Higashimura Akiko on Manben (English Subtitles)

Posted on October 7, 2015 by torisunanohokori

Just the subtitle file for the episode of Urasawa Naoki’s Manben featuring Manga Taisho recipient Higashimura Akiko. They comment on footage the crew took of Higashimura’s studio, mainly captured on the deadline day for her newer series, Yukibana no Tora. It also discusses Higashimura’s other work, particularly Kakukaku Shikajika.

The subs I did are timed for the raw file I was able to find, which is 46 minutes long and has the actual Manben content kicking off about 37 seconds in. I got that here.

Anyway, the .ass file is here: http://www.mediafire.com/download/ev8eb3swav16n25/Manben_Higashimura_ENG.ass

Edit – It’s on youtube now, apparently:

Note: Please don’t beat me up about the timing of the dialogue subtitles. The dialogue in the show itself is quite rapid back and forth and I purposely let them linger on-screen for a couple seconds to make sure people had a reasonable amount of time to read them. I did my best, kay?

Personal note: The translation took about 2 weeks of on-and-off work, and it was super fun. There’s one more article I have in the pipeline now that should take a bit less time, being like half a magazine page instead of 6000 words requiring typesetting as this one did.

53 thoughts on “Higashimura Akiko on Manben (English Subtitles)”

watsonscan on October 9, 2015 at 3:22 pm said:

Thanks! I’ll add your subs to the blog so that people see it.

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Killit on October 9, 2015 at 7:30 pm said:

It doesn’t work with vlc 😦

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- torisunanohokori on October 9, 2015 at 10:24 pm said:
  
  I’m away from my comp for the weekend, but I’ll look into that and other stuff starting Monday.
  
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Anonymous on October 10, 2015 at 8:59 pm said:

I L U

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Anonymous on October 17, 2015 at 2:50 pm said:

THANK YOU SO MUCH! I LOVE THIS !!!

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tib on October 19, 2015 at 9:14 am said:

Thank you :3

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Kevin on October 20, 2015 at 7:25 am said:

Thanks for your hard work! I saw it on youtube. The documentary was super informative for me as a manga fan even though I had no clue who Higashimura is. Would be amazing if you could find the time and motivation to do the rest of the series!!!

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- torisunanohokori on October 20, 2015 at 8:27 am said:
  
  Thanks!
  
  I did this one as a one-time thing, and I’m not generally interested in doing subtitles for a number of reasons. Other people who enjoy doing subtitles will have to do other episodes. And I suspect they will, as it’s extremely good TV.
  
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primadog on October 20, 2015 at 11:24 am said:

Thanks for subbing this. Averaging 100 pages a month is just insane.

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Ende on October 20, 2015 at 6:25 pm said:

Thank you so much for translating this! Higashimura is truly a genius and it is inspiring to watch her work.

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Anonymous on October 24, 2015 at 4:28 am said:

Thank you so so so much! I enjoyed this so much and appreciate all the hard work with translation!

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Anonymous on October 26, 2015 at 2:06 am said:

Thanks for subbing this. I am a huge fan of Higashimura Akiko.

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Silverblade on October 27, 2015 at 8:29 pm said:

Amazing. Thank you for your work. Higashimura is one of the most unique modern manga female authors, so taking a look at her creative process was absolutely fascinating.

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Anonymous on October 29, 2015 at 4:20 pm said:

sankyuu

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Anonymous on October 30, 2015 at 3:56 pm said:

thank you very very much

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Anonymous on November 12, 2015 at 7:27 am said:

Thank you very much !

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Anonymous on November 23, 2015 at 10:45 pm said:

Thank you very much for the subs!

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Anonymous on November 24, 2015 at 9:12 am said:

Thanks a lot for subbing this. Very interesting to watch!

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Anonymous on November 24, 2015 at 10:34 am said:

Thanks for translating this. It’s pretty rare to see regular TV like this get subtitled.

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daemoncorps on December 2, 2015 at 3:49 am said:

Just finished watching it on youtube. Thanks so much for translating it!

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Anonymous on December 5, 2015 at 9:12 am said:

Thank you for your hard work! Please do more if you feel up to it.

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Anonymous on December 16, 2015 at 8:30 pm said:

Thank you so much for subbing this! It was an interesting watch and I greatly appreciate your hard work subbing it all! ^^

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Anonymous on December 31, 2015 at 4:55 am said:

Thank you for subbing Manben. I’m an amateur comic hobbyist and my process has never felt in line with what I’ve seen of Western artists and cartoon strip authors. I figured I was just an outlier with a strange process. With this series, I finally felt real kinship with a group of artist(s). I empathized with every sentiment, from sketching roughs on a clipboard to ghostdrawing the same line before finally putting down the most expressive iteration. I have had hand pains like Yamashita-sensei and redrawn finished illustrations like Higashimura-sensei (just to capture the right expression). Every grievance, every celebration that these mangaka expressed was something I have personally felt. Now I know others have felt this way too. Thank you for facilitating a wonderful experience.

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Tobias on January 4, 2016 at 3:59 am said:

Thanks really a bunch for making this available for us!!

I beg you if you have had any fun in doing this, pleeeaaaseeee do the same magic with the other episodes of this series. I could only find S01E01 and S01E03 on youtube and would really much appreciate if the rest would be available as well! 🙂

I don’t want to push you into things you don’t wanna do, but if you liked it so far, so did many other people and will do in future times! 🙂

Greez and many thanks

Tobias

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Jake on January 4, 2016 at 6:56 pm said:

Just swooped in to say a huge THANK YOU for your translations on this series so far!

You can tell that it took a lot of time and effort to put together so thank you very much for the dedication.
I’d have to echo the sentiments of the guy above that, if you do enjoy this and have adequate spare time on your hands, please do consider working through the rest of the series.

Thanks again, and Happy new year from Essex (UK)

Jake

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Bobokil on February 22, 2016 at 11:56 pm said:

Thank you so much for the Manben translations and subs, your hard work is truly appreciated! 🙂

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chobi on February 27, 2016 at 9:44 am said:

Thank you, you did an excellent job

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mirza on February 28, 2016 at 12:05 pm said:

Thankyou thankyou thankyou so much, im a big fan of her and this episode made me teared up a little bit, such a genius, love her.

will you do more episodes?

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Anonymous on March 1, 2016 at 8:23 am said:

Thank you SO much!

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Anonymous on March 3, 2016 at 5:44 pm said:

Thank you very much!
Muchas gracias!
Vielen Danke!
Mercy beaucoup!
ありがとうございます！

I love your work subtitling these. Will you release more episodes?

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- yoshihiro on September 22, 2016 at 2:44 am said:
  
  *Vielen Dank! :b
  
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gerry perando on March 11, 2016 at 11:02 pm said:

Thanks for this really appreciate your effort

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alejoecube on March 23, 2016 at 3:20 pm said:

Thank you for the subtitles of this incredible documentary.

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Daniel Arcanjo on April 3, 2016 at 11:32 am said:

thank you

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Utomo on May 22, 2016 at 7:02 pm said:

Thanks for the subbed Manben…I’m expecting subtitle for season 2 ep2 and ep4….

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TheAddict13 on July 17, 2016 at 7:36 pm said:

Thanks for this!

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Anonymous on August 5, 2016 at 5:33 am said:

Thank you so much! I hope you keep translating these.

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yoshihiro on September 22, 2016 at 2:43 am said:

just rewatched the episode and came here to leave a thank you! just because i think its a huge amount of work and i really appreciate it! Thank you for translating this and not even charging anything. which is not common these days -> patreon e.g.

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kpandapatan on December 9, 2016 at 7:36 am said:

Thank you soooo much! I’m a fan of the mangaka and this means a lot.

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Anonymous on March 27, 2017 at 1:21 am said:

thank you for the subtitles! I loved that you did this out of love and consideration for others, so giving! ❤

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angin bayu membawa ✊ (@NaNawrote) on August 7, 2017 at 5:35 am said:

Saw your sub on a Youtube video. Amazing work, thank you!

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Victor Leão on November 10, 2017 at 10:44 pm said:

Thanks for the subs!

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Joao Miguel Aliano on January 3, 2018 at 12:23 pm said:

Thank you! what a wonderful episode this was!

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Garou De on January 14, 2018 at 4:16 pm said:

Thank You 🙂

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Anonymous on May 22, 2018 at 1:53 pm said:

Thank you for uploading the subtitled videos to YouTube. I’ve watched some of them already, and even though I am not all that interested in anime or manga, watching the workflow of those japanese mangaka is interesting in and by itself.

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Dani on June 18, 2018 at 6:48 pm said:

Thank you soo much

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deleuzean on January 19, 2019 at 1:55 pm said:

Thank you for translating and subbing this.
I have timed and typeset subs before and I know it is hard work (even when it’s fun it’s still hard too ^_^ )

It looks like you might not add to this blog often these days, but if you see this comment and you happen to be in the Los Angeles area during February/March of 2019, you might enjoy the Urasawa Naoki exhibition that Japan House in Hollywood is hosting.

Anyway, thanks again. This episode made me cry a little, like many others of this wonderful show do. It is beautiful to see how these amazing artists work.

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elfiegabas on January 20, 2020 at 11:44 am said:

Thank you for the translation ! Great work !

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Anonymous on March 25, 2020 at 10:03 pm said:

Thank you for doing this! I’ve watched this on youtube like 3 times over the past few years, and it wouldn’t have been possible if not for your translation

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kini chris on August 3, 2020 at 12:41 am said:

Thank you for the subs, your time and effort were most appreciated!

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Jacqueline Snyder on January 31, 2021 at 5:01 pm said:

Thank you for the subs! Very much appreciated : )

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rick G P (@UtterExhaustion) on July 4, 2021 at 6:24 pm said:

thank you for subbing this show!

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Anonymous on February 14, 2022 at 5:30 pm said:

Arigato! (TL NOTE: Thank you!)

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