The follow-up to “Mobile Suit Gundam Hathaway” is demanding, visually captivating and deeply satisfying, especially for fans who know the universe inside out. https://www.japantimes.co.jp/culture/2026/02/05/film/mobile-suit-gundam-hathaway/?utm_medium=Social&utm_source=mastodon #culture #film #japanesefilm #anime #mobilesuitgundam
With its new exhibition, the cyberpunk anime icon “Ghost in the Shell” creates a feeling of diving into the vast data of the internet like its protagonists do. https://www.japantimes.co.jp/culture/2026/02/04/art/ghost-in-the-shell-exhibition-tokyo/?utm_medium=Social&utm_source=mastodon #culture #art #hostintheshell #masamuneshirow #mamorioshii #kenjikawai #anime
#QuestionOfTheDay who is a character that ruined a work of fiction you were otherwise enjoying and why?
bonus points if you actually stopped watching/playing/reading etc because of this character, so not just like an annoying character you hate but you still kept going
#fiction #movies #film #TV #Television #anime #manga #musicals #comics #comicbooks #ttrpg #CCGs #books #videogames
Anime and manga are being increasingly introduced by global companies from McDonald’s to Lego to promote their products and convey their corporate messages, banking on the global appeal of the Japanese art form. https://www.japantimes.co.jp/business/2026/02/02/companies/anime-manga-promotion/?utm_medium=Social&utm_source=mastodon #business #companies #anime #manga #amtrak #gucci #mcdonald039s
#Crunchyroll is increasing their monthly subscription fee from $7.99 to $9.99 starting April 2nd.
For a service that's pushing AI generated subtitles, how can they justify the price change?
#QuestionOfTheDay the single greatest scene in any fictional work you've enjoyed (describe it, spoiler tags if necessary, and why you love it)
#fiction #videogames #gaming #TTRPG #CCGs #musicals #books #comicbooks #comics #anime #manga #film #movies #TV #television
Ika Makimaki
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I saw 'Castle in the sky' recently. Beyond its beauty and solarpunk themes, the movie is a great example of how destitution and anarchism should work: we could have power, but we reject it, we stop any possibility of authority to grow, we fiercely act against hierarchies.
While the villain, Muska, wishes to use the technology and military infrastructure that Laputa holds within its now infinite biodiversity for authoritarian purposes, Sheeta, the anarchist princess ( 
) declines, using power against power, renouncing.
The end of the movie is quite symbolic: the non-human will persist beyond us, the pursue of infinite growth, domination, wars, power, will lead to our demise.
#studioghibli #castleinthesky #miyazaki #anime #anarchism #solarpunk #capitalism
Kevin Carson
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#QuestionOfTheDay what's a piece of fiction that really blew your mind/impacted/changed your perspective/taught you an important value as a child/teen where that impact/perspective/lesson isn't particularly unique or groundbreaking but it was your first encounter with it and it's meaningful to you?
everybody has to have their first encounter with a concept, no matter how obvious/tropey/overplayed etc, at some point in their life. So don't be ashamed if your answer is like "this episode of a cartoon show taught me not to hate ugly people" or something. This is a safe space for sharing. At least I will try my best to keep it as one.
#fiction #TV #television #movies #film #books #comics #comicbooks #anime #manga #videogames #TTRPG #CCGs #musicals #poetry #music
I saw 'Castle in the sky' recently. Beyond its beauty and solarpunk themes, the movie is a great example of how destitution and anarchism should work: we could have power, but we reject it, we stop any possibility of authority to grow, we fiercely act against hierarchies.
While the villain, Muska, wishes to use the technology and military infrastructure that Laputa holds within its now infinite biodiversity for authoritarian purposes, Sheeta, the anarchist princess ( ) declines, using power against power, renouncing.
The end of the movie is quite symbolic: the non-human will persist beyond us, the pursue of infinite growth, domination, wars, power, will lead to our demise.
#studioghibli #castleinthesky #miyazaki #anime #anarchism #solarpunk #capitalism
#QuestionOfTheDay what's a piece of fiction that really blew your mind/impacted/changed your perspective/taught you an important value as a child/teen where that impact/perspective/lesson isn't particularly unique or groundbreaking but it was your first encounter with it and it's meaningful to you?
everybody has to have their first encounter with a concept, no matter how obvious/tropey/overplayed etc, at some point in their life. So don't be ashamed if your answer is like "this episode of a cartoon show taught me not to hate ugly people" or something. This is a safe space for sharing. At least I will try my best to keep it as one.
#fiction #TV #television #movies #film #books #comics #comicbooks #anime #manga #videogames #TTRPG #CCGs #musicals #poetry #music
jbz
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New Ghost in the Shell anime show
New Ghost in the Shell anime show
In Tomohiko Ito’s supernatural coming-of-age tale "The Keeper of the Camphor Tree," sometimes the greatest wish isn’t for success or escape but for somewhere to belong. https://www.japantimes.co.jp/culture/2026/01/30/film/the-keeper-of-the-camphor-tree/?utm_medium=Social&utm_source=mastodon #culture #film #japanesefilm #anime #tomohikoito
#QuestionOfTheDay a situation/fight/conflict in a work of fiction where the hero/protagonist won but, in your opinion, should have lost, this can be for whatever reason you think but explain your reason why you think they should have lost (it would be more dramatic, it would have been more interesting, it would have made more sense, it would have thematically made more sense, logically they should have lost except plot contrivance, it would have led to a more interesting story progression, etc).
#fiction #videogames #gaming #superheroes #comics #comicbooks #anime #manga #TTRPG #CCGs #books #poetry #musicals #movies #film #TV #television
Laid-Back Camp is so relaxing!! #anime
r҉ustic cy͠be̸rpu̵nk🤠🤖
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