Janet Houck

Professional Career

I joined Animefringe: Online Anime Magazine in November 2003 as an assistant editor. My duties mainly were doing spellchecking and grammar checks, as well as ensuring that reviews and features matched our templates for such articles. Around March 2004, I began to take over full content editing duties, which basically meant doing the same duties, but taking on more responsibility for issue content. Along the way, I acquired assistant editors, who did the first level of edits, while I made final edits to articles during the midnight hour, more likely than not.

Seven Seas Entertainment

I have worked on Seven Seas Entertainment's Boogiepop novel series as a copy editor: Boogiepop and Others (Dec. 05), Boogiepop Returns: VS Imaginator Part 1 (Feb/Mar. 06), and Boogiepop Returns: VS Imaginator Part 2 (May 06). My duties included spellchecking and grammar proofing the text before it went to print, as well as checking for spacing consistancy in the layout. Credit was given to me in the manga series, Boogiepop Dual: Loser's Circus Vol. 2. I also did a read-through and edit of the Aoi Notes and introductory sections of Aoi House Vol. 2, and received a special mention in the credits.

I worked on the English adaptation of Seven Seas Entertainment's Kashimashi manga series, volumes one (Jul. 06), two (Aug. 06), three (Sept. 06), four (Sept. 07) and five (Oct. 07), and the adaptation of Seven Seas Entertainment's Venus Versus Virus manga series, volumes one (Nov. 06), two (Dec. 06), three (Nov. 07), four (Jan. 08), five (Feb. 08), six (Feb. 09), seven (Jul. 09), and eight (Oct. 09).

I completed the adaptation for two volumes of Seven Seas Entertainment's He Is My Master manga series, volume one (Mar. 07) and two (Jun. 07); and I assisted in the adaptation of volume one of The Last Uniform (Apr. 07). My duties included checking for spelling and grammar consistancy, rewriting some portions of the text, and providing and compiling translator notes for the editor.

Current Projects

Currently, I am working on a number of manga adaptations for Seven Seas' Entertainment. Collected in omnibus editions, I have done the adaptations for the Gunslinger Girl manga series, volumes one (Jul. 10), two (Jul. 10), three (Aug. 10), four (Nov. 10), five (Dec. 10), six (Dec. 10), seven (Apr. 11), eight (May 11), nine (Jul. 11), and ten (Aug. 11).

I began work on the Dance in the Vampire Bund manga series, starting with volume three (Sept. 08), then continuing on to volumes four (Apr. 09), five (Aug. 09), six (Oct. 09), seven (Jan. 10), eight (Jun. 10), nine (Jun. 10), ten (Mar. 11), and eleven (Jul. 11). Additionally, I did the adaptation of the side-story volume, Dive in the Bund (Oct. 10). I am working on the manga adaptation of A Certain Scientific Railgun, volumes one (Jan. 11), two (Apr. 11), and three (Aug. 11). I also have a few other projects under wraps that I'll share when I can!

Venus Versus Virus