Monthly Archives: July 2006

Professional development (and other stuff)

If you’re considering applying for a translator job at Seven Seas, Translation Dojo blogger William Flanagan has some tips. Tina Anderson discusses how one of her favorite BL manga-ka, Motoni Modoru, started her career in doujinshi. At comics-and-more, Dave demonstrates … Continue reading

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Tokyopop: We asked, they answered

With all of the chatter about Tokyopop’s relaunch of its website, we thought it was time to go straight to the source and find out just what they are thinking. So we called up Matt Nixon, the Web Community Content … Continue reading

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CMX and poetry

Can there be such a thing as too much good manga? In this week’s Flipped column, David Welsh looks ahead to some of CMX’s new releases and begins to contemplate adding a library wing. In Honolulu, manga fan Robyn Yanagihara … Continue reading

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Monday updates

MangaCast continues its SDCC coverage with a podcast of the translation panel. Here’s the lineup: William Flanagan (xxxHolic), Charles McCarter (Ghost in the Shell: SAC), Jonathan Tarbox (Angel Sanctuary), Nobby Matsuo (Samurai Champloo: Sidetracked), and Jake Forbes (Fullmetal Alchemist) Don’t … Continue reading

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Tokyopop: Tell us what you think

At the new Tokyopop website, webmaster Jim Devico responds to the critics of the new site design and invites constructive suggestions. He has already linked to this post at Precocious Curmudgeon, in which David Welsh spells out exactly what he … Continue reading

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Sounds good to me

At the Translation Dojo, translator William Flanagan (Tsubasa, School Rumble) is blogging about translating humor and sound effects. It’s been a week since the first-ever Yomi Awards, so at MangaCast, Ed and Jarred are already talking about next year’s awards. … Continue reading

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