For years Shueisha and Kodansha, two of the largest manga publishers, have been attempting to shut down leaks of upcoming chapters to little success. But in a shocking report out of the Kumatomo prefecture in Tokyo, foreign nationals have been arrested for taking illegally obtained scans of Shonen Jump and uploading them to the internet. […]
Aang & Katara Butchered: Netflix’s Avatar Unites EVERYONE Against It!
The high hopes that Netflix would deliver a competent live-action adaptation of Avatar The Last Airbender have been snuffed out within weeks of the series’ release. In our last article we discussed how the removal of Sokka’s perceived ‘sexism’ actually destroys his growth and character arc, but as bad as those changes are it seems […]
Netflix’s Avatar RUINS Sokka And All Of Book One!
A recent Variety article has upset many fans of Avatar The Last Airbender hoping Netflix would stay true to the source material. But as with all things made for a modern audience arbitrary and unwanted changes have been made as the actors for Sokka and Katara openly bragged about removing things from the series. As […]
Persona 3 Reload Localizer LIED, CHANGES Dialogue For Western Release!
Persona 3 Reload is coming out in just a few weeks, but it’s probably best that you save your money this time. As covered previously there have been aggressive and pervasive attempts to censor and outright change scenes in order to make it “culturally appropriate” for Western audiences. And unfortunately, Persona 3 Reload is the […]
Yakuza Series Director Accidentally Reveals Localizers Changed The Original Japanese Script Of Like A Dragon: Infinite Wealth
Last year the game Like A Dragon: Infinite Wealth was released to mixed receptions in the West. While the gameplay was more than fine, problems with the English release began early when voice actor Yong Yea was widely mocked and ridiculed for giving a terrible performance as the main character Kiryu. It wasn’t just the […]
Suicide Squad Kill The Justice League: Male Heroes All Bad, But Wonder Woman Saved Democracy
Rocksteady and Sweet Baby Inc.’s disastrous Suicide Squad game doesn’t seem capable of going an hour since launch without something going viral on X. From a disastrous launch that scammed customers who paid for early access, bugs which fully completed the game upon starting it up, to a gross monetization of cosmetics on a full […]
SHIFT UP Gives Gamers EXACTLY What They Want In Stellar Blade!
As there seems to be a full frontal assault by insidious localizers in nearly all aspects of Japanese entertainment in the west many gamers are wondering what the future will hold. And SHIFT UP in South Korea seems poised and ready to provide western gamers exactly what they’ve been asking for with Stellar Blade! Releasing […]
SEGA Embraces Localizer Censorship, Accuses Fans Of Harassment
SEGA JP has openly embraced censorship and woke localizations and is accusing their fans of Harassment in response to criticism. How did this happen? The release of ‘Like a Dragon: Infinite Wealth’ last year was a massive red flag for gamers in the west as it seemed there was heavy tampering with the actual script, […]
Western Localizers Are Wrecking More Than Anime And Manga: They’ve Come For Video Games
Over the past 7 years, there has been a massive growth of interest in Japanese media as Western media seems to be in a chaotic free-fall. While Japanese Manga has swelled in sales and popularity, American comics are on full-blown life-support. As the fandom for Japanese entertainment has exploded, many localizers have seen this as […]
