Ben Sidi
@bensidi.bsky.social
Manga Letterer and Touch-up Artist at @Viz.com, @Square-enix-books.com, and @comicstitan.bsky.social 🎭
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Ben Sidi
@bensidi.bsky.social
· Dec 26
Finally, it's out!
I.L a manga by Osamu Tezuka, I served as the letterer on this series.
I had a lot of fun doing this series, I hope you'll too!
I'm not good with words, so I'll post some images instead!
Enjoy this thread!
Publisher: @comicstitan.bsky.social / @titanmangahq.bsky.social
I.L a manga by Osamu Tezuka, I served as the letterer on this series.
I had a lot of fun doing this series, I hope you'll too!
I'm not good with words, so I'll post some images instead!
Enjoy this thread!
Publisher: @comicstitan.bsky.social / @titanmangahq.bsky.social
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If you don't want gen AI in your manga, anime, game, and light novel translations, now is the time to make your voice heard. Write to your favorite publishers and developers and ask if they are incorporating LLMs into their process. And most importantly, tell them you will vote with your dollars.
As machine translation tools under the banner of AI become increasingly accessible and easy to use, the light novel landscape is at a crossroads. Do light novel publishers compromise their product for more speed, and if so, by how much?
Does the Light Novel Translation Process Need AI?
www.animenewsnetwork.com
November 7, 2025 at 3:46 PM
If you don't want gen AI in your manga, anime, game, and light novel translations, now is the time to make your voice heard. Write to your favorite publishers and developers and ask if they are incorporating LLMs into their process. And most importantly, tell them you will vote with your dollars.
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happy letterer appreciation day! if you’d like to follow more manga letterers here, I have a list for you: go.bsky.app/8XNn7Eu
September 1, 2025 at 2:41 PM
happy letterer appreciation day! if you’d like to follow more manga letterers here, I have a list for you: go.bsky.app/8XNn7Eu
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Lettered by me and @cranchyroll.com!!!
Kana will release Naoki Urasawa and Takashi Nagasaki’s acclaimed thriller "Billy Bat" in English, begining June 2026.
Exclusive: Kana to release Naoki Urasawa & Takashi Nagasaki’s BILLY BAT in English
Kana will release Naoki Urasawa and Takashi Nagasaki’s acclaimed thriller "Billy Bat" in English, begining June 2026.
www.comicsbeat.com
August 21, 2025 at 3:07 PM
Lettered by me and @cranchyroll.com!!!
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I am unbelievably excited to say that @lettererbrendo.bsky.social and I are lettering the English release of Billy Bat! Both of us!
Kana will release Naoki Urasawa and Takashi Nagasaki’s acclaimed thriller "Billy Bat" in English, begining June 2026.
Exclusive: Kana to release Naoki Urasawa & Takashi Nagasaki’s BILLY BAT in English
Kana will release Naoki Urasawa and Takashi Nagasaki’s acclaimed thriller "Billy Bat" in English, begining June 2026.
www.comicsbeat.com
August 21, 2025 at 2:56 PM
I am unbelievably excited to say that @lettererbrendo.bsky.social and I are lettering the English release of Billy Bat! Both of us!
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I'm having some cute Pretzel stickers printed for ANYC, but I don't think they'll get here in time 😭🫠
August 18, 2025 at 6:46 PM
I'm having some cute Pretzel stickers printed for ANYC, but I don't think they'll get here in time 😭🫠
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VIZ Media quietly added an AI-translated manga to their app and hoped no one would notice. We did.
Manga deserves better than cheap, soulless automation. This is a betrayal of translators, fans, and the art form.
We don't want your AI translations!
Manga deserves better than cheap, soulless automation. This is a betrayal of translators, fans, and the art form.
We don't want your AI translations!
Dear manga publishers, we don’t want your AI translations
VIZ Media quietly added an AI-translated manga to their app and hoped no one would notice. We did and want none of it.
www.comicsbeat.com
August 6, 2025 at 4:22 PM
VIZ Media quietly added an AI-translated manga to their app and hoped no one would notice. We did.
Manga deserves better than cheap, soulless automation. This is a betrayal of translators, fans, and the art form.
We don't want your AI translations!
Manga deserves better than cheap, soulless automation. This is a betrayal of translators, fans, and the art form.
We don't want your AI translations!
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The time I normally spend on manga was freed up so I made the questionable decision to go all-in the American Manga Awards this year. I read everything in (minus one) in New Manga, One-shot, Translation, and Lettering, so here are some thoughts!
(I'm biased, so check out Yatta-tachi's reviews too!)
(I'm biased, so check out Yatta-tachi's reviews too!)
July 24, 2025 at 6:34 PM
The time I normally spend on manga was freed up so I made the questionable decision to go all-in the American Manga Awards this year. I read everything in (minus one) in New Manga, One-shot, Translation, and Lettering, so here are some thoughts!
(I'm biased, so check out Yatta-tachi's reviews too!)
(I'm biased, so check out Yatta-tachi's reviews too!)
That's why humans' lettering can't be replaced!
STOP SUPPORTING AI SHIT!
STOP SUPPORTING AI SHIT!
July 22, 2025 at 12:20 PM
That's why humans' lettering can't be replaced!
STOP SUPPORTING AI SHIT!
STOP SUPPORTING AI SHIT!
I’ll be the letterer on this classic manga 💥💥💥
Mamoru Nagano’s Five Star Stories has been licensed by @titanmangahq.bsky.social (Titan Manga) for a March 2026 release!
The series began in Newtype in 1989.
The series began in Newtype in 1989.
July 9, 2025 at 8:57 PM
I’ll be the letterer on this classic manga 💥💥💥
BAM 💥 (via Sanda Vol.3)
July 1, 2025 at 10:08 PM
BAM 💥 (via Sanda Vol.3)
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See everyone in Spring for this crazy series 🫶🫶🫶🪲🪲
Viz Media announced they licensed Bug Ego story by ONE and art by Kiyoto Shitara for a print release
June 7, 2025 at 12:04 PM
See everyone in Spring for this crazy series 🫶🫶🫶🪲🪲
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Here's the full list of 2025 Screentoney Award winners! Thank you everyone for submitting awards and celebrating the extremely talented folks in this industry!
June 1, 2025 at 6:32 PM
Here's the full list of 2025 Screentoney Award winners! Thank you everyone for submitting awards and celebrating the extremely talented folks in this industry!
Always waiting Screentoney!!
What a big honor!! Love you guys 🥰
What a big honor!! Love you guys 🥰
The Screentoney Award for "Still dope hand lettering", "Super Exciting Print Debut With Really Sick SoundEffects!", and "Super Unique Hand Drawn SFX" goes to @bensidi.bsky.social
June 1, 2025 at 5:17 PM
Always waiting Screentoney!!
What a big honor!! Love you guys 🥰
What a big honor!! Love you guys 🥰
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The Screentoney Award for "Still dope hand lettering", "Super Exciting Print Debut With Really Sick SoundEffects!", and "Super Unique Hand Drawn SFX" goes to @bensidi.bsky.social
June 1, 2025 at 5:14 PM
The Screentoney Award for "Still dope hand lettering", "Super Exciting Print Debut With Really Sick SoundEffects!", and "Super Unique Hand Drawn SFX" goes to @bensidi.bsky.social
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the awards committee has finished lovingly lettering the certificate template by hand!
the nomination form will be closed tomorrow (5/31) at 5PM ET: docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1F...
the nomination form will be closed tomorrow (5/31) at 5PM ET: docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1F...
May 30, 2025 at 10:37 PM
the awards committee has finished lovingly lettering the certificate template by hand!
the nomination form will be closed tomorrow (5/31) at 5PM ET: docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1F...
the nomination form will be closed tomorrow (5/31) at 5PM ET: docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1F...
Didn't post here for a while, here is a page full of sfx haha 🫣
May 4, 2025 at 3:32 PM
Didn't post here for a while, here is a page full of sfx haha 🫣
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The 2025 Screentoney Award Ceremony will happen HERE on June 1st!
Get your nominations in while you still can: docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1F...
Get your nominations in while you still can: docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1F...
Screentoney Awards 2025
We invite you to nominate your favorite manga localization professionals for whatever award you would like.
The awards are open to any manga localization professional, including letterers, translator...
docs.google.com
April 19, 2025 at 11:43 PM
The 2025 Screentoney Award Ceremony will happen HERE on June 1st!
Get your nominations in while you still can: docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1F...
Get your nominations in while you still can: docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1F...
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it's the MOST WONDERFUL TIME OF YEAR 🎄✨
the screentoney awards are officially accepting nominations for 2025!
nominate your favorite manga localization pros and find the rules over here: forms.gle/jQzo2QeiiNy1...
the screentoney awards are officially accepting nominations for 2025!
nominate your favorite manga localization pros and find the rules over here: forms.gle/jQzo2QeiiNy1...
forms.gle
April 5, 2025 at 10:09 PM
it's the MOST WONDERFUL TIME OF YEAR 🎄✨
the screentoney awards are officially accepting nominations for 2025!
nominate your favorite manga localization pros and find the rules over here: forms.gle/jQzo2QeiiNy1...
the screentoney awards are officially accepting nominations for 2025!
nominate your favorite manga localization pros and find the rules over here: forms.gle/jQzo2QeiiNy1...
Another series knocked the final volume in English!
It was a honor to letter this short series, this one required more work than others sometimes need a lot of retouching, but overall I think this deserves the work I did in it and deserves to get a chance to read!
It was a honor to letter this short series, this one required more work than others sometimes need a lot of retouching, but overall I think this deserves the work I did in it and deserves to get a chance to read!
Burst Angel Vol. 3 - on sale NOW!
(W/A) Gonzo, Minoru Murao
The chaos continues in the final volume of the prequel to the hit anime on Crunchyroll!
#newmanga #titanmanga #Crunchyroll
(W/A) Gonzo, Minoru Murao
The chaos continues in the final volume of the prequel to the hit anime on Crunchyroll!
#newmanga #titanmanga #Crunchyroll
March 25, 2025 at 9:41 PM
Another series knocked the final volume in English!
It was a honor to letter this short series, this one required more work than others sometimes need a lot of retouching, but overall I think this deserves the work I did in it and deserves to get a chance to read!
It was a honor to letter this short series, this one required more work than others sometimes need a lot of retouching, but overall I think this deserves the work I did in it and deserves to get a chance to read!
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My fav SFXs I did for @starfruitbooks.bsky.social Longears title!!! Pls check it out on Azuki and soon in print! Another title I shared with @odisletters.bsky.social hehe
March 20, 2025 at 7:04 AM
My fav SFXs I did for @starfruitbooks.bsky.social Longears title!!! Pls check it out on Azuki and soon in print! Another title I shared with @odisletters.bsky.social hehe
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Here it is! The final results of the Let's Make a Wisconsin Manga 2025 panel! Ideas came from the audience, and it was drawn by @radarlakekosh.bsky.social !I did the lettering. It was a fun time!
#AMKE2025
#WisconsinManga2025
#AMKE2025
#WisconsinManga2025
March 9, 2025 at 1:04 AM
Here it is! The final results of the Let's Make a Wisconsin Manga 2025 panel! Ideas came from the audience, and it was drawn by @radarlakekosh.bsky.social !I did the lettering. It was a fun time!
#AMKE2025
#WisconsinManga2025
#AMKE2025
#WisconsinManga2025
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Here is our rough draft of the 2025 Let's Make a Wisconsin Manga panel! Ideas from the crowd, drawn by @radarlakekosh.bsky.social, lettering by me.
#AMKE2025
#WisconsinManga2025
#AMKE2025
#WisconsinManga2025
March 8, 2025 at 6:15 PM
Here is our rough draft of the 2025 Let's Make a Wisconsin Manga panel! Ideas from the crowd, drawn by @radarlakekosh.bsky.social, lettering by me.
#AMKE2025
#WisconsinManga2025
#AMKE2025
#WisconsinManga2025
it has been a while since I posted some SFX, so let's go with RUMBLE from Outsiders Vol. 2
March 6, 2025 at 2:00 PM
it has been a while since I posted some SFX, so let's go with RUMBLE from Outsiders Vol. 2