Translation

In Translation | "The Cockatoo" by Masami Kuroda

Part four of the proto-gekiga publication, Kage.

Translation

In Translation | "The Speckled Band" by Macoto Takahashi

When the king of shoujo turns to crime.

Translation

In Translation | "The Cursed Diamond" by Shouichi Sakurai

The second story from the legendary book, Kage.

Translation

In Translation | "The Mischievous Detective" by Takao Saito

The birth of gekiga

Fiction

Fiction | Tripping Backwards into Heaven

"Mom used to say all our furniture had soul..."

Movies

Talking movies | Urusei Yatsura 4: Lum the Forever

dissecting the ultimate anime girl

Anime

Talking anime | Ghost in the Shell: Stand Alone Complex, "Android and I"

the past is present and present a memory

Translation

In Translation | "Tomorrow a Bride" by Tatsuhiko Yamagami & Hiromichi Kinjo

A one-shot of time and life and chance connections.

Fiction

Fiction | Headless Statues Eat for Free

"I'm going to kill you."

Games

Talking games | Super Fire Pro Wrestling Special

piledrive the abyss and the abyss piledrives back

Games

oops i made a visual novel

I made a short visual novel and you can play it (for free)!

Movies

Talking movies | Baby Assassins: Nice Days

Being a slacker is a moral, ethical good actually.

Translation

In Translation | Four Seasons: Utopiano (dir. Shoichiro Sasaki, 1980)

The hugely influential masterpiece from one of Japan's great unsung directors finally in English

Translation

In Translation | "The Swaying Sky" and "His Way of Loving" by Bebe Daizai

Two delicate vignettes from Bebe Daizai.

Games

Talking games | The Portopia Serial Murder Case

Purgatory made digital.

Fiction

Fiction | Over Heart/Under Soul

Emily woke up in a stranger’s body and her feet on the ceiling. Just her feet and nothing more.

Translation

In Translation | "My Picture Book" by Fumiko Okada

An echo of a scream; a dense and personal one-shot from Fumiko Okada.

Translation

In Translation | "The Nintendo All-Stars Free-For-All! Smash Brothers" by Hirokazu Hikawa

The Super Smash Bros. manga, fully scanned and translated in English

Update

Break Time Updates & Things I'm Liking (November 9, 2024)

An extra grab bag of thoughts & reminders

Translation

In Translation | "Mailbox" and "That Which Vanished" by Bebe Daizai

Two keenly observed vignettes of modern life from an artist never available in English.

Movies

Talking movies | WXIII: Patlabor the Movie 3

The forgotten sequel and the death of memory