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The Japanese game development scene might have a major font shakeup in 2026, as FontWorks gradually ceases their LETS game font licensing for companies in Japan:
https://www.rpgsite.net/news/19055-fontworks-lets-game-font-licensing-cessation-might-affect-japanese-game-developer-companies-in-2026
https://www.rpgsite.net/news/19055-fontworks-lets-game-font-licensing-cessation-might-affect-japanese-game-developer-companies-in-2026
December 1, 2025 at 7:33 PM
The Japanese game development scene might have a major font shakeup in 2026, as FontWorks gradually ceases their LETS game font licensing for companies in Japan:
https://www.rpgsite.net/news/19055-fontworks-lets-game-font-licensing-cessation-might-affect-japanese-game-developer-companies-in-2026
https://www.rpgsite.net/news/19055-fontworks-lets-game-font-licensing-cessation-might-affect-japanese-game-developer-companies-in-2026
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bummer situation but grim lol at this exception on the epic games store
December 2, 2025 at 5:17 PM
bummer situation but grim lol at this exception on the epic games store
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Quasi-tangent, but I also think it's incumbent upon Japanese translators especially to have that curiosity and be deeply literate in their area of expertise and voraciously consume untranslated stuff as a matter of professional due diligence to fully appreciate what influences the stuff we work on.
I say this even as a J>E translator myself: my relationship to Japanese media got a lot deeper and healthier when I stopped letting Viz and the other big foreign players be my tastemakers. You will feel a lot more seen as a grown adult when you start seeking out seinen and josei stuff, trust me.
December 2, 2025 at 8:56 PM
Quasi-tangent, but I also think it's incumbent upon Japanese translators especially to have that curiosity and be deeply literate in their area of expertise and voraciously consume untranslated stuff as a matter of professional due diligence to fully appreciate what influences the stuff we work on.
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I've said it about Japanese games and it's just as true everywhere else: you can never, ever count on localizations to represent the breadth and depth of Japanese media and what comprises the canon as it's natively understood. Curation and commercial interests will always narrow and skew your view.
Anime features a wide variety of genres aimed at many audiences, and it's time Western audiences recognize that. www.avclub.com/time-to-go-b...
With anime more popular than ever, it's time to go beyond shonen
Anime features a wide variety of genres aimed at many audiences, and it's time overseas viewers recognize that.
www.avclub.com
December 2, 2025 at 8:26 PM
I've said it about Japanese games and it's just as true everywhere else: you can never, ever count on localizations to represent the breadth and depth of Japanese media and what comprises the canon as it's natively understood. Curation and commercial interests will always narrow and skew your view.
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hello bsky! our game was taken down due to a false DMCA which completely killed our momentum at launch. our studio is in a very precarious position right now. please share and spread the word, steam has been little help to our situation.
noplayersonline.net/statement
noplayersonline.net/statement
December 2, 2025 at 4:13 PM
hello bsky! our game was taken down due to a false DMCA which completely killed our momentum at launch. our studio is in a very precarious position right now. please share and spread the word, steam has been little help to our situation.
noplayersonline.net/statement
noplayersonline.net/statement
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AGTP Major Release Update for Project splatterworld ~ They're heeeere~ Splatterworld is done!
Link: https://aeongenesis.net/news?date=2025-12-03T10:10:49-08:00
Link: https://aeongenesis.net/news?date=2025-12-03T10:10:49-08:00
December 3, 2025 at 6:17 PM
AGTP Major Release Update for Project splatterworld ~ They're heeeere~ Splatterworld is done!
Link: https://aeongenesis.net/news?date=2025-12-03T10:10:49-08:00
Link: https://aeongenesis.net/news?date=2025-12-03T10:10:49-08:00
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Once more, in case you missed it... Crunchyroll's feedback form is here, if you would like to fight back against this. And for the record, you can submit feedback even if you don't have an active account: help.crunchyroll.com/hc/en-us/req...
December 3, 2025 at 8:03 PM
Once more, in case you missed it... Crunchyroll's feedback form is here, if you would like to fight back against this. And for the record, you can submit feedback even if you don't have an active account: help.crunchyroll.com/hc/en-us/req...
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LoveR Kiss Endless Memories has now released in English, Japanese, and Traditional Chinese for PC and Switch.
GOG: www.gog.com/en/game/love...
DLsite: dlaf.jp/soft/dlaf/=/...
JP eShop: store-jp.nintendo.com/item/softwar...
Switch Physical: www.play-asia.com/search/LoveR...
GOG: www.gog.com/en/game/love...
DLsite: dlaf.jp/soft/dlaf/=/...
JP eShop: store-jp.nintendo.com/item/softwar...
Switch Physical: www.play-asia.com/search/LoveR...
November 27, 2025 at 12:00 PM
LoveR Kiss Endless Memories has now released in English, Japanese, and Traditional Chinese for PC and Switch.
GOG: www.gog.com/en/game/love...
DLsite: dlaf.jp/soft/dlaf/=/...
JP eShop: store-jp.nintendo.com/item/softwar...
Switch Physical: www.play-asia.com/search/LoveR...
GOG: www.gog.com/en/game/love...
DLsite: dlaf.jp/soft/dlaf/=/...
JP eShop: store-jp.nintendo.com/item/softwar...
Switch Physical: www.play-asia.com/search/LoveR...
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Humble's now banned it too, post-launch:
www.ign.com/articles/hor...
www.ign.com/articles/hor...
Horses, the Upsetting Horror Game Previously Banned on Steam, Gets Last Minute Ban From Epic Games Store Too - IGN
Last week, we reported that disturbing horror game Horses had been banned from Steam. Now, at the last possible minute before the game was set to release widely across other PC store fronts, Epic Game...
www.ign.com
December 3, 2025 at 3:15 PM
Humble's now banned it too, post-launch:
www.ign.com/articles/hor...
www.ign.com/articles/hor...
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Also, as someone who worked on HORSES and has also made porn games + comics: I really don't appreciate when people put down one thing I made to uplift the other! Especially considering no one at Santa Ragione *ever* framed it in these terms when we were discussing the Steam ban
I am a little disappointed when the conversation is focused around "it's art not porn!" because the adult games devs get very little support but have been dealing with this for far longer, and they've been sounding the alarm for that deplatforming coming for other games (such as LGBTQ+ content).
December 3, 2025 at 6:32 PM
Also, as someone who worked on HORSES and has also made porn games + comics: I really don't appreciate when people put down one thing I made to uplift the other! Especially considering no one at Santa Ragione *ever* framed it in these terms when we were discussing the Steam ban
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My Suikoden Localization Let's Play has finally come to a complete end! This overview covers the main points of the series, like "don't take words or punctuation at face value" and "consider the larger context," then dives into reviews of both the PS1 and HD Remaster English translations.
Localization Let’s Play: Suikoden 1 – Overview - Elizabeth Bushouse
I have to say, I did not think this project would be nearly this long when I first started it, but...here we are. Since it turned into such a behemoth of a
lizbushouse.com
November 26, 2025 at 8:42 PM
My Suikoden Localization Let's Play has finally come to a complete end! This overview covers the main points of the series, like "don't take words or punctuation at face value" and "consider the larger context," then dives into reviews of both the PS1 and HD Remaster English translations.
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In case you missed it, I wrote a tl;dr for my series examining Suikoden 1's English localizations. The final word: the HD Remaster's translation is a definite improvement, but suffers from the same issues as the 1996 translation—namely, a lack of context and not enough editing passes/LQA.
My Suikoden Localization Let's Play has finally come to a complete end! This overview covers the main points of the series, like "don't take words or punctuation at face value" and "consider the larger context," then dives into reviews of both the PS1 and HD Remaster English translations.
Localization Let’s Play: Suikoden 1 – Overview - Elizabeth Bushouse
I have to say, I did not think this project would be nearly this long when I first started it, but...here we are. Since it turned into such a behemoth of a
lizbushouse.com
December 1, 2025 at 10:47 PM
In case you missed it, I wrote a tl;dr for my series examining Suikoden 1's English localizations. The final word: the HD Remaster's translation is a definite improvement, but suffers from the same issues as the 1996 translation—namely, a lack of context and not enough editing passes/LQA.
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Evangelion: 2.22 You Can (Not) Advance
December 2, 2025 at 4:00 AM
Evangelion: 2.22 You Can (Not) Advance
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here's an updated guide on how to remove all of the AI from Firefox
November 22, 2025 at 8:53 PM
here's an updated guide on how to remove all of the AI from Firefox
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Ys Legacy Collection ~Ys I&II&III For X68000 Z~ launches on April 23, 2026 in Japan: www.rpgsite.net/news/19052-y...
December 1, 2025 at 7:58 AM
Ys Legacy Collection ~Ys I&II&III For X68000 Z~ launches on April 23, 2026 in Japan: www.rpgsite.net/news/19052-y...
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Good job, guys. See if you can't make similar results happen for No Game, No Life and Vinland Saga.
Getting close to time to start asking for the same kind of fervor for AI generated closed captions as well. You can fight this, it CAN work.
Getting close to time to start asking for the same kind of fervor for AI generated closed captions as well. You can fight this, it CAN work.
BANANA FISH no longer has an English dub on Amazon
December 1, 2025 at 11:30 PM
Good job, guys. See if you can't make similar results happen for No Game, No Life and Vinland Saga.
Getting close to time to start asking for the same kind of fervor for AI generated closed captions as well. You can fight this, it CAN work.
Getting close to time to start asking for the same kind of fervor for AI generated closed captions as well. You can fight this, it CAN work.
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No game No Life and Vinland Saga both had their English AI dubs removed, but Pet still has its English AI dub.
The Spanish AI dubs are unchanged.
The Spanish AI dubs are unchanged.
December 1, 2025 at 11:47 PM
No game No Life and Vinland Saga both had their English AI dubs removed, but Pet still has its English AI dub.
The Spanish AI dubs are unchanged.
The Spanish AI dubs are unchanged.
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This piece is fantastic (as is everything Kat writes) but I don't know how to make the studios and the PR groups that represent them understand that their reliance on Twitter and unspoken "requirement" for entertainment journos & critics to use X makes "being harassed" part of our job description.
It has now been a year since I stopped posting on X. For @spitfirenews.com, I wrote about watching the platform I loved become a conduit for the worst extremism I've ever witnessed. I don't regret leaving. In fact, I wish I'd left even earlier.
spitfirenews.com/p/x-bluesky-...
spitfirenews.com/p/x-bluesky-...
I'm glad I stopped posting on X
A year ago, I abandoned my account. It was the right thing to do.
spitfirenews.com
December 1, 2025 at 6:44 PM
This piece is fantastic (as is everything Kat writes) but I don't know how to make the studios and the PR groups that represent them understand that their reliance on Twitter and unspoken "requirement" for entertainment journos & critics to use X makes "being harassed" part of our job description.
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Youtube comments always help so much, same with likes. It is silly how much better my videos that get a few of each do compared to ones that don't.
PRO TIP
If you have YouTubers you like and follow and watch their videos a lot
leave innane/positive comments on their videos. The algo is all fucked up for YT creators and a lot of videos get sent to the void for whatever reason.
I hate doing it, but I've been trying to do it.
If you have YouTubers you like and follow and watch their videos a lot
leave innane/positive comments on their videos. The algo is all fucked up for YT creators and a lot of videos get sent to the void for whatever reason.
I hate doing it, but I've been trying to do it.
December 2, 2025 at 1:54 AM
Youtube comments always help so much, same with likes. It is silly how much better my videos that get a few of each do compared to ones that don't.
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Pierrot-Man and Shonan Seven manga artist Shinsuke Takahashi has been in a vegetative state since he suffered a cardiopulmonary arrest in September:
Pierrot-Man, Shonan Seven Manga Artist Shinsuke Takahashi Is in Vegetative State After Cardiac Arrest
Takahashi suffered cardiopulmonary arrest on September 7
www.animenewsnetwork.com
December 2, 2025 at 1:57 AM
Pierrot-Man and Shonan Seven manga artist Shinsuke Takahashi has been in a vegetative state since he suffered a cardiopulmonary arrest in September:
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NOW PLAYING: ⛤ 𝕯𝖊𝖒𝖔𝖓𝖘𝖈𝖍𝖔𝖔𝖑 ⛧ from @necrosoftgames.com !
Developer’s Summary: Demonschool is a new-style tactics RPG where motion equals action.
Defeat big weirdos in between the human & demon worlds as Faye and her misfit companions, while navigating university life on a mysterious island. 👹😱
Developer’s Summary: Demonschool is a new-style tactics RPG where motion equals action.
Defeat big weirdos in between the human & demon worlds as Faye and her misfit companions, while navigating university life on a mysterious island. 👹😱
December 2, 2025 at 12:32 AM
NOW PLAYING: ⛤ 𝕯𝖊𝖒𝖔𝖓𝖘𝖈𝖍𝖔𝖔𝖑 ⛧ from @necrosoftgames.com !
Developer’s Summary: Demonschool is a new-style tactics RPG where motion equals action.
Defeat big weirdos in between the human & demon worlds as Faye and her misfit companions, while navigating university life on a mysterious island. 👹😱
Developer’s Summary: Demonschool is a new-style tactics RPG where motion equals action.
Defeat big weirdos in between the human & demon worlds as Faye and her misfit companions, while navigating university life on a mysterious island. 👹😱
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Please tag me if you see any anime that appears to plainly be using AI transcriptions for closed captions. That's CLOSED CAPTIONS (SDH) for ENGLISH DUBS, not subtitles for Japanese audio. I wanna publicly keep track of some of these and start holding platforms accountable.
December 2, 2025 at 1:57 AM
Please tag me if you see any anime that appears to plainly be using AI transcriptions for closed captions. That's CLOSED CAPTIONS (SDH) for ENGLISH DUBS, not subtitles for Japanese audio. I wanna publicly keep track of some of these and start holding platforms accountable.
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Game: iCarly (Nintendo DS)
Release Date: October 23, 2009
Composer: Matt Black
Song: Final Boss
Release Date: October 23, 2009
Composer: Matt Black
Song: Final Boss
December 2, 2025 at 12:01 AM
Game: iCarly (Nintendo DS)
Release Date: October 23, 2009
Composer: Matt Black
Song: Final Boss
Release Date: October 23, 2009
Composer: Matt Black
Song: Final Boss
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The only thing less human than these AI dub performances is the decision to sign off on them
A company this big can pay human actors a decent wage, not produce slop that intentionally removes the human element.
A company this big can pay human actors a decent wage, not produce slop that intentionally removes the human element.
November 28, 2025 at 11:21 PM
The only thing less human than these AI dub performances is the decision to sign off on them
A company this big can pay human actors a decent wage, not produce slop that intentionally removes the human element.
A company this big can pay human actors a decent wage, not produce slop that intentionally removes the human element.