I finally found a new read that I might like. It’s called Asako. It’s an age gap manga so it might not be for everyone but I’ve read a few before (My Boy and After the Rain). It has a bit of mystery to it and the plot is non-linear so that makes it more enjoyable for me. Anyway, for those interested, it’s about a man who reminisces a woman he met when he was a young boy set in a small coastal town. Her identity is a mystery however. I’m only a few chapters in and I like it so far.

I was surprised when my friend casually brought up Pixelfed (he called it “Pixelfeed”) and Bluesky the other day.

I don’t listen to pop music much but hip hop has been popular in Korea for a long time now. Same with neighboring East Asian and Southeast Asian countries. I guess they’re just not nearly as popular overseas but they’re mainstream enough locally you’ll hear it wherever you go.

edit: Other than music, hip hop dance and fashion was pretty popular too at least when I was in high school.

Neon Genesis Evangelion. I remember reading somewhere that every anime since NGE is just a spin-off of NGE lol

Kind of reminds me of “Class of 09”.

Oh boy I have a lot but the one that stands out is Paprika. It’s the only Satoshi Kon film I haven’t seen. I don’t know when I’m ready to watch it yet.

But understandable if you wouldn’t want to touch it, Doesn’t it make sense to let each user on the Fediverse to choose that?

There are already two projects that mirror/bridge Reddit posts to Lemmy. Unsurprisingly, they have very little interaction right now. I’ve subscribed to some, and even I don’t interact with those myself. Not because I hate it though, but because I find no reason to.

I was expecting a Dan Da Dan sweep but it was a Frieren sweep all along! Congrats to the winners in !manga@ani.social and !lightnovels@ani.social too!

Thank you for organizing the events @wjs018@ani.social and @NineSwords@ani.social!

You can use LibRedirect to redirect to invidious or piped

Yeah I think Stevem makes clickbaity titles too. His anime director video series are titled “THE [DIRECTOR’S NAME] PROBLEM” which made me hestitant to watch. But after watching the Love & Pop segment in his Hideaki Anno video, I realized he does his research surprisingly well.

Actually he does mention Deedlit (Record of Lodoss War) a lot throughout the video. He mentions Wizardy in the beginning too.

Got it! Get lots of sleep, it’s New Year soon!

Yup. Baka (stupid) -> baagaa (burger)

あんたバーガー

I’m dead.

But this smile brought me back to life.

Merry Christmas to you too!

Beautiful. I love Moshimoshibe’s art.

Everyone’s favorite rating:

7/10

Done! Sorry, I didn’t see it.

This is a cool idea. I pinned the thread to local so hopefully more people see it!

The article title is… something.

It’s not just anime but every non-American film industry and culture is under-represented in the Academy Awards. There’s a lot of good movies put out by other regions but because the Academy Awards has a small segment called “Foreign Films”, naturally you’ll have so many countries competing for a spot there.

Because of this, I wouldn’t rely on the Academy Awards to decide what movies are “best”. I also wouldn’t say that “film is dead” even if anime (or any other non-American film industry) doesn’t get a nomination. Saying something like that is absurd because it implies that film is defined by Oscar nominations somehow.