the first time i looked at that link it 404'd and I was all like "fuck yeah, 404girl", but then i just looked at it again and i can't read japanese, so i stuck it in google translator and then i realized that google is pretty terrible at translating japanese to english.

>>210367

http://translationparty.com/#7700751

The English grammer actually improved over the translation cycles...

>>210368

>grammer

>>210369

If you'll notice, it's the time of year when kids have summer vacation.
Well, for August, my special summer vacation plans are to have an updating party as far as possible.
Is "as far as possible" an idiom?
What I mean is, I'll update as much as I can.

I saw "Arrietty" the other day.
For a while I wanted to fire an X-slash at the old woman voiced by Kirin Kiki like Yotsuba did at Yanda, but it was still really interesting.
I'm really interested in what the rest of the world thinks about these sorts of whimsical feeling Ghibli films.
translator's note: なんでもない感じ = 'whimsical'?

By the way, Spirited Away and Princess Mononoke are some of my favorite Ghibli films.
Like the part where Ashitaka says "I'm taking this girl!" and then just picks up San and carries her off, I think is really cool.

Hair Cut
pig blood...
http://azumakiyohiko.com/archives/2010/08/02_1243.php

>>210383
Today I got a haircut.
I was recommended pig's blood shampoo, so I bought some.

I haven't been able to finish the storyboard I planned to complete yesterday.
Storyboards are hard.

>translator's note: なんでもない感じ = 'whimsical'?

I don't know, but I never thought of Ghibli films as being anything whimsical. Not light-hearted, either though. Anyway, he has shit taste for their films so whatever.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OUQKc-jRnA4

>>210411
Really? Maybe we have different definitions of whimsical then.

My Neighbor Totoro, Spirited Away, The Cat Returns, Kiki's Delivery Service.... they all seem pretty fanciful to me.

>>210411
Maybe 'aloof' or 'indifferent' would be a better translation.
I'm still not entirely sure what he means though.

About my camera
the updating party is actually ongoing.
http://azumakiyohiko.com/archives/2010/08/03_2214.php

>>210447
I have a growing list of unanswered questions, so I need to address those.

I often post pictures here, and I'll get asked "What kind of camera do you use?"

My camera is a Canon EOS 5D mark II.
Prior to this camera, I used a previous generation 5D, and when the mark II came out, I thought "Who needs a video function?" but the movies I take with this are actually really interesting.
It's become a new hobby for me.

Recently I've been using a Zeiss Voigtlander manual focus lens with my EOS.
The depth of field scale is calibrated perfectly.
It's made of metal, so it's heavy.
Using an autofocus has got nothing on the sensation of turning a focus ring.

The auto focus has few disadvantages and is very convenient, but since photography is just a passtime for me, it would have been alright even if it had been a mistake.
Finding the focus point is a lot of fun.

>I often post pictures here, and I'll get asked "What kind of camera do you use?"

. . .

>>210456
?

>>210457
::humps your leg::

Something lost in translation.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=U_RtZIFgOH8

Because the plane flies away, like I want to take cock. So delighted.

Looking In practice, however, while the children are overjoyed, it is interesting that children are surprisingly indifferent.

Child or I'm desperate to play with friends across the front of the plane immediately absorbed child or lunch.

Collecting a set
http://azumakiyohiko.com/archives/2010/08/04_1828.php

Ah yea Azuma blogs I totally get off to this shit. Jizzing into my third pair of socks now. Keep em coming, getting so fucking hot now.

Bought sandals
http://azumakiyohiko.com/archives/2010/08/05_2203.php

>>210471
I've taken on another assistant.
One of my current assistant's friends has been saying he wants to work here, so I had him show me some drawings.
I thought "This guy's got real potential" so I brought him on.

Now that I've taken on another person, I have to get another one of everything.
A desk, and a chair, a computer. A trace table and Photoshop too.
Shopping is fun though.

For the purposes of physical aesthetics, everyone's equipment is essentially the same.
It bothers me though, when I can't find a match due to frequent model changes or something.
There weren't any desks that were a matching color, so I ended up with one that's a slightly different color.

My new tablet arrived today.
It's an intuos4 L.
I was surprised at just how large the box it came in was.
I'll be using the new one myself, and the one I've been using up to this point will get handed down to my assistant.

>>210473
They're white Baya Crocs. I ordered them through the mail.
I have orange ones, but they seem so flashy that I thought I'd get some that were slightly more generic, and went with white.

They've arrived.
They're white. Freakishly white.
A white that's all the more blinding in the bright sun.
They look so astonishingly new that it's embarrassing.
I hope they get dirty soon.
I may go run around in the dirt.

>>210487

>he wears crocs

brb, throwing a fit and burning all my azumanga/yotsubato related stuff.

>>210496

>he wears pimp shoes

brb, dipping all my azumanga/yotsubato related stuff in gold.

>>210496
I know, I suddenly thought less of him too when I read that.

Mos
http://azumakiyohiko.com/archives/2010/08/06_1934.php
Today I was able to eat a Mos Burger naan taco without spilling any of it.

>>210502
Has anyone had one of these? Are they ever real? Do they taste good? Will they kill a man at 30 paces? Does Azuma actually enjoy them?

>>210501
But you can't read them now!

>>210507
Unless he dips his eyes in gold, too.

>Today I was able to eat a Mos Burger naan taco without spilling any of it.

That is until he spills it out of his ass. Goddamn. I liked it better when I thought of him as Chiyo-Dad and not some freak.

Vol. 8, part 1
yeah right, vol. 8
http://azumakiyohiko.com/archives/2010/08/07_2228.php

>>210525
I keep saying "I'll discuss the tankoubons in this space," and I realized that I haven't covered volume 8 or volume 9.
So, I'll begin by discussing volume 8.
Finally...

First, the cover.
The cover is the festival.
All of the portable shrines have gathered at the main shrine, but it's impossible for little Yotsuba to see anything through the crowd of people.
And so at this point, Daddy lifts her up onto his shoulders.
She noisily shouts something like "That way, full speed ahead!" Because she's joyfully slapping him on the head, Daddy is making a questionable face.
As a side note, Fuuka is behind them.
Not very... heroine?-like the way she was left out.
As far as I know, Ena is down there below them too.

"Yotsuba & Opposites"
The "What's for lunch?" "Chinese fried rice." (chaa han) scene.
In the serialized version it was "Fried rice." (yaki meshi)
Afterwards, I was told that yaki meshi is Kansai dialect, so I corrected it to chaa han.
People from the Kansai region, please be aware of this.

"Yotsuba & The Restaurant"
Since Torako was playing with one, I bought a Rubik's Cube.
Around the time I drew this, I was able to solve all 6 sides in 3 minutes, but I've completely forgotten how now.

"Yotsuba and the Cultural Festival"
I've been to a number of cultural festivals too.
I've always wondered what makes them "Cultural."

As for the ones at schools, when you're a student you can go to more than you can possibly stand, but when you become an adult you're hardly able to get into them at all, so it was a lot of fun going to such a difficult to research place.

Fuuka's school is called Ajisai West High School, where 'sai' is written with the character for flower.
For the cultural festival though, 'sai' is written with the character for festival instead.
(translator's note: In the English version, this pun was written as 'Ajisai-lebration').

On page 63, where there are posters for all the clubs, my assistants and I each picked one to draw whatever we wanted.
For the record, the one that I drew was for the Animal Club.

It's this level of committment and attention to detail and realism that makes Yotsubato stand out as a series.

Vol. 8, part 2
http://azumakiyohiko.com/archives/2010/08/08_2217.php

"Yotsuba & The Typhoon"
Without using the sound effect "Zaaaa," I thought as I drew that I would draw something that had a "Zaaa" sort of feeling.
It took a really long time.
I wanted to really capture the mood, so I tried using a high pressure sprayer to wash my windows, but I didn't really know how.

"Yotsuba & House-sitting"
Wondering what would happen if you tried using water balloons inside, I tried doing that for real too.
I now know that it turns out very badly.

"Yotsuba & The Festival"
As I was drawing, I felt that I genuinely wanted to draw a festival.
What a nightmare.
It was hellaciously hard.

For research, I paid a visit to the local festival.
I was concerned, because for this kind of seasonal event, I would only be able to research at one time each year.
The scale of festivals has shrunk quite a bit since the time I was a kid.
I realized there are fewer children these days.

"Yotsuba & Acorns"
I tried making a huge serving of spaghetti with Tabasco like the one Yotsuba made.
Then I ate it.
You might say it was spicy, or you might say it was sour, or you might say it was excruciating.
What a horrible thing for Yotsuba to do, I thought.
But mysteriously, as I was eating it, I ended up not minding that much.

>>210532

>"Yotsuba & House-sitting"
>Wondering what would happen if you tried using water balloons inside, I tried doing that for real too.
>I now know that it turns out very badly.

Bwahahahaha. You have to give the guy credit for actually trying it though. I wonder if he fought the water-balloon war with his assistants?

>"Yotsuba & Acorns"
>I tried making a huge serving of spaghetti with Tabasco like the one Yotsuba made.
>Then I ate it.
>You might say it was spicy, or you might say it was sour, or you might say it was excruciating.
>What a horrible thing for Yotsuba to do, I thought.
>But mysteriously, as I was eating it, I ended up not minding that much.

See previous comment. :D

Draft Meeting
http://azumakiyohiko.com/archives/2010/08/09_2321.php
"I want to have a female character draft."
I held a draft meeting with with one of my assistants.

Azuma: "Alright, I pick Anna-chan (Wandering Son)"
assistant: "Amile-san (The Bride's Stories)"
A: "Wait, that's not fair. I was going to pick her."
a: "Not my problem."
A: "...Alright, I pick San (Princess Mononoke)"
a: "Fio (Porco Rosso)"
A: "Do you plan to keep picking the ones I want?"
a: "Well you said it was a draft."
A: "...Kane-yan (The Wandering of Girls' Pair No. 7)"
a: "I knew that was coming..."

Today was another peaceful day.

Note: "The Wandering of Girls' Pair No. 7" or "Dainana Joshikai Houkou" is a seemingly obscure (or maybe just new? It began running in September) manga that takes place in Japan in a technologically advanced near future. In this future, a Friendship Assignment System has been established in high schools, where people get paired up with a friend as part of their curriculum. The series follows a specific pairing, Pair No. 7, through their misadventures in daily life, with some sci-fi thrown in since it takes place in the future and all.
It sounds like an Odd Couple sort of thing.
Kane-yan (Machiko Kanemura) is the one with the dark hair.

>>210554

What the hell kind of draft meeting is that?

>>210557
They're Japanese. They take suppa suppa kawaii things very seriously.

>>210554

Azuma reads Wandering Son, Azuma confirmed for having good taste.

>>210567

>Azuma confirmed for having good taste

>>210487

>They're white Baya Crocs. I ordered them through the mail

>>210558

>They're nerds.

Fixed.

Hurry
http://azumakiyohiko.com/archives/2010/08/10_2246.php
I want to finish work and go for a drive.

The theme songs delay release
http://azumakiyohiko.com/archives/2010/08/13_0148.php

>>210624
I wonder why it is that for drama or anime, the theme music CDs are always released so late.
Next time I'll try asking someone who might know.
I think when Azumanga Daioh's came out it was also late. I can't really remember though.

It seems to me like as soon as you first heard and enjoyed the music would be when your motivation to buy would be at it's highest.

JUSTICE
http://azumakiyohiko.com/archives/2010/08/17_2249.php

http://www.justiceharvard.org/

>>210728
Recently, although it's actually been for quite a while now, imitating Professor Sandel has gotten really popular around here.

I thought the program "Harvard White Hot Classroom" that used to air on NHK was really interesting.

Dignified Work
http://azumakiyohiko.com/archives/2010/08/21_0651.php
To go have a beer once I'm finished with work, that's the sort of dignified work style I long for.
I want to be able to do that, and to be able to work more efficiently.

But what I do is dignified in its own way too.

Right now, the amount of time it takes to draw things means pulling a lot of late nights at the office, so I'll wake up at 10am and go immediately to my desk.
Such is the dignity of my commute being a mere walk from the bedroom to the work room.

It isn't long before I start to get hungry and have breakfast.
After that, aside from lunch and dinner, I spend the entire time drawing.

Once in a while my back starts to hurt, so I'll roll around.
Being able to roll around at the office, during work, is definitely one of the more dignified points when compared to being an office worker.
Whenever I start to lose my motivation, I just read manga while rolling around.

And no matter what I'm doing, if I get tired or bored, I can just take an afternoon nap.
I set the kitchen timer for 10 minutes and then fall asleep.
I sprung for a Simmons matress in the office, so I'm always guaranteed a comfortable place to sleep.

The end of the day usually comes at around 3 or 4 oclock.
By that time, the neighborhood bars are already closed. Or rather, I want to hurry up and go to bed.
When I do have to stay late at the office, it's nice to be able to just go straight from there to my bedroom and immediately go to sleep.

Not getting any more than about 2 pages done per day isn't very dignified though.

>>210804
Are we sure Azuma is not a cat?

Twitter
http://azumakiyohiko.com/archives/2010/08/24_1624.php
The Update-as-much-as-possible month is progressing fairly well.
I think the people who visit here regularly already know this, but I'm not very good at blogging.
But given the adage "In for a penny, in for a pound," I'm thinking I may try my hand at Twitter too.

>>210808
Uhhh....

Maybe?

Famima
http://azumakiyohiko.com/archives/2010/08/31_0947.php

http://www.family.co.jp/

>>211025
I always get asked about a card at the register.
It wonder if it would make things easier if I signed up for a card...

Not sure if he's talking about a credit card, or a store membership card. (Somehow I could imagine Azuma not having a credit card).

Next year's calendar
http://azumakiyohiko.com/archives/2010/09/01_1909.php

>>211111
Starting now I'll be working on the photo calendar.
I feel like I can make next year's calendar the best one yet.

Tankoubon work in progress
http://azumakiyohiko.com/archives/2010/09/22_1447.php

about "colorful"
http://colorful-movie.jp/index.html

>>211423
At this moment, work on Yotsubato Volume 10 is underway.

I was worn out, so I took a breather and went to see a movie.
I saw "Colorful" which I hadn't seen yet, and seemed like it was going stop showing soon.

Kansai dialect has started to become a trend with me; I spent an entire day talking that way.
It seemed to irritate my assistants to no end.

>>211468
you are to this board
as air is to the earth

Tankoubon work nearing completion
http://azumakiyohiko.com/archives/2010/10/12_0217.php
Work on volume 10 is in its final stages.

The "Yotsubato♪" album #2 has come in handy for when I'm tired and want to relieve tension.
I'm actually listening to it at high volume with headphones right now.

Still busy
http://azumakiyohiko.com/archives/2010/10/20_0849.php

>>211732
The work on the tankoubon is tentatively done.
But I'm still busy with the magazine cover, the promotional designs, the clips for advertising, and a number of other things.
Right now is also the exact time of year that Yotsubato is taking place, so there's a huge pile of research I need to get done too.
It's very busy.

>>211733

>Right now is also the exact time of year that Yotsubato is taking place
>so there's a huge pile of research I need to get done too

So, because this is the time of the year that Yotsubato is set, much research must be done, thus the time of the year relative to the time in Yotsubato is directly related to how much research must be done.

wat?
edit: damn persistent sage. vc:enuff

>>211742
I think we should call this phenomenon a "Yotsuba Eclipse" (when the calendar year intersects with the current time frame in Yotsubato).

>>211743
Seeing how the series started in 2003, making it a 7 year cycle, it's pretty damn appropriate. (wasn't there a similar event involving the moon just a couple weeks ago?)

One month to go before release
http://azumakiyohiko.com/archives/2010/10/26_0622.php

>>211851
Finally, just one month before it goes on sale.
I'm looking forward to it. Monster Hunter 3.
In this one you can bring along 2 Felyne (otomo airu).
If they can at least kill Vespoids (langosta) I'll be happy.
Not sure if I'm translating the last とかしてくれる correctly... is it とか　してくれる or is it 溶かしてくれる?

>>211854

>Tokashitekureru

Separate: Toka Shite-kureru
Toka-(nan-toka)

Maybe this will help...

>>211859
That's what I was thinking with the translation I posted.
Does it look accurate? Am I still missing something?

>>211863
┐('～`；)┌

Cat
http://azumakiyohiko.com/archives/2010/11/08_1029.php

>>212077
When I went shopping at a certain store
a cat recruiting for an owner came out

And appealed to me to take it in.

>>212082

I　NEED　SOME　SMACK, BRAH

>>212082
gay ass fucking shoes you got there, Azuma

I thought of this when I saw the cat, but reviewing it, it has nothing to do with it.

>>212101
Azuma may be a hipster, but I love him anyway.

>>212101
At least he wasn't wearing his Crocs. >>210487

>>212082
Not that "appealed" is used incorrectly, wouldn't "pleaded" suffice as well?

MUNCH
and this is why there won't be a new yots chapter for the next couple months

>>212107
Yes, but he used the English word "appeal" in his post, so I tried to retain it.

>>212082

What's wrong with those shoes?

As UNIQLO and Rakuten made English their official language,
http://www.yotuba.com/

>>212231
As UNIQLO and Rakuten have made English their official language, I thought 'Why not make Ika-Musume-nese our company's official language geso?'
To start, beginning with the second edition of Yotsubato! Volume 1, we're going to try to change the blurb on the jacket to "As always, today is the most enjoyable Marine Day".
No, we are doing it degeso.

Ika-musume (Squid Girl) is a manga based anime that began airing last month.
The highlights from episode 1:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=s5BXTMEcCv4

>>212232
Ah, I wasn't sure you were going to get that reference.
Then again, the show has hint of Azuma-ness

>>212233
I heard of Ika-Musume just a few days ago, so I figured de-geso was her catch phrase or something. It was easy to find when I tried to look it up.

Fun trivia for everyone else, de-geso is a play on words. In the old days, men used to end their sentences with de-gesu which meant "as a humble person" (and I believe eventually evolved into desu).
Geso on the other hand means "tentacle".

There was also a pun in >>212231 similar to the episode titles of Ika-Musume (they all end with janaika? which means "isn't it?" but the ika is emphasized since it also means "squid").

So, is the series any good or is it just cash-in on the takohair fad ?

>>212243
Not sure, I've never seen it myself (aside from what's in >>212232).

>>212243
It's fun fluff. I enjoy it while I'm watching it, but an hour later I don't remember what it was about.

>>212243
I'm watching it with great interest. Ika is kind of Yotsuba-like, and it also has a Kanamemo meets Sgt. Frog vibe.

>>212247

>Ika is kind of Yotsuba-like

>>212354

That makes so much sense as they're both orphans with weird hair who came out of nowhere.

>>212358
well, Ika comes from the sea. Yots is from "the left".

And apparently she is attending Hidamari High.
vc: vosply

>>212362

Which means Miyako might call her "Ikachi".

It's Math meets Moe.

>>212362

So Miyako got dragged into cosplay by Yoshinoya-sensei. Nice.

>>212243

cant...stop...laughing...at...absurd...picture

>>212362
Imposter!