Can’t sleep, reading MHA volume 7, and Mineta of all characters makes me realize I need to add “The Shawshank Redemption” to this list. boxd.it/RIGHC

‘KPOP DEMON HUNTERS’ is joining The Criterion Collection. #KPopDemonHunters #CriterionCollection 🔗 variety.com/2026/film/ne...

Is new Evangelion news evangelia

Can’t sleep, reading MHA volume 7, and Mineta of all characters makes me realize I need to add “The Shawshank Redemption” to this list. boxd.it/RIGHC

Tickets to Project Hail Mary secured 😎

Viz Media announced the license acquisition of My Hero Academia: Ultra Artworks for a physical & digital release • Includes covers, illustrations from Shonen Jump, event artwork, and creator commentary

Viz Media announced the release of My Hero Academia Box Set 2 which will include the the final 22 volumes, an exclusive 48-page booklet of author sketches and notes, and a double-sided poster

The Viz Media Fall 2026 License Announcement Event is now Live #MangaNews

I cancelled Viz & SJ 6 months ago. I haven’t heard about any AI shenanigans since then, so I resubbed to Viz for now. Time to catch up on Insomniacs After School and read more Conan & Frieren.

Viz has had enough time to announce the Ultra Artworks artbook, right? Or whatabout a part 2 boxset for MHA? The Ultra Age fanbook would also be nice, though I feel that’s less likely. Extremely unlikely, but Me & Roboco in print would be very welcome.

Viz Media announced they will be hosting a license announcement event tomorrow

A Discworld Humble Bundle is highly tempting as a way to finally read it, but the requirement to make a Kobo account to access might be too much of a hassle.

Came across an appropriate crossword answer while catching up on the Vigilantes anime.

When a chocolate treat interferes with sleep at bedtime, but doesn’t prevent an afternoon nap.

Met up with a friend to do artsy stuff yesterday. Considering the holiday, we decided to learn to make pocket valentines. I tried to mimic the intricateness of the victorian examples we looked at.

Of note, only one character canonically goes to Hell in Full Metal Alchemist.

Shut off an All Might analysis video after a couple minutes because it claimed that telling Deku heroes need a Quirk directly contradicted his own experience. Realizing that if anything could make me a YouTuber, it would be the need to combat All Might misinfo.

Finally picked up Space Brothers volume 45. Such an emotional volume! Next volume is the end 🥲 (Kodansha put this in print pretty please)

Spent an unreasonable amount of time on this eye test of micro-lettering in MHA volume 6 trying to read the city name. Finally decided the 2nd letter must be an ‘H’ for”Shiono City”, but ? #SandraMHA

this is a very interesting look at shonen manga specifically as sequential art, and the unique differences and technical/creative aspects between them I may not agree with some key points, but it's still a great and thoughtful analysis

Shonen Jump's High School Family: Kokosei Kazoku manga gets a live-action film, with Shingo Katori and Riisa Naka playing parents who attend high school with their son!

Long trailer for High School Aizawa (with appearances by His Purple Highness)! youtu.be/GuJ2dqmo3uY?...

Roboco in 2026 / Kayoko Suda in 1972:

Check out this illustration of Conan by Kohei Horikoshi and Deku by Goshi Aoyama to celebrate 30 years of #DetectiveConan anime and 10 years of the #MyHeroAcademia anime! ©️Kohei Horikoshi/ Shueisha/ Goshi Aoyama SHOGAKUKAN

If I was the Dwarven King beneath the mountain, I would simply not lose my ancestral holds to the ravening hordes. But I’m forged distinctly.

🚨BREAKING🚨 Crunchyroll has allegedly rolled out a new "Slow Sellers" policy for the Crunchyroll Store in which products that fail to meet internal sales expectations are flagged, leading to order cancellations & delisting of product to prioritize "fast selling" products from Well Known IPs

If Bilbo had Chat GPT

Seated for the last Sundance Film Festival to be hosted by Park City.

Dad has been spending retirement building kitchen cabinets and his shop has turned into quite the trophy room of old repurposed cabinetry.

I Won the War, but Now My Wife is Being Courted by A Hundred Men?!?

That was a shaker! (I hardly ever get to participate in earthquake buzz)

Took advantage of their big sale to pick up some Manga Mavericks books!

Might need to join Letterboxd just so I can make a list of movies referenced in My Hero Academia

I was charmed by the passage where the narration briefly gives us the inner monologue of a passing fox like a thought bubble in a comic strip. Tolkien revealing he still had some of that bedtime story magic from The Hobbit in him before the plot took a more serious turn.

Another Gen 2 shiny! This time an Ariados in Crystal version. Didn’t have to wait nearly as long for this one.

Slowly re-watching One Piece and Skypiea still rules.

All Might worried about Deku’s ability to defeat the enemy, since he is a savior hero at heart. Those worries were allayed after Deku won the obstacle course, but his loss to Todoroki shows that if the person he needs to defeat is the same person he needs to save, saving is the priority. #SandraMHA

Bakugo is given reaction panels during the Deku vs Todoroki fight. He overheard their convo about Shoto’s family issues, so he is able to understand what Deku accomplishes despite his loss. The reactions are silent, but his feelings emerge during his own Todoroki fight later. #SandraMHA

The new year means creating a 17th tab on the same Excel file I’ve been using to budget since 2010. Will I ever change my ways? Only time will tell.

I know ratings are largely arbitrary, but this MA rating for a wholesome show like A Place Further than the Universe is breaking my brain.

Snow today (yay!) but not what I’d consider a decent amount. I may have to re-think my understanding of snow in my birthday as a good omen, though. Tested + for flu at urgent care, then my scrip didn’t make it to the pharmacy. Then everything closed.

Looking longingly at old pictures of snow. Might finally get some decent snowfall as a birthday present.

now that i’ve seen lord of the rings, i can truly appreciate all the memes

VLOOKUP is ripe for relatable jokes, but I freed myself by switching to INDEX/MATCH years ago. (XLOOKUP sounds like a good modern solution too, but it’s only part of later editions of Excel and my current process still works for me)

has anyone in the history of the universe ever put TRUE at the end of a VLOOKUP statement

i can’t believe it has been 2016 for ten years

2025 ROUNDUP ~Culture~ Firsts: - Went to a Sundance Film Fest screening - Caught up with Doctor Who after 10+ years away - Completed Pokédex in my childhood Red game - Patronized new local Daiso and Trader Joes stores

Happy New Year!🐎

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