Kajiya Productions Japanese to English Translation

Kajiya Productions is Alexander O. Smith and Joseph Reeder working together with some of the best developers, translators, editors, and publishers in the business.

We translate video games, novels, and manga from Japanese to English offering both fidelity to the original, and a smooth, fully-localized end product.

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Translators

Collaborators

FINAL FANTASY TACTICS A2

Grimoire of the Rift

“One of the best Japanese to English translations we've seen.” -IGN

FINAL FANTASY XII

“The dialogue is intelligent, subtle and sharp, and the best of the writing shines with the best of the voice acting.” -1UP.com

FINAL FANTASY TACTICS

The War of the Lions

“The redone translation adds a new layer of detail to an already deep experience . . . this is definitely the version to check out.” -Gaming Age

ALL YOU NEED IS KILL

A Novel by Hiroshi Sakurazaka

“Out-of-this-world, utterly amazing translation . . . a shining example of what every other translator should be striving to achieve” -FUKAZENNA!

VAGRANT STORY

“Undoubtably the best localization ever to hit U.S. shores . . . packed to the brim with great, quotable one-liners.” -GIA

FINAL FANTASY I & II

Dawn of Souls

“The translation work in particular is extremely well done . . .” -IGN

PHOENIX WRIGHT: ACE ATTORNEY

“Perhaps the greatest contributor to the quality of Phoenix Wright is the translation . . . well-written, with plenty of sharp wit . . . quite possibly one of the best game scripts written to date.” -PALGN

APOLLO JUSTICE: ACE ATTORNEY

“Hilariously well-written dialog.” -ZENTENDO

2009 Eisner Award Nominee

“Best Publication for Kids”

“A hell of a good read.” -WARREN PEACE

COWA!

A Manga by Akira Toriyama

BRAVE STORY

A Novel by Miyuki Miyabe

2008 ALA Batchelder Award Winner

“Outstanding Children’s Book in Translation”

THE TWELVE KINGDOMS series

Novels by Fuyumi Ono

“Prose that feels natural for the material and audience.” -MANIA

The above gallery is intended to highlight a representative sample of work done by Kajiya Productions’ key translators and some of our collaborators/co-workers throughout our careers.

For a complete listing of works, please see our full resumes here: Alexander O. Smith and Joseph Reeder.

All images of game packages and book covers are the property of their respective copyright owners.

THE GALLERY

Joseph Reeder translatION