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。

Some of my friends/peers from that era did not survive those years (mostly casualties of drugs or hard lives) while others went on to successful careers in film, music, art, fashion, politics, journalism and more.

I’m grateful that i spent my teens to late 20s in this world.

But another important lesson from that era was knowing when to move on, and make space for the next generation of artists, bands, concert promoters, DJs, entrepreneurs, writers to make their mark. Sometimes that meant opening doors, making introductions for those after me

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.

I knew people who felt like it was pointless to try to make underground art/music/club culture happen in Honolulu — “if only i were in SF, LA, NYC, London..” But i learned that it’s possible to make the culture of creativity you want to see, be a part of, from where you are.

Sometimes, all it took was a few people who had the drive, energy, and vision to say “what the heck, so what if it sounds crazy, let’s try it!” They’d attract more like-minded people who would get inspired by what they did, and the energy and activity would just grow from there.

A lot of this was possible because 1) i put myself out there, both with my comix and writing, no matter how imperfect it was, and just being around the scene. 2) i said “yes” to a lot of things, even if it didn’t pay much, if it sounded like fun, or tried to create something new in Honolulu.

It was an era when I tried a lot of different things - i hung out with musicians, artists, writers, and DJs, worked in a skate shop, drew & screenprinted punk gig posters, was a nightlife columnist, wrote art reviews, drew comix for indie alternative newspapers, was a go-fer for a concert promoter

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.