You know those alcohols that Kano's onee-san was drinking in Jellyfish can't swim in the night?
The can is based on the Suntory Chuhai on the left, but has the word FREE (see right pic), which in Japanese drink lingo implies alcohol-free... So how was she getting drunk?
It feels like I’ve been flying through my Cowboy Bebop rewatch, but I’ve only been doing my usual four episodes per week as I do with every anime series I watch from my collection!
It seems like I just watched Spike unintentionally rescue Ein from rare animal traffickers and now I just watched the series bid a fond farewell to Ed and Ein, and possibly Faye, too, but I can’t remember if she appears in the two-episode finale. (Please don’t remind me! My memory for that will get refreshed next week.) Either way, “Hard Luck Woman” is one of my favorite episodes of the series, and one of the most moving episodes from any series I’ve seen over the years. Even this time, I still got the feels from it.
With only the two part finale remaining, Cowboy Bebop remains one of my all-time favorite anime series. Watching it again now, it definitely stands the test of time.
We're trying out YouTube's RSS podcasting functionality by uploading our SSSS.Gridman/SSSS.Dynazenon pod, Superhuman Samurai Syber Pod! We had some great guests on our Gridman episodes and lots of good talk about Dynazenon!
I keep hearing stuff like the Solo Leveling BluRay flopping, but people always forget that streaming, overseas revenue, merch, and collabs form a majority of an anime's income compared to disks.
Some estimates say that disk sales were ~20% of anime income in 2006 but is less than 1% in 2022. Otaku mass buying BRs is a thing of the past
Since I have lots of new followers today, I think it's time to finally update my #introduction post!
My name is Borealis, but most online know me as the LiteralGrill! You can call me Allie or Grill for short. I'm trans and an Ursa, think of a gay bear but in a femme form. She/Her pronouns please!
I actively fight for disability justice and will discuss that here as much as I'll share my love for anime and manga (maybe a little more tbh). I often write essays analyzing media or discussing anime history and you'll find a surprising number of times that those two topics intertwine in my works.
I tend to dig old media formats in general and love weird retro tech! I still avidly enjoy my growing VHS and LaserDisc collections. I have quite the board game collection too with some real oddities in there.
While I am a big supporter of content warnings and you'll see me use them often, you won't find them on educational posts or on anything discussing the realities of my life as a disabled trans person. I will however, always make sure these posts have appropriate hashtags so you can filter them out of your feed. If you need to protect your peace by not following or blocking me, I take no offense and completely understand. I hope you'll understand that not censoring the realities of my life from the world is part of how I protect mine.
I'm often stuck inside as an immunocompromised person in an ongoing pandemic (COVID isn't over and I take it seriously) so I'll rarely turn down a good conversation! Or if you just want to hear me info dump on obscure trivia of some kind that I'm researching for my next big article.
Before I forget... Yes, I'm that bonkers grill that watched Groundhog Day 365 days in a row! So expect my knowledge of time loops to be oddly all encompassing.
Welcome to my little corner of the Fediverse, I hope you'll like it here!
"We call ships 'SHE'. We call our war machines 'WOMEN'. We compare women to black widows and vipers. And you are going to tell me it's not 'lady like' to scream, fight, take up space, and demand whatever the hell I want?
Don't try to down play my power."
This looks so good - a Pakistani hand-drawn animated film! Made by Mano Animation Studios and director Usman Riaz, it looks like a cross between a Cartoon Saloon and a Studio Ghibli film!