Record ridership at Mt. Vernon Sq! Metro moved thousands of customers to the Otakon convention last weekend. Saturday was the 2nd busiest day since 2020, and there were over 30,000 extra trips from Friday to Sunday. Wherever the fun is, Metro’s part of the journey. ✨

Hear me out: what if the whole show was baseball episodes? And then you could watch your favorite characters play baseball against various opponents and maybe make it to Koshien?

botoggle@botoggle.bsky.social · 2d ago

A concise 12-13 episodes doesn’t give you any time for the baseball episode. An anime TV series is not complete without a baseball episode. We’ve got to do something about this

Guy finds one good hat, immediately becomes a hat guy

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Discotek Media@discotekmedia.bsky.social · 4d ago

The return of a much loved classic... Toradora!

I'm at anime background artist Kazuki Higashiji's panel at Otakon. He begins with a statement in English. He doesn't see backgrounds as pretty scenery, but creating the world itself. He doesn't just make objects but thinks about the history of the place. Makes the world more believable.

Maki Terashima-Furuta from Production I.G USA says "I know a lot of you didn't like FLCL Progressive and Alternative but... well, we did it anyway"

This too is Anime Burger Time

🚨 The legendary yo-yo-wielding crime-fighter makes her English debut! Delinquent Detective: Sukeban Deka by Shinji Wada is coming this year exclusively on Omoi. Read the landmark shojo action series that inspired Kill la Kill and countless others! 👉 Add to your list: www.omoi.com/series/delin...

I'm at the Trigger panel at Otakon! Guests: animator/Edgerunners 2 ED dir Kazuki Chiba, Edgerunners 2 char designer and animation dir Ichigo Kanno, creative producer Hiromi Wakabayashi, and PR/YouTube channel host Kawa-D. As usual, stay tuned in this thread for news and interesting quotes.

Good times at the @omoi.com panel run by our favorite manga boy, @evanminto.com! Big get, being able to digitally release Sukeban Deka in English for the first time ever!

Less than an hour until our industry panel at Otakon! We'll be giving away buttons, stickers, print editions of Hikaru in the Light and Mecha-Ude, AND an Omoi tote bag. And of course, a big licensing announcement 😎 See you at 2pm!

Tomorrow's the day! If you're at Otakon, come to our panel at 2pm to be the first to hear our big licensing announcement

Omoi: Manga App & Publisher@omoi.com · 2w ago

DC! We’re coming back to @otakon.bsky.social! See you on Friday, July 31 at 2pm ET at our panel for new series announcements, Q&A, and giveaways. Shojosei fans, you’re not gonna want to miss this one 😉 conventions.leapevent.tech/schedules/vi...

Leon Kennedy running away with it

I've got a HUGE license announcement lined up for Otakon. Looking forward to seeing the reaction because it's something people have been requesting for a while

I enjoyed the Odyssey well enough as spectacle and thought the way it brought together the sack of Troy with Odysseus's own doubts at the end worked well. But I'm a Nolan hater. I don't think he's made a single movie that I straight-up loved. He's a dumb guy's smart guy.

I wrote about the Nolan Odyssey for the LRB. I'll summarize some of my main points below, in case you don't feel like reading all that. www.lrb.co.uk/the-paper/v4...

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One time I flippantly called anime "cartoons" at the college anime club and a guy who was half listening turned around and said "hey man fuck you"

Dave@Ota Recovery@sasuraiger.bsky.social · last wk.

on that note, give me your worst first encounter with an otaku. i'll go first: random con roommate via a bad friend. to introduce himself, he pulled out the mogudan rei doujinshi. we kicked him out when he tried to bring an underage girl from the rave. "could you guys just leave for a while?"

SPECIAL ANNOUNCEMENT: We're excited to announce the formation of the Independent Manga Alliance ( @indie-manga.bsky.social ), a new venture to help boost indie manga! IMA will assist manga creators and indie manga publishers by providing distribution, marketing, and sales support!

Few things make me feel as proud to live in New York as taking a short walk in my neighborhood and hearing four different languages spoken

New bonus episode is up on Patreon! @evanminto.com and David talk The Mandalorian, Spider-Man, and Lord of the Rings. (Not a ton of anime, manga, or video games in this one!) 🎧 LISTEN: buff.ly/RuNBaw7

You used to be able to bypass all of Reddit's login and app upsell walls on mobile by visiting old.reddit.com instead, but now new Reddit AND old Reddit both force you to log in to read on mobile. OK guys, I guess I'll just stop reading Reddit threads on my phone then?

Motoko X Shithead Action

Catsuka@catsuka.bsky.social · 2w ago

From the impressive 3-min opening sequence of "The Ghost In The Shell" episode 3. Sequence Director, Storyboard, Animation Director: Bahi JD.

New Ghost in the Shell might be more blobby and zany than the original manga, but they accurately captured the feeling of Shirow dumping a bunch of political and techno babble on you at key moments while you try to decipher who's lying to who and about what. It even has on-screen footnotes!

Today’s the day! Shonen Racket is available to read on Omoi! Ichiro lost his memory in a tragic fire. When an old table tennis rival re-appears, can playing the sport he once loved restore Ichiro’s lost memories? 👉 Read now on Omoi: www.omoi.com/series/shone...

Shonen Racket is SO COOL. Kakemaru-sensei’s page composition really captures the speed and physicality of table tennis! Start reading chapters 1 and 2 this Monday, July 20 only on Omoi. Add it to your list: www.omoi.com/series/shone...

The creator of Roger Rabbit (who is 85 years old by the way) is a good sort Crossposted with @openvibe.social

hey, remember: don't eat anything and don't breathe

We haven't had a guest on the @anigamers.com podcast in a while. Friends! Who wants to guest on an episode? Got a topic you're burning to talk our ears off about? Hit me

Honestly gotta hand it to them for going all-in on the thing everyone is already mad at them about. True heel behavior

MangaAlerts@mangaalerts.com · 3w ago

Crunchyroll announced they are changing the Crunchyroll Store • In August, you will need to be a Mega or Ultimate Fan to access the CR Store • The new experience will feature curated drops and Crunchyroll‑exclusive merch • Select Items will be 50% off starting tomorrow

Starting a new book, I wonder if this will be relevant at all in 2026