Madame Butterfly has its issues but it always makes me cry anyway.

Did anyone grab Sentai's re-release of Kino's Journey 2003 that came out last week? It's their first SD-BD in years, so I'm curious if it's just the same exact thing as the prior release in 2019 or if it's a new encode.

Fuuuuuuuckin’ finaaaaaaaaally

I got the shirt of this one! Love it.

Shout out to Nick Nick @nicknickgoose.bsky.social www.animenewsnetwork.com/feature/2026...

I appreciate how Sega pitched Parlour Games for the Master System as a "Family Fun" title, with box copy that describes how much your mom will love throwing darts, and so on. But what's the first thing you see when you start the game? A woman in Playboy bunny attire. (And hey, Compile made this!)

i was aware of some of this stuff as i knew some backers and nearly was one, but the bit where crunchyroll replaces the really nice box art right stuf did with their own much worse copy-paste job is extremely funny

Excellent article by my friend @riderstrike.bsky.social . I did not back this, but watching half of my friends get angry about this whole ordeal for years made sense back then, and makes more sense now. There's clearly more to the story, and we'll see what else comes out in a few years from now...

This is a must-read, @riderstrike.bsky.social knocked it out of the park

Fantastic piece! Great work. One minor thing I'd like to point out, though: AnimEigo's first crowdfunded release was actually the Kimagure Orange Road in 1997, which sought 1500 full-series preorders. Urusei Yatsura used the model in '99 and Macross followed a few years later. o/

As our small team of QC Discord members were busy ripping the content of the discs for better accuracy in reporting issues, I factored in the task of an alternate (re)design of the case insert for the TV Series, which better represents what exactly is *in* it.

Dirty Pair fans came out of the woodwork to back this project—to the tune of US$731,406 what they got were years of delays, authoring problems, and a disc wrapped in a napkin. What happened?

Oh boy, this one took a little while. In my latest for ANN, I take look into the game of Ru-Ru-Ru-Russian roulette that was the Dirty Pair Kickstarter campaign. From pandemic-related delays to company buyouts, Kei and Yuri had more than a few hurdles to clear on the road to release.

A $5 magazine page from the antique store and a $5 frame. That's a 92 year old print, and my favorite piece of railroad / tobacco advertising.

The vulnerable sk8tokyo.com is 403'd right now. It was an incredible resource documenting & distributing doujin shmups for 15 years. The site was public just a couple months ago, so I hope it comes back online. Until then, here's an archive of the Bike Banditz patch: web.archive.org/web/20250523...

Manual Cover 'Three Of The Galaxy' Famicom

I can quit cosplay now

Dark Entries honcho Josh Cheon interviewed by ‘a swimming pool library’ on the label’s longevity, opening a brick and mortar store, the near collapse of it all, how Patrick Cowley’s adult soundtracks were discovered and publishing books… 📕 aswimmingpoollibrary.net

Ninja Scroll makes its 4K debut at Berlinale on Sunday!

Attention all Panelists! We are taking applications for FanimeCon 2026! Deadline to submit your application is March 22nd, 11:59 PST. https://fani.mobi/39OvggV

Heads up: It appears that stock of the venerable ASUS BW-16D1HT BD drive is starting to dry up. No one seems to be sure exactly what’s up, but it’s the very last “UHD capable” desktop drive on the market (IIRC). old.reddit.com/r/hardware/c...

I've decided to apply to host Vintage Anime - Name That Year! once again at FanimeCon. I was thinking of hanging it up but I'm looking at next year as the final year. (If we're accepted of course) Other panels I was thinking of in addition won't be developed enough in time, but underway for 2027.

Chainsaw man Reze High card Terminator zero The dub for SAC_2045 Saga of Tanya the Evil: The Movie Ilya 3rd In this Corner of the World and other Corners Gundam Gquuuuux Gantz Zero stand by me dorremon 1 & 2 dragon Quest your story Shinji Aramaki’s canned AVP project Muteking the Dancing Hero

This sent me down a rabbit hole of trying to find pictures of Mamoru Oshii smiling for @kidfenris.bsky.social. Getty Images attributes these to 'the screening of the movie "The Sky crawlers" at the 65th Venice International Film Festival at Venice Lido on September 3, 2008'

Update on Bing: The block seems to have been removed! Sites are slowly starting to re-index. Special thanks to @ashleybelanger.bsky.social for this really helpful article and visibility. We now have a direct contact at Microsoft we're communicating with to see how this can be prevented again.

Took time, patience, a fair amount of luck, and a little $$$, but I've managed to get a PAL LaserDisc copy of Robotech: The Movie passed through a Domesday Duplicator. Not *perfect* (at least visually), but it didn't need to be. The audio however, is what makes it all worthwhile...

What anime from the last 10 years are you still waiting for a physical release of? www.animefeminist.com/what-anime-f...

“This is a state of emergency and urgency,” SOMArts Executive Director Maria Jenson says. The cultural center will host a community meeting on Feb. 13 in an effort to save the local arts ecosystem. Learn more:

oh and MGS3 has a mod to enable crouch walking with the animations taken from MGS3D That was a fun new way to play 3 if you have before

This may be a stupid question, but has anyone ever actually seen Jim Terry? (of Force Five fame) I cannot find a single con appearance, picture, news article, biography, or interview anywhere.

Activists are making a bid to rename SF General after those who died fighting ICE, saying the ethical values behind Zuckerberg's Meta—particularly privacy rights and the social platform’s role in polarization within politics—don’t reflect SF values.

Post a slapper not in English. I used to run a lot to this one, that opening riff is burned into my brain. Really regret not seeing these guys when they were in the US: laurssmaldita.bandcamp.com/track/viejas...

The constitution didn't protect Mr. Sabula from being fired by his employer for exercising his free speech, the UAW did that.

A sweeping boycott has begun — targeting tech giants who participants believe are enabling President Trump and his immigration crackdown.

The loss of a true one-stop shop for anime fans hurts the industry as a whole, and a drive to cut inventory costs may be to blame.

Our first self produced restoration project, the nutty NJ comedy Too Much Sleep, is now on Amazon Prime! www.amazon.com/gp/video/det...

Star Trek cards coming to the @sfpubliclibrary.bsky.social

A movie in which a government uses an over-armed police force to oppress its citizens and dehumanize everyone involved? Sorry, it's just too implausible for me.

Next is "El Apagón" (the blackout) which I could write a whole thread about on its own The song and its video (a mini documentary) are about a lot of things, including the problems with Puerto Rico's electrical grid, which have gotten worse since Hurricane Maria

He jumps off the wedding platform and now we're at a NYC bodega The Puerto Rican diaspora in New York and elsewhere is a major focus of his recent work People who have been forced to leave their home and start over elsewhere

Omg this is so good I missed this! VERY intentional shot lingering on two men grinding on each other Throughout his career Benito has been an ally to the LGBTQ community and has tried to push back against the machismo prevalent in Latin music

I cannot emphasize enough that what he's singing here, obscured by beeps, is "If your boyfriend doesn't eat your ass, he'd better fuck off"

This song "Yo Perreo Sola" is an anthem about women's right to throw ass in the club without men creeping on them

Like I hope you know how seen I felt by others and I'm glad that every Latino on my timeline feels the same way. I'm so GLAD

Cause that's what heroes do.

what a shot

40 year olds the world over, in unison: “IS THAT RICKY MARTIN????”

loved every second of Bad Bunny. That message of inclusion and a celebration of cultures like Puerto Rico’s is just what America needs right now. Plus, his music just gets you in motion. 10/10

“Aaaw, it’s just a Grammy”

If anyone’s wondering what the owner of Eleven Arts is up to now that the company is (essentially) dead, he’s head of business development at an AI animation company. Lovely.