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4 months

I've literally never seen a better advertisement for VR

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4 months

actual vibes on this 13 hour flight

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My favorite thing today is Jamie Lee Curtis challenging her interviewer on if he's really seen *all* of One Piece

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why do I feel like this was the final nail in the coffin 😭😭😭😭

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this is the closest we'll get to a yuri on ice movie #DuolingoOnIce #YuriOnIce

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Insane how human beings can just DRAW something this beautiful

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New lovely trailer of "The Colors Within" animated feature film by Naoko Yamada & Science Saru studio. Full video >>

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@endofdaysonmars there are worse last things to see before you die

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It cannot be overstated how pervasive the FUNimation brand was in North America for its last decade. No matter where you watched their myriad licensed titles, every episode began with an acknowledgement that "you should be watching" and slick visuals. That kind of thing sticks!!

retro anime possum

@KaiserBeamz

6 months

R.I.P. You weren't the best company (and in fact some times could be the worst), but your branding will always be something I associate with watching anime in my early 20s.

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On social media, anime punches above its weight class. Even while X-Men '97 and Invincible are putting out incredible seasons, My Hero Academia is still the most-discussed super hero franchise. Konosuba has had a seven year gap between seasons, but it has more momentum on

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Spy Twitter Family Hunter Twitter Hunter

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Anime has a much longer history in France than in the US. When I was at Japan Expo in Paris, multigenerational otaku families were everywhere I looked. Women my parents' age would come screaming when they saw I was giving out City Hunter posters. Soon it will happen here too 🥹

spooky cara 🌸

@mugicara

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I think about all the older otaku women I saw in Tokyo all the time … seeing how normalised it is there for people of all ages to like cute things and represent their love for their favourite character or idol made me so happy ;__;

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From the great @MinovskyArticle

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@lofiven for sure, I've been eying the Meta Quest 3 personally and that's the one I'll get once I bite the bullet

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let's just have Yoji Shinkawa and Junji Ito draw every Magic card

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if you're looking for the definitive letterboxd list of the best anime movies of all time, I've got you covered

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MyAnimeList's rules for "what is an anime" requires a piece of media to be made "for the Japanese market". What an absolute joke, even if you ignore that the *majority* of the "anime market" is overseas.

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@regularaugust as of august 1st, of the 57 anime tracked for the july season, suicide squad isekai was: 🟡2nd most searched 🔴9th most viewed 🔵6th highest "general interest" 🟠 14th most-discussed on social media 🟣 among the least promoted by its EN publisher

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End of an era! After 8 years, I’ll be concluding my adventures with Crunchyroll this week. I’ve been able to work with some of the finest folks I’ll ever know, built award-winning teams, and had countless experiences I wouldn’t trade for the world.

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LORD OF THE RINGS THEATRICAL ANIME KENJI KAMIYAMA DIRECTING I'll never ask for anything again

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5 months

26 episodes for an anime is *perfect* About eight hours, or the length of the typical novel if it were put to screen without cutting anything out. Across hundreds of years and just as many cultures, we keep coming back to this length for telling a complete, satisfying story.

Caitlin Moore (pseudo-notnormie)

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Make 26 episodes the default anime length again. I'm rewatching Berserk 97 and Princess Tutu and the pacing is just *chef's kiss*

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A source close to the matter has told me that the merch line for the Hololive x Dodgers collab is the longest in the stadium's history.

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Thanks to Yu-Gi-Oh! Master Duel, the Yu-Gi-Oh! TCG has passed Magic: the Gathering in US search traffic for the first time in nearly a decade.

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life hack: mute/block/ignore/remove from your life anyone who uses "fujoshi" derisively

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Because the immense growth of anime and manga in the West cannot be overstated: According to Bookscan, in April of 2020, the top 20 best-selling manga in the US sold 53,700 volumes combined. In April of 2021, that number was 345,000.

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Introducing our second, Ellison 💖

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The news is finally out — earlier this month I joined the @AllTheAnime team as Chief Marketing Officer! I’ve said for years that their releases are the envy of the rest of the world and now I’ll have to prove it 💪

Leading Independent Entertainment Company Anime Limited Strengthens Global Position With CMO Hire...

Anime Limited welcomes Miles Thomas as new Chief Marketing Officer Anime Limited, a leading independent entertainment distribution company founded in 2012, has named award-winning entertainment...

www.thefancarpet.com

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my entire Twitter feed today:

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20 years ago:

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I still can't believe Neo Yokio happened. It feels like a fever dream of impossibilities converging, or a show-within-a-show that would never get the Kuji-Un treatment. I love you, Neo Yokio.

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I love living in the future

uguu @ offkai live

@removeanime

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the anime section at the airport

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@dieworkwear you have many good opinions, but this is your best

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Another fascinating trend in the anime community is the disconnect from what's "popular", helped by social media bubbles. Dungeon Meshi isn't unpopular by any stretch but there are half a dozen isekai that with premises you'd think I made up that get more views this season.

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No offense to OP, but the tragedy of anime fandom having such a short attention span is we always get takes like “Unlike other anime, this one focuses on the characters” every other season

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women watch anime nearly as much as men if the places you go to talk about anime doesn't have a lot of women, that's probably either representative of the kind of specific sub-niches involved, or the kind of environment you create

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Hunter x Hunter has been more popular in the English-speaking world during the pandemic than it's ever been

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How do tastes in anime vary between Japan and the United States? In my latest piece for Anime News Network, I dig into the data to try to answer that very question! ⭐️ Read:

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3 years

Anime news disinformation via Facebook once again: one of FB's biggest anime pages posts stuff like this, which, while quoting legit data from a @DoctorDazza , misrepresents the info, provides zero context, and extrapolates in damaging ways that undermine legitimate efforts.

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the baby just picked up the remote, turned on the tv, went to Netflix, and started JoJo's Bizarre Adventure all by himself

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Re: Crunchyroll removing the comments section: I sincerely hope this is temporary, even if responses from CS suggest otherwise. One of Crunchyroll's biggest value-adds has been its community; it's a true point of differentiation compared to other streaming services. (1/x)

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Chainsaw Man is an anomaly in the Anglo-sphere. This is the first manga that's been a mega-hit in English *before* an anime adaptation was released. To put it into perspective, in April, CSM's most recent volume outsold JUJUTSU KAISEN's, as well as Spy x Family 1.

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because I keep seeing this in official comms, I encourage folks to not use Anglo pluralization for Japanese loanwords we do this for all kinds of words! "samurais", "animes", "otakus", etc. should read to you with the same discomfort as "childs", "womans", "leafs", or "foots"

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The story of Anime in America by way of Google. I recently was using Google Trends as a framing device to discuss some of the inflection points in US anime fandom and put together this annotated screenshot for clarity's sake.

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3 years

"I skip the openings"

HBCU Anime✊🏾🔥

@HbcuAnime

3 years

What are your anime red flags??👀🚩🚩🚩🚩🚩🚩🚩🚩🚩🚩🚩🚩🚩🚩

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Anime's worldwide dominance is only just beginning. I’ve been thinking about Polygon’s article all week. According to a gen-pop survey of over 4k Americans, 42% of Gen Z watch anime weekly — which lines up perfectly with 2021 results from the gold standard, Morning Consult.

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3 years

Of all anime/manga franchises to get a Hollywood live action adaptation...

‘Made In Abyss’: Kevin McMullin To Adapt Manga For Roy Lee, Masi Oka & Sony

EXCLUSIVE: We have just learned about this manga feature adaptation which is in early works at Columba Pictures, and that’s the Akihito Tsukushi Made in Abyss which Kevin McMullin is adapting. Roy...

deadline.com

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while the above chart is the real story here, this one is the one that delights me most: comparing the biggest anime to the most-watched US network shows

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4 years

my "congrats on the new job" present to myself has arrived

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4 months

stop marketing things as "like studio ghibli" challenge

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this mess of a release strategy is exactly why I haven't finished one of my most anticipated anime of last year (pluto)

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"Kimi ni Todoke" Season 3 has 5 episodes, each over one-hour long They're all available on Netflix now

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my SK8 the Infinity experience is yelling "isn't that ILLEGAL????" every 3 minutes at the tv

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@regularaugust torn between that pov and the "this is the death of culture" pov since it's a *netflix original*

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4 years

I’ll be sharing details about my next gig in the coming weeks, but if you know how passionate I’ve been about my work at CR, you know it's got to be something special :)

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I've done various anime research projects for over a decade and the people who use CR tend to have been anime fans for more than twice as long the median pirate, even accounting for age. That said? I agree that this individual is not someone who actually likes anime.

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@ShitpostRock

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>crunchyroll user >watches anime at 3x speed >skips the “boring” parts the ultimate tourist

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Y'all ODDTAXI gets better every week, this is a serious AOTY competitor.

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7 of the 10 biggest bootleg anime sites by US traffic were taken down this week. Here's what everyone's missing about it🧵

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Crunchyroll

@Crunchyroll

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Post a photo of yourself as the protagonist of an anime without downloading any new pics ~ ✨

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I'd still give Naruto more credit but SAO was one of the first mainstream anime that was watched predominantly online. It shared its overseas success with increased internet accessibility, smartphones, and most of all, the rise of streaming.

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@KaiserBeamz

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As someone who was an early subscriber to Crunchyroll, I can say with authority that the anime that made CR a true force of nature wasn't JJK or My Hero Academia. It was this fucking thing.

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3 years

have yet to forgive Oda for taking away Nico Robin's bangs

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Not really? Hunter x Hunter outsold Bleach for every year "the big 3" ran simultaneously. Us fans in the West have made up a massive mythology about "the big 3" when it simply wasn't the reality for more than a year anywhere, least of all Japan

Joyce The Rambunctious Young Lad

@Etrouse

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The Big 3 is One Piece, Bleach, and Naruto. That’s what Shonen Jump named them because they MADE THEM THE MOST MONEY. The Big 3 is not debatable. It’s not about your favorite. It’s about money. It is objectively those 3 and I wish y’all would just accept that and be quiet.

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Yesterday, someone replied to the CR tweet asking about most-wanted anime remakes and someone said "ROD the TV but with updated visuals" and I legitimately have not been able to sleep for longer than an hour at a time since

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I found every anime reference in Game of Thrones. Six hour YouTube video coming soon 👀

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oh hey an anime made just for me

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In 2023, US manga sales fell by 26%. Bucking the trends both in the US and abroad, One Piece sales spiked 27% in the same time period. Why? I explore the story in my inaugural column at @comicsbeat !!

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3 years

anime fans bullying The New Yorker into deleting a tweet is not how I expected this week to start

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2 years

Viz, PLEASE split the episodes of Naruto into three parts, for my sake.

VIZ

@VIZMedia

2 years

Watch subbed anime episodes and movies for free on YouTube! 🤩 Catch up on Death Note, Inuyasha, Hunter x Hunter, Naruto, Sailor Moon, and more! 🔥

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reminder that according to the latest report from the Association of Japanese Animations, the Japanese home video market makes up ~1.3% of all anime revenue ignore sensationalist "news" pages

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Netflix just shared their viewership numbers from the second half of 2023. With 71.6M viewers, One Piece was the most-popular title on the entire platform!!

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City Hunter, a Japanese film based on the classic manga of the same name, has performed neck-and-neck with fellow Netflix original Unfrosted, the new Jerry Seinfeld movie. Why is this so impressive? City Hunter has never made it in the top 10 of any of Netflix's most

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Every time baby

Netflix

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Are you pronouncing "Lupin" correctly?

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"It's free on YouTube" he says. (It's not) If I ripped your video and reloaded it for my own financial gain, that'd be free too.

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@MTGSecretLair @cfm_miku_en this will fix every problem in my life, thank you hatsune miku

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there's been plenty of interesting conversation here but something I haven't seen mentioned is ~*~ AESTHETICS ~*~ in this era of screens, you want to make what's on your bookshelf count all the more never seen a GN omnibus half as handsome as Dark Horse's Berserk Deluxe Edition

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My latest article for Anime Trending: A Statistical Ranking of Every New Anime of 2024

A Statistical Ranking of Every New Anime of 2024

Anime is mainstream in 2024. But as anime moves into the center of popular culture, the divide between the biggest franchises in the space and the rest of Japanese-born animation continues to widen.

anitrendz.net

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you were never really "pirating" if you were using bootleg streaming sites like aniwave, anix, animesuge, etc. you were just lazy what statement are you making by giving your ad revenue to bootleggers instead of companies that predominantly use revenue-sharing with publishers?

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Elijah Wood is an absolute treasure

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This is the right take. According to the 2023 AJA report, Japanese home video sales account for ~1.3% of anime revenue. For the vast majority of anime, it's a non-factor to success. On rare occasions, though, good Blu-Ray sales can single-handedly secure an additional season.

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@RoukHein

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@Josu_ke I see it like this: You shouldn't pay attention to low BD sales You should, however, pay attention to high BD sales "Low BD sales" is a non-event "High BD sales" is an interesting outcome and should be highlighted

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Correlation doesn't imply causation...but...

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Is that...Nico Robin???? What does 𝔰𝔥𝔢 have to do with this @WSJ ???

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I'm putting together a list of the best anime/manga video creators with under ~10k subscribers who are the up-and-comers you like the most??

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Anime fans have plenty of misconceptions about their favorite medium, but the studio-centric mentality is one I can't mention enough -- your favorite anime probably has whole episodes animated at another studio!! Excellent work by @Yuyucow over at Sakuga Blog as usual ✨

Sakuga Blog

@SakugaBlog

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What Actually Is Anime Outsourcing? - The Historical Context And Current Reality Of Anime's Life Support #anime #animation

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one of the rare advantages to living in America is stuff like this

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A bit disheartened to see that while other streaming platforms are moving towards having ad-supported models and increasing opportunities to engage with media, others are limiting accessibility.

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Coco is the #3 trending topic in the United States right now, and the sheer volume of this outpouring of love would have been unbelievable if I hadn't been following her career this last year. She's really made an impact on so so many.

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@TotallyNotMark It's entirely based on WSJ rankings, where Bleach/Naruto/OP led for a few years. They were not the most popular, the best-selling, etc. anywhere, even in Japan at any point in time, they just did the best among people who mailed in response forms.

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this comment on the crunchyroll video celebrating 25 years of the One Piece anime has got me all kinds of messed up

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3 years

that gap between predicted and actual for Demon Slayer, wow

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I refuse to believe that some spring anime already have 5 episodes out, the season just started!!

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to head off predictable bad-faith retorts: no, this isn't a blanket defense of every action every person who's ever been labelled a "fujoshi" has ever done no, I do not share your perceptions, stereotypes, and assumptions about fujoshi, the boogeymen you imagine aren't real

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10 months

I would like the powers that be to give Mike a third interview with Chris Evans

Mike Ryan

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10 months

I’ve been asked about the “crazier” Chris Evans interview, so here that is. (For the record I had nothing to do with the social headline.) Honestly this still might be my favorite I’ve ever done

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MyAnimeList is a wonderful resource but I am frequently shocked to see folks both in and outside of the industry bring it up as a benchmark. Konosuba is A+ stuff, but does anyone think more people are watching it than Demon Slayer??

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@NocturnalAllen @BrndnStrssng Predicting the ending has nothing to do with the quality of a film...and were you not able to predict all of CODA from the first 15 minutes? Nothing against the film but predictability is not something it shied away from

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can't complain

🐁 in japan

@bakamaka

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i wonder about that guy who went to burger king with a life size cardboard cutout of umi is doing

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tl;dr I used a dozen metrics or so that I've historically found to be meaningful to make a popularity index of the winter anime lineup and it looks like this (the numbers are relative popularity compared to the median)

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3 years

Baby no. 2 countdown is under 100 days, so excited I could cry

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@GreatCheshire This feels like a v2 of your first gundam tweet

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2 years

I've adored Michael B. Jordan since Fruitvale Station but this Jonathan Majors clip is yet another datapoint for my thesis that he's the most important anime fan in the West. His endless and unbridled advocacy of the medium is absolutely infectious.

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this clip is very endearing cause majors is trying his best to describe some random anime MBJ made him watch and ends up summarizing the plot of every battle shonen anime ever

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Thinking about him

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if your entire marketing campaign for a piece of entertainment is founded on comparing or contrasting or referencing it to another piece of entertainment, you are telling me I'm better off returning to the original

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no one wants him.......

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3 years

love Wikipedia for this

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remember:

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