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Translating King Kai’s Dad Jokes

April 27, 2023 Anthony Articles, Lost in Localization Leave a comment

Humor’s never easy to translate, so how did one of the biggest franchises in history handle BAD humor?

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The History Behind Crossbell’s Untranslatable Military Ranks

March 23, 2023 Anthony Articles, Lost in Localization One comment

An early fan patch exposes some history that was rewritten in the official release.

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Harvest Moon 64 Variety Channel (Part 4)

March 9, 2023 Anthony Articles, Harvest Moon 64 Variety Channel, Lost in Localization Leave a comment

The ongoing translation of Bokujō Monogatari 2’s so-called “entertainment channel”. Covers the second episodes of Sports, Red String of Fate, Secret Soldier: Gon!, and Ichigo, Girl Detective.

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Harvest Moon 64 Variety Channel (Part 3)

October 27, 2022 Anthony Articles, Harvest Moon 64 Variety Channel, Lost in Localization Leave a comment

The ongoing translation of Bokujō Monogatari 2’s so-called “entertainment channel”. Covers the second episodes of Cut the Villain!, Sing Tonight!, and The Monmon Show.

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HM64 Variety Channel (Part 2)

October 20, 2022 Anthony Articles, Harvest Moon 64 Variety Channel, Lost in Localization Leave a comment

Part 2 of the ongoing translation of Harvest Moon 64’s Variety Channel, which was cut during localization.

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HM64 Variety Channel (Part 1)

October 13, 2022 Anthony Articles, Harvest Moon 64 Variety Channel, Lost in Localization 2 comments

The first three shows of Harvest Moon 64’s Variety Channel, which was cut in localization and has never been translated until now.

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A Mokou Fumo cowering in a corner in fear of a jelly donut.

Why Does Touhou’s Mokou Think Jelly Donuts are Scary?

August 4, 2022 Matthew Articles, Lost in Localization One comment

Unraveling the layered context behind the immortal Mokou’s surprising expression of fear for jelly donuts in Touhou Eiyashou: Imperishable Night.

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Living the Live A Live Life: Part 5 (Sundown & Cube)

July 19, 2022 Anthony Live A Live, Lost in Localization 4 comments

It’s cowboys and robots in this edition of the breakdown of Live A Live’s 20-year-old fan translation. Both chapters are on the shorter side, but have some idiosyncrasies of Japanese to talk about.

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Living the Live A Live Life: Part 4 (Kung Fu)

July 18, 2022 Anthony Live A Live, Lost in Localization Leave a comment

Set in historical China, the kung fu chapter contains thematically-appropriate Chinese text even in Japan. But was leaving it untranslated the right choice for Aeon Genesis’ patch?

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Living the Live A Live Life: Part 3 (Oboromaru)

July 17, 2022 Anthony Live A Live, Lost in Localization Leave a comment

Set during the end of the Tokugawa Shogunate, the shinobi-focused chapter is filled with regular Japanese words that weren’t localized at all, even in names!

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