@malcmanishere
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YouTube, Netflix, HBO, whatever platform does this: stop trying to launch another movie or show before I’m done with the current thing. I like fully experiencing the last scene, and hey, even seeing the credits and such. Stop it. Bad streamer, no!
My first account got suspended because I posted a Disney’s Frozen poster and apparently that was liable for copyright takedown (I have never made money from that site). Got it back so now I have two.
Thanks for all the likes.
As someone I follow said in a recent video: “our credit score binds us a lot more than our age does”
Thanks for all the replies.
I was actually planning on posting about how the reboot handled the Chang Triplets later this week since I feel it’s gone criminally under-discussed.
Not a hot take, but a reminder that Japan is not a monolith in many ways.
Recently, someone on JP Twitter posted concept art from the recently canceled Pixar film “Be Fri”.
One QRT calling the models ugly has sparked this online discussion on female character designs and moe culture.
Haha. I recall reading about that after I watched it.
Ironically the rotoscoped realism they did with the anime was what got me interested in the first place, to the point where I was initially disappointed with how the manga looked when I saw it afterwards.
Guess I am a stereotypical American😅
与太猫（扇子） @jcWt5q3QDFysZb2 Follow • Translated from Japanese Show original The things I want to say to both "Why don't American comics draw bishoujo?" and "Why are Japanese manga full of moe bishoujo?" are the same: "Dummy. Read manga properly." There are cute characters in Japanese manga that aren't obviously moe bishoujo, and American comics have art styles like Mr. Gullyhaw, right? You're just prioritizing what you want to say and being narrow-minded. Rate this translation: 大成功だったと言えるんじゃないかしら 自分の存在を 6:44 AM • Mar 10, 2026 • 72.6K Views
@sodium • Translated from Japanese Show original < My Hero Academia and Dragon Quest kinda give off this vibe. Female characters do have some variety, but basically, they're either cute or beautiful. Apparently, it's aztbb (ztb)) of Horii-san for Dragon Quest. That said, in old shonen manga, there just weren't many female characters to begin with, so in that sense, My Hero Academia has its female characters fighting just as fiercely as the guys, so maybe it's still at that stage. Diversity comes after existence. Can't be helped since it's shonen manga. Shojo manga, on the other hand, often lacks diversity in both males and females, with everyone being super attractive. Maybe something like Chibi Maruko-chan is where you get diversity equally for both genders? Rate this translation
@WwMbZgHW4C12681 • Translated from Japanese Show original In Japan, people can't tolerate female characters that aren't beautiful girls (beauties)—hell, they even think it's weird if they're not beautiful girls —yet male characters are diverse from the get-go, and it's common for there to be few pretty boys (handsome guys) without anyone saying a word about it. It's hilarious how, when you bring up this kind of trend, they jump in with "There are ugly ones too" or "You just don't know," eagerly pulling out rare examples like it's their big moment. Rate this translation: m S 7:10 AM • Mar 10, 2026 • 9,403 Views
makkutokyo @makkutokyo Follow • Translated from Japanese Show original <ô Why is it that Japanese animators insist on turning regular girls into moe bishoujo types instead of just drawing them as normal girls? The fact that you don't even have that thought might be what's so Japanese about it. Rate this translation: B g かぎりぎり ♥ @girigiri0117・17h • Translated from Japanese Why don't overseas anime just straightforwardly draw beautiful girls? It's a mystery. x.com/rikunana_town/... 2:30 AM • Mar 10, 2026 • 1.8M Views
This is just a snippet of some of the stuff I’ve read and snapshot.
It’s interesting to me that discussions like these are out in the open and most of us don’t even consider it happening.
Not a hot take, but a reminder that Japan is not a monolith in many ways.
Recently, someone on JP Twitter posted concept art from the recently canceled Pixar film “Be Fri”.
One QRT calling the models ugly has sparked this online discussion on female character designs and moe culture.
A sea nymph intervenes to save a drowning kid... illustration for a story I've had on the backburner for a while.
Nice figurines.
When did you become a fan of The Proud Family?
Not that I mind, I just never have seen yoh talk about it before.
People should not be quiet about the way that payment processors and governments alike are trying to eliminate all "nsfw" expression, and queer art of every stripe. Mastercard, Visa, Paypal, Stripe, are making creators and sex workers less safe at every opportunity and this assault must be stopped.
Fair enough. My only comment on this is that I feel it’s a bit weird to apply 24 as a “white lady” for this scenario.
Sure they’re voiced by a white remake actress, but they’re still a bodiless race-less soul for the whole story. No kid is going to watch this film and think “that’s a white woman”
“Hoppers,” Pixar’s latest offering, is “a hoot,” @justincchang.bsky.social writes. “But also a more soulful film than some will give it credit for.” Read his review. newyorkermag.visitlink.me/CaKYJ_
“Hoppers” is a weird one. I know not to expect coherent or progressive politics from a Disney children’s film, as this is rarely the point… but what about when it is, and its cowardly pivots betray its story and central character in the process? joysauce.com/hoppers-pull...
Based on your 3rd post in this thread, you know what live-action dramedy you’d enjoy? Reservation Dogs.
Don’t let the color palette fool you, I’d say it’s probably the most humanizing take on minority teen life made in the past several years. Also spiritual but not in a completely dower way.
While I agree with not voting in categories you're not actually qualified to vote in, the qualification is literally "watch a cartoon."
If you can't watch movies that make up a quarter of all box office grosses then what are you even doing in this industry? How can you consider yourself up-to-date?
1 in 4 of all box office dollars are from animation. The entire entertainment industry would collapse if animation suddenly disappeared. Animation is, in fact, what kept the industry afloat during the pandemic.
You don't... I dunno... wanna see what's going on over there? No curiosity whatsoever?
Its tiring to see amazing stuff like this, only to be flooded with people saying "WAH WHY COULDN'T IT BE 2D?!?!". It was never gonna look like this cause It didn't fit the tone they were going with as they made it. Plus it was always gonna be 3D. Plus Pixar is a 3D studio so yeah.
I hate when clickbait accounts posts concept art or test animation and the replies are always “why can’t the entire movie look like this instead?!” Because it’s a two min clip and not a two hour animated movie y’all.
Man.
The world fucking is on fire.
So go be as corny and cringe as you wanna be without hurting people.
Live whats left of your only life.
If you can’t be free in your body at least go be free in your mind and soul.
Fuck the haters.
Damn. And here I am thinking I’M too addicted to social media.
I got like one other handle for the weird shit I’m too embarrassed to talk about on main and that’s it.
One of his last projects was “The ComiQ“, a one-off volume about prison labor and unjust imprisonment in Japan.
The Fleming-esque grotesque women who turn out to be the real villains might be a turn-off, but grotesque villains were a thing with him, for good and ill.
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Good write-up.
A cool fact I recently learned was that Kazuki Takahashi was at one point vocal against the Shinzo Abe administration, calling it a “dictatorship”. Pretty controversial Instagram post for 2019.
news.yahoo.co.jp/expert/artic...
All I can really recommend right now is The Bellybuttons and Titeuf (if you can find that one in English)
More proof that podcasts are my generation’s radio shows.
Review of Hoppers, a real surprise of a Pixar film, having a heavy heart for harmony in nature and a darkly comedic edge in addressing its absurdities.
#Movies #FilmSky #Hoppers
movieswithmark.com/hoppers-revi...
Recently made my QRT recommending a video
It's kind of a shame when you look back at that original teaser and it hints at a more interesting movie (I say this as someone who saw the final product in theaters)
www.youtube.com/watch?v=2w_K...
@movieswithmark.bsky.social recently put out a video that ties in GREATLY to this.
It's about Despicable Me and how the love baby boomers have for the Minion franchise isn't a fluke, namely how the films are pretty devoid of commentary or allegories of any kind.
www.youtube.com/watch?v=CFnA...
Pete Doctor's statement about Elio definitely puts into perspective as to why Luca and Turning Red felt like such anomalies from Pixar.
Only semi-related, but if you want a show that does a nuanced take on revolution, check out out Castlevania: Nocturne and it’s depiction of the French Revolution.
If you don’t mind spoilers for it or the previous 4-season show, @overlysarcastic.bsky.social made this video.
youtu.be/88YeHCIxS9c