Brandon Bovia
@brandonbovia.bsky.social
Localizing manga for 8 years with 200+ books published to my name. 2x Eisner nominated?!
Hobbyist graphic designer, animator, and Beyblade sicko
Hobbyist graphic designer, animator, and Beyblade sicko
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Brandon Bovia
@brandonbovia.bsky.social
· Jan 16
The English version of Beyblade X volume 1 came out this week! I've been a huge fan for basically my entire life, so it's an honor to get to do the lettering for the English version. I'd like to do a mini tour of some of my work, and explain what it is I even do.
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As @brandonbovia.bsky.social can attest, lettering Green Yuri is a labor of love. gizmodo.com/being-a-mang...
Being a Manga Letterer Is More Than Having a Fun Job
Typesetting popular manga like Dandadan, Kaiju No. 8, and Gokurakugai can be crushing for its pool of mostly freelance workers.
gizmodo.com
November 25, 2025 at 9:36 PM
As @brandonbovia.bsky.social can attest, lettering Green Yuri is a labor of love. gizmodo.com/being-a-mang...
This one's me! I have a lot to talk about once the volume drops.
Cover Debut! - Immortality and Punishment, Vol. 1
A young man with a heavy secret finds himself trapped in a love hotel. As he falls into despair, chaos erupts on the streets as grotesque figures begin to appear all around the city.
Pre-order Here: buff.ly/LLqhEWq
A young man with a heavy secret finds himself trapped in a love hotel. As he falls into despair, chaos erupts on the streets as grotesque figures begin to appear all around the city.
Pre-order Here: buff.ly/LLqhEWq
November 25, 2025 at 8:07 PM
This one's me! I have a lot to talk about once the volume drops.
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i can usually tell by the fonts what a game is gonna be like and if ill like it or not
"you shouldn't have an opinion on a game if you haven't played it" ppl hate to see me coming
November 25, 2025 at 6:57 PM
i can usually tell by the fonts what a game is gonna be like and if ill like it or not
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artists have and always will hold the power to force publishers to better our conditions, collective organization is possible despite our unusual worker status & mostly remote industry. the industry is literally nothing without all of us.
November 25, 2025 at 6:12 PM
artists have and always will hold the power to force publishers to better our conditions, collective organization is possible despite our unusual worker status & mostly remote industry. the industry is literally nothing without all of us.
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NEW VIDEO 💚
Sumiko Arai’s The Guy She Was Interested In Wasn’t a Guy at All became one of the most recognisable manga in recent years thanks to a single green shade. It shaped the art, merch, fan culture, and branding. So, let’s discuss the Green Yuri!
youtu.be/pQucdWOUwfk
Sumiko Arai’s The Guy She Was Interested In Wasn’t a Guy at All became one of the most recognisable manga in recent years thanks to a single green shade. It shaped the art, merch, fan culture, and branding. So, let’s discuss the Green Yuri!
youtu.be/pQucdWOUwfk
The Genius of Green Yuri’s Colour Identity
YouTube video by lines in motion
youtu.be
November 25, 2025 at 6:03 PM
NEW VIDEO 💚
Sumiko Arai’s The Guy She Was Interested In Wasn’t a Guy at All became one of the most recognisable manga in recent years thanks to a single green shade. It shaped the art, merch, fan culture, and branding. So, let’s discuss the Green Yuri!
youtu.be/pQucdWOUwfk
Sumiko Arai’s The Guy She Was Interested In Wasn’t a Guy at All became one of the most recognisable manga in recent years thanks to a single green shade. It shaped the art, merch, fan culture, and branding. So, let’s discuss the Green Yuri!
youtu.be/pQucdWOUwfk
The "waking up in your 30s and a part of your body will randomly hurt" curse has reached my ass
damn...
damn...
November 25, 2025 at 5:15 PM
The "waking up in your 30s and a part of your body will randomly hurt" curse has reached my ass
damn...
damn...
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I have been alerted Beyblade Hot Sauce exists.
Let it rip
Let it rip
November 25, 2025 at 3:43 PM
I have been alerted Beyblade Hot Sauce exists.
Let it rip
Let it rip
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As an example of the rising RAM prices, this is the RAM I purchased one year ago for my current desktop.
And the current price... as a "Black Friday Deal".
And the current price... as a "Black Friday Deal".
November 24, 2025 at 2:42 AM
As an example of the rising RAM prices, this is the RAM I purchased one year ago for my current desktop.
And the current price... as a "Black Friday Deal".
And the current price... as a "Black Friday Deal".
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We did something different with the credits for Demonschool. We used this format: name, title, lengthy description of what they did. Often you see credits in games where you don't know what the credited developer was actually responsible for. We wanted to give people proper, actual credit.
November 24, 2025 at 10:23 PM
We did something different with the credits for Demonschool. We used this format: name, title, lengthy description of what they did. Often you see credits in games where you don't know what the credited developer was actually responsible for. We wanted to give people proper, actual credit.
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My eyes! 😱
This bald, middle-aged midlifer might be...bald and middle-aged, but he's still got enough spark for a pretty-boy transformation to protect magical girls from evil monsters!
Magical Midlifer, Vol. 1 is available now! buff.ly/qSD91Oy
This bald, middle-aged midlifer might be...bald and middle-aged, but he's still got enough spark for a pretty-boy transformation to protect magical girls from evil monsters!
Magical Midlifer, Vol. 1 is available now! buff.ly/qSD91Oy
November 24, 2025 at 8:03 PM
My eyes! 😱
This bald, middle-aged midlifer might be...bald and middle-aged, but he's still got enough spark for a pretty-boy transformation to protect magical girls from evil monsters!
Magical Midlifer, Vol. 1 is available now! buff.ly/qSD91Oy
This bald, middle-aged midlifer might be...bald and middle-aged, but he's still got enough spark for a pretty-boy transformation to protect magical girls from evil monsters!
Magical Midlifer, Vol. 1 is available now! buff.ly/qSD91Oy
Adode loves stuffing InDesign to the gills with AI garbage no one needs but it still can't import files without understanding that the number proceeding "1" is not actually "10"
November 24, 2025 at 6:10 PM
Adode loves stuffing InDesign to the gills with AI garbage no one needs but it still can't import files without understanding that the number proceeding "1" is not actually "10"
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Wano has officially begun! And @brandonbovia.bsky.social and I get to talk about precious girl, tengu man, waiter girl, and tea host girl and all the havoc Luffy and Zoro cause in-between! Check out the episode now! youtu.be/XoDKxM_LMJ0?...
One Piece at a Time Episode 197: Chapters 911-915 (Podcast)
YouTube video by Bitnerd Games
youtu.be
November 24, 2025 at 5:42 PM
Wano has officially begun! And @brandonbovia.bsky.social and I get to talk about precious girl, tengu man, waiter girl, and tea host girl and all the havoc Luffy and Zoro cause in-between! Check out the episode now! youtu.be/XoDKxM_LMJ0?...
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EXCLUSIVE: So far it's been unclear what proof Rockstar Games has to justify its firing of 34 union members, who it claims were leaking "confidential information in a public forum".
PMG has now seen some of the messages which contributed to this decision being made.
www.youtube.com/watch?v=8TvW...
PMG has now seen some of the messages which contributed to this decision being made.
www.youtube.com/watch?v=8TvW...
The Messages Rockstar Saw Before Firing 34 Union Members
YouTube video by People Make Games
www.youtube.com
November 24, 2025 at 2:06 PM
EXCLUSIVE: So far it's been unclear what proof Rockstar Games has to justify its firing of 34 union members, who it claims were leaking "confidential information in a public forum".
PMG has now seen some of the messages which contributed to this decision being made.
www.youtube.com/watch?v=8TvW...
PMG has now seen some of the messages which contributed to this decision being made.
www.youtube.com/watch?v=8TvW...
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WORK BOOKSHELF REORGANIZED
November 23, 2025 at 10:08 PM
WORK BOOKSHELF REORGANIZED
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this point really hits the nail on the head of why localization workers are so frustrated by “AI” loc companies.
freelancers have to beg for a single dollar wage increase, while tens of millions are dumped into a machine designed to replace them.
the machine doesn’t even work. freelancers do.
freelancers have to beg for a single dollar wage increase, while tens of millions are dumped into a machine designed to replace them.
the machine doesn’t even work. freelancers do.
one of the things that makes me most mad about genAI (and there are many) is we've been told there's not enough money for hiring. but there's billions poured into ai.
so not enough money to hire workers. but infinite money to pour into technology whose goal is never having to pay workers again.
so not enough money to hire workers. but infinite money to pour into technology whose goal is never having to pay workers again.
November 23, 2025 at 7:59 PM
this point really hits the nail on the head of why localization workers are so frustrated by “AI” loc companies.
freelancers have to beg for a single dollar wage increase, while tens of millions are dumped into a machine designed to replace them.
the machine doesn’t even work. freelancers do.
freelancers have to beg for a single dollar wage increase, while tens of millions are dumped into a machine designed to replace them.
the machine doesn’t even work. freelancers do.
dude the text tools in clip studio are so bad
like, embarrassingly bad
like really really really bad
like, embarrassingly bad
like really really really bad
November 24, 2025 at 2:04 AM
dude the text tools in clip studio are so bad
like, embarrassingly bad
like really really really bad
like, embarrassingly bad
like really really really bad
WORK BOOKSHELF REORGANIZED
November 23, 2025 at 10:08 PM
WORK BOOKSHELF REORGANIZED
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work in progress
September 23, 2025 at 12:25 AM
work in progress
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work break doodle
October 22, 2025 at 4:08 PM
work break doodle
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MGD ch.18 translation notes!
#魔法少女ダンデライオン #MagicalGirlDandelion
JP: どっちでもいいけどよ (Either would be fine)
EN: Hey, I'm not judging.
It's important to know where to imply things vs where to not in EN for impact.
#魔法少女ダンデライオン #MagicalGirlDandelion
JP: どっちでもいいけどよ (Either would be fine)
EN: Hey, I'm not judging.
It's important to know where to imply things vs where to not in EN for impact.
November 23, 2025 at 6:54 AM
MGD ch.18 translation notes!
#魔法少女ダンデライオン #MagicalGirlDandelion
JP: どっちでもいいけどよ (Either would be fine)
EN: Hey, I'm not judging.
It's important to know where to imply things vs where to not in EN for impact.
#魔法少女ダンデライオン #MagicalGirlDandelion
JP: どっちでもいいけどよ (Either would be fine)
EN: Hey, I'm not judging.
It's important to know where to imply things vs where to not in EN for impact.
I taught myself how to letter comics by drawing a yugioh fan comic
November 23, 2025 at 6:20 AM
I taught myself how to letter comics by drawing a yugioh fan comic
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I don’t know if it only makes sense without the periphery stuff, but Nier has books, stage plays, etc. I once asked Taro about this and how are English fans supposed to keep up and he looked confused and asked “Why would you need to keep up? Who needs all of that?”
After "film trilogy that dropped a critical plot point exclusively via timed Fortnite event" and "video game series whose story only makes sense if you're aware of the events of a canon pachinko machine", I feel like there are whole frontiers of user-hostile narrative design waiting to be explored.
November 22, 2025 at 3:35 PM
I don’t know if it only makes sense without the periphery stuff, but Nier has books, stage plays, etc. I once asked Taro about this and how are English fans supposed to keep up and he looked confused and asked “Why would you need to keep up? Who needs all of that?”
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