Product recommendation, Paprika Recipe Manager. Even if you don't cook much this is very easy to use. Add your own recipes or download them from the internet. Lots of other features. You can add a recipe on your iPhone, iPad, or desktop iMac & it will show up in the other. www.paprikaapp.com

Hi everyone, it's new article day. 🥰 This week it's a fun one - Seth Burn had a chance to talk with Hyūganatsu, who wrote The Apothecary Diaries, The Failure at God School, and more. It's a fantastic read and we hope you enjoy it. #interview #animeboston #apothecarydiaries

Manga, anime, and light novels are among things getting banned.

Exhibit of Yokai Paintings by Mangaka Shigeru Mizuki Held at Shizuoka City Museum of Art japannews.yomiuri.co.jp/culture/muse...

Century-old advertising flyers with treasure ships found in northeast Japan's Iwate Pref. mainichi.jp/english/arti...

New Evangelion attraction opens at Japan's Huis Ten Bosch resort english.kyodonews.net/articles/-/7...

I own almost every book in English on manga. I can honestly say that The Manga Bible is perhaps the best broad introduction to the medium in English. Chapters are subdivided into short sections each accompanied with images. www.penguinrandomhouse.com/books/809000...

Good news www.splcenter.org/presscenter/...

Sliding is the best 滑るのは最の高ですっ☆

Good news.

Tonight's movie was Unfair from 2007. The Japanese release has English subtitles. youtu.be/iiV6zflaObI?...

Mobile Suit Gundam’s Haro-Like Robot to Assist Astronauts on ISS, Popular Japanese Character to Travel from Anime to Space japannews.yomiuri.co.jp/culture/mang...

Who Is Blake Whiting? The most astonishingly productive historian in recent times is someone you’ll never meet theamericanscholar.org/who-is-blake...

RESIN PUNKS, the latest Zimmerit 'zine, is out and available now from garagekit.club and select brick and mortar shops. 40 pages of '80s garage kit culture including profiles, translated period material, and photos. Grab it here: garagekit.club/products/res...

I can fly 妖精なのでお空だって飛べちゃいますっ‪☆

That day of the week again.

A Kickstarter you'll want to follow: sign up now for the pre-launch of the documentary "Tezuka: God of Manga" and get more info as it appears. www.kickstarter.com/projects/tez...

Time for a new batch of @discotekmedia.bsky.social Deep Dives! Get them while you can, some of these are getting pretty hard to find. A few also have limited stock. www.mediaocd.com/category/dis...

Astonishing interview: Dave of the Direct Edition podcast talks to the mangaka Atsushi Kaneko about his ragepunk retro-future story Search and Destroy, a ferociously contemporary tribute to Osamu Tezuka’s Dororo, in English from Fantagraphics. www.youtube.com/watch?v=IriV...

Just arrived in today's mail, with commentary tracks by Patrick Macias and Matt Alt. Wandering Ginza Butterfly Collection www.arrowvideo.com/p/blu-ray/wa...

Good news from Europe: Viktor Orbán concedes with Hungarian opposition on course for landslide election win www.bbc.com/news/live/c2...

I wrote this 10 years ago and am glad it is still pissing off the right people. The best outcome is since then Jay Rubin and I have become good friends. www.tcj.com/confessions-...

I prefer Organic Maps for many reasons, this is another I'm adding to the list. "The Maps App That Collects Zero Data About You (Organic Maps Interview)" youtu.be/XCzVQKLBkhM?...

I can't stop laughing at this post. It's perfect.

An interesting location to stroll about in. Years ago I got a mini tour from Matt Alt to places I never knew were in the area. "Western Tokyo’s Kichijoji-area has been popular from olden times" www.asahi.com/ajw/articles...

TokyoScope News: A Japanese urban commentator argues that #Shibuya no longer feels like #Tokyo’s youth capital, saying redevelopment, chain stores, rail changes, and tourist crowds have stripped away much of the district’s old edge. Full story: www.tokyoscope.blog/p/why-shibuy...

Classic Japanese armor resembles gear from Korean kingdom www.asahi.com/ajw/articles...

Wikipedia’s AI agent row likely just the beginning of the bot-ocalypse www.malwarebytes.com/blog/ai/2026...

I recently picked up and read Sun-Ken Rock vol. 1 by Boichi, pre-ordered volume 2 and picked up his Origen series. I've found another manga artist to read. Great art, plus interesting action and characters. kodama-tales.com/products/sun...

Ruins of Identity by Mark J. Hudson Honolulu: University of Hawai'i Press, 1999 Where did the Japanese come from? This work looks at the evidence. Much of what is covered I have not seen in other works. Anyone interested in the topic should find it informative. uhpress.hawaii.edu/title/ruins-...

This artist does nice work.

Umezu Kazuo: The Horror Manga Master and His Complex Relationship with Tezuka Osamu www.nippon.com/en/in-depth/...

Interesting news from Japan. Not Generative AI slop. "AI gives Japan's voice actors new commercial clout, rights protections" english.kyodonews.net/articles/-/7...

Drops of God getting more recognition. Japan authors, actor of popular wine drama honored by France english.kyodonews.net/articles/-/7...

🚨There are now 113 new ways to break the law on your bicycle in Japan! 🚲🚵‍♂️👮🏼‍♂️👮🏻‍♀️🚔 This is the April Fools gift that the Japanese police want you to take seriously. And if you don't, the fines are rather hefty. open.substack.com/pub/tokyopal...

Currently reading and greatly enjoying what I feel is one of the best books in English on manga. As you library to get it so you can check it out. Already own it or plan to get it, ask your library to get it anyway so more folks can discover it. www.penguinrandomhouse.com/books/809000...

I'm rewatching Odd Taxi, this time paying close attention & taking notes of locations, brands etc. At the beginning you get a glimpse of a Torii, then a railway overpass, then Shibuya Crossing. That plus the direction the cab is going in was enough to identify the shrine.

The "Yokai Senryu Contest" ended this February. "How did AI trigger demise of 20-yr-old Japan poetry contest?" mainichi.jp/english/arti...

"Participants in the camps were paid in crypto via popular platforms such as Trust Wallet, ..." $500 and a trip abroad: How recruits end up in Russian sabotage training camps www.politico.eu/article/russ...

Resistance takes many forms. "The Zazous, 1940-1945" libcom.org/article/zazo...

The Age Verification Con: How Big Tech and politicians built a digital ID system for everyone while pretending to fight each other. reclaimthenet.org/the-age-veri...

Bruce Springsteen released Born in the USA in 1984 to highlight the stories of people who were left behind by this country. More than 30 years later, he’s using this iconic anthem to support our case defending birthright citizenship against President Trump at the Supreme Court.

Tonight's movie was: Shark Skin Man and Peach Hip Girl youtu.be/9tNW8H4jUtA?...

I needed this on my feed today.