07th Expansion gives official sanction for Umineko translation
Found on Encubed on Thursday, 12 February 2009
In an interesting turn of events, Ryukishi07 of the doujin circle 07th Expansion has acknowledged and approved of Witch Hunt's translation project for Umineko no Naku Koro ni via email, according to a post by one of the translators.
In closing, he mentioned that he will warmly watch over this endeavour and hope that everyone will continue to enjoy Umineko no Naku Koro ni.
Awesome. That's how you deal with your fanbase which puts lots of work into helping to promote your creations. Kudos to Ryukishi.