Edward "Edo" Hong

It's been almost a week now but the final volume of the YoRHa manga is finally out!! It was an absolute honor to translate this little series and NieR pain always hits in such a good way 🙏 A big thank you to SQEX and all those involved in the process, and I hope any who read enjoyed! 🤖

My best client that constitutes 70% of my yearly income has stopped giving me work, so uh, if anyone needs some translating, boy howdy my schedule is WIDE open now.

COVER ALERT! 🚨

Tamotsu, an elementary school teacher with a punk-rock side, grows curious about his friend Aki's new shopping partner! 🖤🩷💚

On and Off: Work-Life Imbalance, vol. 2 goes on sale in September! sqex.link/4zn2

🎉A really cool thing happened over the weekend! Thanks so much for 2,000 incredible, passionate, and enthusiastic manga fans on Instagram!

Have you joined the party yet? (we pinky-promise it'll be worth it) 👀

Dear manga publishers, we don’t want your AI translations VIZ Media quietly added an AI-translated manga to their app and hoped no one would notice. We did and want none of it.

VIZ Media quietly added an AI-translated manga to their app and hoped no one would notice. We did.

Manga deserves better than cheap, soulless automation. This is a betrayal of translators, fans, and the art form.

We don't want your AI translations!

Holoearth Chronicles Side:E Yamato Phantasia 01 a book by Kousuke Kurose and You Kururugi. This product has no description

✨Holoearth Chronicles Side: E Yamato Phantasia 01 ✨
• Mythical creatures
• Alternate reality
• Hololive VTubers!

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I got permission from my lovely editor so I wanted to share a few cool things I got to do with Love in the Palm of His Hand volume 1!
This is one of the most unique experiences I've had. I did a TON of research into JSL and the hard of hearing community!

Hey, I lettered Hololive Yamato Phantasia!
It was quite a lot of work - there's a lot of signs and SFX and the book is fairly long. But in terms of loc difficulty, I prob had it relatively easy compared to the TL/ED, given the story is completely FULL of references and jokes.

Happy to announce that I’m editing this OFFICIAL HOLOLIVE MANGA! Yes, I did watch a bunch of FubuMio clips as part of my research. 😉

Thank you to @deijoubu.bsky.social and @gregdeng.bsky.social for joining me in the wonderful world of Holoearth!

Thanks, the pleasure was mine!

I'm pleased to announce that I discovered how to turn my Vtuber memberships into a tax write-off...and more importantly, that I had the delight of translating this manga for Square Enix! Working with @edomonogatari.bsky.social was a pleasure, and I think all the FubuMio fans will enjoy the results!

KOUSUKE KUROSE, YOU KURURUGI, & COVER Corp.'s Holoearth Chronicles Side:E Yamato Phantasia Volume 1 is now available for purchase in print and digital format

I've looked at a lot of resumes for aspiring translators and everytime I notice they have the relevant experience but they don't make it clear, meaning vendors are more likely to overlook them as potential freelancers.

Here's some resume advice if you're looking for freelance translation work.

COVER ALERT! 🚨

A collection of heartwarming sci-fi stories that took Twitter/X by storm! What happens when an android built for combat decides to raise an abandoned human baby? 🤖🍼

Mechanical Buddy Universe goes on sale in September! sqex.to/8a5Ua

I worked on this!

I used to joke with my coworkers that we’ll have to slap an “organic, grass-fed, free-range human-localized” label on our books someday, but maybe that’s the direction we’re heading…

Lucky number 13 is here! This week the offline canada arc continues with talks of anime adaptations of videogames, Tristan quizzing testing Geoff & Miles music recognition skills, and the main quest - My Dress-Up Darling!

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congrats to @kodansha.us for the win for this very special one-shot autobio story about a manga creator who shares her experience “living with gender dysphoria, as well as her trip from Japan to Thailand for her gender-affirming surgery in 2015.” Read a preview chapter: kodansha.us/series/my-jo...

Beyblade X volume 3! This was actually significantly more time consuming than the the previous volumes and volume 4. But I also pushed my craft harder, so I think some of my best stuff is in here. Let's talk about it!

For manga and light novels, rates are generally determined by the publishers, so negotiation is difficult
For translators, $5/page for manga and $10/page for light novels are the lower end of market rate, but rates vary from $1-$9/page or $1000-$1500/vol (manga) and $6-$15/page (LNs)

for folks who didn’t know, ive spent hours and hours compiling 10+ years of my manga lettering knowledge and putting it up for free on my github 👇

American Manga Awards - Anime NYC THE AMERICAN MANGA AWARDS 2025 Anime NYC is pleased to present the second-annual American Manga Awards for 2025. This awards program honors exceptional manga, talented creators, and the publishers who...

Today is the last day to vote for the 2025 American Manga Awards!

If you wish to read reviews on some of the nominees, check out our archive: yattatachi.com/tag/2025-ame...

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Thanks for the glowing review!

If you’re worried about the inclusion and treatment of women (I was too), the series drastically improves upon that in future volumes!

Getting into the Japanese media translation industry, especially for manga, is a lot harder nowadays, but here are some resources for translators, letterers, and editors

UPDATE: After multiple professionals reached out to ANYC, we got an official response from the convention! The panel has been removed for review.

Thanks for all your support!

Fighting for a Better Anime Industry - An Interview with Animator Supporters' Jun Sugawara and Genga-chan

Burnt-out animators, low wages, excruciating deadlines, and toxic working conditions. How is Animator Supporters continuing to push to make a better workplace in anime production?

⏰ TODAY is the last day to register to vote for your favorite manga for the @MangaAwardsUSA! We have three titles nominated, but every title on the list is a banger!

What people think makes localized manga feel dated: period-accurate slang and references

What actually makes localized manga feel dated: translation notes that set the conversion rate at ¥100 = $1