there’s a simple solution to this problem, and it’s moving to Vancouver

New podcast! @milesofficial.bsky.social joins me to look at the statistics behind what sets the anime market in Canada apart. What is the demographic make-up? Do we prefer dubs or subs? Which province has the trashiest taste in anime? Tune in to find out! www.zannen.ca/2026/04/epis...

Anime-only's being like: "Gabby having Edward's color scheme was a master-stroke" Arakawa:

Yomi no Tsukai/Daemons of the Shadow Realm is quite good so far, but the most striking thing about it for me is that the Japanese title is shorter and easier to remember than the English one.

Shirobako exists in a parallel timeline where Sega never left the console market

For Anime World Order Show # 252 – Your Choice is Between a Full Color Palette Or Emily Blunt’s Biceps, @geraldawo.bsky.social has this terrible feeling of…of déjà vu as he reviews the anime film of All You Need Is Kill www.awopodcast.com/2026/04/anim... got this episode out on the edge of tomorrow!

The only LLM I ever wanna hear about is Long Loooooong Man

The government should be protecting our public airports, not selling them off for parts. History is littered with examples of the failures of privatization. It drives up costs for the public, quality suffers, and workers always end up paying the price.

Satoshi Urushihara was built so different because he demonstrated that level of care & detail that 90s anime artists brought to gears & levers & machinations & buttons, knobs & devices & retro gear but focused it all on drawing the most detailed & supple nipples you ever did see.

New podcast! @milesofficial.bsky.social joins me to look at the statistics behind what sets the anime market in Canada apart. What is the demographic make-up? Do we prefer dubs or subs? Which province has the trashiest taste in anime? Tune in to find out! www.zannen.ca/2026/04/epis...

Another "Guest" episode is now up on the podcast feed! From the archives, @jbetteridge.bsky.social introduces me to one of the most Canadian anime series ever made: Wakakusa no Charlotte! Give it a listen here: animenostalgia.blogspot.com/2026/04/the-...

In Seattle's Pike Place Market, vendors claimed that removing cars would cripple them. Nope. Sales actually rose. Remember: Studies show that biz owners consistently exaggerate how many customers drive and undercount those who walk, bike, or ride transit. Info: www.bloomberg.com/news/article...

[The one time Kazama Kiryu had sex]: "Intercourse huh? I guess many mammals enjoy "getting their rocks off" so to speak. Sure I'll try it." [afterwards] "Huh, that was pretty vulnerable...and..WOW...what a jolt! So this is the world of sex. Thank you. I have to get back to the batting cages now."

NHK World just released a fascinating documentary about the 50 year history of Comiket. Definitely give it a watch before it is taken down on May 3rd. www3.nhk.or.jp/nhkworld/en/... My favorite part has to be the moment where they show a guy selling doujinshi about baseball umpires. Love that guy.

This picture was edited like Chopper died on the way to fight DIO

Heated Rivalry is coming to U-NEXT in Japan (subbed and dubbed) and I don't think we're ready for is tidal wave. x.com/unext_kaidor...

Two new animated feature films at Cannes Film Festival 2026 : • "Lucy Lost" by Olivier Clert (Xilam / France) - Family Screening • "Tangles" by Leah Nelson (Giant Ant / Canada) - Special Screening www.festival-cannes.com/en/press/pre...

#illustration #イラスト

I just learned that Star Trek TNG in Japan is called "Shin Star Trek"

anime has always had dance OPs/EDs, and the best ones are pre-TikTok you want proof? look no further: www.youtube.com/watch?v=RBrw...

Palantir are about six months away from ordering their employees to leave audio logs scattered around their offices

The Cost of "Character": 1. Lost affordable apartments 2. Lost property taxes (and associated civic infrastructure) 3. Lost local businesses What you get: 1. Very nice, quiet, leafy and exclusive low density n'hoods 2. Very high private land values 3. Big luxury houses replacing small ones

👏 Canada 👏 Post 👏 is 👏 a 👏 public 👏 service 👏 Nothing proves how capitalism has brain rotted everyone than thinking the post office, hospitals, public transit, libraries, etc. need to turn a profit to be worthwhile.

Mile End Kicks will make you feel intimately familiar the 2011 Montreal underground music scene even if you've never thought about it for a single minute of your life. Recommended!

Late night doodle: PRAGMATA x Dr. SLUMP #PRAGMATA #Drスランプ #latenightdoodle #fanart #rkgk

He-Moon and the Masters of the Excitingly Different

With Chandler Levack's new movies coming out this week, this is a reminder for everyone to check out her previous film, the Hideo Kojima-approved "I Like Movies"!

more attention should be paid to Chandler Levack, whose second and third features — Mile End Kicks (which she also wrote) and Roommates — are being released ON THE SAME DAY, one in theaters and one on Netflix. I don't think a director has ever achieved this feat before!

Early HDTV is so fucked up man. What do you mean it used 4 interlaced fields. What the fuck resolution is 1035i. It was analogue? I'm fucking scared.

Banger soundtrack alert, please watch this video with your volume cranked all the way up

initially my attention was caught by the president doing the vulcan mind meld with an infirm hugh laurie, but then i noticed the silhouette in the background cant be a coincidence !!

James is not kidding. Someone on Twitter put together a clip compilation and Kenshiro's actor sounds like someone doing a parody of bad old anime dubs. I am SPEECHLESS. I am DUMBFOUNDED. He can't even do the fight noises right! Also no one can pronounce "Hokuto."

#GuestAlert We are excited to announce that Japanese Voice Actor Kikuko Inoue will be joining us at #AnimeNorth2026 – May 22 to 24 in Toronto!

47 years ago today this new robot show premiered...

I snagged the full Anime Limited release of Samurai Flamenco at a second hand store for $30! They're region B but play without any issues by hitting "top menu" on my Panasonic player.

Happy Easter

TransLink: We're running out of money, we gotta raise the fares. We need more funding. Also TransLink: man these Hello Kitty compass cards are selling like hotcakes. People are going apeshit over them, we'd better only sell 3000.

FUCK I FORGOT MY REAL FAVORITE GRIFITH STUART LITTLE 2

Some more pictures of the Anne of Green Gables promotion. posted on the Tim Hortons Korea Instagram account.

Hey hey @animeboston.bsky.social - I'll be presenting this weekend! Get up, get brunched, and come say hi on Friday and Saturday morning!!

New podcast! Le Petit Castor (Don Chuck Monogatari in Japan) was a violent beaver cartoon and secret amusement park ad from the studio that made Chargeman Ken that happened to be Quebec's most popular anime of the 80s. @omegadez.bsky.social and Patricia join me! www.zannen.ca/2026/03/epis...

Been waiting eagerly till a bit later in the day to say this, but happy birthday, The Vision of Escaflowne! <3 Airing on TV Tokyo in Japan 30 years ago today! Magnificent show. 💜 And one that could have been so different if the original director (G Gundam's Yasuhiro Imagawa) had stayed on board.

a new form of teen fuck-up emerges

New podcast! Le Petit Castor (Don Chuck Monogatari in Japan) was a violent beaver cartoon and secret amusement park ad from the studio that made Chargeman Ken that happened to be Quebec's most popular anime of the 80s. @omegadez.bsky.social and Patricia join me! www.zannen.ca/2026/03/epis...

the CPC be like

One of the dirty secrets around the Caribbean is how many of those beautiful islands full of vacation resorts are dotted with various “clinics“ outside the reach of US law where rich American parents dump their kids to have their various “problems” addressed.

Why do these always have to be exclusive to special limited events with Translink? It's usually standard for this kind of promotion to be more widely available.

Oh hey, I wonder if they're doing commercials for this. Does anyone keep track of commercials coming out of Korea?

I love that the two most culturally significant references to Avi Lewis are 1) He is Naomi Klein’s husband 2) He is the brother of the casting director of Heated Rivalry