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Anime Podcaster and Convention Event Runner.

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Great. I have "Bink's Brew" stuck in my head again.

12.03.2026 06:19 πŸ‘ 0 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0

I do appreciate that One Piece is in the "just put a wig/hair dye on" camp for de-aging actors in flashbacks. We're already going along with enough on the show that we can easily briefly accept Clive Russell playing much younger than 80.

11.03.2026 21:20 πŸ‘ 0 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0

The answer to the trolley problem is to get one of those keyrings that has a little circular plastic fob on it that's the same size as a pound coin

11.03.2026 16:36 πŸ‘ 60 πŸ” 7 πŸ’¬ 1 πŸ“Œ 1

Yes I'm religious, I believe in the holy trinity

11.03.2026 15:11 πŸ‘ 2 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0

A day later and it's funny how most of the crowd that conjures up journalistic biases and pay-for-play deals with zero proof are largely quiet when a real one emerges. Huh, I wonder what the difference is!

11.03.2026 11:13 πŸ‘ 73 πŸ” 13 πŸ’¬ 3 πŸ“Œ 0

Yup. That first episode feels like "look at this amazing new way to edit anime" and then nearly everyone else on the project went "looks too difficult".

11.03.2026 11:14 πŸ‘ 3 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0

While I think a live action Samurai Champloo is a bad idea, I do think it stands a better chance of maintaining the hip hop element throughout than the anime managed.

11.03.2026 11:09 πŸ‘ 4 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 1 πŸ“Œ 0

If you see this, post a robot πŸ€–

11.03.2026 09:37 πŸ‘ 1 πŸ” 1 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 2

Remember! Netflix One Piece is a live action COMIC adaptation. A genre that has had great success for over a century.

Do not mistake this for a live action CARTOON adaption, a genre which includes The Adventures of Rocky and Bullwinkle (2000).

10.03.2026 23:52 πŸ‘ 4 πŸ” 1 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0
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10.03.2026 21:06 πŸ‘ 95 πŸ” 14 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 2

And Stranger Things merch

10.03.2026 13:23 πŸ‘ 0 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0

But if the Bristol HMV is still a going concern, that will have BDs. HMV is basically BD + Anime Toys at this point.

10.03.2026 13:23 πŸ‘ 0 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 2 πŸ“Œ 0

Yeah I'm talking the London one.

10.03.2026 13:21 πŸ‘ 0 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 2 πŸ“Œ 0

Oxford St. HMV has even more blu rays.

10.03.2026 13:20 πŸ‘ 0 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0

The good news is that FOPP is just down the road and that is absolutely full of blu rays.

10.03.2026 13:19 πŸ‘ 1 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 2 πŸ“Œ 0

I was in there yesterday, and you are correct.

10.03.2026 13:17 πŸ‘ 1 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0

Good thing about live action One Piece coming this far into the manga's lifespan is you get Jeff Ward's performance as Buggy, where you can see his initial hatred of Luffy is in part born out of his love of Roger.

10.03.2026 12:13 πŸ‘ 1 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0

The conscious mind has enough shit going on. It doesn't need "stop doing that weird thing with your feet when sitting" and "don't put yourself in a figure 4 leglock in your sleep" on its plate too.

10.03.2026 10:28 πŸ‘ 0 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0

After figuring out what I'm doing to hurt my knee, it would be great if my subconscious would hold onto that information and not injure my knee again.

10.03.2026 10:26 πŸ‘ 0 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 1 πŸ“Œ 0

As I approach the end of Kiwami 3, the problems are that it is still Yakuza 3 at its core. "Chapter 9: The Plot" remains the most egregious bit of writing and game-design in this series.

10.03.2026 00:39 πŸ‘ 0 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 1 πŸ“Œ 0
A comic splash depicting all potential hazards that might be caused by a parked truck.

A comic splash depicting all potential hazards that might be caused by a parked truck.

ROAD STAR continues to amaze.

09.03.2026 23:26 πŸ‘ 1 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0
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a flag on top of a snow covered hill with the word thants below it Alt: A flag with an ant on it. Subtitles read Thanks, ants. Before changing to thants.

Gavan Infinity #4

09.03.2026 21:09 πŸ‘ 2 πŸ” 1 πŸ’¬ 1 πŸ“Œ 0

In London to see Ray O'Leary at Soho Theatre.

09.03.2026 19:13 πŸ‘ 0 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 1 πŸ“Œ 0
Kaa from Jungle Book, hanging down from a tree

Kaa from Jungle Book, hanging down from a tree

GLADoS from Portal, in the same hanging pose

GLADoS from Portal, in the same hanging pose

Worked out why GLADoS is so creepy

09.03.2026 17:00 πŸ‘ 20 πŸ” 3 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0
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Toei Animation Studio launches "Pro,Pro,Pro!!", a series of original short films produced by their in-house teams.
The first short film "Mugen∞Anime" will be posted on YouTube this Friday.
x.com/TOEIANIME_PRO

09.03.2026 13:37 πŸ‘ 258 πŸ” 78 πŸ’¬ 1 πŸ“Œ 2

For example in the comic, the Kuratake the Barber sketch flows naturally out of a sketch involving Umi & Sora, the Adatara twins. The anime version comes from out of nowhere, but keeps now unexplained references to Shia Azumaya, the character who really took the hit to fit the manga into 13 eps.

08.03.2026 17:21 πŸ‘ 0 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0

Reading through the CITY manga it is fascinating to see that the few sketches in the anime that didn't work for me tend to be ones that had their setups altered - mostly due to the diminished role given to the Adatara family.

08.03.2026 17:14 πŸ‘ 0 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 1 πŸ“Œ 0
The man from Smell of Reeves and Mortimer who asks if you have any "booze for baby", but the subtitles have been edited to read "Hey, got any GUNS for baby?"

The man from Smell of Reeves and Mortimer who asks if you have any "booze for baby", but the subtitles have been edited to read "Hey, got any GUNS for baby?"

Sakamoto Days 250:

08.03.2026 16:55 πŸ‘ 0 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0

I guess in the Alane-banashi universe once women hit a certain age they just cease aging.

08.03.2026 16:38 πŸ‘ 0 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 1 πŸ“Œ 0

Those final 5 panels in this week's One Piece are very funny.

08.03.2026 16:34 πŸ‘ 0 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 1 πŸ“Œ 0