#zoid9000

[sideburns-and-cigarettes]

NEW EPISODE: Lupin Zero Review (Episodes 4-6)

(AFRO LUPIN '68 INTENSIFIES)

It’s a bittersweet episode as we bid farewell to Lupin Zero, but that also means we have three more episodes to talk about! In this episode, Drew, Emma, Chris, and Natalie are once again joined by returning guest Ian (Zoid9000), the series’ English translator/localizer, to discuss

Episode #4: Claim the Whiskey Pipe!

Episode #5: The Man Who Operates in Secret.

and Episode #6: Young Lupin Claims the Title of the Third

Did these last three episodes steal our hearts? Find out in our final review of Lupin Zero!

[supercalloutfragilistic]

The Comic Book Legal Defense Fund

Gonna respond to some bullshit articles from the CBLDF, written by Maren Williams, that are spreading misinformation (note, this blog is in fact anti-censorship as long as it's not pedophilia, we only object to childporn, us dissing the CBLDF does not mean we want things like Jeff Smith's Bone pulled from libraries):

http://cbldf.org/2014/06/cnn-spectacularly-fails-to-understand-manga-and-anime/

http://cbldf.org/2015/01/censorship-2014-manga-and-anime-blamed-for-crime/

As Twitter user @zoid9000 pointed out, at least one of those blurred-out covers that was too much for CNN’s delicate cameras actually wasn’t pornographic at all.

The twitter link no longer works, but it was talking about Dolls Fall 2. Here’s pics from inside it (censored by us):

Yeah, how dare CNN call a fanservice snuff porn comic with little girls getting beat up until they piss themselves pornographic!!! WEEB OUTRAGE!!

In regards to the cover itself, how the hell did you fail to notice it has naked child ass on it? (again, censored by us)

That’s not innocent nudity, this is a fanservice comic, so it’s meant to arouse. The artist decided to give her a ridiculously short skirt and have her ass be bare for titillating reasons, maybe that’s why CNN censored it?

Ripley gives no consideration to free expression rights and seems unaware that his rhetoric could be ripped right from Fredric Wertham’s anti-comics campaign that led to the Comics Code Authority.

Except there’s a difference between outright childporn and violent media. It’s ridiculous to compare the two, the violent equivalent to lolicon porn would be drawn snuff porn, not fucking Tales From the Crypt (which isn’t porn).

Ignoring the fact that manga and anime cover every genre and interest under the sun

Maybe he ignores it because the report isn’t about your weeb hobby but about drawn childporn.

Ripley focuses only on a relatively minor subset and suggests that it will remain legal not because it’s free expression but because “anime animation and manga comics are a multi-billion dollar industry with political and lobbying power.”

Childporn is quite an industry in Japan, considering 6 year old real life junior idol erotica can bring in millions of yen:

https://supercalloutfragilistic.tumblr.com/post/713000317675061248/anime-fans-lie-about-documentary-exposing

Ripley soon proceeds to leading questions, asking politician Masatada Tsuchiya: “Are you concerned that this animated child porn could lead to criminal behavior?” (Shades of Fredric Wertham!)

Way to strawman him, why not bring in Godwin’s Law and call him literally Hitler while you’re at it.

Later in the report Ripley talks to Shihoko Fujiwara, a representative of the anti-child-trafficking group Lighthouse. She brings up another crime that can supposedly be blamed on manga: “a case where a predator used a cartoon to convince a child sex abuse is normal.” In the examples cited by both Tsuchiya and Fujiwara, of course, horrific crimes were committed and should absolutely be prosecuted — but no one could seriously suggest that either of the them would have been prevented if only the perpetrators hadn’t owned manga.

Uh, except Shihoko is not just seriously suggesting that, she’s stating so definitely, and as she works with abused Japanese children she assuredly knows more about the correlation between lolicon and childrape than you.

Ripley does briefly talk to Japan Cartoonists Association lobbyist Ken Akamatsu, himself the creator of the popular manga series Love Hina and Negima! Magister Negi Magi, who points out in vain that “manga doesn’t involve actual children so there are no actual victims”

Maybe his statement is in vain because it’s so fucking stupid? Nobody is claiming that there’s actual victims in the drawings, they’re claiming that fiction influences reality.

and that "there’s no scientific evidence” that manga and anime actually cause people to commit crimes"

This is more along the lines of what people actually argue, but the writer is also ignoring that "there’s [seemingly] no scientific evidence” that drawn childporn doesn’t inflame predatory urges in pedophiles. It clearly did in the case Shihoko talks about and this case:

https://supercalloutfragilistic.tumblr.com/post/712997246347706368/proof-drawn-childporn-incites-men-to-commit-real

Youth Healthy Development Ordinance, does restrict the sale of manga deemed "unhealthy” for minors. When Imōto Paradise! 2 received that designation in May, Amazon also removed the digital manga from its Kindle store even though it wasn’t obligated to do so by law.

What’s with those quotes around “unhealthy”? Is this spokesperson of the CBLDF seriously implying it’s healthy for minors to read childporn with incest? Like is this seriously implying Underage Sister Incest Paradise 2 should be sold to minors?

[ahiijny]

Symphogear XDU English (Unofficial) Translations Index

Last updated: 2020-09-10

At the moment, I unfortunately don’t really know much at all about the game mechanics of XDU (other than the fact that it has something to do with gacha?) 

But there's a story element to the game as well, and it seems that there are translations of the main/event/quest/memoria stories scattered haphazardly in various places on the interwebs. Some are line-by-line translations, and others are paraphrased summaries.

To try and organize my understanding, here’s a list of the translations I know about (there probably are ones I don’t know about):

YameteTomete is a group that does various translations of Symphogear-related things. They have some XDU translations up on their web player (with graphics and sound!) See also their Twitter.

Right now, there are translations for:

SI2: Memoria Card Quests

SI2-11: Bunny Girls

SI2-31: Kanade’s Paradise Massage

SI2-66: Tsubasa’s Birthday 2018

SI2-67: A Graceful Dance

SI2-70: Kanade’s Birthday 2018

SI2-71: Maria’s Birthday 2018

SI2-73: Hibiki’s Birthday 2018

SI2-78: Secret Recipe: Mikuyaki

SI2-79: Miku’s Brthday 2018

SI2-86: Chris’s Birthday 2018

SI2-90: A World Without Sunlight

SI2-95: A Suitable Pair of Dresses

SI2-99: Tsubasa’s Birthday 2019

EV5: A Flash of Light to Tear Apart the Shadows

EV14: Christmas in the Snow

EV15: Akatsuki’s Santa Claus

EV35: Valkyries’ Endless Summer

Zoid9000 has some XDU translations as well.

Not a full translation, but there’s a Twitter log of live reactions to the Kanade event:

EV1: One-Winged Performer:

part 1

part 2

There are some translations on the Genjuro’s Angels blog as well:

MA3.5:

MA3.5-1: Warm-up + MA3.5-2: A New Threat

MA3.5-3: Traces of the Alchemists + MA3.5-4: A curse engraved in gold

MA3.5-5: Daily Lives of Pop Stars + MA3.5-6: Those who struggle onward

MA3.5-7: Connecting hearts beyond time + MA3.5-8: Epilogue

EV9: Senkaku no Kyouryokusha: Finé

EV9-1: A Sagacious Ally: Fine (Part 1)

EV9-2: A Sagacious Ally: Fine (Part 2)

EV9-3: A Sagacious Ally: Fine (Part 3)

SI2-36: Serena’s Birthday (2017)

SI2-40: Miku’s Birthday (2017)

SI2-44: Outdoor Hot Springs Panic

Sonnochi’s YouTube channel: XDU event translations

EV51: The Miracle Path Of The Silver Bullet (Gindan no Kiseki)

EV94: Wish of Alca-Noise ~We want to become Main Characters!~

EV99: A Little Magic Connected With Song (i.e. the Nanoha crossover)

EV104: The Light that Illuminates Curses (Noroi Terasu Hikari)

Reddit post by u/Sushirism: This person said they were starting a full line-by-line translation. MEGA folder link.

Right now, there are translations for:

MA3.5

EV1: Katayoku no Sousha

EV3: Valkyries Summer

EV5: Kageri Saku Senkou

Reddit post by u/ShinyLynx: Translations for EV5 Kageri Saku Senkou on Google Docs.

Complete. This includes translations for the following scenes:

EV5-1: Darkened Sun

EV5-2: Inside a Dark Dream

EV5-3: Disaster Investigation

EV5-4: A world without sunshine

EV5-5: Aligned Spirits

EV5-6: Determination

EV5-7: Shen Shou Jing, Activate

EV5-8: Miku’s Battle

EV5-9: A threat from the underground

EV5-10: A battle for rescuing

EV5-11: Corrosion

EV5-12: Grieving Heart

EV5-13: The reason I became a User

EV5-14: The Flash of Light that Cuts Through the Gloom

EV5-15: The place where I belong

7thspacevelocity on Tumblr: Lots of translations for XDU Memoria Cards here (tag: #sxdu translations)

Right now, there are translations for:

SI2-5: Relaxation Date

SI2-12: Our First Karaoke

SI2-14: Heart-Pounding Quick Intimacy

SI2-22: Kanade’s Birthday 2017

SI2-10: First Real Yoga Test

SI2-17: A Slumber Party for Just the Two of Us

SI2-2: Where Tsubasa Finds Relief

SI2-6: Princess Hug

SI2-3: Cute Sleeping Face

SI2-26: A Great Way to Beat the Heat

SI2-31: Kanade’s Paradise Massage

SI2-4: Warriors’ Rest

SI2-45: Christmas Angels

SI2-43: A Moment Out of the Bath

SI2-13: How’s Home Cooking Taste?

SI2-19: The Supreme Strongest Stage

SI2-1: The Way Home on a Rainy Day

SI2-48: Hanetsuki Match

SI2-8: Lab Coat Medical Exam

SI2-35: Tea Ceremony Experience

SI2-72: For Tomorrow’s Sake

SI2-27: Summer Waitress

SI2-61: Intense Kung Fu Training

SI2-62: The School at Night

SI2-54: The Understanding of Iai

Misc translations on Pastebin:

SI2-11: Bunny Girls (Louis)

SI2-46: Chris’s Birthday 2017 (/sgg/ anon)

SI2-40: Miku’s Birthday 2017 (Louis)

EV3: Valkyrie Summer (/sgg/ anon)

EV5: Mikugeah event (Louis and Dragonmience)

Prologue (EV5-1 to EV5-2)

First Part (EV5-3 to EV5-6)

Middle Part (EV5-7 to EV5-10)

Last Part (EV5-11 to EV5-15)

EV8: A Wild Dance of Japanese Clothing (Dragonmience)

EV14: Christmas in the Snow (YameteTomete)

EV15: Akatsuki’s Santa Claus (YameteTomete)

EV19: Innocent Sister (Louis)

EV23: Phantom Thief (/sgg/ anon)

EV93: Ryūki Hōkō Mechvaranus D

Part 1

Part 2

EV106: TWIN HEART MELODY

Part 1

Part 2

Other resources:

r/Symphogear Post asking about English translations for XDU

Pastebin by Louis listing various locations of various XDU event translations

YameteTomete’s git repo for XDU translations

Additional note:

Official English, Chinese, and Korean versions of XDU announced!

Edit: RIP Symphogear XDU Global

[dlartistanon]

Where the hell is this symphogear teaser. I've checked youtube, the official site, their twitter and I can't find anything :(

I don’t know, but I saw @zoid9000 on twitter briefly talk about it. It was just a quick recap of season 1 with Miku (I think?) narrating over it, telling us that XV is coming out soon. And there’s text at the end that reads something like “The power to kill God lies in our hands that we hold together”.

[michajawkan]

me, tearing up a lil: cool merch https://twitter.com/zoid9000/status/1158949262979469314

[tinatuna19]

First of all, I’d like to thank @zoid9000 for allowing me to spread his loving work on Twitter today.

For those of you who are interested in Symphogear’s “One-Winged Performer”, aka. The Legendary Kanade Event, I strongly recommend to visit the links below for Zoid’s translation compilations. I am not sure if anyone have done this, but his translations are very detailed and thorough, I really enjoyed it.

Part 1: https://togetter.com/li/1126944 Part 2: https://togetter.com/li/1129662

… And, as a recommendation, you should also check his earlier live tweets on the official online stream for celebrating the release of Symphogear XDU. An event featuring our four lovely Voice Actresses: Iguchi-san (Miku), Ao-chan (Hibiki), Ayahi-san (Chris), and Yoko-san (Maria). It’s really a bundle of death-threatening laughters, even if you can’t comprehend Japanese that well, watching these beauties interacting will definitely make your day a good day for being a Symphogear fan. Link below for the entire recorded broadcast:

https://www.periscope.tv/w/1BdGYWjzERBxX

However, I actually don’t known how to link those translations… but here is the first tweet on the stream from @zoid9000:

https://twitter.com/zoid9000/status/885453859312640001

That’s all. Have fun reading and watching!!

[tsubamari]

what was the kanade event?

XDU, the symphogear phone game, had an event with a story that involved the characters being able to travel to an alternate universe where Kanade is alive. 

If you want to read a summary, @zoid9000 had translated it on twitter. You can read it here (part 1 and part 2)

[atosen]

Via @zoid9000

[sideburns-and-cigarettes]

NEW EPISODE: Lupin Zero Review (Episodes 1-3)

P - THIRTY-EIGHT. MACHINE CRIES.

Lupin Zero, the latest installment in the franchise, is finally here. In this episode, Drew, Emma, Chris, and Natalie cover episodes 1 through 3 of the prequel mini-series. They're not doing it alone, however! Joined by returning guest, the series' official English translator/localizer Ian (Zoid9000), they dive into the adventures of little Lupin and Jigen in 1960s Tokyo!

Join us as we discuss Episode #1: Young Lupin Meets a Wolf

Episode #2: Hang Tight to the Treasure on the Train

and Episode #3: The Grandson of The First Vies for Succession!

You don't wanna miss this episode. Hope you enjoy it!

[dlartistanon]

Hello! Could you rec me some good symphogear blogs to follow?

Well there’s always me

Off the top of my head, definitely @zoid9000 (but he’s more active on twitter [same name] and on symphogear.blogspot.jp). @coaco-rh is another one who’s an awesome artist. Also @hb-tbmr.

Others are multifandom, but if that’s okay with you, then: @xesphanite, @chariotdunord, @rose-of-the-wind, @tinatuna19.

And there’s my friends: @homuism, @carolnein, @parme-tan, @michajawkan, @kanatsubamarias, @kurumis

[ahiijny]

Watching Symphogear GX OVAs

Highlights:

Tegami

Jiiii

"Quality food? What is this!?" — Finé fam, probably

"You've all become rather all-rounded" — Tsubasa

"This sword just isn't cute!" — Maria

Graduation Day

Entrance Ceremony

School tour!

"It sure is a classroom" — Kirika, sarcasm leaking through in oodles

SymphoMCs throwing some shade on the old school design

"Having friends is what saves you in the end" — cute TsubaMaria moment

Repressed Carol

Elfnein = Scrap Material #11

"Today's the day I escape and make my debut! I need to make sure I wear my best outfit!" — Elfnein, actually

"I'M LITERALLY LETTING YOU GO, SERIOUSLY JUST LEAVE" — Carol, probably

"Give me a kiss, I'm feeling hungry" — out of context Micha

"The staff went overboard with our character quirks" — Micha, actually

Super sad but precious GarieMicha moment :(

Maria going full professional

"I prefer Maria when she's like this!" — Shirabe

"That's exactly the sort of thing people who can't cook say..." — no domestic skills HibiMiku

Miku with ulterior motives for wanting to learn how to cook :P

Stab yourself for power lampshade

Kirika accidentally thinking out loud again

Paparazzi Miku

DMJii try water walking

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