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Tetsuya Chiba, the legendary creator of the boxing manga Ashita no Joe, has died at 87:

12 years later, despite the rise of right wing anti-foreigner wackos, this is still the worst I've personally had happen to me in Japan.

It’s just so appalling and enraging how casual and commonplace this has become. I’m out of words.

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I met him at two Cons. The first one, in Pasadena, I asked him to sign my copy of the VHS "Moon Trap". He looked at it, then me and said, "You LIKED this shit?" Years later I saw him at another and to my surprise he saw me and said, "Well if It's not my only Moon Trap fan, back again."

Oh, dear. I had the good fortune to meet him a few times at conventions and had lunch with him once in Australia. Such a lovely fellow and of course an iconic figure in science fiction. RIP.

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OK, the Bird App is TERRIBLE, generally. But I like this. x.com/znsqnjk8j/st...

Life moves pretty fast...

Hedgehog's Dilemma, the fourth episode of Neon Genesis Evangelion, premiered on this day thirty-one years ago and will be the focus of today's posts.

Something I wish more people would realize.

this shelf got me 😭

Every year I'm reminded of the askew Orguss and every year I smile at it. I actually got Run Sasaki to sign this DVD set lol

Mobile Suit Gundam (1979) Episode 41 - A Cosmic Glow 18:47.655

It’s a lot easier to watch retro anime nowadays than it was when these shows were airing because of @discotekmedia.bsky.social and @animeigo.com putting out so many easily accessible and affordable BD sets of classics.

Ebikawa did a great update on the Formation Z robot but I wonder if they avoided making the jet mode better because that just reminds you the old art was a barely disguised Legioss. figsoku.net/blog-entry-5...

We are sad to learn that Japanese writer Ryū Murakami has passed away at 74 years old. Murakami wrote the 1997 novel AUDITION which was adapted into Takashi Miike's horror masterpiece. He also wrote the novels Almost Transparent Blue and Coin Locker Babies. Rest in Peace.

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As far as I can recall, it was Journey Back to Oz, an unofficial cartoon sequel to the 1939 film, starring Liza Minnelli as Dorothy. Wikipedia gives its release date as 1972, which would have been too early for me. But Cartoon Brew says it played in '74-'75, which would've been when I saw it.

BREAKING: Supreme Court rules student IDs can’t be used to vote in New Hampshire, a win for the GOP in a Senate battleground.

"One does not thank logic, Amanda." I'm now exactly halfway through Star Trek TOS!

OK, I just watched the Star Trek episode "Metamorphosis," and I see that, along with the Nomad episode, is the template for TMP, but WHAT THE FUCK. Hedford just ceases to exist, and NO ONE CARES.

Ruin a song by adding “In My Pants” to the title. River Deep-Mountain High in My Pants

Ruin a song by adding "In My Pants" to the title. Oops!... I Did It Again In My Pants

Another astonishing victory in the ongoing War Against Metaphor. www.washingtonpost.com/national-sec...

Just got a text from our admin service - PHP patch should be up. Now, it is time to do the developer rest - 2 hours of sleep, followed by a fuckton of coffee

We are back online.

I have just found out that Akira Senju, the composer for Mobile Suit Victory Gundam has an album where the cover art is himself doing the Giorno Giovanna pose and it's drawn by Hirohiko Araki

It's Philip K. Dick's world; we just have the misfortune to live in it.

Took these yesterday, was saving her for a time where I was really sad, and instead I was feeling good after feeling sad, and felt like this would be a nice boost, and it was! Sadly then I had an emotional nuke dropped on me, but I am working through the fallout and thought sharing Sayla might help💕

holy smokes, conan strikes up a chat with a random lady on the subway and she immediately starts riffing on his level, no problem.

"anyway so there's this show in the 80s that was basically Japanese Thunderbirds but they had a giant robot and it was dubbed into English in the UK and Brian May from Queen and Eddie Van Halen thought it was cool so they recorded an album of songs based on it." "Sophie what are you talking about"

Most insane spam bot I've received.

I'd like to remind Trump administration that after Iran war started, Ukraine deployed experts and technology to the Middle East to help Gulf states defend themselves against Iranian drones and protect US bases in the region, while Russia provided targeting information to Iran.

are you trying to get blue mississippi because this is probably the only way to do it