Jim Rion・ライオン ジミー
@jimrion.com
Peace, please, peace for all.
Translator (Strange Pictures, Strange Houses, etc.). Japanese horror devourer. Bird picture taker
Co-host of Sake Deep Dive podcast.
英訳者：「悪魔がきたれて、笛をふく」「変な家」「変な絵」等等
執筆者：「Discovering Yamaguchi Sake」
20年以上日本在中
山口県万歳🙌
Translator (Strange Pictures, Strange Houses, etc.). Japanese horror devourer. Bird picture taker
Co-host of Sake Deep Dive podcast.
英訳者：「悪魔がきたれて、笛をふく」「変な家」「変な絵」等等
執筆者：「Discovering Yamaguchi Sake」
20年以上日本在中
山口県万歳🙌
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The perfect way to end another great day at Fantastic Fest? Getting home to contributor copies!
Major thanks to Tom Mes for including my essay on J-Horror’s linguistic origins in his exhaustively researched and entertaining guide to Japanese horror movies!
Major thanks to Tom Mes for including my essay on J-Horror’s linguistic origins in his exhaustively researched and entertaining guide to Japanese horror movies!
September 19, 2026 at 6:57 AM
The perfect way to end another great day at Fantastic Fest? Getting home to contributor copies!
Major thanks to Tom Mes for including my essay on J-Horror’s linguistic origins in his exhaustively researched and entertaining guide to Japanese horror movies!
Major thanks to Tom Mes for including my essay on J-Horror’s linguistic origins in his exhaustively researched and entertaining guide to Japanese horror movies!
It took me five tries to get my own name.
September 19, 2026 at 2:24 AM
It took me five tries to get my own name.
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Four out of ten authors are women, including My Dreadful Body 🎉 Congrats to the authors and translators 👏🏻👏🏻 #WomenInTranslation #WITMonth #Djabbarova26
Longlist for the 2026 National Book Award for Translated Literature - National Book Foundation
The ten contenders for the National Book Award for Translated Literature Find the New Yorker announcement here. New York, NY (September 15, 2026) – The National Book Foundation today announced the Lon...
www.nationalbook.org
September 18, 2026 at 11:42 AM
Four out of ten authors are women, including My Dreadful Body 🎉 Congrats to the authors and translators 👏🏻👏🏻 #WomenInTranslation #WITMonth #Djabbarova26
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"Uketsu also credited American translator Jim Rion with helping the English edition find success. "I think the excellent quality of Jim Rion's translation also played a part in the success of the English edition and its selection as a Dagger finalist," he said."
"Uketsu also credited American translator Jim Rion with helping the English edition find success. "I think the excellent quality of Jim Rion's translation also played a part in the success of the English edition and its selection as a Dagger finalist," he said."
Mystery man Uketsu reflects on Dagger shortlist, early life in Britain - The Mainichi
LONDON (Kyodo) -- If you've ever seen Japanese horror novelist Uketsu -- who wears a stark white mask and full black bodysuit -- chances are you'd nev
mainichi.jp
September 18, 2026 at 6:15 AM
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"Uketsu also credited American translator Jim Rion with helping the English edition find success. "I think the excellent quality of Jim Rion's translation also played a part in the success of the English edition and its selection as a Dagger finalist," he said."
"Uketsu also credited American translator Jim Rion with helping the English edition find success. "I think the excellent quality of Jim Rion's translation also played a part in the success of the English edition and its selection as a Dagger finalist," he said."
Minute Cryptic - 18 September, 2026
"Northwest evacuated?" (2,3,4)
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🏆 3 hints – 1 under the community par (10,123 solvers so far).
"Northwest evacuated?" (2,3,4)
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🏆 3 hints – 1 under the community par (10,123 solvers so far).
Minute Cryptic
Minute Cryptic is a free daily cryptic crossword clue. Solve today's puzzle, learn how cryptic clues work with free guided courses, and build your solving streak.
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September 17, 2026 at 9:42 PM
Minute Cryptic - 18 September, 2026
"Northwest evacuated?" (2,3,4)
⚪️⚪️🟡🟣🟣🟣🟣🟣🟣🟣🟣
🏆 3 hints – 1 under the community par (10,123 solvers so far).
"Northwest evacuated?" (2,3,4)
⚪️⚪️🟡🟣🟣🟣🟣🟣🟣🟣🟣
🏆 3 hints – 1 under the community par (10,123 solvers so far).
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Ok, so, No Man's Sky just had a huge update and it's cool and awesome and then the reddit becomes deluged with "but what's the point of [new mechanic]?"
and I'm like, my sibling in the Atlas, you are playing a game. The only point is to have fun.
and I'm like, my sibling in the Atlas, you are playing a game. The only point is to have fun.
September 17, 2026 at 2:09 PM
Ok, so, No Man's Sky just had a huge update and it's cool and awesome and then the reddit becomes deluged with "but what's the point of [new mechanic]?"
and I'm like, my sibling in the Atlas, you are playing a game. The only point is to have fun.
and I'm like, my sibling in the Atlas, you are playing a game. The only point is to have fun.
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Call for submissions: any manga panels or text from Japanese novels where a character is using an swear word original from English (in katakana is fine).
September 17, 2026 at 10:23 AM
Call for submissions: any manga panels or text from Japanese novels where a character is using an swear word original from English (in katakana is fine).
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Abandoned pub with broken windows under a stormy sky, Ellesmere Port, from my new series ‘50 Years On’
#Photography
#Photography
September 17, 2026 at 7:28 AM
Abandoned pub with broken windows under a stormy sky, Ellesmere Port, from my new series ‘50 Years On’
#Photography
#Photography
A light novel and manga publisher contacted me saying they are entering the "general fiction" market and asked my rates.
I told them, but I'm not expecting a response.
Good luck competing with Penguin, Hachette, Harper, and all the other publishers of "general fiction" in translation, though.
I told them, but I'm not expecting a response.
Good luck competing with Penguin, Hachette, Harper, and all the other publishers of "general fiction" in translation, though.
September 17, 2026 at 12:44 AM
A light novel and manga publisher contacted me saying they are entering the "general fiction" market and asked my rates.
I told them, but I'm not expecting a response.
Good luck competing with Penguin, Hachette, Harper, and all the other publishers of "general fiction" in translation, though.
I told them, but I'm not expecting a response.
Good luck competing with Penguin, Hachette, Harper, and all the other publishers of "general fiction" in translation, though.
I am listening to Shooting Rubber Bands at the Sun and Christ. What an album. What a time. Where did it all go?
September 16, 2026 at 12:38 AM
I am listening to Shooting Rubber Bands at the Sun and Christ. What an album. What a time. Where did it all go?
Yessss, give me greasy dweebs in renfaire pewter jewellery and black satin shirts unbuttoned too far.
‘The cauldron was already bubbling …’ Green Lung, Druidess and the return of folk horror to British heavy metal
‘The cauldron was already bubbling …’ Green Lung, Druidess and the return of folk horror to British heavy metal
Playing a sound rooted in 80s bands such as Witchfinder General and Pagan Altar, metal bands are once again gravitating towards dark folklore – but in a ‘Glastonbury crystal shop’ kind of way
www.theguardian.com
September 15, 2026 at 11:08 AM
Yessss, give me greasy dweebs in renfaire pewter jewellery and black satin shirts unbuttoned too far.
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A friend of mine works in AI and thinks bad things are about to happen. He sold his home and moved his family out the country. He said that if you own a home in a walkable San Francisco neighborhood near a taqueria with good veggie options, you should sell your home for super cheap right now.
September 15, 2026 at 7:01 AM
A friend of mine works in AI and thinks bad things are about to happen. He sold his home and moved his family out the country. He said that if you own a home in a walkable San Francisco neighborhood near a taqueria with good veggie options, you should sell your home for super cheap right now.
Thought you could pull one over on ol' Jim, didja?
Minute Cryptic - 15 September, 2026
"Scramble, scrambled, scrambles" (8)
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🏆 0 hints – 2 under the community par (58,873 solvers so far). Time: 1m 3s.
Minute Cryptic - 15 September, 2026
"Scramble, scrambled, scrambles" (8)
🟣🟣🟣🟣🟣🟣🟣🟣🟣🟣🟣
🏆 0 hints – 2 under the community par (58,873 solvers so far). Time: 1m 3s.
Minute Cryptic
Minute Cryptic is a free daily cryptic crossword clue. Solve today's puzzle, learn how cryptic clues work with free guided courses, and build your solving streak.
www.minutecryptic.com
September 15, 2026 at 5:41 AM
Thought you could pull one over on ol' Jim, didja?
Minute Cryptic - 15 September, 2026
"Scramble, scrambled, scrambles" (8)
🟣🟣🟣🟣🟣🟣🟣🟣🟣🟣🟣
🏆 0 hints – 2 under the community par (58,873 solvers so far). Time: 1m 3s.
Minute Cryptic - 15 September, 2026
"Scramble, scrambled, scrambles" (8)
🟣🟣🟣🟣🟣🟣🟣🟣🟣🟣🟣
🏆 0 hints – 2 under the community par (58,873 solvers so far). Time: 1m 3s.
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September 15, 2026 at 2:34 AM
I see this and immediately want to go to USJ. This and Nintendo Land. I contain multitudes.
At USJ's R-18 horror attraction, everything goes in a locker first. Not just bags: phones, hats, and watches go in, too. There are no restrooms inside. You put on a numbered gown and enter as a numbered subject, not as part of the group you arrived with.
Universal Studios Japan's First Adults-Only Attraction is Such a Scream, It Requires a Waiver
Exactly what is it about this year's Halloween event that requires a waiver and an R-18 rating? Psychological horror and legal liability.
unseen-japan.com
September 15, 2026 at 1:42 AM
I see this and immediately want to go to USJ. This and Nintendo Land. I contain multitudes.
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you don't even need to be good at it. people who are bad at a thing are also (a) correct to hate on ai (b) in most cases probably still better than it at the thing (c) are required by the rules of reality to hate on ai if they want to ever get good at the thing
September 15, 2026 at 12:00 AM
you don't even need to be good at it. people who are bad at a thing are also (a) correct to hate on ai (b) in most cases probably still better than it at the thing (c) are required by the rules of reality to hate on ai if they want to ever get good at the thing
Ummmm... Is "they were a willing sacrifice?" a valid defense?
September 14, 2026 at 9:39 PM
Ummmm... Is "they were a willing sacrifice?" a valid defense?
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Listening to SHIKI by Sigh, and as a bonus getting some Japanese listening in via brutal extreme metal vocals that are surprisingly decipherable. Absolutely love these avant garde metalheads, and this might be my favourite album of theirs. A LOT of good ones to choose from.
September 14, 2026 at 12:58 PM
Listening to SHIKI by Sigh, and as a bonus getting some Japanese listening in via brutal extreme metal vocals that are surprisingly decipherable. Absolutely love these avant garde metalheads, and this might be my favourite album of theirs. A LOT of good ones to choose from.
So many words. Every day. Words words words for all those companies, until there aren't any left in my brain for myself.
September 14, 2026 at 11:53 AM
So many words. Every day. Words words words for all those companies, until there aren't any left in my brain for myself.
You know, for kids!
September 12, 2026 at 1:22 PM
You know, for kids!
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But when shopping, I encourage you to consider the total package. Sometimes you're not just buying a product, but also good service, a fun day, and a memory.
After all, it's through shopping at these places that they will continue to exist.
Video: Creutz in Nice, France (IG thenorejectionguy)
After all, it's through shopping at these places that they will continue to exist.
Video: Creutz in Nice, France (IG thenorejectionguy)
September 12, 2026 at 2:32 AM
But when shopping, I encourage you to consider the total package. Sometimes you're not just buying a product, but also good service, a fun day, and a memory.
After all, it's through shopping at these places that they will continue to exist.
Video: Creutz in Nice, France (IG thenorejectionguy)
After all, it's through shopping at these places that they will continue to exist.
Video: Creutz in Nice, France (IG thenorejectionguy)
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Thrilled to have been a part of this! Pre-orders open soon!
Absolutely ecstatic to announce we finally got our passion project THE ORIGINS OF J-HORROR out into the world thanks to the amazing people at @imprintfilms.bsky.social - and to have our documentary THE J HORROR VIRUS on blu-ray as well is the icing on the cake!
Two Hardboxes join the Imprint Asia collection this October:
• THE ORIGINS OF J-HORROR (1991 - 2023) - six worldwide Blu-ray debuts!
• THE INSECT WOMAN (1963) - 4K UHD worldwide debut!
1500 copies only. 📀 Pre-orders open on 15 September.
• THE ORIGINS OF J-HORROR (1991 - 2023) - six worldwide Blu-ray debuts!
• THE INSECT WOMAN (1963) - 4K UHD worldwide debut!
1500 copies only. 📀 Pre-orders open on 15 September.
September 12, 2026 at 5:48 AM
Thrilled to have been a part of this! Pre-orders open soon!
I have known four people who got folding Samsungs and everyone single one broke at the bend well within a year of buying. The replacements? Also broke! Because when you keep bending plastic, it breaks!
For anyone thinking about buying a $2000 foldy phone, know that we've had those in Korea for years. You can only open it a certain number of times before it breaks forever, and on a new model that number is going to be very low.
September 12, 2026 at 2:55 AM
I have known four people who got folding Samsungs and everyone single one broke at the bend well within a year of buying. The replacements? Also broke! Because when you keep bending plastic, it breaks!
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Our editor runs Typebar Magazine by himself (!!) and the operation currently loses money to the tune of ~$5400/year. Subscribing helps guarantee a future for our unique brand of literary analysis, cultural commentary, and breathtaking fiction!
www.typebarmagazine.com/typebar-maga...
www.typebarmagazine.com/typebar-maga...
Typebar Magazine: The Financials (September 2026)
We're still short.
www.typebarmagazine.com
September 11, 2026 at 1:39 PM
Our editor runs Typebar Magazine by himself (!!) and the operation currently loses money to the tune of ~$5400/year. Subscribing helps guarantee a future for our unique brand of literary analysis, cultural commentary, and breathtaking fiction!
www.typebarmagazine.com/typebar-maga...
www.typebarmagazine.com/typebar-maga...
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Two Hardboxes join the Imprint Asia collection this October:
• THE ORIGINS OF J-HORROR (1991 - 2023) - six worldwide Blu-ray debuts!
• THE INSECT WOMAN (1963) - 4K UHD worldwide debut!
1500 copies only. 📀 Pre-orders open on 15 September.
• THE ORIGINS OF J-HORROR (1991 - 2023) - six worldwide Blu-ray debuts!
• THE INSECT WOMAN (1963) - 4K UHD worldwide debut!
1500 copies only. 📀 Pre-orders open on 15 September.
September 11, 2026 at 5:43 AM
Two Hardboxes join the Imprint Asia collection this October:
• THE ORIGINS OF J-HORROR (1991 - 2023) - six worldwide Blu-ray debuts!
• THE INSECT WOMAN (1963) - 4K UHD worldwide debut!
1500 copies only. 📀 Pre-orders open on 15 September.
• THE ORIGINS OF J-HORROR (1991 - 2023) - six worldwide Blu-ray debuts!
• THE INSECT WOMAN (1963) - 4K UHD worldwide debut!
1500 copies only. 📀 Pre-orders open on 15 September.