Completing our tokusatsu trilogy, JN Productions, Inc. licensed by Toei Co., Ltd. and Ishimori Productions, released the ever-popular sequel to the Kikaida series. Once again our graphics and DVD teams creatively approached this classic Japanese superhero series, creating DVD menus and a stunning packaging design that revitalize the 1970s series. Our design and authoring talents are showcased in each special feature: an interactive 3D model, a how-to-draw Kikaida 01 diagram, exclusive interviews, karaoke music videos, character profiles with sound and episode factoids. All video and audio assets were meticulously remastered and encoded for optimum quality. Each of the 46 episodes was translated and subtitled in English by our team of language specialists.
JN Productions, Inc. was licensed by Toei Co., Ltd. and Ishimori Productions to produce a collector's edition DVD box set for this classic 1970s Japanese superhero series. Our graphics and DVD teams created DVD menus that feature a user-friendly interface and a stunning packaging design. Our design and authoring talents are showcased in each special feature: an interactive trivia quiz, a behind-the-scenes interview, karaoke music videos, in-depth essays, character profiles and episode factoids. All video and audio assets were meticulously remastered and encoded for optimum quality. And each of the 52 episodes was translated and subtitled in English by our team of language specialists.
Our camera crew shot footage of top DFS executives and sales personnel at their corporate headquarters and Galleria luxury retail stores in Hong Kong. We edited this corporate video in English, then translated and subtitled it in Chinese, Japanese and Korean for distribution to DFS locations worldwide.
CLIENT:
DFS
TITLE:
Business Update from Okinawa
Our camera crew shot footage of the DFS executive team and sales personnel at the newest DFS Galleria location in Naha, Okinawa. We edited this corporate video in English, then translated and subtitled it in Chinese, Japanese and Korean for distribution to DFS locations worldwide.
CLIENT:
VIZ Media, LLC
TITLES:
Boys Over Flowers, Baby & Me, Midori Days
Manga fans can enjoy the exciting world of Japanese comic novels through JN Productions' English-language translations. Our experienced translators take great care to preserve the dialog and flavor of the original stories. We provide the literal translations for English adaptation.
CLIENT:
VIZ Media, LLC
TITLES:
Inu Yasha, Maison Ikkoku, Flame of Recca, Project Arms
JN Productions translates many anime (Japanese animation) series into English for DVD release. We also provide various U.S. DVD authoring houses with precision subtitle spotting for various titles.
CLIENT:
FUNimation
TITLES:
Full Metal Alchemist, Kodocha, Samurai 7
The popularity of the anime genre allows us to highlight our Japanese-to-English translations. Our experienced translators apply their multilingual, multicultural skills to each story; we strive for accuracy and fidelity to the original story in each project. And of course we always deliver on time and on budget.
CLIENT:
TV Asahi
TITLE:
The Perfect Manual-Shochu
A stylish Japanese TV series—offering guidance to young bachelors trying to woo the object of their affections—devoted an episode to shochu, a Japanese distilled spirit. Because the series' distributor sold the episode to a major international air carrier as an in-flight video aimed at both Japanese- and English-speaking audiences, the translation and subtitles for the video posed unique challenges.
Our translation-subtitling team and our bilingual video editor consulted closely with TV Asahi producers to preserve the elegant mood and feel of the show. We translated all the on-screen dialog and video supers into English and selected a stylized English font to convey the sophisticated look of the original Japanese dialog and supers. Our editor then added an English voice-dub track to the original Japanese audio track of the show's flamboyant host and dulcet-toned narrator.
CLIENT:
Daiei
TITLE:
For the Customer
This cashier training video emphasized good customer service, proper cashiering techniques and appreciation for the customer. Working closely with Daiei human resources personnel, our production team produced a highly effective video.
CLIENT:
Hale `Aina Foundation
TITLE:
20th Anniversary Awards Gala
JN Productions' graphic design and video production teams added zest to Hawai`i's premier annual culinary awards extravaganza. In addition to producing an elegant video honoring the year's culinary award winners, a JNP video crew supplied live, 2-camera video footage of Hawai`i's top chefs serving up samples of their signature creations and sommeliers offering select wine pairings.
CLIENT:
Mainichi Broadcasting System
TITLE:
Kyoto - A Heritage of Beauty
Mainichi Broadcasting System (Tokyo) tapped JN Productions' integrated translation-subtitling-video editing capability for this documentary celebrating the rich tradition of kyogen (silent, masked plays) in historic Kyoto. Our team preserved the austere ambience of the original Japanese program through English supers and subtitles as well as English voice-over narration. The program's producers were pleased with the concise, elegant and accurate translation, which preserved the historical and cultural integrity of the original program.
CLIENT:
TV Asahi
TITLE:
London Hearts
How do you capture the hilarious flavor of the verbal free-for-all that ensues when a panel of female Japanese models and actresses jousts verbally over who's still got "it"? JNP translators and our bilingual video editor matched the girls zinger-for-zinger, subtitling the Japanese barbs with their colloquial English equivalents and placing English supers on screen alongside the original Japanese characters.
CLIENT:
Generation Kikaida
TITLE:
Kikaida DVD Box Set
Under a product licensing agreement with Toei Co., Ltd., JN Productions produced the Kikaida 9-disc collector's edition DVD box set, delighting fans of the popular 1970s live-action superhero series. JNP handled everything in-house—from Japanese-to-English translation and subtitling, authoring and programming, encoding, premastering to DLT, graphic design and packaging design—for the DVD series. The easy-to-use, bilingual menu designs and fun-filled special features—including behind-the-scenes Kikaida factoids, trivia games and karaoke music videos—are a fitting tribute to this delightfully kitschy old-school TV series.
JNP provided English-to-Japanese translation, spotting, subtitles and DVD authoring for a video produced by the Hawai`i State Department of Business, Economic Development and Tourism to promote business opportunities in the state's emerging "Life Sciences" industry.
CLIENT:
Hawai`i Convention Center
TITLE:
American Veterinary Medical Association
JNP translated the English-language script and added Chinese, Japanese and Korean subtitles to the Hawai`i Convention Center's video message to prospective delegates of the 2006 American Veterinary Medical Association annual convention in Honolulu.
CLIENT:
Sony Hawaii
TITLE:
Sony Expo 2005
The JNP video production team produced a 30-second television commercial promoting the 2005 Sony Expo, the annual showcase for new Sony product lines.
CLIENT:
Sony Open
TITLE:
Behind-the-Scenes
The JNP video team shot for a full week on location at the Wai`alae Country Club on O`ahu and edited a video documenting what goes on behind the scenes to organize the first full-field tournament on the U.S. PGA Tour.
CLIENT:
Sony Hawai`i
TITLE:
Felica
How do you produce a video promoting a high-tech system in a location where it does not yet exist? That's the challenge surmounted by JN Productions in the creation of a video highlighting the possible benefits of implementing Sony Corporation's smart-card technology in Hawai`i. Casting talent to play tourists and Hawai`i visitor industry workers was easy, but JNP video and graphics pros also improvised to create realistic video scenes showing the applicability of the smart-card technology to the areas of mass transit, security and the visitor industry in Hawai`i.
CLIENT:
Dow Agrosciences
TITLE:
Sentricon
The JNP video team worked with a national client to localize its broadcast advertising campaign for the Hawai`i market. Our video production pros shot and edited a 30-second television commercial designed to expand our client's market share.
CLIENT:
TV Asahi
TITLE:
Crayon Shinchan
JNP translators captured the bawdy humor of Crayon Shinchan, Japan's answer to Bart Simpson. JNP provided Japanese-to-English translation and subtitles for the popular TV Asahi anime series, much to the delight of devoted fans of that animated rascal.
CLIENT:
Tendai Mission
TITLE:
Toro Nagashi
The JNP video team produced a Japanese-language documentary—with English subtitles—capturing the serene beauty of the toro nagashi ceremony organized by the Buddhist Tendai sect in Hawai`i. JNP videographers shot and edited footage of the poignant event, which features floating lanterns believed to usher the souls of the departed to the Pure Land.
CLIENT:
Central Pacific Bank
TITLE:
Kendo, Daruma, Shave Ice
The JNP video production team created a series of television commercials for Central Pacific Bank highlighting the CPB commitment to service and its sophisticated understanding of Hawai`i's unique cultural heritage.
CLIENT:
Hakuyosha Clean Living
TITLE:
The Difference is...
The JNP video production team wrote, shot and edited this 30-second television commercial to highlight a client's dry cleaning service.
CLIENT:
Steve Szabo/Pacific Islanders in Communications
TITLE:
Holo Mai Pele
Our multilingual, multicultural fluency enable us to translate projects that feature time-honored cultural practices and traditions. JNP provided English-to-Japanese translation, spotting and Japanese subtitles for a DVD documentary on the hula, the traditional native Hawaiian dance.
CLIENT:
Urasenke
TITLE:
International Convention in Hawaii
Urasenke, a Japanese tea school steeped in tradition, maintains over 70 overseas branch offices in 32 countries around the world. In July 2001, the JN Productions video team shot footage of a week-long international conference of 1,200 international delegates attending the Urasenke International Convention in Honolulu. In addition to working with Urasenke officials to produce bilingual conference programs and publicity materials, JNP produced a full-length documentary on the proceedings with Japanese narration and English subtitles.
CLIENT:
Generation Kikaida
TITLE:
Trading Cards
How do you freshen up the look of a classic 1970s Japanese superhero? JNP graphic pros cleaned up 30-year-old slides depicting Kikaida, the cult classic hero, and incorporated the old-school images into a sleek, new packaging design for the "Kikaida" trading card set.
CLIENT:
Japanese Cultural Center of Hawai`i
TITLE:
Celebration of Lifetime Achievement
JNP produced an awards video for a fundraising banquet organized by the Japanese Cultural Center of Hawai`i to honor organizations and individuals for their outstanding efforts to preserve and perpetuate Japanese culture in Hawai`i. The distinguished list of honorees included JNP founder and president Joanne Ninomiya!
CLIENT:
Honolulu Japanese Chamber of Commerce
TITLE:
Iida's - Over a Century of Tradition
The Honolulu Japanese Chamber of Commerce contracted the JNP video production team to produce a tribute to a historic Hawai`i store that closed its doors after 105 years in business. The production team wrote, shot and edited the video commemorating the bittersweet occasion.
CLIENT:
Steve Okino
TITLE:
A Most Unlikely Hero
JNP provided English-to-Japanese translation and Japanese subtitles for "A Most Unlikely Hero," a 60-minute documentary on Bruce Yamashita, who received his officer's commission only after a long legal battle with the U.S. Marine Corps.
CLIENT:
Generation Kikaida
TITLE:
Generation Kikaida TV
JN Productions produced "Generation Kikaida TV," a high-energy, family-friendly half-hour television show for Oceanic Time-Warner Cable's signature OC-16 channel in Hawai`i. The show, a tribute to Hawai`i's passion for "Kikaida," the classic Japanese superhero series, included music, children's activities, special guest appearances and a look back at some classic "Kikaida" moments.
Our bilingual, bicultural media expertise proved invaluable to the production of a video documentary marking the Hakubi Kyoto Kimono School's 30th anniversary festivities in Hawai`i. Our full-service production team shot footage at various locations and edited the video with Japanese-language narration and English subtitles.
CLIENT:
Consulate General of Japan in Honolulu
TITLE:
Voter Registration
Following a partial 1998 revision to Japanese electoral law that enabled Japanese nationals living outside of the country to vote in Japan's parliamentary elections, JNP produced a Japanese-language commercial to encourage voter participation among Japanese nationals living in Hawai`i.
CLIENT:
Fletcher Jones
TITLE:
Print Campaign
The Hawai`i automotive dealership for Jaguar, Land Rover, Mercedes Benz, and Porsche depends on the JN Productions, Inc. graphics team to design local print advertising campaigns catering to the discriminating tastes of Fletcher Jones' clientele.
