This is what the Somali muslims did in the Minneapolis coffee shops. I would go work with my laptop, look up and they're sitting WITH me basically, smiling, acting like it's normal but it's clear they want me to be intimidated and leave and never come back. Once I just sat there and wouldn't leave, and eventually was surrounded by Somali men, like 8 of them in a semi-circle around me, talking their jabber to each other, in a STARBUCKS.
i saw shin godzilla when it came back to theaters and the only other guy in the theater kept getting up to use the bathroom, and he did miss every single time godzilla showed up. i think about him a lot. does he know godzilla is in shin godzilla
With NVIDIA being run by a Jewess, now EVERY American Frontier AI company is run by Jews:
>Anthropic: Dario Amodei
>OpenAI: Sam Altman
>NVIDIA: Colette Kress
>Alphabet: Sergey Brin / Larry Page (Founders) / Anat Ashkenazi CFO
The likelihood: 0.00138%
Over representation: 3125%
This is atrocious, and I need to talk about it.
If you don't know me: I'm a long-time of Nagano-sensei, and I write MAHQ's Five Star Stories section. I want more people to encounter his work. I am a professional translator, though not a JP>EN one.
This is not the first time Titan Comics has done this, of course: people will remember the infamous machine translated / AI slopped release of Kamen Rider Kuuga. They apologised. They said they'd fix it. Then they kept doing it.
Now they have hired an infamous bad actor, well-known in the Grappler Baki and Five Star Stories fan communities. He creates slop translations (with a LOT of slurs!) and tries to sell them. This is the bit I'm in most disbelief about: if there's something Japanese companies are very hardcore about, it is copyright infringement. This is a man who printed bootleg copies of The Five Star Stories with AI slop translations and sold them on ebay. For money.
I cannot imagine that Kadokawa or Nagano-sensei will be happy about this, for starters.
As a fan, of course, it goes beyond copyright infringement and low-quality work. The Five Star Stories might be a niche property outside of Japan, true. In Japan, it is seen as one of the most influential works in the medium, and this year is its 40th anniversary.
It is a dense work, with a lot of complex world-building, science-fantasy terminology, history and politics. It is difficult to translate under ideal conditions. As such, it requires care and quality control.
The fact this is NOT Titan Comics's first time doing this is telling. There is a lack of oversight, and clearly a lack of care for this release. A lack of respect.
In responses to emails from fans, Titan Comics has said they're withdrawing the distribution until they can 'investigate' the matter.
In my opinion, there is only one way to salvage this situation: withdraw the current edition, fire Greco Espinoza, hire a real translator, and then publish it again. They must confirm the translator does not use AI/MTL, and they must do a proper background check on their activities as they should have for Espinoza.
I have been a fan of The Five Star Stories since I picked up a copy of Newtype in 1999. Until Titan Comics fixes this completely, I will be cancelling my much-awaited pre-order.
Five Star Stories fans, please avoid Titan’s new FSS manga translation. They hired a grifter who allegedly
- Pirated FSS to sell
- Uses AI to translate
- Harasses & doxxes fans
This shows a complete lack of respect for the author and the community
Cancel preorders
#FSS#FSS_jp