[April Fools'!] Lunar Manga to Be Released in the US!
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[April Fools'!] Lunar Manga to Be Released in the US!
Yes, this is an April Fools' Day joke!
Please do not kill me. I'm going to be in hiding now.
But seriously, Lunar 2 Manga translation later this year,
only not official and in paper.
The Vane Airship Story, and Lunar 2 manga, are slated to be re-released and in English! Not only that; you'll be surprised who was asked to be the lead translator...
To start at the beginning...
Six weeks ago, LunarNET was contacted by ACDX, the Japanese publisher of the Vane Airship Story and the Lunar 2 manga. ACDX is planning on reprinting two of the Lunar manga later this year: the Vane Airship Story, and the Lunar 2 manga. And, they want to reprint English translations of both of the manga.
Here is the great part...
Noticing my translations, they've asked me to be the lead translator for both manga! And, almost as expected, they've asked G1 to set up LunarNET as the main page for the Lunar manga in North America! So, you'll see LunarNET's name on the front of all the manga volumes released stateside!
As you may know, I've already translated the Vane Airship Story manga (you can view that here)--that will only require another round of editing. But, the Lunar 2 manga is something I haven't cracked yet, so I'll be putting other things aside while I get to that. Also, as you can imagine, it was tough for me to contain my excitement--this must be how Akari Funato felt when she was originally asked to author the Vane and Childhood's End mangas.
(The reason we had to wait six weeks was because of a few negotiations with ACDX about when we could break the story--sorry for the delay.)
But there's one down side...
The down side is that, since the manga is being officially released, we'll have to take down the Vane Airship Story within another six weeks. So, if you want to read it, now is the time. We'll also need to restrict posting other translations or potentially copyrighted materials on the boards. But hey, both manga should be available in English at the end of the year, and if the sales of those two are good, we may get all five!
Tell us what you think over at the forums! And, buy the manga! KF
Please do not kill me. I'm going to be in hiding now.
But seriously, Lunar 2 Manga translation later this year,
only not official and in paper.
The Vane Airship Story, and Lunar 2 manga, are slated to be re-released and in English! Not only that; you'll be surprised who was asked to be the lead translator...
To start at the beginning...
Six weeks ago, LunarNET was contacted by ACDX, the Japanese publisher of the Vane Airship Story and the Lunar 2 manga. ACDX is planning on reprinting two of the Lunar manga later this year: the Vane Airship Story, and the Lunar 2 manga. And, they want to reprint English translations of both of the manga.
Here is the great part...
Noticing my translations, they've asked me to be the lead translator for both manga! And, almost as expected, they've asked G1 to set up LunarNET as the main page for the Lunar manga in North America! So, you'll see LunarNET's name on the front of all the manga volumes released stateside!
As you may know, I've already translated the Vane Airship Story manga (you can view that here)--that will only require another round of editing. But, the Lunar 2 manga is something I haven't cracked yet, so I'll be putting other things aside while I get to that. Also, as you can imagine, it was tough for me to contain my excitement--this must be how Akari Funato felt when she was originally asked to author the Vane and Childhood's End mangas.
(The reason we had to wait six weeks was because of a few negotiations with ACDX about when we could break the story--sorry for the delay.)
But there's one down side...
The down side is that, since the manga is being officially released, we'll have to take down the Vane Airship Story within another six weeks. So, if you want to read it, now is the time. We'll also need to restrict posting other translations or potentially copyrighted materials on the boards. But hey, both manga should be available in English at the end of the year, and if the sales of those two are good, we may get all five!
Tell us what you think over at the forums! And, buy the manga! KF
~Kizyr (they|them)
- Alex_Pwns_Hiro
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Awesome! Hope this is not an april fools joke. :P
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That is amazing! Congrats, Kiz! (And if this is an April Fool's joke, you can expect me to hunt you down and make you suffer.)
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A lot more believable this year. :)
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The thing is, I sort of dropped a hint about this around six weeks ago, when we were first contacted.
...maybe I should've waited another day to break the story so we could've avoided this problem. KF
...maybe I should've waited another day to break the story so we could've avoided this problem. KF
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I hope this is real! That would be such a huge step for lunar!!
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I'll believe it when I see it. :p
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Don't let me down (run around or desert me). yeah i've been rickrolled a bit today. If this is a prank, i'm upset and impressed. I'm on the gullible end of this, though.
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By the way, if anyone's curious... The "little hint" I dropped a while back was in response to the news post on 2-19-08,
These days, all we do, if anything, are really obvious jokes--like when me and Jenner invaded the forums as the Mooninites last year. Or when I replaced G1's avatar with Ghaleon wearing Mickey Mouse ears and changed his title to "Magic Mouseketeer". ...'course he got me back for that one. KF
Regarding the date... We really haven't been able to pull anything off since the big Four Heroes Story several years ago. So, we don't have an incentive to do anything on April 1st since we'd just have to live up to the hype. And, the Four Heroes thing took months to plan out...Kizyr wrote:...it's a little bit too much work for me to do without getting paid.
Now the manga, on the other hand...
These days, all we do, if anything, are really obvious jokes--like when me and Jenner invaded the forums as the Mooninites last year. Or when I replaced G1's avatar with Ghaleon wearing Mickey Mouse ears and changed his title to "Magic Mouseketeer". ...'course he got me back for that one. KF
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I remember the Four Heroes story. We even pulled off artwork and everything. There's no way that is beatable.
Congrats, Kizyr! It's wonderful to get to work with something you like so much that you'll even do something you hate for it (translating). Maybe if this succeeds you can convince them to branch out into more original games, where you wouldn't be translating but advising or planning. Like Lunar DS but better.
Congrats, Kizyr! It's wonderful to get to work with something you like so much that you'll even do something you hate for it (translating). Maybe if this succeeds you can convince them to branch out into more original games, where you wouldn't be translating but advising or planning. Like Lunar DS but better.
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HAH! I knew it!Kizyr wrote:These days, all we do, if anything, are really obvious jokes--like when me and Jenner invaded the forums as the Mooninites last year. KF
Though it wasn't an April thing, I did like the whole, forum take over from G1 when he went on vacation or whatever it was.
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I was wondering what the April Fools Day joke would be this year. I knew it couldn't be about a Four Heroes Story again since that was already announced this year.
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Oh, here's another bit of good news!
Since Alun was basically my editor for the Vane translation, even if there are any further modifications from ACDX's editors, she'll still be credited along with the rest of us. So, G1 will be credited under marketing. I'll be credited under translating. And Alun will be credited under editing.
That's three of us being officially involved with a Lunar project! I'm waiting to hear back on whether or not they're fine with her coming in for editing the Lunar 2 script. KF
Since Alun was basically my editor for the Vane translation, even if there are any further modifications from ACDX's editors, she'll still be credited along with the rest of us. So, G1 will be credited under marketing. I'll be credited under translating. And Alun will be credited under editing.
That's three of us being officially involved with a Lunar project! I'm waiting to hear back on whether or not they're fine with her coming in for editing the Lunar 2 script. KF
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Another "I'll believe it when I see it," but if true totally amazingly awesome! :3
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I have to say, Kizyr's been working on this for awhile, he was even working on translation a bit while I was down there to visit him during Meg's wedding, it's put quite a damper on the relationship! ;P
>.> He keeps asking me to dress up as Jean.
>.> He keeps asking me to dress up as Jean.
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Yes this is an April Fools' Day joke.
I'm going to be in hiding for the remainder of April 2nd.
Thanks for playing you guys! KF
I'm going to be in hiding for the remainder of April 2nd.
Thanks for playing you guys! KF
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Wow... so I like really hate you right now. :( I figured it wasn't real but deep deep down I was so happy! You crushed my insides!
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April Fool's day....? I'm going to go to a corner, get in the fetal position, and suck my thumb now....
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I would have bought them :(
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