa.bsky.social nominees! Dark Horse Manga was nominated in 2 categories this year: Best New Manga - The Credits Roll Into the Sea by John Tarachine Best Lettering - @lettererbrendo.bsky.social for Cyberpunk: Edgerunners MADNESS Vol. 1 #DHManga

Graphic for the American Manga Award nomination of The Credits Roll Into the Sea by John Tarachine, for 'Best New Manga'

Graphic for the American Manga Award nomination of Brendon Hull for 'Best Lettering'

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Brendo @lettererbrendo.bsky.social · 09/06/2026

Man if something bad ever happens to manga lettering as a career I am so fucked, this is the only job I've ever had lmao

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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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sara linsley @sara.pizza · 02/06/2026

getting aidan and brendon to letter billy bat is the biggest slam dunk in manga localization history. no one could’ve done it better 👏

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CrumbedUp @ Dragoncon @crumbedup.bsky.social · 02/06/2026

I refuse to engage with Twitter cognitohazards today There are more important things in life

Email notification that Billy Bat Volume 1 has been delivered

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Aidan Clarke @cranchyroll.com · 02/06/2026

Billy Bat volume 1 is out in English now! It's my favorite comic ever, and I'm so grateful that I get to letter this edition alongside @lettererbrendo.bsky.social. We literally fantasized for years about stylistic choices we would make if we ever got to letter it, and I want to share about those!

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Brendo @lettererbrendo.bsky.social · 26/05/2026

Can you believe it guys? Billy Bat, just a week away. Billy Bat is in a week! Woohoo! I am so happy about this information. Billy Bat! Just a week away, oh wow. Can you believe it? Billy Bat! Just in a week! It got here so fast! Billy Bat! Just a week away!

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Brendo @lettererbrendo.bsky.social · 23/05/2026

Adobe should fucking pay me back a year's worth of my subscription for the amount of agony I go through when Photoshop arbitrarily decides that because I have an image rotated it will stop working and make me force close it with no autosave.

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The Beguiling @thebeguiling.bsky.social · 20/05/2026

We're also joined this year by the fine folks at @abramskana.bsky.social ! They'll be on site selling books including the LONG awaited release of Naoki Urasawa & Takashi Nagasaki's BILLY BAT in english! Volume one officially comes out June 2, so it's your chance to snag it early!!

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Brendo @lettererbrendo.bsky.social · 21/05/2026

Manga readers please learn the difference between pages and panels thank you

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Aidan Clarke @cranchyroll.com · 13/05/2026

Hello. Did you know that I'm incredibly predictable?

A shelf full of books. The entire runs of Pineapple Army, Yawara, and Happy, all by Naoki Urasawa.

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Ben Sidi @bensidi.bsky.social · 06/05/2026

I'm glad this series is coming to print, and being the GN letterer, Kiyoshi is the hardest manga I've worked on! But I like how things end when I complete the first Vol. lettering! A big shoutout to @lettererbrendo.bsky.social for the wonderful on the Simuls!

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Brendo @lettererbrendo.bsky.social · 30/04/2026

The CRA really should revise when tax returns are due. The current date is incredibly disrespectful to my desire to start playing the 2001 video game Metal Gear Solid 2: Sons of Liberty on April 29th and finish early April 30th every year.

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Brendo @lettererbrendo.bsky.social · 05/04/2026

Now that @cranchyroll.com and I have successfully willed ourselves into lettering Billy Bat, we're dedicated to being annoying about Tsutomu Takahashi until we're lettering his manga too.

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