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@NatalieCanyon
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Host of Ultraman videos on Marcosatsu.
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English/ๆฅๆฌ่ช OK
Hi I'm Mako!
I'm a writer for Marcos's Team Ultraman working under
@DawnGddc
I'm mostly known here for shitposting but I also do some jp->en subtitling, voiceover, and also very, very rare cosplay stuff
disclaimer idk who named the trans character, it's very possible someone just felt inspired by JKR's tendency to name minority characters after their minority status
I interviewed a 30-year old with two degrees and 4 research publications
I asked her why she was applying to an entry level position on my team when she had more qualifications than me
The jobs she applied to all told her she needed more experience
The job market is absurd
IT'S BEEN 4 YEARS NO JOB. I WANT JOB. WHY ARE YOU HIRING IF YOU'RE NOT ACTUALLY HIRING. WHY ARE YOUR POSITIONS FULL WHEN YOU'RE INTERVIEWING ME. WHAT DO YOU MEAN WE DON'T WANT TO WORK? STOP.
ME QUALIFY FOR JOB BUT NO JOB. WHY? SAD. ABOUT TO LIVE LIKE TARZAN.
I think one reason the pro-Palestinian movement has been able to keep so much momentum is from victories like this, especially on the Japanese side
First Itochu, now NAS
The pressure is mounting against companies complicit in genocide and activists are more motivated than ever
๐ฏ๐ต Japanese woman, alongside a ๐ต๐ธ Palestinian activist, clapping traditional Kabuki clappers outside an office of Nippon Aircraft Supply in Tokyo. As soon as she started to recite, a miracle happend. NAS announced it will end its partnership with ๐ฎ๐ฑ the Israeli arms giant Elbit.
It can't be understated how important it is that BDS is now encouraging BOTH divestment and boycotting for Intel, one of the most ubiquitous tech companies in the world
I was slightly off with this
All Asian countries are constantly competing to spite Italian food in the funniest ways possible
And the Filipinos are WINNING ๐ซก
@dainserk
There are only two things all Asian countries can agree on
1. Rice is the best
2. Every Asian country must find some way to fuck up Italian food in the funniest ways possible
@RocKM16827690
The fact that the onus is being put on women to be more aggressive about their boundaries and not men to respect those boundaries is so endlessly depressing
People see this and think "wait, how is the western comic industry still even alive at this point"
Well, I have one answer for you. There's one man who's singlehandedly carrying it on his back... and he's wearing tighty-whities
@dainserk
There are only two things all Asian countries can agree on
1. Rice is the best
2. Every Asian country must find some way to fuck up Italian food in the funniest ways possible
What's a tweet that's so canonical in your mind you make shorthand reference to it, even if people might not know what you're talking about? (I sometimes just say "uh oh y'all it's gettin' kinda hazy" expecting people to get it)
It's so wild to me that as far back as 2003 Tsuburaya created a character who could just change their gender at will and played it completely straight
No jokes, no disrespect, it was just a cool thing the character could do
I set this earlier today but queer representation is such a perfect fit for how Tokusatsu functions and what it's like That's one of those things that if they were allowed to do it earlier they would have absolutely pounced on the opportunity.
See, the real reason toku suit actors often get paid more than the leads actors of the film and TV show productions is that they are immortal
They are unstoppable
They can and will survive anything so you'd *better* pay them well
This would explain what's been happening with some copycats appearing recently to try and imitate Gazan aid group accounts to scam their followers
Please keep an eye out for stuff like this
so apparently bots are evolving and now when someone asks for your p4yp*l they will automatically make an account resembling yours to swindle people out of their money and they will block you so you don't notice. i almost had a stroke seeing a response i didn't make from "my acc"
The one constant I love about this app is that every week, without fail, there will be some group of people mad at Bandai Namco for some new inane decision they've made
Bandai Namco really added a fucking battle pass to Tekken 8
In the span of two days they pissed off two of their fandoms at once.
The state of this company man.
Kinda hilarious that even independently of political reasons, JP twitter still tells Elon to die on a daily basis solely because of how broken the platform is
It also helps explain why this site's Japanese user base seems to be largely sticking around. The controversial views and disinformation that the site's owner is espousing are not really related to Japan and few people here care much about them.
I have a lot of mecha fan moots here so I figure I can get a good answer
I know the mecha genre's known for having a ton of homoerotic subtext and sometimes just overt gayness between characters
...has there ever been a mecha anime before this where the mecha itself is gay?
I just had the CRAZIEST idea
Cus GMK is the corporial form of the Japanese victims of WWII + 1954 Godzilla, what if GMK kept on referring to itself as "We" like Venom
@LupinJay010
"Japanese Spider-Man" isn't the worst thing to refer to him but it becomes less and less clear with every *additional* Japanese Spider-Man that gets created
Genuinely unreal to me how there's a subset of weebs that will try to delegitimize someone's "Japaneseness" if they go against their mental image of what Japanese people should be like
Happened with Kotaro Uchikoshi, Hikaru Utada, and it's happening again here
Amazing that there are still people in the QRTs who keep trying to infantilize Japanese artists, and now some are trying to question if this artist in question is actually Japanese because they have good english. Seems english speakers apparently can't understand English it seems
Just found out about the Transformers Aligned Continuity and losing my mind at the prospect of a shared continuity called the Aligned Continuity where none of the continuities actually align
It's very likely a copyright issue
Neither Marvel nor Sony own the rights to the design and would need to request permission from Toei for authorization
Toei originally didn't even want his inclusion in the comic Spiderverse event but agreed once they saw how popular he was
Even when various toku properties have tried darker, more grounded reboots (Ultraman The Next, Kamen Rider The First, Shin movies), they've never mocked their own source material to try and "prove" their worth to the audience
Everything is played straight and I love that
If you were trying to convey the cultural significance of the big three hero toku to an American comics fan, which analogues would you choose for each of them?
This isn't about similarities in powers, appearance, etc but moreso what they represent in the public consciousness
Have you ever heard of a blazar?
No, it's not a typo, it's a black hole system that creates powerful bright jets of high-energy particles pointed at
@NASAEarth
. Thanks to
#IXPE
, astronomers found exciting discoveries about a blazar called Markarian 421.
Worse, BANDAI literally refuses to acknowledge she is the 2nd rider lmao
Considering the G-Witch situation back then.... well this is not a surprise at all
Hell, toei need to literally spell out she is the 2nd rider
@MakoMattari
for those who want to see the source, here it is
a japanese woman who was studying in hongkong was advised not to use "yamete" by a local as it reminds locals of av, japanese porn, so as not to be treated like a slut or experience lewd jeers etc
Fun fact: the Japanese Godzilla fandom often refers to the Ifukube theme as the "dededen-dededen" one, in reference to the notes being played
Even Chibi Godzilla had a joke about it
people who are fluent in two languages to the point they randomly switch between them like its no big deal are scary powerful
two girls who speak both english and japanese fluently sit behind me and are like โso i was all ใใใชใซใใฐใใฎ and she said ใใฎๆฐด็ใฏ HELL NOโ
@DustyOyinbo
The four research publications she had were from three years of research work
It just wasn't considered lab experience, so it didn't count for the jobs she was applying to
โitโs gonna be so hard to support the writerโs strike because itโs gonna out all my fave shows on holdโ boohoo. be like me and become obsessed with a show from 30 years ago and youโll be fine
Idk why this is making the rounds again but they're right
A pretty big problem in the international toku fandom is using the term to exclusively refer to Japanese superheroes which ends up excluding a ton of kaiju/mecha/horror toku works
I sincerely hope this is the last thing I will ever say about Rita's gender here
The latest volume of Uchusen Magazine by HobbyJapan includes character pages for all the KingOhger members, with the description for Rita Kaniska saying "PapillonOhger is a gender-neutral hero"
1/2
Glad my insignia lends itself well to designs like this, just wish I could've gotten more vibrant colors
Happy trans day of visibility! ๐ณ๏ธโโง๏ธ
@UkiyaSeed
Asians are so self-aware that their takes on Italian cooking piss off Italians that you're pretty much guaranteed to find some pasta recipe video poking fun of that fact
This one's called "Special Carbonara that will make Italians angry" (it has no cheese)
One aspect that I think every single Godzilla entry since 2014 has nailed is understanding the importance of buildup with atomic breath
Slowing it down, especially for a first on-screen use, makes these scenes so much more impactful
I love how Godzilla Minus One's handles Godzilla's atomic breath.
Obviously there's the gorgeous VFX but the atomic breath is used carefully too, thereby preserving its awe and making each of the few times it's used truly impactful and meaningful.
My mom has the most confusing ideas on gender bc she'll have no problem helping me with feminine hair styling, makeup, clothes, and accessories but still have no idea why I use the women's restroom
I kinda love how Tsuburaya saw other companies largely advertising to men and teenage guys with waifu merchandise and they decided to do the exact opposite by selling ULTRAMAN BODY PILLOWS for women
Considering Yusuke Kirishima (Jun Himeya) only just found out Nexus was cancelled, I'm going to assume everyone on the production team was just like this for the past 19 years
Ultraman Fuwas truly are a one in a lifetime phenomenon
I've never seen any line of superhero merchandise inspire so much skrunkly fanart
This is how you know you've achieved design perfection
If Super Sentai gets the moniker of "Japanese Power Rangers" I want this to become the go-to moniker of Ultraman for the uninitiated, especially among Kaiju fans
โจHandsome Jet Jaguarโจ
Episode 5 of Ultraman Z English Dub "First Juggling" is now available!
It's Ultra-freezing... ๐ฅถ
Watch on Ultraman Connection:
Watch on the ULTRAMAN OFFICIAL YouTube Channel:
I ask that you
#ChantMyNameZ
!
Showa Sentai to Heisei Sentai: act like supportive mentors
Showa Ultras to Heisei Ultras (Mebius and Zero): mostly act like supportive mentors
Showa Riders to Heisei Riders:
X twitter:
- terrible design
- owned by a terminally divorced man
- prone to bugs and crashes
- cannot use kaiju armor
Ultraman X:
- cool design
- happily united with Daichi
- immune to technical deficiencies
- impressive arsenal of Kaiju armor
The degree to which weebs aggressively gatekeep Japanese pop culture terminology based on countries (this happens a lot with words like "tokusatsu" or "kaiju" too) is so bizarre bc in Japan they just like
Don't care lol
the definition of anime by anime fans is so fucking stupid and arbitrary & is contradicted by other things that they already considered anime before. its goalpost moving based on the xenophobia of a country they don't even live in
@battleupsaber
It's such an incredibly disingenuous attempt at a "gotcha" that completely ignores how Honda actually viewed his time in the army
Honda isn't above criticism for what he did as part of his military service, and he's well aware of that
I can think of few things as raw as a final boss having an attack named "Fermi Paradox Answer"
"why haven't we found any evidence of aliens? this guy got 'em all"
I like this new take on the classic formula
Oftentimes, Ultras choose humans who they observe committing acts of selfless sacrifice as a judgment of "worthiness"
But in this case, it was Gento's selfless act that led him to accidentally choosing Blazar instead
In light of that tweet I made earlier about different Ultra archetypes
I absolutely love that Blazar encapsulates the essence of both "enigmatic mysterious alien beyond human comprehension" and "just a silly little guy" so well
He's kinda in a league of his own