Kaifuku Jutsushi no Yarinaoshi alphabet
Because I am a man of culture as well: the number assignment is fairly conjectural There isn't much on-screen text, and most of it is phonetic Japanese so it's doubtful…
Overlord alphabet (updated for S4)
updated for season 4 I didn't think I was going to be able to decipher the alphabet in Overlord because there was very little on-screen text whose meaning could be…
Tate no Yuusha no nariagari alphabet
season 1 to 3 The anime uses a number of different alphabets, but I think only one of them is "real" - the one appearing on maps, some shop signs,…
“Maou Gakuin” alphabet
Summer 2020 brought us the anime "Maou Gakuin no Futekigousha" with another funky on-screen alphabet. By episode 6 I'd seen enough samples to confirm that it is an actual Roman-style…
Hamefura alphabet
The anime "Otome Game no Hametsu Flag shika Nai Akuyaku Reijou ni Tensei shiteshimatta..." (Hamefura in short) uses an on-screen alphabet that at first looked like random scribbles, but by…
Deciphering Youjo Senki – bonus: Zugspitse location
According to the anime, the 203rd candidates are at the Imperial Army Zugspitze training grounds - which makes sense in the main universe since the Zugspitze is the highest mountain…
Deciphering Youjo Senki – part 3: fonts
There has been no official character set released, not even in the art book, so I made my own mapping tables. There are two main fonts; the "print" style used…
Deciphering Youjo Senki – part 2: numerals
The Youjo Senki universe has at least 2 numeral systems, one "Roman" system where 10 is represented by "X" (though their "X" is different from the X in their alphabet)…
Deciphering Youjo Senki – part 1: text
I love the attention to detail that went into this 12 episode series, where they invented a full alphabet with capitals and minuscules, in calligraphic, print and cursive form and…