Hayao Miyazaki's ‘KIKI'S DELIVERY SERVICE’ will be released in IMAX theaters for the first time ever on March 13.

My mind instantly went to this poster 😆

It was back in the early 90s, a time when there was no internet, no email, no Excel, no text files, no TrueType fonts—nothing of what we have today. I had to come up with a solution to deliver all the text data to the developer in Hungary (Novotrade), where no one spoke Japanese. First, I created bitmap images of all the hiragana and katakana characters, as well as commas, periods, exclamation points, question marks, and two types of overstrikes (two dots/circles), something like this: ・・・■■■・・・・・・・・・・ ・・・・■■・・■■■・・・・・ ■■■■■■■■■■■・・・・・ ・■■■■■■■■・・・・・・・ ・・・・■■・・・・・・・・・・ ・・・・■■・■■・・・・・・・ ・・・■■■■■■■■■・・・・ ・・■■■■■■■■■■■・・・ ・■■・■■・■■・・■■■・・ ・■■・■■・■■・・・■■・・ ■■・・■■■■・・・・■■■・ ■■・・・■■・・・・・■■■・ ■■・・■■■■・・・・■■・・ ■■■■■・■■・・・■■・・・ ・■■■・・・・・・■■・・・・ ・・・・・・・・・・・・・・・・

I then printed all characters page by page and FAXED nearly 100 pages to the developer, and their artist converted them into nicely shaded Japanese fonts. Each character was assigned a code based on rules such as: H for hiragana, K for katakana 01, 02, 03, 04, 05 for vowel rows A, K, S, T, N, H, M, Y, R, W for consonant columns d for overstriking dots, c for overstriking circles sp for space (Note: I might not remember all the rules perfectly now, lol.) For example, the phrase "こんにちは" should be converted to something like: H05K, H05W, H02N, H02T, H01H The developer sent me all the in-game dialogues via fax. I translated them and assigned each string a number for easy reference, instead of saying something like "the third window of the second dolphin in stage 2." Now here's the best part: once I finished translating all the dialogues, I typed them into a word processing program (like an early version of WordPad), then converted each letter to its corresponding code, character by character.

I printed all of this out and faxed dozens of pages to the developer, who then had to convert them back into dialogue data. To my surprise, the system we created was quite robust. There were only a few text-related bugs, mostly caused by my typos. I still work in game localization. It feels like we were in the stone age compared to today's methods, but I still cherish those moments.

Ryoichi Hasegawa on the localisation process for the Japanese version of Ecco the Dolphin (released in June 1993 in Japan):
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1. Final Fantasy 8
2. Yakuza 6
3. Sonic & Knuckles
4. Megaman X4
5. Metal Gear Solid
6. Katamari Damacy
7. Robocop: Rogue City
8. Resident Evil: Code Veronica
9. Jet Set Radio
10. Shenmue

Right on time.

Thank you @scottryanfmp.bsky.social @courtenaycal.bsky.social and @thornewip.bsky.social plus everyone else involved with putting this last issue together. It’s been a joy to receive these issues and be involved in this fandom.

#twinpeaks #davidlynch

Happy Twin Peaks day friends! I hope those of you who went had a wonderful time in North Bend/Snoqualmie!

I was so frustrated by the existence of this product that I complained about it to someone IRL.

Cover of Issue 18 of The Blue Rose with David Lynch on the cover

The Blue Rose Magazine is returning for one FINAL issue. We are doing Issue #18 as a tribute to David Lynch. Order now and complete your collection. @thornewip.bsky.social @courtenaycal.bsky.social #davidlynch #twinpeaks

www.bluerosemag.com?product=issu...

Cover photo Courtesy of Random House

I applaud this move and I am happy to see that a lot of the important people have migrated over here. My hope is that in time you get your follower count back.

Happy Tuesday, John!

If we meditated today at the same time (and there’s a good chance some of us did) I’d just like to say thank you, that was a wonderful experience. #davidlynch #ripdavidlynch #tm

May everyone be happy
May everyone be free of disease
May auspiciousness be seen everywhere
May suffering belong to no one
Peace 🖤 #DavidLynch

I watched the thankfully available but woefully low res YouTube rip a few days ago - definitely hoping for a restored version soon.

A Fan Memorial for David Lynch YouTube video by The Blue Rose Magazine

Here is the Fan Tribute #DavidLynch Memorial that hosted by Scott Ryan & EM Marinelli with guest speakers from the show, fans, and artists. We celebrate all that Lynch shared with us. Join us and spread love and peace.

youtu.be/yKIDD12LH8Y

I’m watching Industrial Symphony No 1 for the first time (shockingly) - man is it wonderful #davidlynch #twinpeaks

Thanks to all for your kind remembrances on this awful day. Words will come later. Only feelings at the moment. Mourn and remember him but don’t forget to celebrate too. We won’t see his like again. The man from another place has gone home. #DavidLynch #TwinPeaks

one of my favorite pieces of Retronauts cover art!

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What a day. I’ll miss you forever DL. I’ll also be forever grateful for everything you gave us.

This is a take I can get behind

Ok, but what did you think of Bloodline?

Off to a Xmas party - so needed to wear my “flair” #davidlynch

I had to speak in front of a ton of people today which isn’t something I’m completely comfortable with. So I wore my Twin Peaks socks to try and channel some kind of energy to have it go well. I’m glad to report it did.

#twinpeaks

1. Twin Peaks
2. The Simpsons
3. Hannibal
4. Star Trek Deep Space Nine
5. Tie between Gilmore Girls and King Of the Hill

What a legend. RIP

It’s yrev good to see you again, everyone. Once I left the black lodge (x) its felt like a lonely journey

Luckily I follow nearly everyone on this list - but I’m sure appreciative to have it - I’ve been trying to find the Peakies on here.

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Now that I’ve finished the first 3 episodes, I’m a little more lukewarm on the adaptation. The acting is great, the fight scenes are poorly edited and the story in sort of tricky to follow. I’ll finish it but this could have been so much more #yakuza #likeadragon

I’m only one episode in, and I know it’s not like the games at all but I’m still enjoying Yakuza (Like a dragon whatever) on Prime.

Japanese horror shorts on YouTube are really making this spooky season extra fun this year #jhorror

I have been thinking about this game for a long time but could not remember the name. Thank you for writing about this

dangit Bobby Barrows (drew this 4 years ago but bringing it back)