Yeah its kinda weird because I know we have people like AngelofDeath and I think Malignant Serif (not gonna call em out) who can read Japanese pretty well, but never offer to do any translation stuff for us. Oh well, I’m not gonna bug them about it; if they dont want to they dont have to.
Anyways, I’ve been working really hard for a while on studying it, so I could possibly be translation ready within the year (not gonna make any promises though ;P)
Yeaaaah nobody has really stepped up and volunteered to help us translate xP I think what we should do is actively seek out these people. I know a few who seem to be fully capable but they don’t volunteer… Most likely because we don’t really ask?
I guess it would be useful if we could get someone to regularly help out with it
Haha, that’s a new one. Gave me a pretty good laugh at least.
There are quite a few reasons I don’t do translating work, the main ones being
Ooops haha sorry about that…
Yeah, like I said, theres no reason for you to do it if your against it. And I completely understand and respect your reasons for not wanting to.
Is there any chance someone knows what these items that come with the AB BD Box are, exactly?
Here’s the video that may hold more information… https://www.facebook.com/kazamatsuriorg/videos/vb.612635788820909/878290258922126/?type=2&theater
From left to right, the first is a box cover for the BDs (top left). The second is a digipak (top right picture). The third is a 228 page book which contains special stuff like interviews, “making of” info, and something else I can’t read (bottom pictures).
Whoa! That sweet poster-looking thing is a digipack? Thats awesome!
Looks like there is some kind of artbooks and manga there? Thanks so much for your help Kaze!
Yooooooooooo thank you!
Ohhhhh it’s a digipak. No wonder the box is so small! Actually a pretty practical idea, heh
EDIT: Request resolved.
Looking through Chinese sites I found a short interview with Baba-shachou at the recent Creative Paradise.
At the end (1:36) there’s a question about VisualArt’s future.
If I understood this correctly, Baba is saying that until now they’ve produced a lot of games and anime series, but in the future they want to focus more on the anime production. They’re also trying to form a group that can produce 10 anime titles annually.
The last part sounds quite unbelievable, so if anyone who knows Japanese better than me could check this, it would be great.
Oh wow, this is kind of a cool board to have.
I won’t put too much hope on it, as putting the work in to translate for one guy requires a lot of heart, not to mention there are lots of other requests before me.
I’ll be a little stereotypical with my request, with this being a key fan oriented forum, and request for an Angel Beats translation.
Although, I get the feeling that people would probably avoid translating it in the hopes that Key will eventually want to localize it themselves, so I’ll add a second request.
I’d say I’d like a translation for Robotic;Notes since Nitroplus isn’t that eager on translations and the VN hasn’t really been revisited unlike Steins;Gate or Chaos;Child which have both received sequels and spinoffs.
Edit:Oops, I just remembered Robotic;Notes DaSH, a sequel. will be coming out someday, which increases the chance of a Robotic;Notes translation
So for the real VN I want translated, I’d like for Sakura no Uta -Sakura no Mori no Ue o Mau or Sakuuta to be translated.
I’m pretty active on VNDB, under the same username, and I saw this has a REALLY high score of 9.20 by the users and 8.76 via Beyesian ranking.
I really want to know what makes this VN so good, so I’d like for it to get translated so I can experience it for myself.
Edit again in response to Helios
That’s kinda disappointing. I doubt I’ll use this thread since I don’t come across japanese tweet’s/interviews that much, but thanks for telling me anyways.
@any13th The topic isn’t for starting large translation projects. First of all, projects like that are beyond our abilities; Kaza isn’t a translation group. The scale here is like tweets or short interviews (though most important stuff gets made into blog articles anyway, so the topic is pretty dead).
@Santer No studio in the world could produce 10 full series per year. Even if he means 10 OVAs per year, that’s a big workload. We can only wait and see really.
I forgot that this existed. I’d like to request the translation of the short story in the booklet from the Harmonia box set. I have the physical book and I can scan it, it just might take a while but if someone is willing to do it then I’ll go and scan.
I pray for a Kud Wafter translation with all my heart and soul. I would support any translation team that intends to do so.
