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Moai Ou @moaiou.bsky.social · 22/09/2026

She was a stray that we took in and gave a wonderful life to. Bob was a placeholder name that ended up sticking. She loved to try different (safe) human food & especially loved cheese She fought a respiratory illness the last year that got to be too much for her But she can rest now. Love you, Bob

A floofy grey cat with her tongue sticking out.

A floofy grey cat enjoying her window time.

A gloofy grey cat showing off her squiggle pelt (no touching!)

A floofy grey cat. Our little weirdo. Our foodie cat. Our sweet girl. Bob. Bobbie B. Bobcat.

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Moai Ou @moaiou.bsky.social · 22/09/2026

Had to say goodbye to my floofy friend of 12 years, Bob. She was our sweet girl and our little weirdo and she will be missed terribly.

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Moai Ou @moaiou.bsky.social · 03/09/2026

Got a tiny couch as an excuse to take some toy pictures since I haven't done that for a bit. #figurephotography #toyphotography #snailshell #フィギュア

An action figure of a pink-haired girl (Snail Shell's Aileen) wearing a white t-shirt, grey skirt & red glasses sits on a couch. A black cat sits next to her while beer bottles and a tv remote are scattered on the couch. She hold the controller to an AV Famicom which is sitting on the table in front of her along with an empty bowl, more beer bottles and several Famicom cartridges in various colors. The scene is lit with the glow of a television in a dark room.

An action figure of a pink-haired girl (Snail Shell's Aileen) wearing a white t-shirt, grey skirt, a bunny-ear headband & red glasses. She reclines on a couch, smiling while holding a beer bottle and taking a selfie. A black cat sits next to her on the back of the couch. Beer bottles, a tv remote and a Sega Game Gear are scattered on the couch.

An action figure of a pink-haired girl (Snail Shell's Aileen) wearing a white t-shirt, grey skirt & red glasses. She lays on the floor between a couch and table, inebriated with a noodle bowl partially on her head. She holds a beer bottle and a Famicom cartridge of "Ice Climber." An AV Famicom, several cartridges and beer bottles are on the table. A black cat sits on the couch, staring in judgement.

An action figure of a pink-haired girl (Snail Shell's Aileen) wearing a white t-shirt, grey skirt, and a PlayStation VR headset. She holds two PlayStation Move controllers, kicking her leg into the air. Decorative shelves with a toy train, Sega Dreamcast & controller and a potted plant are behind her. In front of her is a couch. On the couch are two beer bottles, a PlayStation DualShock 4 controller and a black cat.

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Moai Ou @moaiou.bsky.social · 02/09/2026

Oh I definitely need to take some proper pictures of this thing. One of the more fun toys I've had in a while.

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Moai Ou @moaiou.bsky.social · 02/09/2026

Got #SnailShell 's Pot Mimic in and the magnetic eye is such a delightfully creepy gimmick #toyphotography

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Moai Ou @moaiou.bsky.social · 27/07/2026

More random art from Japanese movie programs I'm scanning Yaoi artist Haruko Kumota was commissioned to draw a 2-page synopsis manga of "Withnail & I" for its program I'm sure there's several fans out there happy to know there is official yaoi art of the 8th Doctor, Paul McGann #filmsky #moviesky

Page 1 of a 2-page synopsis manga of "Withnail and I" by yaoi artist Haruko Kumota. A portrait of Richard E Grant as Withnail dominates the left side.

Page 2 of a 2-page synopsis manga of "Withnail and I" by yaoi artist Haruko Kumota. A portrait of Paul McGann as "I" serves the right side.

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Moai Ou @moaiou.bsky.social · 27/07/2026

Smol, wondering why I'm interrupting her window time.

A black housecat with a small white patch on her chest, laying down in a windowsill, a sunny day to the left and a red curtain to the right.

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Moai Ou @moaiou.bsky.social · 27/07/2026

Bonus ED-209, also by Ashita Ran.

An illustration of ED-209 by Ashita Ran from the Japanese movie program for "RoboCop."

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Moai Ou @moaiou.bsky.social · 27/07/2026

Just felt the need to post some sick RoboCop art by Ashita Ran from a movie program translation I'm working on.

An illustration of RoboCop by Ashita Ran from the Japanese movie program for "RoboCop." The half-machine, half-man, all-cop is firing an automatic pistol.

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Moai Ou @moaiou.bsky.social · 22/07/2026

Contemplating bringing the theater program for End of Evangelion tonight for the full experience. Pleasantly surprised that the showing sold out at my theater. Wondering how the audience will be.

The cover for the movie program for "End of Evangelion." Dubbed "The Red Cross Book" in the West, this thing achieved mythical status in the early fandom as it contained a glossary of terms that fueled fan-theories for years.

A page from the movie program for "End of Evangelion," showing various pictures of the cast.

A page from the movie program for "End of Evangelion" featuring director Kazuya Tsurumaki (and his cat)

A page from the movie program for "End of Evangelion," featuring a portion of the glossary section.

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Moai Ou @moaiou.bsky.social · 11/07/2026

Had entirely too much free time and made a collage of all my Japanese movie programs (nearly 300). Wondering how badly Bluesky's compression will kill it. #moviesky #filmsky

A collage of nearly 300 Japanese movie programs in relative size to each other. "The Matrix" is particularly large at 10.2" x 14.3" (25.5 cm x 36.5 cm). "Cecil B. Demented" is the smallest at 5.4" x 4.8" (13.5 cm x 12 cm)

Sorry alt-texters, there's not enough room to list them all.

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Moai Ou @moaiou.bsky.social · 06/07/2026

24 years ago, I started an anime club at my high school so I could show Evangelion to my friends. I got to screen EoE via projector in the auditorium. Now I can finally see it on a proper big screen & my inner 16 year-old is excited.

A screenshot of a digital movie ticket for End of Evangelion.

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Moai Ou @moaiou.bsky.social · 03/07/2026

Finished work for my short shift early & killing time hiding ghosts in unused drawers for people to find later.

A cutout drawing of a ghost in the bottom of a filing cabinet drawer.

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Moai Ou @moaiou.bsky.social · 27/06/2026

Built Blokees' Action Edition Tarn. A very nice kit for $40. Solid, great articulation and an enjoyable build. The articulated hands are leagues better than Bandai's. I'm not a huge fan of their blind box stuff, but this really impressed me. #Transformers #toyphotography

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Moai Ou @moaiou.bsky.social · 23/06/2026

Had some more Japanese movie programs arrive yesterday. Finally got one of my grails, Phantom of the Paradise. The Godzilla ones are reprints, which is fine since originals can be pricey. Curiously, Transformers One uses the English names instead of Japanese (Convoy, etc.) #filmsky #moviesky

A collection of Japanese movie programs.

Row 1: All Monsters Attack, Chainsaw Man: The Move - Reze Arc, The Conversation, Dune: Part One, Ebirah Horror of the Deep.

Row 2: The French Dispatch of the Liberty Kansas Evening Sun, Ghidorah: The Three-Headed Monster, Godzilla Vs. Gigan, Godzilla Vs. Megalon, Invasion of Astro-Monster

Row 3: Phantom of the Paradise, Son of Godzilla, Star Wars: The Mandalorian and Grogu, Transformers One, Withnail and I (2014 re-release)

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Moai Ou @moaiou.bsky.social · 21/06/2026

Scanning another batch of Japanese movie programs and I have to post this drawing from the one for Rocky Horror Picture Show by Mayumi Mitome of Tim Curry

An illustration of Tim Curry by mangaka/movie critic Mayumi Mitome. Mr. TIM CURRY!! is displayed in English.

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Moai Ou @moaiou.bsky.social · 04/06/2026

Had a fantastic time seeing #DEVO at the beautiful Akron Civic Theater. So happy I finally got to see one of my favorite bands play live. De-evolution is real!

From left-to-right, Gerald Casale, Mark Mothersbaugh and Bob Mothersbaugh of DEVO in their traditional yellow jumpsuits.

Gerald Casale and Bob Mothersbaugh of DEVO, wearing red energy domes.

Booji Boy (a national treasure) and Bob Casale of DEVO.

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Moai Ou @moaiou.bsky.social · 04/06/2026

Finally going to see DEVO in their & my hometown of Akron.

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Moai Ou @moaiou.bsky.social · 02/06/2026

Domino celebrates her 13th birthday! Born a shelter cat, she opened her cage door on her own and jumped in my arms 12 years ago, making damn sure she was going to get adopted. Best $10 I ever spent.

A chonky black cat mid-yawn, looking like she's smiling.

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Moai Ou @moaiou.bsky.social · 10/03/2026

I've also just gotten a program for the 30th anniversary theatrical release in Japan. This one does reference smbmovie.com as part of an article on the Morton-Jankel cut, which in itself is surprising that a fan-restoration would get attention in official media. I'll have to fast-track this one.

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Moai Ou @moaiou.bsky.social · 01/03/2026

A very nice poster of the Nu Gundam & Sazabi is the centerfold.

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Moai Ou @moaiou.bsky.social · 16/02/2026

Scanning in the movie program for "Mobile Suit Gundam II: Soldiers of Sorrow" for future translation. Some beautiful artwork in here from Yoshikazu Yasuhiko & Kunio Okawara. Being printed in 1981, I wonder if this is the first appearance of the 21st Century Real Type designs. #gundam #ガンダム

A painting featuring Sayla Mass, a young blonde woman in a pink Earth Federation uniform, white leggings and yellow boots, sitting reclined against a wall. A blanket covers her waist. Her eyes are closed and an image of her brother, Char Aznable appears behind her. Painted in blue hues, he is a young man with blonde hair and wearing an ornate military uniform.

A dark blue "Gouf" mobile suit. The humanoid robotic craft has wields a diamond-shaped shield with a circular viewport and a metal whip emerging from its right arm. The head features a single red eye-like camera and hoses running from its "snout" to the back of its head. It stands before a large "Gau" aircraft, silhouetted by the orange glow of its engines.

A dark green "Zaku" mobile suit. The humanoid robotic craft holds a large rifle by the barrel in its right hand. The craft has a single red eye-like camera and pipes running from its "snout" to the rear of the head. Standing in space, the apparition of the RX-78-2 Gundam's head appears behind it, painted in green hues.

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Moai Ou @moaiou.bsky.social · 04/02/2026

I've been working on the movie program for "Godzilla•Mothra•King Ghidorah - Giant Monsters All-Out Attack" off-and-on since July. Every page has so much editing to do to erase the original text. It's been such a slog, but I only have a few pages left...all merch pages, the most annoying to work on.

An in-progress English translation of a page from the Japanese movie pamphlet for "Godzilla•Mothra•King Ghidorah - Giant Monsters All-Out Attack." It features a remote-controlled Godzilla toy as well as action figures of Godzilla, King Ghidorah, Mothra and everybody's favorite, Baragon.

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Moai Ou @moaiou.bsky.social · 03/02/2026

Today's Japanese movie program translation: Serial Mom (1994) Original: archive.org/details/jmp-... English: archive.org/details/jmp-... This one had me discover & become a fan of Mayumi Mitome's film caricatures. Oddly, Matt Lillard's credits are mostly fake here. #filmsky #moviesky #johnwaters

The cover for the Japanese movie program for "Serial Mom." It features Kathleen Turner as Beverly Supthin holding a pair of scissors. Framed portraits of Sam Waterston, Matthew Lillard and Ricki Lake are in the lower right corner.

An english-translated illustration by Mayumi Mitome from the Japanese movie program for "Serial Mom." It features caricatures and factoids of the cast as well as director John Waters and Divine. The colors here have been inverted as it appears black with white linework in the actual program.

Another illustration (not in the movie program) by Mayumi Mitome that accompanied her review for "Phantom of the Paradise," which is a criminally underrated musical.

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Moai Ou @moaiou.bsky.social · 29/01/2026

Twin Peaks: Sausage Walk With Me

Ruin a movie by replacing one word in the title with "sausage".

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Moai Ou @moaiou.bsky.social · 23/01/2026

My Inart Dark Knight Rises Batman (Deluxe Version) showed up today. The Christian Bale sculpt is ridiculously good, especially at 1:12 scale. I wish the cape had a wire, but other than that, this figure is amazing. #toyphotography #figurephotography

An action figure of Batman from "The Dark Knight Rises." The unmasked head sculpt is an amazingly realistic depiction of Christian Bale.

An action figure of Batman from "The Dark Knight Rises." It is posed to appear that Batman is jumping down from a great height; his arms splayed with his cape surrounding him.

An action figure of Batman from "The Dark Knight Rises." It is posed to look like Batman is kicking someone towards the camera.

An action figure of Batman from "The Dark Knight Rises." It is posed wearing a miniature Playstation VR and holding two Playstation Move controllers. A miniature white Playstation 4 Pro & Dualshock 4 controller are in the background.

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Moai Ou @moaiou.bsky.social · 18/01/2026

Another Japanese movie program translation: Lupin III: The First (2019) Original: archive.org/details/jmp-... English: archive.org/details/jmp-... Hot take, but I like this better than Castle of Cagliostro. They're both fantastic but this feels more fun. #filmsky #moviesky #lupiniii #anime

The cover for the Japanese movie program for "Lupin III: The First." It depicts a CG Lupin III in grey slack, black shirt, yellow tie and red jacket. He's standing supported with his grandfather's cane and his face partially obscured by his grandfather's top hat.

Two English-translated pages from the Japanese movie program for "Lupin III: The First." It features an interview with director Takashi Yamazaki as well as concept art of several character's heads and storyboards from the rooftop chase sequence in the film.

An English-translated page from the Japanese movie program for "Lupin III: The First." It features an interview with the composer, Yuji Ohno.

An English-translated page from the Japanese movie program for "Lupin III: The First." It features a collection of Lupin III-related merchandise including shot glasses, keychains, postcards, pens and more.

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Moai Ou @moaiou.bsky.social · 11/01/2026

Today's Japanese movie program translation: Paris, Texas (1984) Original: archive.org/details/jmp-... English: archive.org/details/jmp-... One of my favorite movies; just such a beautifully shot film. I just love the shot of Harry Dean Stanton looking over the city at night. #filmsky #moviesky

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Moai Ou @moaiou.bsky.social · 04/01/2026

Today's Japanese movie program translation: The Thing (1982) Original: archive.org/details/jmp-... English: archive.org/details/jmp-... Probably my favorite John Carpenter film. The special effects are just so gross and hold still hold up pretty well today. #filmsky #moviesky #horror

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Moai Ou @moaiou.bsky.social · 29/12/2025

Today's Japanese movie program translation: Spaceballs Original: archive.org/details/jmp-... English: archive.org/details/jmp-... I spent way too much time clone-stamping the Japanese text away to preserve the background image for a few pages. AI solutions (predictably) suck. #filmsky #moviesky

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Moai Ou @moaiou.bsky.social · 21/12/2025

Today's Japanese movie program translation: Terminator 2: Judgement Day Original: archive.org/details/jmp-... Translated: archive.org/details/jmp-... Even this can't help but spoil the twist in the movie, despite one of the guest writers being asked not to. #filmsky #moviesky

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Moai Ou @moaiou.bsky.social · 14/12/2025

From my heart and from my hand, why don't people understand that today's Japanese Movie Program translation is Weird Science (1985) Original: archive.org/details/jmp-... English: archive.org/details/jmp-... Movie doesn't hold up, but at least it introduced me to Oingo Boingo #filmsky #moviesky

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Moai Ou @moaiou.bsky.social · 14/12/2025

Now that there's a MonsterArts Anguirus, my Santa Godzilla in my Christmas display finally has a reindeer.

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Moai Ou @moaiou.bsky.social · 10/12/2025

Got a new batch of Japanese movie programs in. I finally tracked down the one for "House," which it turns out is a double feature with another movie, "Pure Hearts in Mud." The one for "Cecil B. Demented" came with a card CD. "Brazil" is actually a press sheet from a rerelease. #filmsky #moviesky

Covers to various Japanese movie programs.
Row 1: 3 Women, Akira, Blade Runner 2049, Brazil, Cecil B. Demented
Row 2: Easy Rider, Evil Dead 2: Dead by Dawn, Ghost Dog: The Way of the Samurai, Godzilla 2000: Millennium, Godzilla Vs. Megaguirus
Row 3: Godzilla: Tokyo S.O.S., Goodfellas, House, The Lord of the Rings: The Fellowship of the Ring, Picnic at Hanging Rock
Row 4: Princess Mononoke, Pure Hearts in Mud.

A blue card-sized mini CD-ROM disc included with the program for "Cecil B. Demented." It includes 2 PDFs for "John Waters Cinema Express," 2 low-res by modern standards desktop wallpapers, a low-res Japanese trailer for the film, and an extremely 2000's interface.

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Moai Ou @moaiou.bsky.social · 07/12/2025

Today's Japanese movie program translation: Merry Christmas, Mr. Lawrence (1983) Original: archive.org/details/jmp-... English: archive.org/details/jmp-... Two of my favorite musicians AND Beat Takeshi? #filmsky #moviesky #DavidBowie #RyuichiSakamoto

The cover to the Japanese movie program for "Merry Christmas, Mr. Lawrence," known in Japan as "Battlefield's Merry Christmas."

It features a photograph of palm trees with mountains in the distance. In the foreground are illustrations of "Beat" Takeshi Kitano, David Bowie, Ryuichi Sakamoto and Tom Conti.

Translated pages from the Japanese movie program for "Merry Christmas, Mr. Lawrence." These pages feature incidents that happened on set according to "Beat" Takeshi Kitano.

Translated pages from the Japanese movie program for "Merry Christmas, Mr. Lawrence." These pages detail Ryuichi Sakamoto's thoughts on the filming of the movie.

Two pages from the Japanese movie program for "Merry Christmas, Mr. Lawrence." A centerfold featuring a still of the film, Major Celliers (David Bowie) approaches Captain Yonoi (Ryuichi Sakamoto), attempting to prevent the execution of Captain Hicksley (Jack Thompson).

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Moai Ou @moaiou.bsky.social · 03/12/2025

Today's Japanese movie program translation: In the Mouth of Madness (1995) Original: archive.org/details/jmp-... English: archive.org/details/jmp-... John Carpenter's movies have some of my favorite programs. Good interviews and behind the scenes info. #filmsky #moviesky #johncarpenter #horror

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Moai Ou @moaiou.bsky.social · 30/11/2025

Today's Japanese movie program translation: True Stories (1986) Original: archive.org/details/jmp-... English: archive.org/details/jmp-... I love this movie and Talking Heads, so this was a fun one to work on. #filmsky #moviesky #talkingheads #davidbyrne

The cover for the Japanese movie program for "True Stories" featuring David Byrne in a suit and wide-brimmed hat, holding a newspaper reading "True Stories" on the front.

An english-translated page from the Japanese movie program for "True Stories," featuring an article by the music critic, Toyo Nakamura.

An english-translated page from the Japanese movie program for "True Stories," featuring an interview with David Byrne by the film journalist Yasuhiko Sawada.

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Moai Ou @moaiou.bsky.social · 23/11/2025

I had a good laugh when editing the text on this because Google decided to translate "Damn Yankees" as "Fuck You, Yankees!"

A snippet of raw Google Translate output reading:
Bob Fosse was a stage dancer and actor who later gained acclaim as a choreographer on Broadway, choreographing and directing such productions as "The Pajama Game" (1954), "Fuck You, Yankees!" (1955), "The Phone's

In the style of the fake commercial for "Big Bill Hell's," the words "FUCK YOU, YANKEES!" is on a blue and black screen with VCR tracking and Play imagery.

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Moai Ou @moaiou.bsky.social · 23/11/2025

Willkommen! Today's Japanese movie program translation: Cabaret (1972) Original: archive.org/details/jmp-... English: archive.org/details/jmp-... Having really only enjoyed Rocky Horror Picture Show before, Cabaret and Phantom of the Paradise are changing my mind on musicals. #filmsky

The cover for the Japanese movie program for "Cabaret," featuring Liza Minnelli and Joel Grey on stage performing the song "Money."

A page from the Japanese movie program for "Cabaret," featuring several stills from the film, mostly focused on Liza Minnelli.

English-translated pages from the Japanese movie program for "Cabaret," featuring a review by film critic Hisamitsu Noguchi.

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Moai Ou @moaiou.bsky.social · 22/11/2025

Today's Japanese movie program translation project post: Star Wars: The Empire Strikes Back (1980) Original: archive.org/details/jmp-... English: archive.org/details/jmp-... Let's tempt fate/copyright strikes, shall we? #filmsky #starwars

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Moai Ou @moaiou.bsky.social · 22/11/2025

There's an advertisement in the program for "Alien" Cine•Cards that were available in the lobby of the Tokyo theater, "Yurakuza" (now Chanter Ciné). A set was recently for sale for $500. I have to wonder if they're really that rare or if its a case of Japanese mystique tax. #filmsky #alien

A package for "Alien" Cine•Cards, featuring the crashed alien ship on LV-426.

A collection of "Alien" Cine•Cards featuring several stills from the movie.

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Moai Ou @moaiou.bsky.social · 22/11/2025

Today's Japanese movie program translation project post: Alien (1979) Original: archive.org/details/jmp-... English: archive.org/details/jmp-... A relatively easy one to edit, being almost entirely black text on a plain white background. #filmsky #alien

The cover to the Japanese movie program for the 1979 Ridley Scott Film, "Alien." It depicts an alien egg, lit with a green glow.

Fun fact, since Japanese doesn't have plural nouns, "エイリアン (Alien)" can also mean "Aliens." The sequel is simply called "Alien 2" in Japan.

An English-translated page from the Japanese movie program for "Alien" detailing some of the film's production.

An English-translated page from the Japanese movie program for "Alien" featuring an article about H.R. Giger and an advertisement for "Alien" Cine•Cards.

A page from the Japanese movie program for "Alien" featuring several stills from the movie.

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