Now that I actually have to try and watch currently airing anime on prime and Netflix I'm remembering why I barely use those platforms. Like gee thanks Prime I have autoplay turned off but apparently that doesn't count and I still can't watch the friggin ED

Went to storage early on #RandomGameSaturday and found these little bits of anime history while rooting around for my Neo Geo AC Adapter

I know it's not "technically" correct but I think referring to anime that has the same "vibe" as a tokusatsu show (so like SSSS.Gridman, Loser Ranger, even stuff like Yatterman and Gachaman) as also "tokusatsu" or "toku-adjacent" is too useful not to do. also watch (live-action) toku it's good

I just wanna say there's a pretty good amount of decent Isekai out, like I know it's been ~13 years there better be but honestly I think it has the same hit ratio as anything else now. And seeing takes that use it as a shorthand for slop just feels mired in the 2010s

Char and Sephiroth both wanted to huck giant rocks at the earth and were both thwarted by the collective will of humanity using the souls of the dead as energy. Just thought that was funny.

Ok re-watching Ultraman Arc and I really appreciate that the recap episodes have a framing device and take the time to do a little world building and explain bits of lore (like I always assumed that his big beam attack was just a Spacium beam but it's got its own name) shows should do this more.

This #RandomGameSaturday pick was something I bought a couple days ago, but trust me the purchasing of it was very random! Saturn/PSX raising sim Wizard's Harmony 2 from Arc System Works. Can't stop thinking about this cover.

I don't really stand by any of these takes but they are sort of honest at least grids.fun/t/about-me-a...

It's odd but kinda reassuring that "anime with 'Witch' in some version of the title" seems to be on pace to eventually outnumber Isekai lately

OK I gave up before I got an exact number but the rate of *specifically* Witch anime seems to be increasing pretty dramatically. Not that I'm complaining, mind.

I wish the new SAO game the best but Bamco Nandai should really be putting that kind of budget into a AAA Precure game (yes it just happens to be what I've been watching the most lately, shush)

The Gundam ‘bits box’ is full once more - so here’s a giveaway for the lot! Plus, well, a new & unopened Metal Robot Spirits Wing Gundam figure..! 👉 To enter, follow + repost (or quote). Winner will be picked at random, next Monday 16th Mar, international post all ok! Good luck. 🍀

Probably not the definitive answer to "Why are you like this?" But I guess it's a start

Quote with your current game Rotation

❤️❤️❤️❤️🖤 NES ❤️❤️❤️❤️❤️ SNES ❤️🖤🖤🖤🖤 N64 ❤️❤️❤️❤️🖤 GameCube ❤️❤️🖤🖤🖤 Wii ❤️❤️❤️🖤🖤 Wii U ❤️❤️❤️❤️🖤 Switch ❤️❤️🖤🖤🖤 Switch 2 🖤🖤🖤🖤🖤 Game & Watch ❤️❤️❤️🖤🖤 Game Boy 🖤🖤🖤🖤🖤 Virtual Boy ❤️🖤🖤🖤🖤 GB Color ❤️❤️❤️❤️🖤 GB Advance ❤️❤️❤️🖤🖤 Nintendo DS ❤️❤️❤️❤️❤️ Nintendo 3DS

What’s your favorite game from every Nintendo console you’ve owned CHALLENGE MODE: only stuff played while the system was contemporary NES: Kirby's Adventure SNES: Illusion of Gaia N64: Goemon 64 Game Boy: Heiankyo Alien GBA: Z.O.E. Fist of Mars GC: True Crime Streets of LA DS: Chrono Trigger

For 2026 we need to retire 'mid' and embrace 'dece'. Like we should be looking for stuff that's doing something interesting rather than technical perfection

4 games that defined my 2025 This is pretty similar to what I did last year and plan to do next year lol. I wanted to put in a game I didn't even play as a joke like FGO (since quitting it let me play these big RPGs) or Gnosia or Needy Girl Overdose, but nah.

I'm not gonna say I *never* do, but oversized LE packaging that doesn't fit on the same shelf as my 600 other Blu-rays is really annoying, and as physical media goes increasingly niche/boutique you see too many cases where the LE is the only release or a standard release comes months later.

Shining Force would also be a contender but I'm pretty certain nothing I could say to the theoretical genie giving me this new game that wouldn't make the new Shining game another Action RPG entry like the last dozen or so everyone forgets got made after Shining Force III

I absolutely loved how basically everyone did a goofy 😆 face after an attack went off in tropical rouge and the final attack is just

Introduce yourself with five concerts you attended Nine Inch Nails (twice, once after The Fragile and I wanna say again after With_Teeth) REM (After Monster dropped) Sunny Day Real Estate (can't remember exactly when) Aesop Rock (after Impossible Kid) DJ Shadow/ Cut chemist (Renegades of Rhythm tr)

I can't be the only one who sees this. Right? (Spoilers but not really for old games)

For all the (large) problems I have with Crunchyroll right now. I'm at least glad they post clips of cool moments in shows somewhat regularly that don't have weird jarring cuts

A Vampire that's not Dracula

Ok this isn't really a take but the State of Play made me think about the Dynasty Warriors numbering discrepancy which led to "it would be funny if Atlus rebooted Megami Tensei again just so they could slap *new* on it like New Super Mario Bros" Also "Shin Super Mario Bros"

Man the camera has a way of screwing with you in SRWY anytime there's elevation going on. The number of times I've accidentally clicked air instead of Aerial is pretty often

He's definitely still in the running for worst dad ever but people act like Shou Tucker was chomping at the bit to chimeratize his family instead of being pressured into doing it by the State -- who we later realize probably knew he was doing human transmutation all along

EasyGameStation's doujin rail shooter is a spectacular skybound adventure: kimimithegameeatingshemonster.com/2024/02/19/g...

I think I'd be fine actually. I was kidnapped by a giant snow cone machine, right? Right?

I know that Haro is the obvious choice for a R2D2/C3PO style mascot but actually if you think about it, Bright Noah is the C3PO of (UC)Gundam

I'm sure this doesn't mean what it looks like

I've seen a decent amount of lamenting how 12-13 episodes isn't enough to tell a whole story and while I agree to a point it's kinda neat we got 2 6 episode anime this season and neither of them seem to have suffered for it

As much as Visual Novel fans are eating better now, there was definitely something to the period where basically the only officially localized titles were whatever nukige JAST could get their hands on so it was very likely your first experience was something like X-Change

I was expecting a lot of things out of Kowloon Generic Romance, largely involving being a retro anime GIF Tumblr come to life, but I was pleasantly surprised by the extreme levels of Gender going on. Wish I had a good gif of Xiaohei leaving Kowloon, frilly dresses fading away, but alas.

This is a minor annoyance, but it gets to me that a couple of the Toho Godzilla eras got named after eras they didn't start in. Like Reiwa Godzilla starts in Reiwa -4.

I guess Project A-ko? If that doesn't count then the Utena movie unless I'm forgetting something

Just gonna echo the sentiment here and say everyone go watch the gyaru beer vendor anime it's real good y'all bsky.app/profile/yuki...

I kinda want more educational anime? Like we have a lot of "cute girls do hobby" educational stuff but I was thinking more like more historical dramatization stuff (instead of the usual "made up guy in that time period that briefly interacts with a few important figures" you see)

Share the last 4 games you've played and expose your gaming habits. can't put my finger on the pattern here...

Gotta love when Hulu tries to tell you they have anime then not actually promote any of them

So Ryza discovers a new ruin in the postgame that happens to look like a baseball stadium. A cross-dimensional league is formed with the other Atelier games (Nelke is involved somehow?) then the gyaru vendor from Ballgame shows up and everyone gets blackout drunk.

I know that anime adaptations of JRPGS aren't held in super high regard but I'd love to watch the residents of Obelia Gulf bounce off of each other for like a few dozen episodes

Ok this is really just Gundam posting but I got the 0079 TV soundtrack recently and Char ga Kuru really needs to be a meme youtu.be/MlVnoPERKfU?...

if you see this, post an anime you love (Again because we're doing gifs now)

If you see this post an anime you love

Really want a team to make an indie or mid-budget neosona clone. Like not just inspired by or borrowing from it, full on "let me copy your homework" level stuff. Like make it into its own subgenre, and give everyone the "persona with young adults" they keep asking for

If you're looking for a Christmas anime thing may I suggest Honey and Clover? There's a really nice Christmas party scene roundabouts ep9 and also some very on-brand angst at remembering how depressing Christmas can be in a children's hospital ward