Q: What’s a challenge of licensing older (vintage titles). A: A lot of time it’s a rights issue, as well as how well the masters have been maintained by the Japanese publisher. Often times it’s a lot harder to remaster them, essentially.

Q: How do you adapt Japanese idioms into English? A: Hire a professional translator. And Japanese knowledge is only one part. You need to be widely read and also a good writer in English. It’s not the words on the page, it’s the intention.