it's snowing here; if it's snowing where you are, this is good stay inside with a blanket material I promise

Now that people are starting to see Kinki, you should read me talk way too much about it

GREAT thoughts on Shiraishi's Kinki here -- give it a read!

We talking da movies now

You there! You like shmups? I think you should play tz mini stg collection. It came out less than two weeks ago and ought to have more eyes on it. Four neat little STGs by Tamazusa, each proof-of-concept'ing their own cool mechanics. Learning them is a lot of fun. Very stylish. Free. Link below.

HELL YEAH A DOOZY No book club this week because every single issue we read was outstanding! Buckle up for an hour of great comics!

Absolute beast of an article about a game I've been going through that might be one of the coolest things I've ever played. Genuine must read!!

New post! Last month I got to see Gothicmade, the infamous mecha anime that’s never been shown outside of Japanese theaters. Of course I had to talk about it…a lot. Check out my thoughts on the movie, the Five Star Stories, and the pleasures and pain of art left unseen now!!

One Perfect Shot: Noroi: The Curse (Shiraishi, 2005)

they let me talk about Digimon??

The first ever good Google Photos memories album. 6 years since I first met my husband Rakushun 💞

Dream Island Girl subs broke a million on youtube and more importantly has the coveted 69% likes lfg love to see Sasaki's name on the up and up!

no new post this week because I'm busy!!! So instead read this short story if you haven't! It only takes a couple minutes and it has some seasonal thanksgiving energy, I think

Mom: this Thanksgiving, I'm thankful for this family. Dad: I'm thankful for our health. Sister: I'm thankful for being able to spend time together They all turn to look at me. I'm covered in sweat. I try to read the smudged writing on my palm: I'm thankful for...uh...the PS2 game unbimleted saaga

Because it deserves it I've rescanlated one of the best manga I've shared to date to put it more in line with my current standards! If you haven't read the whirlpool of gender, art, and anxiety that is "Keep This a Secret From the Laughing Kookaburra" by Masako Yashiro yet...do so NOW. or i'll cry

Did y'all know that Phillip K Dick guy could fucking write?? Listen in to the new bog frog where we learn that as well as, did you know the transformers comics rule, did you know that Silver Spoon rules, and did you know Tsui no Sora rules?? It's all true! sites.libsyn.com/485343/episo...

one of my all time fav comic pages courtesy of Masako Yashiro (Keep This a Secret From the Laughing Kookaburra)

New translation! From Masako Yashiro, a major name in shoujo and influence on Year 24 members, comes a startling, complex fairy tale turned existential nightmare ripped straight from a 1969 issue of COM... Enjoy the masterful one-shot "You Dropped Your Shadow" here!!

If you haven't watched the viddy essay I made this year consider: what if you did? Do it as a lil present for your pal Baxy

Forgot that the best thing about the xxxHolic anime is it going goofy mode with the CLAMP limbs.

New post! (kind of) In case you missed it, here's the entire run of Little Tama's an Angel, the obscure 1951 debut newspaper strip from the team behind Doraemon back when they were still just two manga loving high-schoolers, collected into one place! Enjoy!

Transition by Iain Banks (2009)

oh look there I am! go read me yap about ridge racer ...but only if you check everyone else out too (the Dia Lacina article about Gabriel Knight 3 rules, me and my friends have been talking about it all week)

Baby Assassins Everyday has two modes and I sob at both of them equally.

need everybody to know that Baby Assassins Everyday is one of the best tv shows of the decade and it feels like it kind of effortlessly reaches that level SOMEHOW the (current) peak in a series that has a movie as good as Nice Days

just some cool art submitted by readers to the November 1970 issue of COM (names of artist for each included in alt text)

how i'm gonna propose to my gf

Trying to get what they have (Baby Assassins Everyday!)

New post! I’m talking about the weight of life, the weight of the future, and the weight of cars with the BEST Ridge Racer game (yeah you heard me, you Type 4 freaks) Rev ‘em up, baby, it’s time for Ridge Racer V! Read it here!!

A photo of my current recording setup. Things are Normal

Waiter! Waiter! As many more Masahiro Shinoda movies as they have, please. (Samurai Spy, 1965).

embargo is up so I can give my review of Digimon Time Stranger: very early on there's a detective agency on the second floor of a movie theater and hold on........this is a fkn Maiku Hama reference goty

Rewatching The Fire Hunter as I let the second season slip me by when it aired. Fantasy worlds built upon the remains of a post-apocalyptic modern day my beloved.

Hey! Starting tomorrow I'll be posting a strip a day of the 1951 manga, Tenshi no Tama-chan by Hiroshi Fujimoto and Motoo Abiko. But you probably know them by a different name: Fujiko Fujio! That's right, it's obscure debut from the name that would bring the world Doraemon! hope you like it~

Sap time: I really love that Ultraman Omega's brand of hope and optimism is just to be in a community that gives you as many avenues as it can to just at things (jobs, hobbies, passions), with as many opportunities as you need to keeping trying at them.

so...I guess now is a good time to read my post about one of my favorite games ever, Banshee's Last Cry????? The essay also does a very good job at capturing what my brain feels like seeing this game in Street Fighter lmao

Such a mixed week! Lots of underwhelming segues sandwiched between some amazing books! Good As Dead #1 scratches the itch, All three of us finally read 2000AD and unanimously agree it’s Our Shit, And our book club devours Superman’s Pal Jimmy Olsen!

GAMERA!!!

New post! The Summer of the Ubume is a titanic work of Japanese mystery fiction, a horror-soaked loosening of reality wrapped up in locked rooms and impossible pregnancies. Read my thoughts about it — and the cruel truth of all mysteries — here!

Also of course wrote a tiny bit about the film over at the blog, so go over there too!

New translation! The movie that shocked a young Hirokazu Kore-eda and has followed him his entire career...from the director of Dream Island Girl and Utopiano, Shoichiro Sasaki, I'm happy to share English subs for the gentle masterpiece that is "The Flow of a River, the Sound of a Violin" Enjoy!!

@chloecade.bsky.social whenever an issue of Kryptonite Spectrum comes out:

Incredible episode! We talk about: Red Hood #1 (great!) Absolute Batman #12 (great!) Kryptonite Spectrum #2 (great!) Racer X #1 (huff) And Wes Craig’s Kaya vol 1 for our book club (I’ve prayed for books like this)!

OL Shinkaron is extremely good

my first podcast appearance!! my friends at the Bog Frog let me absolutely ruin their lovely show with an unhinged NSFW deep dive into one of the most unique mangaka there is Listen or DIE

New Bog Frog! We're talking about the most influential manga you've never heard of! And to help us we brought on the leading English language Saint Muscle expert: @cosmicspooks.bsky.social! Join us as we discuss horse peen, Cum Angels, and Fleshbomb! sites.libsyn.com/485343/minie...

Don’t be fooled by the episode title: there’s so much 2000AD talk in here, with a side of Absolute Batman! Our book club also continues with a dive into Bitter Root by Greene, Brown and Walker! (It’s exceptional)