Reaction to ZUN @ AWA

k.r. @kransomwastaken

ZUN announced for Anime Weekend Atlanta 2013 :O http://t.co/tgwuXqI8

H.K // デビル零@C103 1日 東ヘ49b @Zerochan

I really, really hope people won't do stupid things around ZUN but that's not likely

mauve - on masto @mauvecow

@Zerochan Given how he's been marketing the franchise harder the past few years I wonder if this is the start of inroads to the West.

H.K // デビル零@C103 1日 東ヘ49b @Zerochan

@mauvecow but you'd think one of the several doujin game publishers would be selling it by now...

H.K // デビル零@C103 1日 東ヘ49b @Zerochan

@mauvecow oh wait, I just assumed Touhou fans actually play the games nvm

mauve - on masto @mauvecow

@Zerochan The licensing for the series is extremely problematic the way he's got it set up. He'd also have to delegate the rights and ...

mauve - on masto @mauvecow

@Zerochan I don't think he wants to do that. (i used to work on the official th games' fan translations, we talked about this a lot)

H.K // デビル零@C103 1日 東ヘ49b @Zerochan

@mauvecow What do you mean by delegate the rights exactly?

mauve - on masto @mauvecow

@Zerochan While the main rights go through a shell company now, I'm pretty sure he likes having direct control over the main series.

mauve - on masto @mauvecow

@Zerochan If it gets localized, there'd be an official fork that wouldn't be his. It might also clash with the existing derivative rules...

H.K // デビル零@C103 1日 東ヘ49b @Zerochan

@mauvecow So he'd rather fan translations propagate, or what?

mauve - on masto @mauvecow

@Zerochan eg there's a rule against foreigner-focused download sites. We know about this because of the Touhouvania2 translation.

mauve - on masto @mauvecow

@Zerochan He's been asked straight up about them in the past and he's said he's okay with it. I think. Hazy memory on this one.

H.K // デビル零@C103 1日 東ヘ49b @Zerochan

@mauvecow Gah, I need to find a way to AWA to get a proper interview. Guy needs a chat on Gamasutra or something!

mauve - on masto @mauvecow

@Zerochan Full agreement. But I think if he was going to localize he would have done so by now; god knows he's been hounded about it.

mauve - on masto @mauvecow

@Zerochan If it does come I'd honestly absolutely love to work on an official translation of IaMP but probably not so much the newer stuff!