The Ninth Hour - Scanlations & Translations
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December 11, 2025 at 1:29 PM
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not entirely the fault of sonic i feel, he just reshaped sega's brand image for console gaming, i feel the downfall all the classic coin op arcade in the states contributed to the lack of greater knowledge
the og daytona usa and house of the dead are still pretty popular, at least i think they are
the og daytona usa and house of the dead are still pretty popular, at least i think they are
December 10, 2025 at 4:49 AM
not entirely the fault of sonic i feel, he just reshaped sega's brand image for console gaming, i feel the downfall all the classic coin op arcade in the states contributed to the lack of greater knowledge
the og daytona usa and house of the dead are still pretty popular, at least i think they are
the og daytona usa and house of the dead are still pretty popular, at least i think they are
After 50 years, Super Sentai, the origin of Power Rangers, is coming to an end.
Longtime Sentai producer Shinichiro Shirakura spoke to the Asahi Shimbun about it in a 3-part interview that The Ninth Hour is translating.
READ PART 1 HERE: rentry.co/a4erzvev
Longtime Sentai producer Shinichiro Shirakura spoke to the Asahi Shimbun about it in a 3-part interview that The Ninth Hour is translating.
READ PART 1 HERE: rentry.co/a4erzvev
Toei executive reveals why Super Sentai is ending; his next challenge
Original article
The Super Sentai Series will end with the currently-ongoing No.1 Sentai Gozyuger. In this interview, we spoke to Shinichiro Shirakura (age 60), senior executive officer at series prod...
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December 1, 2025 at 2:01 PM
After 50 years, Super Sentai, the origin of Power Rangers, is coming to an end.
Longtime Sentai producer Shinichiro Shirakura spoke to the Asahi Shimbun about it in a 3-part interview that The Ninth Hour is translating.
READ PART 1 HERE: rentry.co/a4erzvev
Longtime Sentai producer Shinichiro Shirakura spoke to the Asahi Shimbun about it in a 3-part interview that The Ninth Hour is translating.
READ PART 1 HERE: rentry.co/a4erzvev
- Sonata Arctica (2015, 2017)
- Blind Guardian (2013)
- Angra (2023)
- Scorpions (2010, first ever)
- NoB (2017)
- Blind Guardian (2013)
- Angra (2023)
- Scorpions (2010, first ever)
- NoB (2017)
Introduce yourself with five concerts you've seen
-SPYAIR (first ever concert)
-Nier Orchestra
-James Blunt
-Kim Wilde
-Lord of the Rings Orchestra
-SPYAIR (first ever concert)
-Nier Orchestra
-James Blunt
-Kim Wilde
-Lord of the Rings Orchestra
Introduce yourself with five concerts you've seen
- Burnout Syndromes
- Leprous
- NieR Orchesta
- angela
- Good Charlotte (the first ever concert I went to lmao)
- Burnout Syndromes
- Leprous
- NieR Orchesta
- angela
- Good Charlotte (the first ever concert I went to lmao)
November 29, 2025 at 6:40 PM
- Sonata Arctica (2015, 2017)
- Blind Guardian (2013)
- Angra (2023)
- Scorpions (2010, first ever)
- NoB (2017)
- Blind Guardian (2013)
- Angra (2023)
- Scorpions (2010, first ever)
- NoB (2017)
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#SORTEIO 🎉
Pra comemorar os 4 aninhos do Ofertas Nintendo vai rolar sorteio de um Nintendo Switch 2 + Mario Kart World! Pra participar acesse ofertasnintendo.com.br/sorteio e ganhe tickets executando as tarefas (quais você quiser)
O resultado sai em 15/12 em live, oka?
Pra comemorar os 4 aninhos do Ofertas Nintendo vai rolar sorteio de um Nintendo Switch 2 + Mario Kart World! Pra participar acesse ofertasnintendo.com.br/sorteio e ganhe tickets executando as tarefas (quais você quiser)
O resultado sai em 15/12 em live, oka?
November 26, 2025 at 11:40 PM
#SORTEIO 🎉
Pra comemorar os 4 aninhos do Ofertas Nintendo vai rolar sorteio de um Nintendo Switch 2 + Mario Kart World! Pra participar acesse ofertasnintendo.com.br/sorteio e ganhe tickets executando as tarefas (quais você quiser)
O resultado sai em 15/12 em live, oka?
Pra comemorar os 4 aninhos do Ofertas Nintendo vai rolar sorteio de um Nintendo Switch 2 + Mario Kart World! Pra participar acesse ofertasnintendo.com.br/sorteio e ganhe tickets executando as tarefas (quais você quiser)
O resultado sai em 15/12 em live, oka?
The same three or four people get the same three death threats, all from burner accounts who get banned immediately after they're quote-retweeted with an easy dunk, over and over again...
Do it once, and I'm sorry to hear. Do it five times in the past year, and it's fucking suspicious.
Do it once, and I'm sorry to hear. Do it five times in the past year, and it's fucking suspicious.
November 27, 2025 at 1:34 AM
The same three or four people get the same three death threats, all from burner accounts who get banned immediately after they're quote-retweeted with an easy dunk, over and over again...
Do it once, and I'm sorry to hear. Do it five times in the past year, and it's fucking suspicious.
Do it once, and I'm sorry to hear. Do it five times in the past year, and it's fucking suspicious.
Except not one, but 𝙩𝙬𝙤 of Yoko Taro's games suffer from this exact problem, and the spin-offs tend to be better than the actual games.
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 23, 2025 at 1:53 PM
Except not one, but 𝙩𝙬𝙤 of Yoko Taro's games suffer from this exact problem, and the spin-offs tend to be better than the actual games.
Jack Garland time-traveled thousands and thousands of times to ensure a safer world for Princess Sarah, and you're gonna settle for a dipshit who would "burn the world for you". Okay.
November 16, 2025 at 12:13 PM
Jack Garland time-traveled thousands and thousands of times to ensure a safer world for Princess Sarah, and you're gonna settle for a dipshit who would "burn the world for you". Okay.
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When are people gonna realize that the only thing bullying people for not broadening their horizons does is make them want to do it less
“If you like this, then check this out too” is infinitely better advice than “consume REAL art dipshit”
“If you like this, then check this out too” is infinitely better advice than “consume REAL art dipshit”
November 12, 2025 at 7:17 PM
When are people gonna realize that the only thing bullying people for not broadening their horizons does is make them want to do it less
“If you like this, then check this out too” is infinitely better advice than “consume REAL art dipshit”
“If you like this, then check this out too” is infinitely better advice than “consume REAL art dipshit”
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every time i’m about to respond to someone online with a terrible opinion i have to remind myself that Europol just exposed a SIM farm platform that powered 49 million fake social media accounts. engagement farming is real. don’t raise your cortisol over bots, oomfies
November 7, 2025 at 9:53 PM
every time i’m about to respond to someone online with a terrible opinion i have to remind myself that Europol just exposed a SIM farm platform that powered 49 million fake social media accounts. engagement farming is real. don’t raise your cortisol over bots, oomfies
You can only coast on Devil May Cry's reputation for so long, I guess.
November 9, 2025 at 10:51 PM
You can only coast on Devil May Cry's reputation for so long, I guess.
6:30 PM, June 22, 2002.
Japanese children sat tight, ready to watch the smash hit series Ultraman Cosmos, when they were greeted by this message from the titular superhero himself.
They would see Ultraman, but not his host, Musashi Haruno. 🧵
Japanese children sat tight, ready to watch the smash hit series Ultraman Cosmos, when they were greeted by this message from the titular superhero himself.
They would see Ultraman, but not his host, Musashi Haruno. 🧵
November 9, 2025 at 12:35 PM
6:30 PM, June 22, 2002.
Japanese children sat tight, ready to watch the smash hit series Ultraman Cosmos, when they were greeted by this message from the titular superhero himself.
They would see Ultraman, but not his host, Musashi Haruno. 🧵
Japanese children sat tight, ready to watch the smash hit series Ultraman Cosmos, when they were greeted by this message from the titular superhero himself.
They would see Ultraman, but not his host, Musashi Haruno. 🧵
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Gamers complain about soulslikes being the only thing coming out and then the moment a game is designed to be easier or more accessible they'll start bemoaning it being a "frictionless consentroidvania walking sim"
September 2, 2025 at 5:26 PM
Gamers complain about soulslikes being the only thing coming out and then the moment a game is designed to be easier or more accessible they'll start bemoaning it being a "frictionless consentroidvania walking sim"
A lot of hipsters online seem to believe that game designers are infallible, and the final product of a game is exactly as it was intended to be made, with zero compromises or cut corners.
Until someone makes a design decision that said hipsters don't agree with; then it's "selling out".
Until someone makes a design decision that said hipsters don't agree with; then it's "selling out".
November 4, 2025 at 7:40 PM
A lot of hipsters online seem to believe that game designers are infallible, and the final product of a game is exactly as it was intended to be made, with zero compromises or cut corners.
Until someone makes a design decision that said hipsters don't agree with; then it's "selling out".
Until someone makes a design decision that said hipsters don't agree with; then it's "selling out".
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I feel like people who are so obsessed with emulation don’t grasp the importance of official rereleases
Yes, you can play these games for free unofficially. But official availability is very important in helping series find new fans and giving dead ones a new chance at life
Yes, you can play these games for free unofficially. But official availability is very important in helping series find new fans and giving dead ones a new chance at life
August 16, 2025 at 6:57 PM
I feel like people who are so obsessed with emulation don’t grasp the importance of official rereleases
Yes, you can play these games for free unofficially. But official availability is very important in helping series find new fans and giving dead ones a new chance at life
Yes, you can play these games for free unofficially. But official availability is very important in helping series find new fans and giving dead ones a new chance at life
Anyone saying that "there are no Dragon Quest fandom wars" has not seen how heated a Japanese fan can get over Dragon Quest VII's final boss.
If you know, you know.
If you know, you know.
October 4, 2025 at 6:15 PM
Anyone saying that "there are no Dragon Quest fandom wars" has not seen how heated a Japanese fan can get over Dragon Quest VII's final boss.
If you know, you know.
If you know, you know.
The Ninth Hour has translated an interview with New VIRTUA FIGHTER Project producer Riichiro Yamada, where he goes over the new mechanics and talks about where the series stands in regards to previous games.
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[INTERVIEW] The New Virtua Fighter Project strives to be easy to pick up and strives for "re...
Interview originally published in Japanese at 4Gamer, September 26, 2025.
The latest installment in the Virtua Fighter series, New VIRTUA FIGHTER Project, is slowly being revealed. The game's producer...
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September 29, 2025 at 2:25 PM
The Ninth Hour has translated an interview with New VIRTUA FIGHTER Project producer Riichiro Yamada, where he goes over the new mechanics and talks about where the series stands in regards to previous games.
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i've been described as a "sicko" before for being into shiren and shmups and, to be clear, i understand it's meant as a compliment, but i think i am thoroughly over this sort of "taste in video games as sport" framing
September 7, 2025 at 10:36 PM
i've been described as a "sicko" before for being into shiren and shmups and, to be clear, i understand it's meant as a compliment, but i think i am thoroughly over this sort of "taste in video games as sport" framing
No new translations for now, but while digging around, we found out about the Dragon Quest Fantasia Video — a long-form music video split between videotaped orchestral executions of music from DQ I to III, conducted by lifelong series composer Koichi Sugiyama...
June 15, 2025 at 12:57 PM
No new translations for now, but while digging around, we found out about the Dragon Quest Fantasia Video — a long-form music video split between videotaped orchestral executions of music from DQ I to III, conducted by lifelong series composer Koichi Sugiyama...
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thought this was really beautiful
![You’ve talked about passing the baton in the loop of life. How do you want Hideo Kojima to be remembered when you pass it on?
I am not going to pass the baton to anyone. I will rather crush the baton… [Laughs.] I don’t need to give “Hideo Kojima” to anyone. If I pass the baton to my staff and tell them to make things the same way I do, the company will not succeed and will go out of business.
What do you mean by that?
Every day, if I tweet something that I like, a director or an actor or a musician contacts me. They say, “I’m a creator because of your games.” But they didn’t receive the baton of Hideo Kojima. They received my small fire. They’re not copying me. They’re not trying to be me. They have this fire, and they light up their own. And they’ll probably give that to someone else. There were legendary comic book artists when I was a boy. I didn’t become a comic book artist – I was inspired by them, I was influenced.](https://cdn.bsky.app/img/feed_thumbnail/plain/did:plc:qxkeykszpqoob6dotcmifvur/bafkreihrf3nwfnjknhjmlcfuugqqodtxsfrs4ql47ezppmzn33np43azka@jpeg)
June 10, 2025 at 2:54 PM
thought this was really beautiful
The Ninth Hour has fully translated CHAOS LEGION: LEGION MASTER'S GUIDE, an officially published strategy guide for Capcom's long-overlooked action game.
files.catbox.moe/ieoa8d.pdf
files.catbox.moe/ieoa8d.pdf
May 31, 2025 at 1:01 AM
The Ninth Hour has fully translated CHAOS LEGION: LEGION MASTER'S GUIDE, an officially published strategy guide for Capcom's long-overlooked action game.
files.catbox.moe/ieoa8d.pdf
files.catbox.moe/ieoa8d.pdf
Happy Dragon Quest Day!
Another old-timey #DragonQuest interview, this time on the announcement of Dragon Quest V.
Why make it for the Super Famicom? Will IV and V be part of a new trilogy? What about AI-controlled companions? Who's *that* in the key art?!
All of that is answered here!
Why make it for the Super Famicom? Will IV and V be part of a new trilogy? What about AI-controlled companions? Who's *that* in the key art?!
All of that is answered here!
May 26, 2025 at 5:15 PM
Happy Dragon Quest Day!
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Another old-timey #DragonQuest interview, this time on the announcement of Dragon Quest V.
Why make it for the Super Famicom? Will IV and V be part of a new trilogy? What about AI-controlled companions? Who's *that* in the key art?!
All of that is answered here!
Why make it for the Super Famicom? Will IV and V be part of a new trilogy? What about AI-controlled companions? Who's *that* in the key art?!
All of that is answered here!
May 24, 2025 at 4:40 PM
Another old-timey #DragonQuest interview, this time on the announcement of Dragon Quest V.
Why make it for the Super Famicom? Will IV and V be part of a new trilogy? What about AI-controlled companions? Who's *that* in the key art?!
All of that is answered here!
Why make it for the Super Famicom? Will IV and V be part of a new trilogy? What about AI-controlled companions? Who's *that* in the key art?!
All of that is answered here!
Another old-timey #DragonQuest interview, this time on the announcement of Dragon Quest V.
Why make it for the Super Famicom? Will IV and V be part of a new trilogy? What about AI-controlled companions? Who's *that* in the key art?!
All of that is answered here!
Why make it for the Super Famicom? Will IV and V be part of a new trilogy? What about AI-controlled companions? Who's *that* in the key art?!
All of that is answered here!
May 24, 2025 at 4:40 PM
Another old-timey #DragonQuest interview, this time on the announcement of Dragon Quest V.
Why make it for the Super Famicom? Will IV and V be part of a new trilogy? What about AI-controlled companions? Who's *that* in the key art?!
All of that is answered here!
Why make it for the Super Famicom? Will IV and V be part of a new trilogy? What about AI-controlled companions? Who's *that* in the key art?!
All of that is answered here!