attributes.createdAt: 2021-04-19T21:45:59+00:00
attributes.description: (Sorry if I haven't been active lately! I've been really busy with school, college and helping out with Saiko no Fansub's Kinnikuman anime fansubs! I hope to return to manga translations soon!)
  
  Finished Projects:  
  Dragon Ball (Cell arc)  
  Kinnikuman (Seven Devil Chojin arc, may redo the first volume and the Throne Arc from Ataru's death onwards as well as the untranslated chapters of the revival)  
  Dragon Ball (Finishing off the Boo arc)  
  Go! Go! Ackman (Remasters of Toriyama's World's scans)  
  Dr. Mashirito and Abele-chan (Based on unknown French translation, oneshot)  
  Kimagure Orange Road (Colored) (Oneshot of first chapter based on B/W translation by MangaProject)  
  Dragon Boy (Remaster of Toriyama's World scan)  
  Game Center Arashi (Based on the Latin Spanish translation by Nikuman Tabetai, oneshot of first chapter)  
    
  Current Projects:  
  Kajika (Remaster of Toriyama's World scans)  
  Kinnikuman Volume 1-2 (Remasters of Toriyama's World's scans. ON HIATUS)  
    
  Potential Future Projects:  
  Doujinshi based of Kinnikuman, JoJo, DBZ, Dr. Slump, Saint Seiya, The Transformers and Dai no Daiboken as well as that of certain western cartoons (specifically Gravity Falls, The Owl House and Steven Universe) (provided I have scans and a translator and it's not hentai. However, I'm willing to do shonen-ai as long as it's not hentai. I know of some weird Idolmaster/Kinnikuman crossover doujins)  
  Baoh: The Visitor (A deflipization of VIZ's out of print release. Surprised they haven't re-released this, seeing the current popularity of JoJo, something by Araki would sell like hotcakes!)  
  Chinyuuki (Based on the Spanish translation by Nikuman Tabetai, need clean Japanese raws.)  
  T̶h̶e̶ ̶B̶r̶i̶e̶f̶ ̶R̶e̶t̶u̶r̶n̶ ̶o̶f̶ ̶D̶r̶.̶ ̶S̶l̶u̶m̶p̶ ̶(̶N̶e̶e̶d̶ ̶t̶r̶a̶n̶s̶l̶a̶t̶o̶r̶s̶)̶ (Someone else has picked this series up, and I don't want to trample on their works)  
  Ring ni Kakero 1 (Based on the Portuguese and Italian translations by Kuramada Legends and Shadow Scanlations, volumes 4-15)  
  Ring ni Kakero 2 (Based on the Italian translation by Shadow Scanlations)   
  Otokozaka (Based on the Portuguese translation by Kuramada Legends)  
  F̶u̶u̶m̶a̶ ̶n̶o̶ ̶K̶o̶j̶i̶r̶o̶ ̶(̶B̶a̶s̶e̶d̶ ̶o̶n̶ ̶t̶h̶e̶ ̶P̶o̶r̶t̶u̶g̶u̶e̶s̶e̶ ̶s̶c̶a̶n̶s̶ ̶b̶y̶ ̶K̶o̶s̶o̶m̶u̶ ̶F̶a̶n̶s̶u̶b̶)̶ (Picked up by Freedom Scans)  
  Saint Seiya - Next Dimension (Filling in missing chapters in English with the Spanish scans as basis.)  
  Saint Seiya - Episode G (Filling in the final few chapters with the Portuguese scans by Kuramada Legends as a basis.)  
  Saint Seiya: Destiny (Based on the Portuguese translation by Taizen Saint Seiya, will probably do after I finish the Poseidon arc of the main series)  
  Tatakae!! Ramenman! (Need translators)  
  Yu Yu Hakusho: Digitally Colored Comics (Using existing translations on Mangadex for basis, need raws) 
  Totemmo! Luckyman! (Need raws and a translator)
  Any untranslated Toriyama, Yudetamago or Kuramada manga, provided I have scans and translators.  
    
  Dropped:   
  Toriyama's Manga Theater (Remasters of Toriyama's World scans, VIZ licensed this, so I'm dropping this project)  
  Saint Seiya (Kanzenban edition) (Too hard to do with Microsoft Paint. I hope someone picks this up and finishes it. I may pick it up if I ever get photoshop)
    
  FAQ:   
  Q: Why are you doing Saint Seiya? Isn't that licensed by VIZ?
  A: The official translation of Kuramada's Saint Seiya - I mean "Knights of the Zodiac" manga is a mess. The names of characters have either been changed to match the butchered DIC dub airing on Cartoon Network (Saori Kido - Princess Sienna, Mitsumasa Kido - Lord Nobu, Deathmask - Mephisto) or do not use the spellings used by almost every other non-English (and even some English) official translation (Shaina - Shina, Milo - Miro). Attack names are constantly wrong (Lacerta Misty's attack is "mavrou trippa", not "marble tripper") and they couldn't keep the name of the Gemini Saint's signature attack right! (It's "Another Dimension", not "Dimension of Exile") Not helping matters is that the text is often badly centered and the English SFX translations are intrusive, often covering Kuramada's beautiful artwork. I plan on redoing the entirety of the original manga using the Kanzenban release as a source (meaning color pages!) using the existing fan based translations for any chapters with them and the Spanish kanzenban release for any with no English fan translation.  
    
  Q: Will you redo the earlier chapters of Dragon Ball?  
  A: No. MofoGoku and HAO are really good when it comes to translations.  
    
  Q. Why Kurilin? Shouldn't it be Krillin or Kuririn?  
  A. Kurilin is the closest to the pun in his name in English. (Kuri - chestnut, lin - Shaolin monk)  
    
  Q. Why does Yajirobe have a Cockney accent in your scans?  
  A. Yajirobe speaks in an unsophisticated manner in the original version. I decided to give him a Cockney accent because:  
  A. It localizes the original text in a creative way, by showing Yajirobe's personality.  
  B. Toriyama's a gag manga artist at heart, so I decided to make a silly character silly.  
  C. It's fun!  
    
  Q. Why is Piccolo Daimaoh known as the Archfiend Piccolo in your scans?  
  A. The title "mao" or "daimao", which literally translates into "great demon king" is common within the world of Japanese fantasy (see this link for more info: <https://legendsoflocalization.com/tricky-translations-1-maou-daimaou/>). Indeed, multiple maos exist within Toriyama's universe, from the mao Zoma from the Dragon Quest universe (translated as Master Archfiend in the official Square Enix localizations), to Chrono Trigger's mao (Translated as Magus in Ted Woolsey's famous translation of the game).  
  Thus, it makes sense to localize the term into a similar English term, archfiend, which is defined as a chief fiend, especially the Devil. Since the Archfiend Piccolo is the Dragon Ball universe's equivalent of Satan, (at least until Dabra shows up in the Boo arc) it makes sense to translate his title to Archfiend.  
    
  Q. Will you do Toriyama's other works?  
  A. No for Dr. Slump, Sand Land, Jaco or Cowa! The official translations for those are near-perfect, unlike Dragon Ball's. For Toriyama's Manga Theater and Kajika, I will probably remaster the scans by Toriyama's World. If I ever find a good translator, I'll probably do his works not available in English.  
  As for Dragon Ball Minus:  
  1. VIZ translated it for their Jaco release.  
  2. I don't translate shit manga.  
    
  Q. What are your favorite manga?  
  A. Besides Dragon Ball, I like Kinnikuman, Dr. Slump, JoJo, Hokuto no Ken, Saint Seiya and Dai no Daiboken.
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