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Discovering Rally House and I am s u s c e p t i b l e

Eldest Daughter has been enamored with the original Digimon anime Eng dub and I keep cracking up at Nicholas Wolfwood's voice showing up as a parent and later as Digi-not-Ewan-McGregor-as-Obi-Wan-Kenobi

One of the most successful mangas ever looks like this.

Nyoop-poop? Though that might be too gentle lol.

This has been bugging me for a whole week lol

There's a big difference!!!

Wasn't sure how the anime would be for The Other World's Books Depend on the Bean Counter but they did Seiichiro SO dirty NOT giving him that one gap moe expression when he's magicsick in Capt Aresh's bed or w/e during their first time together in the manga
He just looks sick and tired and NOT cute

Really weird how this and Bucchigiri aired the same season but the one that appeared to promise the magic of Free! completely fell flat and the heavy military male gaze appearing one is like the stunning and gigglier successor to Samurai Flamenco.

Belatedly watching Bravern and I am happy to report that Ive been enjoyably surprised by all the homosensuality presented to the viewer.
The sex jokes revolving around the alien daughter her first episode were deeply offputting though. An accusatory wtf to the motel lady.

some bits of wisdom from tunglr

Added it to Chrome and can verify it works, thank god

An incomplete list of things I regret donating to thrift stores when I was first living on my own and trying to make room and be "grown up"

-Trigun Kuroneko-sama shaped CD case (fuzzy and cute)

-Gatomon and Palmon plushies (9 years later my toddler daughter would have loved them)

I Bought Something from Akihabara's "Cursed" Vending Machines - Unseen Japan There's still a lot of fun stuff to see and do in Akihabara. Then there are the vending machines selling oden, bugs, and even an old phone.

There are still plenty of interesting things to do and see in Tokyo's Akihabara. One “attraction” that contradicts Akiba’s bouncy anime image is a bank of vending machines with a lineup of products locals describe as “cursed.”

You need to be willing to plant trees knowing you will never sit in their shade

Studying up on Setsubun and figuring out how to teach an American preschool class about it has got me feeling like Im in school again orz
It's also been a hot night of roasting soybeans phew
(idk if my own mom knows the history of why you throw beans & when it started, she certainly never taught me)

Breastfeeding baby has really upped my youtube watching the past several months 😅 gotta stay awake somehow

Car Alarm (extended reprise) YouTube video by pat’s soundhouse

youtu.be/jcutNFPwXPE?... here's car alarm

(and after finding out Kenshi Yonezu was the Vocaloid Matryoshka composer I'm hearing it a lot in the 2 theme songs).

Feels like this fall Ive found more good music than I have for a while, so I'm not feeling so old lol.
Charli XCX and John Cale's "House" is a superb vibe.

Found a hauntingly beautiful and random khaen piece called "Car Alarm."

"Iris Out" and the Chainsaw Man Movie OST are great.

More stupid AI bullshit by Google.

Also: they're starting to stuff it all over Android as well, including the messaging app - why you need fucking AI in your text messages boggles the mind.

Just turn off RCS chat to get rid of it there tok

Book is "Comfort Knitting & Crochet Afghans" by Gaughan, Winter, and Berroco Design Team

Looking through an afghan patterns book from the library and hard paused at this Tomioka Giyu lookin color scheme - but it's from 2010 so it can only be a complete coincidence right lol?

Got the Mouse Guard ABCs book from our library for my toddler & husb to enjoy together. After seeing this art I giddily told him "these are Italian Cold Steel Cinquideas!" an old fact learned from @drawfeeshow.com (lol). Husb said the mice usually wield them but just call them knives or daggers lol

Yayyy ARH by @bellhasabat.bsky.social and @raspberryhazel.bsky.social came! I think this is my 3rd copy over the printings it's had since the 2010s, it's really that good. Also I forgot about and lost it when Adrian wishes Carter luck on their French test (probably for the 4th+ time) 😂.

Zohran Mamdani’s Campaign Logo Looked Nothing Like a Campaign Logo The bodega-influenced visual language of an outsider campaign.

if you would like to know more about how zohran's look came together (designed by Aneesh Bhoopathy of co-op studio Forge!) please check out this great writeup in curbed

Japan's "Mundane Halloween" costume contest is back!

Each year website DailyPortalZ holds a contest where people dress up as something super duper ordinary.

Here's a thread of some of my favorites from the 2025 contest!

#MundaneHalloween

トランプ、またTACOる「トマホーク 供与は検討せず」

イング ＠ING_...2025/10/13… 日本の株クラ、やっぱりアメリカが TACOる前に中国がXACOったことを知らないのか... 17 54 ♥ 224 ilil 3.1万 Dr. Shintaro S... & • 2025/10/16 ・・。 アメリカと中国で500%や1000%の関税がどうのこうの言っても市場はほとんど動いてないです。 どうせ、トランプがTACOると分かっているからです。 128 ♥ 115 ill 57

TIL that when Trump backs off of an obviously stupid threat, Japanese social media users say he’s TACOる (“TACO-ing”) and I think that’s great

We saw Chainsaw Man Reze Arc last night and it was perfectly bombastic and a great fit for a giant screen 🫰

Crunchyroll is destroying its subtitles for no good reason | Daiz.moe With the Fall 2025 anime season, Crunchyroll demonstrates zero respect for anime as a medium as the presentation quality of its subtitles reach an all-time low.

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Crunchyroll is destroying its subtitles for no good reason
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A ton of research and effort went into this one. This is the article to read to get to the bottom of Crunchyroll's subtitle changes!

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The Colonization of Hokkaido YouTube video by Unseen Japan

With the release of the Hokkaido-set Ghosts of Yotei, many abroad are having their first exposure to Japan's vast northernmost main island. But how did Hokkaido, home to the indigenous Ainu, once known as Ezo, become part of Japan? One of our earliest videos explores just that. youtu.be/VJTfGfwY878