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Holy shit we're getting a new Lust figure!!! Hurray!!!

Good Smile Company - Pop Up Parade: Lust

Preorders Open Now 

Preorder Period: 2024/11/22〜2024/12/18 (JST)

¥4,800 (~$31.01)

I love her nails and the way she flexes them!! Don't hesitate to add it to your cart if you love Lust ^^

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Fullmetal Alchemist Exhibition - Hong Kong Exclusive Goods

I have been procrastinating on this, but I have finally gathered all the photos and can post all the details of the HK-exclusive merchandise!

Someone has asked me why some of the goods are of the 2003 license-- it is because they were produced earlier last year as a celebration of the 20th anniversary of the og anime, and not for the exhibition specifically. Still, you can only find them in Hong Kong and some of them are really cool!

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I think the most interesting merch we have would be this screwdriver set! It is really cute and looks like something Winry would use xD Maybe Ed has made it for her?

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There are a bunch of 2003-themed clothing items! but they are rather $$$ in my opinion, so I only got one of the t-shirts :3

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This umbrella has the human transmutation circle on it, which is pretty cool but probably rather embarrassing to carry xD

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Postcard sets of both 03 and Brotherhood anime arts ^^ and plenty of scrolls/posters! (I am unable to find some of the available prints online, but I think I've gotten most of them down!)

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And this should be all for the Hong Kong exclusive merch! There are plenty of new merch that came from Japan as well, mostly the ones that I posted about last time ^^ you can check out this post regarding them!

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Fullmetal Alchemist Exhibition -Hong Kong- Additional Videos 3

I just thought the set up here is really cool :3

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Fullmetal Alchemist Exhibition -Hong Kong- Additional Video 2

Me going through the gate of truth xD I wish they sold this as a merch!!!!

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Fullmetal Alchemist Exhibition -Hong Kong- Additional Video 1

One of the three? four? animations played in the exhibition; this is only part of the animation, I'm not gonna show the entirety of it :P but it is really cool and my friend and I were trying SO HARD to not make any noise during the recording!!

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Fullmetal Alchemist Exhibition -Hong Kong- Highlights & Cafe Menu

Guess WHO just came back from the fma exhibition today! I am still in my serotonin rush as I type out this post. Upon a mutual's request, I am sharing highlights and key features of this time's exhibition, especially the Hong Kong-only elements. Hope this helps anyone who is considering going and wants to know more about it!

All photos here are taken by myself. (aside from the last few which are from a news report)

See also: list of available goods + pricing (to be updated)

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Obligatory Entrance Photo!

Same as the original exhibition in Japan, at the entrance, there's the 20th anniversary Ed & Al figure, a 1:1 Al statue, and an animated transmutation circle that you can pose at.

(It is very hard to get the right timing to put down your hands though, since it moves really fast xD)

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Copies of 300+ genka are shown, and as you can see here, translated versions of the comic panels are displayed underneath the framed genka copies, which I think is very nice.

Unfortunately, much like the previous Malaysia exhibit, these are not the original genkas (it's probably too risky to ship them overseas?) but seeing these copies still made me really happy and the set-up is really awesome:) (link to set-up video)

Can't forget the coloured pages, of course! There's also one original signed illustration, but you're not allowed to take pictures of it, which is a bit sad but understandable.

There are also multiple special animations; check one of them out here!

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Costumes and props from the live-action movie are also displayed. The level of detail is really really nice ^^

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HK limited photo spots (modelled by me):

I am not sure if it's 100% accurate, but from what I have heard these two photo spots are Hong Kong-only. Please correct me if I am wrong!

Left: a wall with Mei's kunai that you can pose in front of and pretend to be Ed gaining back his right arm. Absolutely impossible to take a photo there while maintaining a straight face because it is ungodly hilarious and ridiculous. 6/10

Right: Gate of Truth door curtain near the exit; Very fun to push open and act out another iconic Ed scene (video link), or sit there and speak in a mocking ominous tone. 10/10

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Cafe:

After the exhibition, you can find the cafe inside the gift shop area. There are two extra-special items and a few other snacks that you can order; Listing all food items & their prices below!

Because I didn't order the special items, the below three photos are from HK01's report on the exhibition.

Left: The Flame Transmutation Set is fish cake + yakitori, and when you order it you'll get the food in a small black box, then the staff will help you light it up when you snap at it; basically you can pretend to be Mustang and "cook" the yakitori yourself xD

Right: The (Full)metal Transmutation Drink is peach soda, but it comes unmixed; you can put it on a special table with a transmutation circle drawn on it, and the table will shake and mix the drink for you. The idea is you can make your own liquid philosopher's stone and drink it lol

I think they're both really stupid but in an endearing way I guess lmao

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It's really late so I will organize and post the list of available goods tmr :3 stay tuned!

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Square Enix has announced their participation in the upcoming AnimeJapan 2024 convention on 23-24th March, as well as new merchandise for Black Butler and Fullmetal Alchemist.

Square Enix Event Website

Other Square Enix owned IPs, including Yomi no Tsugai, Tokyo Aliens, etc will have their past merch sold at the convention too (details to be announced).

The new merch will be first sold at the convention, and later available on Square Enix eshop and Animate around late April - May, so you will still have a chance to order if you couldn't visit in person.

New Merch Overview:

Merch details under cut ⬇️ & some of my own comments in repost

Black Butler:

Acrylic Panel (Cafe & Shop edition), ¥3,500

Coffee Ticket Card Set (Cafe & Shop edition), ¥2,000

Mini Acrylic Block Set (Cafe & Shop edition), ¥2,200

Fullmetal Alchemist:

Trading Metallic Postcard, ¥450

Trading Acrylic Stand with Iconic Quotes, ¥900

(Quotes chosen, left to right top to bottom:

Ed: Get up you third rate fraud, let me show you our difference!

Ed: I'm going to bring our body back!

Roy: I'm the Flame Alchemist-- are you still going to challenge me to battle knowing that?

Al: I can't allow myself to just stand by and look when people I'm meant to be protecting are walking towards death!

Roy: Hey, Fullmetal.

Riza: Who was it that said "I won't give up no matter what"?

Ling: I'm going to seize the secret to immortality!

Winry: In Ed's words, "it's equivalent exchange"!)

Envy: It really helped a lot that you are all so naive and easily deceived, humans.

Acrylic Stands (Red and Blue version), ¥2,000 each

Original Chopsticks with Case, ¥ 1,650

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New Actor Visuals for the Fullmetal Alchemist Stage

just got released on twitter!!

リン・ヤオ：本田礼生

Lin Yao: Reio Honda

メイ・チャン：柿澤ゆりあ

Mei Chang: Yuria Kakizawa

フー：新田健太

Fu: Kenta Nitta

ランファン：星波

Lan Fan: Seiha

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[FMA Mobile Original Story: The Silver Battle Cry] (temporary title)

Chapter 1 of the FMA mobile original story, featuring two new characters designed by Arakawa, is now available on the Square Enix YouTube channel! It's a fully voiced event as well 🙌🏻

Introduction of the two new original characters:

The Faithful Commander: Franca Grandy

(Voice Actor: Kito Akari, known for voicing Netsuko in KNY)

"It seems like we're going to spend quite some time together, Edward and Alphonse."

The Blade that Protects his Sister: Ewynn Grandy

(Voice Actor: Kobayashi Chiaki, known for voicing Stark from Frieren)

"Understood! I will protect my sister, even at the expense of others!"

The story will continue to update on the Squares Enix YouTube channel every Friday, and there will be 12 episodes in total.

Although it's heartbreaking to learn that the FMA mobile game is ending, I'm still very thankful and happy that they're releasing the full event on YouTube.

I will work on the translation of the whole event, but it will take time since I've been super busy at work lately. Don't worry though, cause I'm committed to work on it and it's definitely coming!

Also I dread the work of video editing to put on subtitles 😩 so if anyone's interested in helping me out on that id be incredibly thankful 🙏🏻

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Miyazaki's Retirement Declarations (chronologically)

Translated from last week's NHK documentary on the production of The Boy and The Heron (more under cut). I saw people posting a screencap of this and I just couldn't contain myself. THIS HAS BEEN GOING ON WAY LONGER THAN I IMAGINED LMFAO

This is from the NHK programme "Professional - Their Working Philosophy" (プロフェッショナル 仕事の流儀) a few days ago (16/12/2023). The episode investigates the production process of The Boy and the Huron, and how the late Takahata Isao influenced the movie.

(It was confirmed within the documentary that Mahito = Miyazaki, Great Uncle = Takahata Isao, The Heron = Suzuki Toshio, Kiriko = Yasuda Michiyo)

The documentary is currently available on the NHK Streaming Service (Location Limited). If you have your own ways of watching and you know Japanese, I would definitely recommend the episode as it gives a lot of much-needed context to The Boy and The Heron. Personally, I haven't found a way to watch it yet, so all I know about the documentary are hearsay I saw on Japanese twitter.

Original screencap:

Also, at the very end of the episode, Miyazaki was shown working on a Naucicaa piece without any explanation, which led to many people speculating whether he could be working on a sequel for Naucicaa of the Valley of the Wind.

What do yall think? Do you think he's going to finally retire or release yet another animated film in a few years? I would love to see Naucicaa 2 but I also feel like he really needs to... yknow, chillax a bit and stuff. He deserves a long ass vacation.

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Translation: Bonus comic strip from Yomi no Tsugai vol. 5

The volume five paperback for Yomi no Tsugai is FINALLY out in Hong Kong, so I went to buy it after work immediately today lol. I think people who have been keeping up with the magazine updates probably haven’t read this bonus comic, so I scanned it and translated it for everyone. (I don’t own a scanner though, so I took a photo and edited it on my iPad lol please don’t flame)

It is really funny to know how it wasn’t Arakawa who had decided to make an Edward Elric doppelgänger in her new comic, but everyone around her actually (who are evidently unable to get over Edward) 😂 Gabby is my new little baby tho (whom I picked up from the trash) so I’m NOT complaining. At all 😂😂😂😂

Panel that has meme potential (to use as reaction image for Arakawa’s future updates):

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New FMA Merchs! (as of 6th Dec, 2023)

Pop-up store @ The Chara (Announced on 4 Dec)

Official Website

A variety of merchs (pins, stickers, clips, mugs, charms, acrylic stands) featuring brand-new illustrations!

The pop-up store will commence in Osaka from 8 Dec 2023 to 17 Dec 2023, then in Tokyo from 4 Jan 2024 to 16 Jan 2024. Unfortunately, these items seem to only be available at their physical store, so no luck in ordering them online T_T...

2. Pop-up Store @ Princess Cafe (Announced on 1 Dec)

Announcement

Brand-new illustrations of the characters in formal attires. People went insane over Riza wearing suits + top hat as well as Envy wearing garter belts.

The pop-up store will commence in Tokyo from 15 Dec 2023 to 29 Dec 2023, as well as Osaka from 15 Dec 2023 to 30 Dec 2023.

Doesn't have any information regarding the exact products yet, but you can seek updates on the princess cafe twitter or website. Their past products were usually available online, so I expect this time should be the same as well, and international shipping is supported through an official third-party company WorldShopping Global (have not used it, cannot comment on reliability).

3. Contents Seed Merchs (Announced on 30 Nov)

Announcement

New products using older illustrations. There are cushions, charms, acrylic stands, stickers, clips, mugs, and mini mirrors.

You can order them from the Hobby-search website or the colleize website (overseas shipping supported) starting from 30 Nov 2023 to 10 Dec 2023, and the products are expected to ship by the end of Jan 2024.

4. New Nendoroid Doll! (Announced on 2 Nov)

Announcement

Good Smile Company announced that they will make a new Edward Nendoroid Doll, no preview or information is available yet, but we can look forward to it! (Might be my first Nendoroid :3c)

Please be reminded that the Nendoroid Doll is the newer "premium" line of Nendoroid, the ones that are a bit taller, with better mobility and the clothes are in fabric so you can change their clothes. So this one will be quite different from the previous Nendoroids!

5. Don Quixote Collab (Announced on 28 Oct, already sold out)

Announcement

Exclusive merchs sold at the Japanese discount store chain Don Quixote.

It's already sold out, but I really want to include this because I absolutely love the logo design they used on the bags. So pretty!!!

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Translation Directory

Hi. I am Lia and I do Japanese and Chinese translations. This blog is solely for posting the translation works I have done. You are free to send in requests, but I cannot guarantee that I will have the energy or interest to work on them.

If you want to know anything else, my main is @junosswans

Categories based on text types:

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Fanfiction translations

Tweet translations

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My Hero Academia translations

Hypnosis Mic translations

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Summary:

There was a rhythmic delay when Mustang came into contact with the armour’s arm, and a dull sound was created solely for Al’s notice. It was cloth on metal, sending subtle vibrations across the emptiness of his armour.

This was a noise that only his elder brother, Winry, and Granny Pinako had triggered in him before. Alphonse realized that he had to add Lieutenant Colonel Mustang to the list now, which was more than a little surprising.

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Touch was a very special thing for Al.

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Look at what I did! A new piece of translation!!

This is a familial/platonic FMA fic that I really really really love, featuring a touch starved Al, a fiercely protective Roy, and a tiny pouty Ed. It’s got a lot of introspection from Al’s point of view, which I thought was rather rare, and everything about this fic was just *chefs kiss* pure perfection.

I’m not going to spoil much, you’ll just have to trust me on this one 🥺 it’s funny, candid, heartwarming, and all in all incredibly wholesome.

It’s a very challenging project for me, aside from the fact that I did it during the busiest season at work with no sleep, mostly because the original had a great stream of consciousness style, which I struggled a lot to stay faithful to while trying not to compromise the readability. I couldn’t believe that the fic ended up to be only 4k words……. Because it surely felt much longer as I revised and revised the syntax and diction.

Anyways, please please please read it if you have the time! You definitely won’t regret it!

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FMA sketches by Ace Attorney's character designer, Iwamoto Tatsuro

For the past week, Iwamoto-san has been posting sketches of FMA characters on his twitter as a part of his daily sketching challenge and they are absolutely BEAUTIFUL.

I really want to share his art over here and also translate his posts for you all because I think his commentaries are quite insightful for people who are interested in character design!

[Those who know their AA lore would recognize him as who voiced Edgeworth (Mitsurugi) in the games :3]

Anyways, below are his FMA sketches he's shared on twitter so far! (Contains: Ed, Hughes, Kimblee, Mustang, Breda) You can click on the dates to see their original post. I will add to this post if he shares any more sketches, it seems that he has been on an FMA roll xD

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25/11/2023

If you draw your favourite things out you will know them better! So, this is Edward Elric from #FullmetalAlchemist.

Even if you have decided on the pose you want to draw, it is better to sketch out these three first:

the moment before the pose is struck

the pose itself

the moment after the pose is struck

then decide which image works better for your art. I learned this from a really great senior of mine, and it is very solid advice.

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29/11/2023 (Translator's note: I decided to move this one to the top because it is my favourite. No I don't accept criticism.)

I have been drawing Ed's automail again.

I like it when the machine part has a distinctly different silhouette compared to the human body, so I added some original ideas to the design.

What design should I draw next? Perhaps I should draw the military uniform?

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26/11/2023

Again, it is the time of "drawing your favourite things to know them better!"

It feels so good to draw such great characters...

27/11/2023

My Photoshop has been crashing for mysterious reasons the whole morning, and I tried to troubleshoot in the afternoon and it was a PAIN. Computers are really difficuuuuuuuult--

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28/11/2023

Iwamoto-style drawing Masterclass: Bonus!

It is the "Give the leather and metal items a bit of flare/shine to immediately make the drawing look more complete"-jutsu!

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30/11/2023

I wanted the clothes to give off an oversized, loose impression.

Canon Hughes doesn't seem to be wearing a shirt underneath... hmm.

03/12/2023

I am beginning to understand the structure of the military uniform better...

Realising the butt flap/cape doesn’t actually connect to the upper jacket is a shocker to me.

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03/12/2023

A continuation of yesterday's sketch

...or so I thought, until I realized how King Bradley and Kimblee during the Ishval war have a different overcoat design, in which they actually wear a single long coat instead of a separated upper and bottom set.

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04/12/2023

When his clothes were unbuttoned, there was something that looked like an additional button on his right chest... I wonder if it can be fastened from the back?

(Translator's note: sorry, I have no idea what button he's referring to here lol)

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05/12/2023

I like how each character's personality is expressed through the way they dress. Contrary to his appearance, this person is very intelligent, which makes him such a great character.

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Tag your otp

Original tweet

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Real! Let me do some translation for you all, with links so you all can check if you want ^^

In his very short life, one of Chuuya's favourite past time was picking fights with Dazai. Detailing some of the most well-known episodes below 👇

1. First meeting, also the origin of the "Mackerel" nickname:

As recorded by Dan Kazuo (said to be the last Buraiha author) in his biography of Dazai （Novel: Dazai Osamu 小說 太宰治）:

太宰治は同人誌「青い花」を創刊するにあたり、檀一雄や中也を誘った。東中野の居酒屋で飲んでいると中也は「青鯖が空に浮かんだような顔をしやがって」「お前は何の花が好きなんだい」と絡みだし、太宰が泣き出しそうな声で「モ、モ、ノ、ハ、ナ」と答えると、「チエッ、だからおめえは」とこき下ろした。

Translation: When Dazai first launched his zine "The Blue Flower", he invited Dan Kazuo and Nakahara to join the zine. They met in a bar at East Nakano, and Chuuya described Dazai's expression as "looking like there's mackerel floating in the air". He also asked Dazai (threateningly) what flower is his favourite, to which Dazai answered, as if he's about to cry, "it's p-ea-ch bl-os-so-ms" (in broken syllables). Chuuya responded somewhat disappointedly, "heh, that's why you're like this! (like a loser)"

This can be seen on the Japanese wiki page for Nakahara Chuuya, under the "Episodes - Drunken Fights" session (yes that's actually a real session on his wiki lol). You can also read this excerpt from Dan Kazuo's biography here: link

Dan claimed he had forgotten about what happened after this conversation, only that the bar's windows were broken and Dazai ran away. Personally, I think it's really funny how Chuuya picked the fight by asking what Dazai's favourite flower is, he's a real poet at heart lmfao

What kind of face did Chuuya mean by "as if there's mackerel floating in the air"? None of us have any idea. All the online resources that recorded this episode are confused too. This illustration is funny though:

Anyways, this leads us to the next episode, that is ->

2. Origin of the "Slug" nickname:

As recorded in Inose Naoki's biography of Dazai (Picaresque: Dazai Osamu ピカレスク-太宰治伝), after this quarrel, Dazai avoided Chuuya like a plague and made the following comment:

「なめくじみたいにてらてらしてとても付き合えたシロモノじゃない」

Translation: "He's like a shiny sticky slug, I really don't want to get into situations where I need to hang out with him"

Both of them are so MEAN lmao

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3. The "running to Dazai's house and bully him" incident:

Also recorded by Dan Kazuo:

ある時、酒の席で中也に絡まれ、太宰が逃げるように帰ったことがあった。すると中也は太宰の家に夜襲をかける。太宰の内縁の妻が、「いま眠っています」と中也を説得しても、彼は全く聞き入れず、勝手に太宰の枕元まで上がり込んでしまう始末だ。

その場に居合わせた檀一雄は、見兼ねて中也を家の中から引っ張り出し、雪の積もる往来に投げ飛ばす。

Translation: Once, at a gathering where everyone's drinking again, Dazai left midway and ran back home to run away from Chuuya. Wasted, Chuuya went after him and "attacked" Dazai's home in the middle of the night. Dazai's wife came out and tried to convince Chuuya "he's asleep now...", but Chuuya ignored her, went right in, and pulled Dazai out of his futon (where he's sobbing in, according to some accounts).

Dan Kazuo who witnessed this went into Dazai's home as well, dragged Chuuya out, and threw him onto the snow covered pavement.

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Some accounts on this event also mentioned Chuuya calling Dazai "Ba--ka, ba--ka" while going after him, which the author commented "are you an elementary school kid..."

The two truly had a very weird relationship, and how did they not end up actually hating each other is a real mystery.

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As a side note, I found this while looking for the above information: their name-calling even got made into museum merch lol

This is a makeup bag designed like a can of mackerel! The words say "mackerel floating in the air" and the fish is surrounded by peach blossoms 🤣

On the back of the bag, we get a hat representing Chuuya, and there's a slug on the hat 💀

Absolutely insane design, now I really want this.

Who told ya'll irl Chuuya broke into irl Dazai's house to bully him?