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[taison]

Manga marketing glossary part 3: Hyping a title

Ever look at an obi attached to a Japanese novel or manga and wonder how it’s describing the title you’re holding? How do Japanese publishers gas up their titles to entice potential readers? Let’s look at some often recurring words.

好評（こうひょう）Good reputation/reception, popular. Titles that have gotten a lot of buzz or good reviews will have this word used in its marketing or general descriptions.

名作（めいさく）Masterpiece. Speaks for itself!

傑作（けっさく）Masterpiece, best work(s). You may see this in connection to one-shot collections

熱狂（ねっきょう）wild enthusiasm, crazy about. How to describe that this series/franchise has extremely loud and enthusiastic fans? This is one way! This is also a word you may often encounter with 的（てき）attached. (Link leads to a Maggie-sensei lesson)

珠玉（しゅぎょく）Gem, jewel. Sometimes seen in marketing for anthologies with a selection of several authors meaning they have a selection of hidden gems for you!

蘇る（よみがえる）To resurrect. Announcing the return of something that was lost or forgotten! A common way to hype a reprinting or new edition of an older series. 

This one was a bit more random, next time i want to compile general vocab that describes what kind of edition it is you’re looking at, and words relating to release times. Questions, suggestions for additions and feedback always welcome!

[marymauk]

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[werewolfpunani]

hey could you please like what all the radfem abbreviations mean? is there a glossar post or something?

there's not a glossary post as far as i know but off the top of my pretty little head:

tif - trans-identified female

tim - trans-identified male

agp - auto-gynephile (essentially your garden variety fetishistic white possibly middle aged and middle class trans lesbian)

hsts - homosexual transsexual (anyone able to expand on this?)

moid - man (a jokey inversion of "femoid", a dehumanising term for women coined by incels)

pcp - pseudo child pornography (coined by gail dines in her book, pornland)

that's my bit.

anybody else??

[taison]

Manga marketing glossary part 2: tankobon

When buying manga be it various physical or digital editions you might wonder how to decipher the words explaining the contents for you. So here’s a little guide to help you wonder less 

描き下ろし（かきおろし）newly drawn pictures/new content. if you ever see this on the promotional obi band, the back of the volume, or in a product description this means the edition contains new exclusive content, usually extra pages or new illustrations. And if you change the kanji to “write” 書 its still says the same but means newly written content!

収録作品（しゅうろくさくひん）included works. Ever feel lost when shopping around for the works of an author who has produced a lot of one-shots? Or looking for a specific one? Look for this! google with it even, it tells you which stories is included in the specific edition you’re looking at. 収録 meaning “compilation” or “recording” is generally useful to know as it pops up in many contexts.

カラーページ color page. This speaks for itself, generally just keep an eye out for カラー if color pages or illustrations is what you’re looking for.

解説（かいせつ）explanation/commentary. Now this is a feature interesting to not just manga but also Japanese novels. It is very common for there to be a couple pages long commentary, essay, or analysis included by public figures who are not the author themselves! They could be colleagues, actors who are fans, rivals, you name it. In the manga world these guest appearances are most likely found in bunko or renewal editions rather than in the plain tankobon. Sometimes you may see this material listed as エッセイ simply meaning essay. 

あとがき Afterword. Usually written by the author themselves and usually translated with foreign language editions

全(ぜん) complete. I present this kanji more as a symbol than something to be read. When i wonder if a series is complete i usually check the ebook listing and sometimes it will list the volumes as for example 全15巻. This basically means “complete 15 volumes” the first kanji meaning “complete”, and the last one meaning “volume”. If its ongoing it will say 現在2巻. 現在（げんざい）”currently 2 volumes”. Also look for 完結（かんけつ）meaning “conclusion” or “completion”!

Again if there are any further questions or things I should add don’t hesitate! Also check my short guide about different physical manga editions to get a basic overlook of the different manga editions out there.

[taison]

Manga marketing glossary part 1: Magazine covers

There’s a lot of words helpful to know when you’re shopping for manga, be it tankobon volumes or magazines so I thought I could compile a few of them! I don’t know how comprehensive this will be but if you have any questions for this part or future ones or think there’s something I should add please send me a message! In this part I will talk about words that you might see on manga magazine covers. A lot of information is conveyed on those covers but how do you figure out which ones inform you of the content included? Let’s begin with a few

巻頭カラー（かんとうカラー）Opening color pages. If you see a title advertised on the cover with this attached you know that means it will have color pages and a color illustration in the beginning of the magazine which is depending on the magazine always printed on glossy color pages. Sometimes you might see センターカラー meaning the color pages will be further inside the magazine.

新連載（しんれんさい）New serialization. A title advertised with this is a brand new serial! If you’re looking for the first issue of a series keep an eye out for this, or maybe you’re just looking for a brand new fresh off the press serial!

付録（ふろく) Furoku, or attached gift/freebie. A furoku could be anything from a photo card, to stickers, to a little bag. Not all magazines have these normally but if you’re shopping online and can’t verify it with your own eyes you can always check a magazine’s website or social media if you want to be sure, or it will be simply displayed on the cover. 

Beginning really simple and small but again if there is anything you think should be added please tell me! Next I want to talk about words that describe the content of various tankobon releases and eventually just fun marketing language keywords for those who want to understand how manga may be advertised 

[marymauk]

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[carolinegetsinspired]

Glossary Updates

Since nobody is perfect, some of my earlier glossary posts may be missing information or may be unclear. So, I went back and updated some that might've been lacking.

All updated glossary posts

Module 1: I included a bit more information about the durability of these carpet squares to answer a question I found in the comments. Basically, these modular carpet squares are highly durable and made out of recycled materials. I also included a link that further explains different types of modular carpet.

Module 4: I added major updates to the last paragraph where I talk about practical implications of hair-like sensors. I updated this specific area of the glossary post because there were some questions in the comments that expressed interest in how exactly hair sensors could benefit the medical field. I didn’t find much, since most work is still in the speculative stages, but I included how scientists wanted to improve minimally invasive surgeries by adding sensors to the tools so that surgeons do not have to rely solely on small cameras to operate.

Module 5: For the fifth Module Glossary, I had the Bombardier beetle as a topic. I updated the post to include a paragraph explaining the spraying mechanism the beetle uses. In this explanation I included what senses the beetle uses to aim its defense mechanism. Additionally, I added a new link as a resource. It happens to be a paper published in the Proceeding of the National Academy of Sciences about the spray aiming of the Bombardier Beetle. This paper illustrates the extreme accuracy of the beetle spray.

Module 6: In this module, I created a glossary post for the slime mold Physarum polycephalum. I made sure to include a paragraph explaining exactly how scientists were able to benefit from their observations of slime mold. In fact, they created a computer algorithm that mimics the slime mold form of self-growth. This program can then be implemented into new project to create the most efficient networks systems for people.

Module 7: To improve this glossary post, I addressed a question that I read in the comments. The question was about biomimicry, so I looked back into the first lesson to answer the question to the best of my ability. Essentially, I explained the differences between bioinspiration and biomimicry again. Actually, this was a nice thing to do at the end of the course. Everything kind of came full circle at that point.

[carolinegetsinspired]

Module 7: Glossary Post

Silk Pavilion at MIT

http://www.designboom.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/05/silk-pavilion-MIT-media-lab-designboom021.jpg

The Silk Pavilion created at MIT is a novel example of swarm printing. Basically, swarm printing is an extension of 3D printing that is hoped to be utilised in the construction of building-scale structures. This method of printing is designed to work by having a swarm of small robots all working simultaneously to construct a project.

This concept of swarm printing is inspired by the experiment done by MIT researchers who used 6,500 silk worms to create the pavilion. To create this structure, the workers created a skeletal structure composed of hexagonal panels overlaid with a base layer of silk. Next, the worms were placed on the structure where they filled in the gaps between the base thread to create the silk pavilion you see above.

The significance of this structure is that the process shows how we can use entirely biological systems to build structures. After the dome skeleton was laid out, the silk worms pretty much acted as biological 3D printers. After building the dome, the worms are collected and are allowed to grow into moths. The adult moths can then lay enough eggs for 250 more pavilions to be built.  This means that it is an efficient system that will not drain resources.

This is an win for society because the building process, once modified to accommodate robots, will be require little human labor. The building process can be done with little supervision and in less time. If biological materials are used, the structures will also be environmentally friendly. Currently, this silk material is a prime example of biomimicry. However, the future will depend on how the robots function and what materials they will use to build.

Links:

MIT site

http://matter.media.mit.edu/tools/details/Swarm-Printing

Vimeo video about the project

http://vimeo.com/67177328