Tessera

YES. It should be released in theaters, and soon. But Paramount won't do any of that because if there’s one thing media corporations will always do, it’s severely misunderstand the animation market.

Avatar footage leak only makes the streaming fate of The Last Airbender movie look worse

Do the right thing, Paramount

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If you send out an email today containing the phrase "Happy Tax Day," I simply do not want to hear from you ever again.

My MA students are hosting a fandom/fan studies conference and these are the posters 💖

Someone on Letterboxd dubbed ChaO (Yasuhiro Aoki, 2025) the "Incel Ponyo" and they are extremely correct but the animation is exhilarating and fantabulous and I had the absolute best time finally seeing it in the theater.

Fucking Hell

I just wrote "I have no horse in this steel ball run" in my feedback to a paper and was once again reminded that I am severely underpaid and underappreciated for what I bring to these students' education.

A very strong contender for most utterly tasteless April Fools' email, courtesy of the California Faculty Association.

I did not take any photos at #SCMS26 because of generalized awkwardness but it was lovely to catch up with academic friends and meet *their* friends! If I missed any of you, please know that it was due to unfortunate spatiotemporal configurations and not a calculated choice to avoid you. Probably.

Reporting from O'Hare Terminal 3: cleared TSA in ten minutes. #SCMS26

Hey #SCMS26, if you are the absolute clown who took my reserved, clearly labeled copy of Zen and Slow Games from the MIT press table, I hope your pillow is always warm and your sheets forever scratchy.

Seems like a good time to share my 2024 blog post on Sora

Ships in a Coffee Cup, Tempest in a Teapot | animationstudies 2.0

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I got the dreaded 9 AM Thursday slot at #SCMS26, and my panel is programmed against an awesome stop motion roundtable l I wish I could attend instead 🫠 Still, I'll be around for the whole conference, so I'd love to catch up with folks!

Remember when sci-fi was FUN, full of heart, and backed by proper movie star power? Phil Lord and Christopher Miller sure do.

Hey video game folk, have any of you been to GDC? My MA student got a donated pass and wants to know where and who they should try networking with. I don't have any GDC experience, so I have no clue what to tell them. This is a Media Studies person with an interest in TTRPGs and horror/queer games.

My student chose this particular JJK screenshot for her anime tropes assignment, demonstrating A skills in media literacy and A+ skills in knowing her professor.

People are saying "[insert animation classic] deserves it more." Yes, BUT: The Criterion almost never platforms animation. Netflix is notorious for not releasing its films on physical media *and* for shelving successful animation for no good reason. So this is a win, and I'm excited to own a copy.

'KPop Demon Hunters' Getting Criterion Collection Release

Criterion’s release reinforces the film's cultural impact and marks a huge moment for physical media fans often left longing for their streaming favorites.

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Personally, I prefer saturnine relationships. Perhaps even mercurial ones, if you're nasty.