Japan gets new Pixiv-like social media platform for artists that strictly bans AI-generated images. Creators can authenticate work as hand-drawn

Tegaki has attracted over 5,000 users on its first day, and it comes with an English version
automaton-media.com/en/news/japa...

I should make a thread of Japanese to English translationisms that I frequently edit as someone who works on a lot of light novels and sees a lot of the same turns of phrase in narration.

Consider this a thread now.
#amediting #amtranslating

Being a creative online is increasingly impossible these days.

If you get the audio tour, you get to enjoy walking around a beautiful exhibit while I yap about manga. Feeling lonely this winter, but love comics?
Brothers gonna work it out 💜

Don’t miss “The Art of Manga” exhibit at @deyoungmuseum.bsky.social in San Francisco!
Its run has been extended until Feb 1 - dont miss out on seeing original manga pages drawn by Rumiko Takahashi, Eiichiro Oda and much more!

www.famsf.org/exhibitions/...

The number one thing I've been hearing from people in tech lately is, basically, "How the hell am I supposed to work in this industry anymore?" Though most folks are kind of afraid to say it out loud. So I wrote about how to think about it: www.anildash.com/2026/01/05/a...

🏆 STAFF BL AWARDS 🏆

"If You Had To Put A Label On Us"
by Ito Agata

Yomogi: "I was immediately pulled in by Sensei's rich plot development and detailed artwork! Of course, the ero scenes are sensual, and Izumi is just so, so adorable"

www.ebookrenta.com/cnt/?ac=a-r1...

#rentablrecs

Heads up, fellow LA fans! MediaOCD will be having our FIRST BOOTH EVER at @animelosangeles.bsky.social this weekend, along with a panel where we will announce something exciting!

Come see us, make it all worth it please, this is a lot

The lettering in the new Mushishi is so good that in places it's almost as if the sfx had been bilingual from the beginning. Spectacular work from @kernedout.bsky.social on a delightful translation by my colleague Andres Oliver in a package edited by @magpon.bsky.social. This belongs on your shelf.

Miracle and horror blurs as the story descends deeper into obsession and fate.

[ACCESS] C:\data\My_Name_Is_Shingo\Vol_6

[ERR] F̷̢͎͈̹̻͖̠͊͐̇̈́͊͒̇̓̕͝ͅḯ̶̟̼̩̍̊̇̋̕͠͝ͅl̸̲͖̦̺̈́͑̎͆̔̈́͘͘ę̵̗̺̦̍̐̇͆̇͠ ̶̯̖̯̫̈́̒̎̇̈́͛͘c̸̡͕͕̯̫̆̽̄͋̈́̍̍̔͠ơ̶̙̯̪̙̅̌͂̈́͛͗͗̎r̴̨̨͍̺̱̼͓̳̦͛̅̄͐̎͑́͠ȓ̴̻̓̈́̐̕̕͝u̸̞̩͔͛̑̐͒͠p̴͍̳̹̟̞̳͒̅̏͂͌̓͂̕͠t̸̰͉͔̟̘͔͓̂̈́̌͋̒e̷̳̻̲̳̽͗͐͂̀d̵̡̛̖͐̅̎̚͠
?what should i do
?what should i do
?ẁ̵͠h̷́͘̕ä̷́̚͝t̴͊͝ ͝͞s̵̛̓̿h̷͂͂͠o̴̎͘͘ừ̷͝l̵͛͞d̴́̕ ̛́͠ì̷̛ d̵̓̚ö̷́̕.̶̑̚͝
[FATAL] Process terminated.

(via My Name Is Shingo: The Perfect Edition, Vol. 6)

This is an interesting piece, and I feel complicatedly about it.

Hello, I’m Boichi.
A mangaka.
Nice to meet you.
はじめまして、ボイチです。
漫画家です。
よろしくお願いします。

For my final story of 2025, I looked ahead to the next quarter century for Japan — and the society today’s young adults may inherit as demographic decline accelerates. Thanks for reading this year, and a Happy New Year to all! 良いお年をお迎えください！🎍 www.japantimes.co.jp/news/2025/12...

If you have the experience necessary to help guide a non-profit that will independent cartoonists get their comics into libraries, and get readers more diverse stories, check this out.

Thrilled to get my copy of “Local Unrest,” an epic history of Hawaii’s underground punk / rock / metal / ska / nightclub scene, from the 1970s-2000. localunrest.com

The lessons I learned from those days - just do stuff and connect with your community, serve me well today

Your desire to have a cool tool or to be able to create some nifty piece of art or whatever is just a desire. It has no moral foundation. You're not arguing for a right you didn't have before. You aren't arguing for a value that outweighs the harms. You just want something. Damn the costs.

Personally, it pisses me off. You want me to take your argument seriously, but you don't want to deal with the largest theft of creative work in history (in some cases, literally through mass digital piracy), the environmental costs that will ruin the future, its capacity for mass delusion etc.

I think part of the reason the reaction to people arguing *for* GenAI use is so aggressive is that not a single one of these arguments bothers to meaningfully engage with the ethical problems these technologies present. And those ethical problems are monumental. They're not minor.

Please enlarge the graph. Then look at Shonen Jump. Then look at how much income comes in from book sales. Then look at Spider-Man and Batman.

This graph is killing me.

America's richest 10% now hold 60% of the nation's wealth.

The bottom half of America? It holds just 6%.

Wealth inequality is eating this country alive.

First trailer for "Jaadugar: A Witch in Mongolia" anime series by Science Saru studio.
Directed by Naoko Yamada & Abel Gongora.
Character designer & Animation director : Kenichi Yoshida.
Based on the manga by Tomato Soup.
Coming in July 2026.
Full video >> www.youtube.com/watch?v=mqB3...

movink pad pro14、ペン入れもいける！！😀👍デッサン3Dは難なく操作できるけどタイムラプス撮ってたらちょっと重かったです。