New One-Shot Samples

A quick note to all potential J-E translator applicants: I have updated our 1-shot sample page with a few new stories that might be of some interest for you. Highlights include:

• Frog in a Bottle by Mitsuru TANIFUJI (the latest Afternoon Shiki Prize winner; a very sweet story with beautiful and realistic artwork)
• Happiness by Wataru YOSHIZUMI (a two-part romance story from the creator of Marmalade Boy featuring adult characters. Those who are familiar with her works will know that that doesn’t happen often )
• The Secret of Chimneys by Nanae HARUNO (a manga adaptation of Agatha Christie’s detective novel. Ever wondered how her characters would look like in a manga? Here’s your chance.)
• The Tempest by Nanae HARUNO (another manga adaptation of a famous dramatic work by Nanae Haruno. This time, it’s William Shakespeare’s fantastical play of the same title.)

There are more interesting stories on the site. Feel free to take a look around and ask for more scans if one of them catches your interest. If you’d like to translate one story, please take time to translate a few pages of it and send the script to kotonoha @ gmx.net. Thank you.