In light of Osamu Tezuka's birthday, here's 10 less-mentioned facts to inspire some people to look into the guy. If you consider yourself a fan of anime and manga but don't know much about Tezuka, I encourage you to learn about him. #anime #manga #OsamuTezuka #AstroBoy

Not to start a fight, but I'm interested in hearing opinions. Osamu Tezuka's Black Jack is relatively liked. But it's also 25 volumes long. How much could be cut without anything of value really being lost? If it was only 12 volumes of the best stories, would that be so bad?

Just thought I'd say for no reason in particular, I legit believe Clair Obscure: Expedition 33 is one of the best games of all time. It's been months since I've played it, the honeymoon phase is over, and I'm still sure. If you haven't played it, I heavily recommend you do.

I hope N1RV Ann-A (sequel to videogame VA-11 Hall-A) comes out one day. I'm happy to wait so long as it's eventually good instead of rushed and bad. I just really want to play it, and enjoy the writing and characters.

Any muffin opinions? What's the best kind of muffin? Worse kind? It's basic, but chocolate chip is always good. Choc-chip with oatmeal, like with cookies, it extra good. I'm also partial to carrot muffins and blueberry.

I've been imagining the potential of Digimon Snap (a game totally not inspired by Pokemon Snap, which btw needs another entry). I feel like it could be cool, but I also feel like one level would just be a weapons factory of sentient guns, and another would be a strip club

Sometimes, the main thing that really gets in the way of making videos, is my introverted butt not being able to constantly record audio for a few minutes without my vocal cords complaining. i need to talk more

It saddens me to see people talk as if Osamu Tezuka (and thus to some, anime and manga) starts at Astro Boy / Mighty Atom. Fun Fact: Not only had Tezuka been writing manga for years before Astro Boy, it's anime isn't even the first anime he worked on. #anime #manga

Looking back, one of my favorite moments of Naruto is having the power-scaling broken by Rock Lee in his fight with Gaara We saw some cool stuff up until that point, and then Lee walks in like "let me show you these Eight Gates". He felt like the strongest character for a minute

Possibly stupid thought I had while trying to sleep: "All art is political" can't coexist with "death of the author"? If "death of the author" implies art has no inherent meaning, only the subjective meaning you give it, does that nullify the thought of "all art is political"?

So, I own No Man's Sky, but have never played it. It looks super cool, and like they've gradually made it a fantastic game over time... But I'm scared to start playing it, have a good time, and then for a later update to come out that I should have waited for.

Here's another fun Osamu Tezuka panel. This is the last image from 1960s Singing Wild Roses (野ばらよいつ歌う), a biography manga of Clara Schuman. The text on the left is Tezuks saying he'll return one day with a sequel to complete the story. He never did (as far as I know)

If I wanted to "get" Kirby, what games would I want to play? What would be considered "skippable"? I have little to no Kirby experience. I've tried one or two, played 64 ages ago, and put a bunch of time into Air Ride

So, I've always hated Netflix's poster for Naoki Urasawa's Pluto (based on Osamu Tezuka's Astro Boy). They just show Pluto on the cover when the anime and I think manga take measures to hide them for a mid-late series reveal. So I used my bad photoshop skills and...

When you're Osamu Tezuka in 1963 writing your samurai-era manga Shisengumi, but you're also a fan of musicals. Gotta love this dork. (and no, this doesn't transition into something)

I feel like I keep seeing posts and videos about how Pokemon ZA is a failure, it isn't selling, how "it's all over"... Meanwhile apparently the game is actually selling quite well, and has already sold more than the last one. What's really going on guys?

I like how the Bee Gees discography is like: Staying Alive You Should be Dancing New York Mining Disaster 1941... How Deep is Your Love

Sometimes I like watching online cooking videos. They remind me of how low the bar is for some people, and make me feel better about my own cooking.

Heck ya. Kirby Air Riders brought back the checklist

For those wondering, I'm gonna try and have Part 4 of the "Journey Through the Works of Osamu Tezuka" series out for his birthday (Nov 3). (I gotta try and get that potential algorithm engagement). You've been patient while I do other stuff, but part 4 is coming.

I'm not up to date on all the lore, but remember when Naruto just had like an immortal guy running around? Hidan was just flat-out immortal through the god he worshipped. It wasn't a jutsu (I think). The Naruto universe just has an immortality granting god.

You know how there's game that are "not X" or "not Y"? Games that are just basically the same, but just different enough. Can we get a "not Final Fantasy 12"? Does that exist and I just don't know it? I'd probably love "not Final Fantasy 12"

So, Vampire the Masquerade Bloodlines 2 is out. As expected, it not a great follow-up to the original game. But amazingly, it's apparently a fine game in a vacuum? Given it's legendarily bad dev-cycle, that's impressive. This was on track to be hot-garbage, but it isn't.

Catching up on the Twitchcon controversies. Apparently they threw away gifts they said they'd send to like Vtubers and stuff? Dang man, that's cold. I'd be pissed.

Just reading my way through Osamu Tezuka's 1968 work Norman. It's writing is a bit weird and bad, and it can be a little gorey at times with the villains being lizards who heal from dismemberment. But overall it's a standard, unremarkable, manga for teens........ Jeez Tezuka.

Don't know if I've ever seen this asked, so quick question for the Osamu Tezuka ( 手塚 治虫 ) community. What is his worst work, anime or manga? We always talk about his best. Personally, I thought he wasted a lot of the potential of Devil Garon. Cleopatra also wasn't great.

Sometimes I think about trying to make more smaller game review videos to try and make more regular content, but I'm not sure if that would just mean I have no time for longer content. 1-2 hour videos take a lot of energy out of me.

I can't imagine modern Disney making a new Fantasia movie. I'm just not sure they could pull it off. They feel very plain and safe these days. Best Fantasia bit was 2000s Rhapsody in Blue.

Pokemon I most hope get a Mega Evolution with the ZA dlc: - Butterfree (gigantamax is not the same) - Shuckle - Dunsparse - Breloom - Volcarona - Klefki - Bewear

Ok, but seriously, why hasn't there been a platypus Pokemon?

The Pokemon Legends ZA discourse is so weird. People complaining about being restricted to the town, when it's maybe the first time they've done that with a major Pokemon release. People keep asking for something different, saying the franchise is stale, then they complain

Hey there fans of Osamu Tezuka, or anime in manga in general. Come test your knowledge as I try and address 5 common misconceptions about the God of Manga himself. You may be surprised about what isn't entirely true about him. youtu.be/YfQ7xmHKFR8

I went and looked up all the new Pokemon Mega Evolutions. Respectfully, whoever decided which ones to show off to promote the game, picked poorly. There's some great ones that would have been better.

Man, I would love just an hd-port of Dissidia Duodecim, (the Final Fantasy fighting game from the PSP). Nevermind just an actual follow up to it (I tried NT, didn't like it). I feel like I see the hear the same a lot from others. Why does Square Enix just not want more money?

You know, Elden Ring Nightreign was good. I didn't really play a lot of the Deep of Night or whatever update, but I should go back into that. Ugh, too much to play. Part of me is looking at Battlefield 6, but also things like Hades 2, or like literally a hundred other games

Editing together my Osamu Tezuka misconceptions video (should be out later this week). Kinda worried that this video will be less "oh my, he's so smart, he makes such good points and arguments", and more "this guy is a giant idiot who someone missed this obvious counter proof"

I like it when I make youtube videos about obscure things, because when I see someone watch it, I get to imagine them like a guy wandering through a desert to find a rare video talking about their thing.

Every time I see some post about people promoting AI and saying it's like Astro Boy or that we're nearing the future Osamu Tezuka envisioned, I cringe. The point was that the robots had autonomy. If they don't have that and are a glorified servant, you're several Tezuka villains

Trying a different thumbnail style. Minimal with big red text. Something that will catch people's attention. Is this too bland? Hopefully I can finish the Tezuka misconception video by end of next week

So, the next video was gonna be Osamu Tezuka Part 4 (the script is done, just gotta do all the annoying recording, and editing, and whatnot), but no. I feel kinda good about this Tezuka Misconception video, so I think I'll make it first. It'll be a good one.

More Expedition 33 content. Let's gooooo.

Going through essays, and interviews, and what not to find out if Osamu Tezuka himself, in a primary source, actually ever said something, has me like... I don't care if it's on Wikipedia (whose source is some other article without a source). I want a primary source dang-it

Trying to find info to prove and / or dis-prove Osamu Tezuka popularized big anime eyes had been interesting. Results might just be inconclusive and debatable

Calling #anime and #manga experts. Who (besides Osamu Tezuka) were the popular mangaka of the 1940s and 50s (and 30s if you have that knowledge). Who would be on the short list of popular and influential around this time?

Dang. That Digimon Story Time Stranger game is doing numbers. I thought it looked fun, but didn't expect people to jump on it like this. I already have a mountain of a backlog, but maybe this one will have to be sooner rather than later.

Update: I'm starting to research and write the script for "Five Osamu Tezuka Misconceptions". I feel like I've picked five good topics. Might not be able to completely disprove all of them, but I think it'll be good. If I like it, I'll prob release after Tezuka Pt 4

Every now and then I see posts about people wanting X property to cross over with the works of Osamu Tezuka, but they always mean Astro Boy or some other well-known one. The Tezuka people should agree, but then only offer crossovers with like... Jet King. Something no one knows

I remembered this image exists. I love it. I too have been corrupted by Tokyo's manga (Game is Shin Megami Tensei 4)

So, like, what even is the use case of Sora 2 ??? For real. Why would I or anyone chose, purposefully, to go watch AI content over regular Youtube videos or TV shows or something? I don't get it. I get the tech is cool, but why would I use it for my entertainment?

New video release. If you liked my Sword of Moonlight content, well so did developer Tell All, who gifted me their game Hope Deferred. As the first dev to ever gift me a game, I made them a little review. #KingsField #SwordOfMoonlight youtu.be/xjcOsnwbm_A