Game Rant

Cyberpunk 2077's Japanese Script is Massive

Expectations are high for Cyberpunk 2077, CD Projekt REDs next game, and the studio's capstone for the PS4 and Xbox One. Even though Cyberpunk's story will be shorter than The Witcher 3's, a new photo ...

Assassin's Creed Shadows Japanese voice actor says applying his native language to an English script about Japan was "an unusual and interesting experience"

Assassin's Creed Shadows is based in Japan, but the script was written in English, and the Japanese voice actors have shared their thoughts on working on the game. In an IGN video, Mutsuki Iwanaka ...
IGN

Just a Piece of Cyberpunk 2077's Japanese Script Is Basically the Size of a Coffee Table

If you wanted a visual representation of quite how much voiced dialogue there'll be in Cyberpunk 2077, look no further than a section of the Japanese script, which is, not to put too fine a point on ...
Campaign Asia

Scripting equality in the Japanese script, one character at a time

In a dynamic fusion of tradition and progress, Tokyo's Reload Gallery Shimokitazawa is hosting an exhibition, "Living Kanji: Modernizing Script for a Changing Japan." This project, spearheaded by ...
Washington Times

BAY: Japan rewrites script

When it comes to international provocations, North Korea’s experienced extortionists have an outline that guides their bellicose dramas. The starving Stalinists’ latest armed tantrum fits the general ...
Game Rant

Best Non-Japanese Characters in Shonen Anime

David Heath is a List Writer from the UK specializing in video games, movies, TV shows, and the occasional anime. Non-Japanese characters in Japanese cartoons can be a tricky topic. Most characters in ...
KVIA

The Japanese calligrapher who keeps a forgotten female ancient script alive

As a teenager, Kaoru Akagawa couldn’t read her Japanese grandmother’s letters, but she put it down to her unclear handwriting. Over a decade later, Kaoru realized her grandmother hadn’t been a poor ...
Comicbook.com

The Super Mario Bros. Movie Has a Different Script in Japan

Click to share on X (Opens in new window) X Click to share on Facebook (Opens in new window) Facebook The Super Mario Bros. Movie has a different script in Japanese. The Super Mario Bros. Movie is one ...
The Daily Dot

Why ‘Oppenheimer’ doesn’t include Japanese characters

Leading up to the release of Oppenheimer, two criticisms dominated the discourse online. Some detractors pre-emptively accused Christopher Nolan of glorifying the U.S. military-industrial complex, ...
Kotaku

An Examination of Japanese Characters’ “Whiteness”

Japanese anime, manga, and game characters sometimes have blond hair. Sometimes they have blue eyes. But, that’s merely cosmetic, no? There must be some sort of analysis that cuts closer to the bone.
Jalopnik

Why Japanese Cars Only Use English Badges

Here's something I've been wondering about for years: why does every Japanese car, even ones never intended for export, have their name badges in English? Why don't any Japanese cars have chromed ...