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Mantra

AI-powered manga translation engine for publishers

Machine Learning Researcher - Mantra Engine

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Full-timeTokyo, Japan¥6M - ¥10M /yr

About the Job

Requirements

  • Research and development experience in natural language processing or image recognition.
  • A Master's or doctoral degree in machine learning, or at least two years of relevant professional experience.
  • Experience formulating research plans and conducting research resulting in peer-reviewed publications or equivalent work.
  • Experience training machine learning models and improving task accuracy.
  • Experience researching English-language academic papers.
  • English proficiency sufficient to communicate effectively with non-Japanese speakers.
  • Expertise in natural language processing and image processing.
  • Development experience using advanced technologies such as large language models and diffusion models.
  • Experience as the first author of papers accepted at international machine learning conferences or journals.
  • Practical experience as a machine learning engineer.
  • Experience managing and advancing projects such as machine learning proof-of-concepts.
  • Experience developing applications such as web services.
  • Continuous learning, a hypothesis-driven approach to problem-solving, willingness to test ideas, ability to communicate with people from different backgrounds, ownership and initiative in development, and strong interest in manga, languages, and machine learning.

Responsibilities

  • Conduct research and development related to translating entertainment content such as manga.
  • Develop technologies to improve translation accuracy and streamline translation workflows.
  • Address challenges in multimodal understanding and generation involving language and images, including machine translation, manga image understanding, and image editing.
  • Work with the CTO and NLP researchers to formulate the overall research plan and lead the resolution of specific research challenges.
  • Collaborate with part-time members to advance research.
  • Work with web engineers to integrate research results into the product when they are ready.
  • Determine research and development direction in collaboration with the business team.

About the Company

Mantra

AI-powered manga translation engine for publishers

Mantra builds AI-powered translation tools for manga and distributes them to publishers and manga platforms. Its main product, the Mantra Engine, processes manga content to produce translations that preserve the original artwork, layout, and narrative context, delivering accurate, culturally appropriate localization. The service is offered on a subscription basis to B2B customers such as publishers and platforms, with additional revenue opportunities from licensing and partnerships. This approach aims to cut the time and cost of traditional translation, making manga more accessible to a global audience while maintaining quality. Mantra differentiates itself by specializing in manga translation, leveraging AI and ML to handle the unique combination of text and artwork, and by actively engaging with industry programs and awards to validate its impact.

Company size
51-200
Company stage
Early VC
Total funding
$7.9M
Headquarters
Tokyo, Japan
Founded
2020

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