The Smashing Machine (Dir: B. Safdie, 2025)

Con panels safely ensconsed on the laptop. Time to put on my trousers and go to Northampton!

Doctor: I'm afraid the cancer has metastasized Pagliacci: Should I go see Pagliacci? Doctor: We should really be discussing palliative care Pagliacci: No! No no no! You're supposed to say "go see Pagliacci and you will be cured!" Say it! Doctor: I'm very sorry and LIVE FROM NEW YORK IT'S SATURDAY N

Anime History of Britain Cut For Time Theatre: Detective Gordon

This came to me in the gap between sleeping and being awake,

New #SIZZLETOWN out now! Apple: tiny.cc/ybat001 Podbean: tiny.cc/bbat001 Spotify: tiny.cc/vbat001 Thanks to royalstacks.com.au

It appears that the NHS has narrowed the range of people who qualify for the Covid vaccine this year, and I'm no longer in that range...

Minoru Suzuki offers his thoughts on the trend of puppets in wrestling

Only 44k views for this work of art is absolutely insane. It's incredible. www.youtube.com/watch?v=fAXO...

Autumn 2025 anime of interest #1 : Noble Farmer Season 3 www.youtube.com/watch?v=2wh9...

Shout now posting Kamen Rider Zeztz episodes in non-looping versions www.youtube.com/watch?v=R2w1...

Lupin! Hiding out in this Charles Dickens adaptation won't save you!

2 days early and several years late!

Strikeout Pitch this week illustrates something it does really well. It's never concerned itself with you having to know all the players on the team, beyond the main 5 guys and the coach, but it will efficiently pull one of the background characters into focus when the narrative depends on it.

Oh no, my neighbour got a karaoke machine and I just endured what sounded like a cat singing "Can't Get You Out of My Head" for what seemed like 10 minutes.

Fucking hell these anime companies using Youtube's AI dubs on their trailers, it's like they don't want me to watch their new shows.

Hastily writing a "Telegram Sam" parody song called "Hologram Stan", brb.

Going through a bunch of late 70s & 80s "plucky British girl goes on adventures because of photo in her locket, or somesuch"-style anime and was pondering what the last one of these was? I had Nadja in mind because it's in my panel, but I think it's the more recent Fena: Pirate Princess

Comedians are a cowardly and supercilious lot.

Almost forgot to include the Princess Diana anime in The Anime History of Britain! I've had a copy for a decade or so waiting to find a use for it, and almost missed the ideal opportunity... Thank goodness another manga/anime seemingly cashing in on 80s Diana fever reminded me.

If you're looking for non 3DCG Giant Robots, ONE PIECE has you covered this week. Sadly not with this music.

Remembering now why I generally use a chronology format for my anime events over wryly analysing a nonsense dataset... Anyway, if you want to see an example of both of these formats, come to "The Myth of Retro Anime" and "The Anime History of Britain" at AmeChibi next weekend.

Enjoyed Adam Riches and John Kearns ARE 'Ball & Boe' a lot. First time visiting the new Soho Theatre Walthamstow, very nice venue and helpful staff. One joke in particular I may have found funny to the point of spontaneously spawning a laugh I'd never made before.

The new Cat's Eye anime suffers from "whoops, we made the backgrounds too big" syndrome that makes some shots look like one of those Letraset packs I'd get in the late 70s early 80s.

Doraemon gets its 1st new ending theme song since the current series began back in 2005!

To be, or not to be, that is the question.

Watched the first two episodes of Haunted Hotel last night and while it's not awful, it's over-written in a way that feels endemic in US comedy writing.

As Raymond Chandler once wrote "When in doubt, have a bunny girl come down from the moon with giant pauldrons on her shoulders."

Finally, I can now listen to the Song of the Summer whenever I like.

My, my, look at this handsome young whippersnapper 🤼

Beano #887, July 18, 1959

Cat Internally Debates Whether Or Not To Rip Head Off Smaller Creature It Just Met https://theonion.com/cat-internally-debates-whether-or-not-to-rip-head-off-s-1819579289/

Looking forward to the live action Sakamoto Days due to Yuichi Fukuda's involvement.

I present to you all the legacy of NXT UK Bill Regals kid using black tape to cover the UK part of the logo on his joggers on a NOAH show. He probably should have kept some for the SPLX logo too.

This week's MuMu also has the second best riff on the Men In Black Neuralyzer's I've seen this year. The first best being The Creepy and Freaky's version where they just try and recruit you again after each mind wipe until you either give in or get brain damage.

The Little Iron MerMaiden Pooh’s Napalm Deathalump Movie #DisneyMetal

The best faces in the final MuMu ep.

The Horiffying Nightmare Powers of the People Rejected by the Sea. #OnePiece1144

Current Top Ten Anime of 2025: 1) New Panty & Stocking 2) Apocalypse Hotel 3) City 4) The Summer Hikaru Died 5) Me & The Alien MuMu 6) Gag Manga Biyori Go 7) YAIBA 8) Vigilantes 9) Zenshu 10) From Bureaucrat to Villainess

Me & The Alien MuMu ended on a great final episode that was bleakly satrical, optimistic, fanciful and just a tiny bit horny. Looking forward to being able to buy the manga, as the next threat teased in the final minutes seems a delightful concept.

They literally draw lines on the ground for you

Weird that they'd give a movie to those 2 characters from the episodes of the Book of Boba Fett that barely had Boba Fett in.

Glad to see Coach Anzai / Taro Sakamoto show up in this week's Dandadan.

Newborn Loses Faith In Humanity After Record 6 Days https://theonion.com/newborn-loses-faith-in-humanity-after-record-6-days-1819573929/

what movie do you consider “perfect”?

Fucking hell today's One Piece episode (1144) has real nice animation in it. It's not perfect like some episodes of recent years (there's some connective tissue cuts that look like noticeable downgrades), but it's pretty close.

Ultra Q (1966) Episode 15