One Potato Two

I finished Title C from Company TP.
I finished it early because of Fanime.
My next due date is Kitchen Princess #9 and Speed Grapher #3, but since both books haven't come yet I'm starting Ghost Hunt #10.

The bad part about working on Ghost Hunt #10 is that you can't really work on it at night.
So I have to try to finish it during the day.

Anyway, I worked on Ghost Hunt #9 over a year ago...and I don't really remember the characters' names!
I even forgot the main character's name...sorry, Mai!

But sheesh...reading back, I realize how much I don't like Naru.
I know there's a trend for these type of guys in shojo right now, but...I'm old-school!

Walkin' Butterfly is out.

Foxy Lady #1 is out.

I've seen mixed reviews on this one...
I guess it depends on your taste.

I finished Code Geass Lelouch of the Rebellion #2.
So the term, "orange" comes up in this volume, which is Jeremiah's nickname.
I always wonder if it's "orange" the color or "orange" the fruit.

Mr. Orange in Reservoir Dogs was an important character, wasn't he?
(I only saw it once and will never watch it again because of the ear scene...)

I wonder if Zero got it from there?
(I'm being sarcastic)

I also had the chance to look at the lettered version of volume 1.
My friend worked on it, and this is one of our many projects we worked on together.
I hope people like it.
I think it's coming out this summer?
Please check with Company BEI.

I finished Shugo Chara #6.

Amu Character Transforms so many times in so many ways I had a hard time keeping track.

I'm glad I keep a list.

Now I move on to the yaoi project from Company TP.

Kitchen Princess #6 is out.



The shocking cliffhanger in volume 5 made me really want to read this when it came out.
Actually, I think I was reading the Nakayoshi magazine reviews just to find out what happened.

Please check it out!

Happy Cinco de Mayo!
Happy Boys' Day!
Happy Children's Day!


There's various Happy (blanks)! but the only thing I did was sleep today.
And maybe work on a few pages of Shugo Chara #6.


The other day my mother brought me kashiwa mochi to eat.




I thought I explained it before, but I couldn't find it in my archives.

Kashiwa is Japanese Emperor Oak, and the kashiwa mochi is called so because the leaf is used to wrap the mochi.

The leaves of the kashiwa don't fall until new ones grow.
So eating kashiwa mochi is to wish for the family to stay healthy...and so the family line won't cease.



May 5 is now "boys' day" or "children's day," but originally it was an event for girls.
Before they started planting the rice in the old days, they would have the girls go to a shrine (or a temporary shed) to purify themselves for the gods of the fields.

It only changed to something for the boys during the Heian Period.
But it's a little complicated to explain now and I have work to do.

I'm working on Shugo Chara #6 right now.

There is a really cute reference to Sailor Moon, so I wanted to show it.
Since my friend said that my blog is always the same thing:
"I worked on this. I finished this, now working on this."


...Sorry.
He suggested introducing Japanese words or something like that.
I guess I can...if it comes up in my work.

Usually I'm so rushed to finish a project I forget.

If you have any other opinions please email/comment.
Please don't be mean like some people are at another industry blog.

Anyways, here's the reference.



Amu appears and says,
"Angel of Love, Amulet Angel...will punish you in the name of Heaven!"
or something like that.

Yaya's comment:
"I've heard that somewhere before..."




I had to go around asking my otaku friends how Sailor Moon's line was translated.
I never saw/read the English version...

I finished Cigarette Kisses.
Well, at least the translation part of it.

The author talks about how it's a change from her other work and it's very serious, but there are funny parts too.

Like the line:
"I can't tell him that my ass hurts."

Now I'm moving on to Shugo Chara 6 and more yaoi.
They're due the same week, so I'm trying to get a head start on one of them.

Today I got a package from Company DR.
It had Shugo Chara #6 and Ghost Hunt #10 inside.



Ghost Hunt is entering its final arc.

I didn't read it yet, but I can't wait.
Hope it's not as creepy as the other arcs...

I'm putting Code Geass aside to work on Cigarette Kisses.
The author, Nase Yamato is known for her shota boys, but this story is about businessmen.

There's an analogy to smoking and giving up on feelings that "are bad for you."


Anyway, it's been a while since working on yaoi, so I'm struggling.
With the graphics.
Or looking at it.
Luckily there's not much.

After this and Code Geass, my next project will be yaoi again.
I guess I better get used to it...

It's sort of semi-official, but I will be working at Fanime.
I am translating for Company G.
The details aren't really announced anywhere, so I'll keep my mouth shut...but it's going to be a lot of work.

It's funny that I got the offer to work right after Fanime rejected my industry badge.
I've never been rejected an industry badge, so I was surprised...
I guess Company G will get me a badge?

So for now I am chugging out translations so that anything due around Fanime would be taken care of before I leave.
Busy, busy, busy...
I won't even have time to enjoy my 2nd blogaversary.
Which is today...I think...

I want to do a give-away thing again, but would I have time?
And I have much more to give this year...samples and stuff...

I finished Project T for Company DR.
It wasn't much text, but there was a lot of text on the last 4 pages.

I'm not sure if they announced this project, so I'll keep it on the DL for now.
Do people still use that term? DL?

Now I'm moving on to Code Geass #2 (manga).

When I was working on the DVD booklets, I had to write a description for Euphie.
I was asking one of the producers what to call her.
Vice Viceroy? Hee hee hee.
He responded that we call her Sub-Viceroy.



...Duh!
Stupid me.

Actually in the manga Cornelia doesn't show up as Viceroy of Area 11, so Euphie is not Vice or Sub-Viceroy.

Some people asked me about my wrist.
It's doing so-so, but this is how I type now:



There's an ice pack wrapped around my hand under the towel.
It's really hard to type.
It's not shown in the picture, but I type using a separate keyboard.
(It was just hard to have the keyboard sit on my lap while I take the picture with my left hand).