ユカリさま

When NES games started selling in the US, Game Freak were asked to design artwork for Quinty (Mendel Palace) that would appeal to American audiences, so they "Americanized" the characters, not without sarcasm, but the US side was just like "perfect!".

ユカリさん

Ditto as Ophelia. Day 3 of drawing Ditto until I give in and nab Pokopia...

Morgen verteile ich auf der Buchmesse hübsche Postkarten und Wunschzettel mit einigen Kolleg*innen. Würde mich sehr freuen, euch dort anzutreffen! #LBM2026 literaturuebersetzer.de/aktuelles/vd...

Shortly interrupting my social media break to tell that I just noticed Molly wears giant Unown earrings.

I will take a social media break for some time. Hope to see some of you at the Leipzig Book Fair next week!

in case anyone needs to look at something soothing, here is a video of very nice japanese notebooks getting made youtu.be/c_UvVavl-eE

Joy Division - Disorder

Bookmeter UI is so bad, every time I spend half an hour to find out the overview of books I read each month.

Love the facial expression of nekomimi Dracula in this panel.

happy birthday thistle!!! 🌈🏰🌼 #dungeonmeshi

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The writing in One Piece has become abysmally lazy.

Korrektur: Übernächsten Sonntag (22. März)

takes me 3 seconds to make a post on here, 20 min to read a chapter of one piece, 4 weeks to write an email

マカ　古い絵ですけど Maka Albarn

on this particular day... Box Garden Beetle by Kondoh Akino Glacier Bay edition coming this spring. Production: translation by Ryan Holmberg, lettering by Tim Sun, and editing by emuh ruh & Ryan Holmberg.

All that aura in the first opening just for her to be a wet cat lmaoooooooo

Nine really wasn't quite enough

「virtual winter coordinate」

Episode 50: Bullshit Jobs An anthropologist proffers a theory about fake jobs, and two professional podcasters weigh in.

Pokémon Company International pushed back against the White House’s repeated use of its intellectual property after the Trump administration published a “Make America Great Again” meme that used characters like Pikachu and Magikarp.

ポケモンZAのユカリ様

敗者に興味は無いユカリ様

I made this for a talk I'm giving, but maybe you can use it, too?

Anabel, Interpol Gala edition.

Morgen Abend werde ich im Literaturhaus Kiel mit meiner Kollegin Nora Bierich über das Thema: »Zwischen Popkultur und Avantgarde: Wie übersetzt man eigentlich Manga?« literaturhaus-sh.de/programm/kal...

UBEL

Never a frown www.youtube.com/watch?v=7KIH...

How I arrived on Bluesky

#ポケモン #pokemon

Manhattan cafe

Getting rehabilitated into society does not mean having an editor go out of their way to scout you to work on a prestige manga project. There is no lack of talent in Japan and even if there was, this does not serve as an excuse.

Berserk 44: This volume felt like the story actually made some progress, although I forgot most of the plot and had to look it up. This monster design is so cool.

Somehow I still find myself buying the newest Berserk volume.

I can't get over how perfect this silhouette is.

Please Miss Roxanne!!! Teach us how to get stronger!!!

The Adventures of Buratino (1975)

I said this before, but if manga and anime didn't exist, I'd probalby be so into Soviet era stuff.

When did this kind of character die out? I feel like every bishōnen villain in the 90s looked like this.

Mob character that Takahashi Rumiko designs to kill off two seconds after her introduction.

embroidery

Currently reading the manga, which is fantastic. I hope the anime will boost its popularity.