Gorgeous gorgeous autumn!

It’s officially time.

Now listen. I’m a defender of gaijin here in Japan. I think gaijin in Japan are a good thing. But not when they do shit like this. Do better, guys. You are making all of us look bad with this unacceptable behavior. Do this shit anywhere else for all I care. Just don’t do it here.

The extreme/stark culture clash of East VS West couldn’t be clearer than fan opinions of the situation regarding Maya Imamori & her sudden termination from this year’s Super Sentai, already 37eps in. It’s gotten pretty ugly on both sides, as these things tend to do. Can’t help but feel bad for her.

Finally!!

Forgot to post but the weather was perfect, so we went on a picnic the other day with homemade bentos (none of it made by me of course)

Feels like I never left Murica with these portion sizes!

Some people asked me if there was a way to donate to me directly. While I am extremely uncomfortable about this, a lot of close friends convinced me I should set something up, so I set up a ko-fi for those that expressed this. Please do not feel obligated. ko-fi.com/ashuraou

Seeing official US government accounts posting and engagement baiting on Twitter as if they are Reddit mods is truly a sight to see. It seems that visas are allegedly being revoked for hate speech regarding Charlie Kirk. I get that calls for violence shouldn’t be tolerated, but it is so one-sided.

Hey friends. After having open heart surgery in Dec and another procedure in July, I've been left in 10k+ debt while recovering. During this, we were also laid off from Skullgirls. To try to help dig myself out, I have begun listing things on eBay: ebay.com/usr/mshinzan

Attended the best birthday party ever

POV: you have a seven year old niece who really wanted you to draw Precure characters for her

The title “Bastard chickens who don’t know how to shut up” for this gachapon got a pretty good chuckle out of me

We went out and ate good and watched movie!!

Beauty

Losing an entire promised audio track, several commentary tracks, and mixed up disc labels is enough to raise a fuss about. The Dirty Pair Kickstarter fiasco is the gift that keeps on giving, and my shipment is still only processing.

I think what's so frustrating about the Dirty Pair issues for me isn't the mistakes themselves because hey, they happen. Lord knows I've had mistakes slip through before, and things like the disc art switch might not be CR's direct fault, although they should have checked the discs before shipping.

So, folks are finally getting their Dirty Pair BDs after 4 fucking years, & here’s the TLDR on what we all expected 1. Several missing stretch goals 2. Bootleg-tier art design/packaging. Cases are low quality & discs are stacked 3. No menu music. It takes <5sec to cut an OP out of an audio file btw

Visited Ishinomaki, Miyagi Prefecture. Shotaro Ishinomori, who is from the area, and his legacy are celebrated here, and as such, the streets (the main one of which is called Manga Road) are filled with Kamen Rider, Cyborg 009, and more statues!

My Sukeban Deka Blu-ray shipped earlier today LETS GO

Today I learned that there exist hybrid trains in Japan and I am floored

Sendai is such an underrated city, pls visit it and Tohoku in general I beg you

Sendai’s subway system logo is certainly uh a choice

New 4K remasters of Patlabor and Patlabor 2 are screening next month and you bet your sweet bippie I will be watching

Can someone please tell me why even NVIDIA RTX needs a fucking AI chatbot ffs

TVアニメ「ダンダダン」第3期制作決定！モモ、オカルン、ターボババアのビジュアルも https://natalie.mu/comic/news/640828 #ダンダダン

You’d think Trump & his goonsquad would be defending free speech in honor of Kirk’s death, but here they are silencing those who oppose him, just as they did with 60 Minutes, just as they did with Colbert (allegedly). “Free speech for me but not for thee” is not in the constitution, fucking toddlers

While I refuse to buy new Nintendo products on principle due to my disagreeing with their company management I would be lying if I said I wasn’t super interested in that new Ditto game, and the new Yoshi one looks fun too…

I just found out about reusable ice cubes and my mind is blown

Wife food spam that I must share with the class

This weekend I watched: -Superman: since many people thought positively of it I thought I’d give it a shot. Not bad for the most part, but falls flat by the end fight for me like all superhero films -KPop Demon Hunters: Excellent animation, simple and sweet message, good/fun characters, very solid

Every single time you use public wi-fi in Japan be like

My dad, his fiancée, and my younger brother just left Japan after visiting me for a week & a half. My brother is a weeb like me, but the other 2 knew nothing about it. After going to Kyoto, Nara, Osaka, Himeji, Nagoya, Shirakawa-go, Tokyo, Chiba, and Ibaraki, they left adoring it. Makes us so happy.

If you ever end up in Nagoya for more than a day, take a three hour bus up to Shirakawa-go from there. Trust me, your eyeballs will thank you the whole time, and so will your entire being if you go there in the summer to escape the disgusting heat.

If you ever want to blow a Japanese person's mind, show them that they can easily emulate Nintendo games on their iPhone with just a few clicks. Needless to say, my wife is gonna be entertained by Animal Crossing Wild Worlds for a while.

I saw my first ever Japanese Only sign! It was for a kyabakura lmao

I love it when advertisements and notices down in Kansai use the local dialect like this

I turned on the TV in a hotel I’m staying at right now and I saw One Piece was on so I switched it to have some background noise. I wish I hadn’t. What the fuck is up with the sound design? It’s so awful.

Went to a place

Random thought, but ppl who claim Japan is such an awful land of misogyny bc “there are women only cars on trains!” obviously have never been to Japan, because the women-only thing is literally only for a couple hours in the morning/evening on weekdays, only on certain trains, & not at all permanent

So, this month marks four years since I became full-time ride-or-die with @worldofcrap.bsky.social and MediaOCD. I am eternally grateful to be given the position I have. Nothing could make me prouder of our team & what we've accomplished. I hope we can continue to grow and get more eyes on our work!

It's official: I WILL be announcing a new(ish) title at AnimeNYC!

Back in Japan now. I already miss how nice the weather was in LA. Fuck Japanese summers man.

Truth be told friends I was midway across the Pacific Ocean on a flight back to LA during the AnimEigo/Discotek panels yesterday so I could only see everyone’s comments and reactions well after the fact. I’m really glad to see lots of people are excited for basically every title announced this time!

Absolutely love how there’s just a Gundam RX-78 statue in the Taipei Taoyuan International Airport for no particular reason at all

This ojisan’s t-shirt I saw today went so hard. It was all black, and with white text in all caps read: COME THE FUCKDOWN. Inspiring.

Okay yes I did see this trailer today before Demon Slayer and thought it looked awful, glad it wasn’t just me Also besides the bad visuals I felt nothing compelling or interesting enough to care to see it. I was never a Hosoda fan at all but Belle was great so kind of a shame ig.

Today we finally got to see THE movie of all time. It was pretty solid, and had a bunch of great emotional scenes as well as tons of action, but it didn’t make me cry tears of manliness like the last one did. Looking forward to part 2, anyway

Update: Nothing happened, we safe. Highest waves recorded reached 1.3m up in Iwate, so it was a lot less worrisome than was expected. Unfortunately, one woman was injured after falling while running to shelter, and another lost her life when her car went off a cliff en route to an evacuation site.

I’m about a 40min walk from the coast at Tokyo Bay & was worried about evacuating, but my in-laws told me that our area is sufficiently above sea level & I’m not at ground level in our place so should be fine not to worry if the 1m advisory for Tokyo Bay area is correct, but I can’t shake the nerves