Petteri Uusitalo
@ptjtsubasa.bsky.social
🇫🇮 Tech journalist at @petteriuusitalo.bsky.social. Manga podcaster at @mangakartta.bsky.social. Movie distributor at @tabicine.bsky.social.
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Syksyn 2025 animestriimit Suomessa.
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I wrote more words about how it feels to be a translator watching the games press report on AI and labor, coming from a field that's fought these battles for decades. It may look like I'm beating up on one outlet, but it's not about them; I've been trying to write this for me and my peers all year.
You Can't Report on Hunger While Taking Bread Off the Table
On the proliferation of machine translation in video game outlets covering the effects of AI on labor.
dateemups.com
November 12, 2025 at 12:13 AM
I wrote more words about how it feels to be a translator watching the games press report on AI and labor, coming from a field that's fought these battles for decades. It may look like I'm beating up on one outlet, but it's not about them; I've been trying to write this for me and my peers all year.
A new monday, a new issue of Jump, a new Jump series with a female protagonist.
November 10, 2025 at 2:30 PM
A new monday, a new issue of Jump, a new Jump series with a female protagonist.
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happy halloween! the latest Anime by the Numbers is an interview with @geauxta.bsky.social about the current state of manga publishing and her career.
PLUS: some early data on the fall anime season, the Crunchyroll Subtitle Controversy, and more!
animebythenumbers.substack.com/p/an-insider...
PLUS: some early data on the fall anime season, the Crunchyroll Subtitle Controversy, and more!
animebythenumbers.substack.com/p/an-insider...
An Insider’s Look at Manga Publishing in the U.S.
PLUS: The fall anime season’s most anticipated titles, and the ongoing Crunchyroll subtitle controversy.
animebythenumbers.substack.com
October 31, 2025 at 10:32 PM
happy halloween! the latest Anime by the Numbers is an interview with @geauxta.bsky.social about the current state of manga publishing and her career.
PLUS: some early data on the fall anime season, the Crunchyroll Subtitle Controversy, and more!
animebythenumbers.substack.com/p/an-insider...
PLUS: some early data on the fall anime season, the Crunchyroll Subtitle Controversy, and more!
animebythenumbers.substack.com/p/an-insider...
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Hupsista vaan, on se kumma miksei kukaan suomessa tykkää voittoa tavoittelevista tapahtumista!
October 24, 2025 at 8:48 AM
Hupsista vaan, on se kumma miksei kukaan suomessa tykkää voittoa tavoittelevista tapahtumista!
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As the threat of AI translations and subtitles keeps rising, at some point we need to have the conversation about how the push for these are coming more from JP producers and publishers rather than western ones because the reality is Japan generally doesn't care that much about localization quality
Friends, #weebwednesday is upon us once again! You know the drill - quote-post with your weebiest hot takes, nothing racist, nothing intentionally inflammatory, have fun with it ♥
a close up of a cartoon character 's face with green eyes
Alt: a close up of a cartoon character 's face with green eyes
media.tenor.com
October 22, 2025 at 7:56 PM
As the threat of AI translations and subtitles keeps rising, at some point we need to have the conversation about how the push for these are coming more from JP producers and publishers rather than western ones because the reality is Japan generally doesn't care that much about localization quality
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Kyllä kannatti harrastaa piirrettyjä kaikki nämä vuodet tätä kautta varten. Ainakin 50% Teheanicastista on tätä mieltä. kazokucast.wordpress.com/2025/10/23/t...
Teheanicast #36 – Stoalainen syksy
”Paras kausi ikinä” hän sanoi. ”Ainakin viis stoalaista tyttöä”. Lataa (Klikkaa oikealla ja tallenna) Puhujina Tounis ja Haider (Pojat ovat nykyään myös Blueskyssa)
kazokucast.wordpress.com
October 23, 2025 at 9:01 AM
Kyllä kannatti harrastaa piirrettyjä kaikki nämä vuodet tätä kautta varten. Ainakin 50% Teheanicastista on tätä mieltä. kazokucast.wordpress.com/2025/10/23/t...
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Ennakkoilmoittautuminen DesuTalksiin on nyt auki! Ilmoittautumalla mukaan varmistat paikkasi syksyn asiapitoisimmassa animetapahtumassa. Ilmoittautuminen Talksiin tapahtuu Desukaupan kautta.
desucon.fi/shop/
Kuva: Nyymix
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Kuva: Nyymix
October 18, 2025 at 3:00 PM
Ennakkoilmoittautuminen DesuTalksiin on nyt auki! Ilmoittautumalla mukaan varmistat paikkasi syksyn asiapitoisimmassa animetapahtumassa. Ilmoittautuminen Talksiin tapahtuu Desukaupan kautta.
desucon.fi/shop/
Kuva: Nyymix
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Kuva: Nyymix
Syksyn 2025 animestriimit Suomessa.
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October 19, 2025 at 3:44 PM
Syksyn 2025 animestriimit Suomessa.
Ketjussa huomioita:
Ketjussa huomioita:
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For the Shadow of the Colossus story, we interviewed 14 people including project leads Fumito Ueda and Kenji Kaido, hired Gravity Rush concept artist Takeshi Oga to illustrate the cover, and put together a 10,000-word story with help from @milkman.bsky.social @shmuplations.bsky.social and others.
Shadow of the Colossus: An oral history
Celebrate the 20th anniversary of Team Ico’s masterpiece by looking back with 11 people who worked on it (and three who didn’t).
www.designroom.site
October 14, 2025 at 2:03 PM
For the Shadow of the Colossus story, we interviewed 14 people including project leads Fumito Ueda and Kenji Kaido, hired Gravity Rush concept artist Takeshi Oga to illustrate the cover, and put together a 10,000-word story with help from @milkman.bsky.social @shmuplations.bsky.social and others.
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One common challenge when translating horror manga is that the Japanese language is basically tailor-made for stories where it seems like characters carry on normal conversations with the protagonist for dozens of pages until you hit the last page and it turns out they're a ghost nobody can perceive
October 9, 2025 at 3:47 PM
One common challenge when translating horror manga is that the Japanese language is basically tailor-made for stories where it seems like characters carry on normal conversations with the protagonist for dozens of pages until you hit the last page and it turns out they're a ghost nobody can perceive
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DesuTalksin ilmainen ennakkoilmoittautuminen alkaa tasan viikon kuluttua 18.10. klo 18.00! Tapahtumassa on rajattu määrä paikkoja, joten ilmoittautumalla mukaan varmistat paikkasi tapahtumassa. Tutustu myös ohjelmaan verkkosivuillamme!
desucon.fi/talks2025/oh...
Kuva: nyymix
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Kuva: nyymix
October 11, 2025 at 3:00 PM
DesuTalksin ilmainen ennakkoilmoittautuminen alkaa tasan viikon kuluttua 18.10. klo 18.00! Tapahtumassa on rajattu määrä paikkoja, joten ilmoittautumalla mukaan varmistat paikkasi tapahtumassa. Tutustu myös ohjelmaan verkkosivuillamme!
desucon.fi/talks2025/oh...
Kuva: nyymix
desucon.fi/talks2025/oh...
Kuva: nyymix
An interesting detail in Steel of the Celestial Shadows: Daruma Matsuura sometimes uses a digital brush with a halftone texture to achieve a transparent ink-painting look.
It would be easy to just use a solid gray, but that would stick out from the other textured half-tones in the art.
It would be easy to just use a solid gray, but that would stick out from the other textured half-tones in the art.
October 12, 2025 at 8:00 AM
An interesting detail in Steel of the Celestial Shadows: Daruma Matsuura sometimes uses a digital brush with a halftone texture to achieve a transparent ink-painting look.
It would be easy to just use a solid gray, but that would stick out from the other textured half-tones in the art.
It would be easy to just use a solid gray, but that would stick out from the other textured half-tones in the art.
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“Very few people here in America have the balls to do what anime does,” a veteran Hollywood animation director told me.
blog.pureinventionbook.com/p/why-hollyw...
blog.pureinventionbook.com/p/why-hollyw...
Why Hollywood stars are saying “F*** anime”
And why they’re right to be scared
blog.pureinventionbook.com
October 10, 2025 at 8:01 AM
“Very few people here in America have the balls to do what anime does,” a veteran Hollywood animation director told me.
blog.pureinventionbook.com/p/why-hollyw...
blog.pureinventionbook.com/p/why-hollyw...
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Very honored to be interviewed by @brkagurabachi.bsky.social about my work on manga projects like @mangasplaining.bsky.social, american manga awards with @animenyc.bsky.social & finding manga for kids with Scholastic Graphix kagurabachi.com.br/interviews/d... + charming illios by Yowhza & BMO
October 8, 2025 at 7:49 PM
Very honored to be interviewed by @brkagurabachi.bsky.social about my work on manga projects like @mangasplaining.bsky.social, american manga awards with @animenyc.bsky.social & finding manga for kids with Scholastic Graphix kagurabachi.com.br/interviews/d... + charming illios by Yowhza & BMO
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what if we were all taking the wrong sides this entire time and his name was actually supposed to be written as "write yagami" in english because he writes stuff
October 8, 2025 at 6:36 PM
what if we were all taking the wrong sides this entire time and his name was actually supposed to be written as "write yagami" in english because he writes stuff
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DREAM INTERVIEW ACHIEVED
I spoke with Makoto Yukimura about penning the final volume of Vinland Saga. We also spoke candidly about the J. Cole "I have no enemies" meme, my procrastinated tattoo idea, the state of the world, and how being strong means being kind. gizmodo.com/vinland-saga...
I spoke with Makoto Yukimura about penning the final volume of Vinland Saga. We also spoke candidly about the J. Cole "I have no enemies" meme, my procrastinated tattoo idea, the state of the world, and how being strong means being kind. gizmodo.com/vinland-saga...
'Vinland Saga' Creator Makoto Yukimura Looks Back on Writing His Pacifist Viking Epic
The mangaka talks to io9 about the risks, inspirations, and aspirations behind his creation.
gizmodo.com
October 7, 2025 at 8:17 PM
DREAM INTERVIEW ACHIEVED
I spoke with Makoto Yukimura about penning the final volume of Vinland Saga. We also spoke candidly about the J. Cole "I have no enemies" meme, my procrastinated tattoo idea, the state of the world, and how being strong means being kind. gizmodo.com/vinland-saga...
I spoke with Makoto Yukimura about penning the final volume of Vinland Saga. We also spoke candidly about the J. Cole "I have no enemies" meme, my procrastinated tattoo idea, the state of the world, and how being strong means being kind. gizmodo.com/vinland-saga...
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Huomenna klo 15.00 luvassa puhetta Demon Slayerista ja Kpop Demon Hunters -elokuvasta Yle Radio 1:n aalloilla ja myöhemmin netissä:
Demonit ja niiden tappajat hurmaavat nyt lapsia ja nuoria: K-Pop Demon Hunters & Demon Slayer -animaatiot sekä aasialainen demonologia | Kulttuuriykkönen
Kuluva syksy on ollut aasialaisten demonien aikaa, ainakin animaatioelokuvien osalta. Mutta mistä on oikein kyse? Miksi lapsille ja nuorille tarjotaan pahojen henkien infestoimaa maailmaa ja ikuista t...
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October 7, 2025 at 2:43 PM
Huomenna klo 15.00 luvassa puhetta Demon Slayerista ja Kpop Demon Hunters -elokuvasta Yle Radio 1:n aalloilla ja myöhemmin netissä:
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If only there was a physical process whereby one Coen could claim natural dominance over the other
Court documents reveal that director Ethan Coen is attempting to sue his brother Joel Coen over which of them will get to direct a movie using the "Omegaverse" trope
(Source: Court Documents)
(Source: Court Documents)
October 5, 2025 at 5:47 PM
If only there was a physical process whereby one Coen could claim natural dominance over the other
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Quoting this because I'm surprised people don't ask this more often. Galge is just a thematic label in Japan for any game with predominantly female ensemble casts catering primarily to male audiences. Tokimeki Memorial is a galge. Sakura Taisen is a galge. [Generic Switch harem VN]? Also a galge.
What's the difference between dating sims and galgames?
October 3, 2025 at 7:15 PM
Quoting this because I'm surprised people don't ask this more often. Galge is just a thematic label in Japan for any game with predominantly female ensemble casts catering primarily to male audiences. Tokimeki Memorial is a galge. Sakura Taisen is a galge. [Generic Switch harem VN]? Also a galge.
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I think the biggest difference between The Internet Then and The Internet Now is how Being Mad Online used to be the one thing you could never admit to, under pain of death, and now, Being Mad Online is a whole career path with a skill tree and an ever-expanding variety of debuffs.
October 2, 2025 at 8:28 PM
I think the biggest difference between The Internet Then and The Internet Now is how Being Mad Online used to be the one thing you could never admit to, under pain of death, and now, Being Mad Online is a whole career path with a skill tree and an ever-expanding variety of debuffs.
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New article: animebythenumbers.substack.com/p/worse-crun...
Why did Crunchyroll’s subtitles just get worse?
A small change to operations may undermine a key differentiator for the anime streamer.
animebythenumbers.substack.com
October 3, 2025 at 1:25 AM
New article: animebythenumbers.substack.com/p/worse-crun...
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Laulaja-ääninäyttelijä Yui Ogura kuvasi Suomessa valokuvakokoelman teemalla "onnen etsimisen matka".
📸 Ayako Yamamoto
Lue lisää: www.jame-world.com/fi/news/1695... #小倉唯 #suomikuva
📸 Ayako Yamamoto
Lue lisää: www.jame-world.com/fi/news/1695... #小倉唯 #suomikuva
October 2, 2025 at 12:13 PM
Laulaja-ääninäyttelijä Yui Ogura kuvasi Suomessa valokuvakokoelman teemalla "onnen etsimisen matka".
📸 Ayako Yamamoto
Lue lisää: www.jame-world.com/fi/news/1695... #小倉唯 #suomikuva
📸 Ayako Yamamoto
Lue lisää: www.jame-world.com/fi/news/1695... #小倉唯 #suomikuva
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Trying to make a distinction from "this is art the artist makes to deal with trauma" and "this is the artist's very clear fetish" puts the privacy of real life victims at risk. I shouldn't have to give you a laundry list of all my triggers and traumas for you to decide my art has the right to exist
September 22, 2025 at 12:50 AM
Trying to make a distinction from "this is art the artist makes to deal with trauma" and "this is the artist's very clear fetish" puts the privacy of real life victims at risk. I shouldn't have to give you a laundry list of all my triggers and traumas for you to decide my art has the right to exist
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I'm not even gonna post who this is, but this fucking moron DID NOT play the game. He has NO idea what in the FUCK he's talking about. And he's clearly making up his "localizer friend." We need to shame these losers every single chance we get.
September 30, 2025 at 6:05 PM
I'm not even gonna post who this is, but this fucking moron DID NOT play the game. He has NO idea what in the FUCK he's talking about. And he's clearly making up his "localizer friend." We need to shame these losers every single chance we get.