Episode 900, "10K Ton Hammer" with @milesofficial.bsky.social @mothersbasement.bsky.social & Greg is online now! Image by @steveyurko.com Edit by @infinitesnow.bsky.social ONLINE: www.onepiecepodcast.com/podcast/bwaooo AD-FREE: www.patreon.com/posts/episod...

NYT is finally covering @questforthebestpod.bsky.social I see

Coming up next on Quest for the Best - Gunbuster! See you Monday, Dec 8th

BANANA FISH no longer has an English dub on Amazon

Crunchyroll is not messing around with targeted advertising

Crunchyroll is involved in an incredible ~18% of new anime productions. A look at their full 2025 slate provides some insights into the company's priorities and what they do different from the rest of the industry. animebythenumbers.substack.com/p/crunchyrol...

It cleared up just in time to see Fuji-san from the summit!

happy halloween! the latest Anime by the Numbers is an interview with @geauxta.bsky.social about the current state of manga publishing and her career. PLUS: some early data on the fall anime season, the Crunchyroll Subtitle Controversy, and more! animebythenumbers.substack.com/p/an-insider...

Halloween in Tokyo is good

Thanks to the efforts of @geraldawo.bsky.social the full run of Animag magazine can now be seen on the Internet Archive. I wrote a bit about the magazine's history and the time and place it was published: bit.ly/animag2

Heading to Tokyo for TIFFCOM! Give me a shout if you're around this week!

Extremely funny to see that Reze Arc's first negative critic review is the NYT being *so* close to getting it.

can't believe there's a Shinji Aramaki AvP anime that's just been sitting on a shelf somewhere for almost a decade

I talked to Polygon about the Chainsaw Man movie's box office projections in North America! Now to get a ticket for tomorrow... www.polygon.com/chainsaw-man...

New Anime Business with Jerry Beck!! Coming up at 9am PDT/noon EDT! youtu.be/BHg9UMc1fBA

the newsletter i produce with @milesofficial.bsky.social, @chloecatoya.bsky.social and @malupki.bsky.social has reached 1000 SUBSCRIBERS! thank you all so much for reading! animebythenumbers.substack.com

Quest 23 is here! This week the boys discuss Gigguk's new release Bâan, ponder their favorite anime rivalries, and the main quest: Dandadan! youtu.be/k0R3GPMReuE?...

Been wondering where the mysterious Vampire Hunter D Episode is? It's available now, exclusively to members! Support the channel and enjoy some exclusive content and channel perks. youtu.be/Voon0TbFZIQ

It's time to talk about the enshittification of Crunchyroll youtu.be/B-DX0Zolr6g

representing peak at the DMV

something must be going on today because I'm craving greggs

New article: animebythenumbers.substack.com/p/worse-crun...

It’s important to note that having typeset subtitles was very operationally expensive for them, requiring to encode every language with burned in subs as separate videos. There is no good way to support “soft” typeset subs on anything other than a computer.

“there’s now zero major streaming services that care about typesetting. Crunchyroll is supposed to be the “fan-first” service, something their leadership likes to highlight wherever possible”

New article: animebythenumbers.substack.com/p/worse-crun...

Coming up next on Quest for the Best - Space Adventure Cobra! Coming Monday, Sept 29th

it's impossible for me to be cynical about the Star Trek MtG set when this is one of the first pieces of art they show

Coming up next on Quest for the Best - Apocalypse Hotel! See you Monday, Sept 22nd

🇲🇽 Mexicans were 1.5x more likely to see Demon Slayer on opening weekend than their counterparts north of the border 🇲🇽 North America had the biggest ww opening in box office $$, but seven other territories had a bigger presence accounting for population, including Hong Kong, Korea, Chile, & Peru!

pls don't cancel me for this

🇲🇽 Mexicans were 1.5x more likely to see Demon Slayer on opening weekend than their counterparts north of the border 🇲🇽 North America had the biggest ww opening in box office $$, but seven other territories had a bigger presence accounting for population, including Hong Kong, Korea, Chile, & Peru!

Do you agree with Mother's Basement @mothersbasement.bsky.social that The Summer Hikaru Died should be considered a BL Title? Check out our Interview with @questforthebestpod.bsky.social with @arkada.bsky.social and @milesofficial.bsky.social on Youtube www.youtube.com/live/oYjsDdd...

In 🇺🇸, like most recent anime releases, Demon Slayer: Infinity Castle was watched significantly more in Japanese with English subtitles than dubbed, at a rate of 5:3. I'd argue this is due to DS growing the audience. For example, just 2 years ago, JJK 0 was watched 8:1 sub:dub.

You're not "anti-censorship" if you aren't actively appalled at a TV show being cancelled because the FCC is mad about a joke.

Frustrating to see all the censorship conversations on Twitter centered around a non-controversy instead of how *government action* is creating a chilling effect for anime and manga at multiple levels.

Quest 20 is here! This week the boys talk about their favorite mech pilots, play a price is right style anime merch guessing game, and the main quest: Panty & Stocking with Garterbelt (Season 1) www.youtube.com/watch?v=rsgD...

Robert Redford playing a gentle incarnation of death, coming for a frightened old woman in The Twilight Zone episode "Nothing in the Dark" (1962). An extraordinary performance then, terribly bittersweet today

enjoy my 3 minute edit

Animenomics will present a current overview of how the anime industry works this Saturday, September 13, as part of @animelockdown.bsky.social programming on twitch.tv/animelockdown. Join us to learn about anime studio financials, anime production committees, and more!

Can Demon Slayer finally overtake Pikachu's record at the box office? What would that mean for anime in North America? Those answers AND MORE in my latest for "Anime By the Numbers!!

I guess this has probably already gone viral somewhere but I am simply dying at this picture of a bear that looks like it hired a photographer to do a glamour shoot

what does an "anime team poster" mean how do "the energy of kpop and jpop" factor into this

After spending 30 of the last 60 days on the Top 10 of Netflix Japan, the first two episodes of Fragrant Flower have been released globally, dubbed into 8 new languages. It only took one day of availability to make global top 10 for non-English shows for the week.

The American Manga Awards is great starting point in bringing recognition to all the folks working on the localization, ESPECIALLY freelancers. I truly believe there should be more awards & more spotlight on these folks.

I can't believe orb came out this year

Quest 18 is here! this weeks main quest: the raunchy (and highly educational) comedy Golden Boy! youtu.be/uEzF-UThvmc?...

the people are not prepared

White Box Entertainment is hiring! We're looking to bring on an entry-level anime/manga marketing coordinator (contract). It's remote with flexible hours, and you get to work with great people (and anime)! If you're interested, check out the link in the comments.

amazing how many scan groups try to monetize chapter-by-chapter with coins