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Cooked Like Hot Dogs: Ogiue Maniax Status Update for July 2026
This month, I feel incredibly fortunate to have a good life, and I wish to have a country that could provide good fortune to others, now more than ever. I don’t know how long it would take, but I hope we can someday live in a place where all the xenophobia, sexism, racism, and continuous trampling of the poor are no longer systemically baked into everything. I want people to love and thrive and…
Kio Shimoku Twitter Highlights June 2026
This month, Kio comments a bunch on his titles for the Monthly Afternoon 40th Anniversary exhibit. Also, it turns out that he drew a short comic about how he became a fan of futanari. ウフフ……あやしげなお店で素敵…… https://t.co/JHN107ebMY— 木尾士目＠はしっこアンサンブル全8巻 (@kioshimoku1) May 31, 2026 Manga author panpanya drew the final web bonus for Rakuen, which involves exploring a store based on all the different…
Dooby3d’s Big Ears
Dooby3D is one of my favorite VTubers. As an independent creator, she had a lot of say in her own design, and something I find really charming and noteworthy about her look is her large ears. In a field where it’s more common to find animal ears (like those of a cat girl or dog girl) on top of the head or elf-like knife ears on the side, it’s actually quite rare to have two honkin’ huge ones…
Four hololive Dancers, Four Twists
Todoroki Hajime of hololive held her 3D birthday concert in June, and one of the biggest moments was a group performance of the song “Kokkara” featuring her, Hakos Baelz, Isaki Riona, and Mizumiya Su. As expected, they all showcase why all four of them are almost inarguably the best dancers in hololive, but one thing that really stood out to me is how they were given opportunities to show off…
An Adjacent Internet Experience: Cosmic Princess Kaguya
For a couple months, the yuri film Cosmic Princess Kaguya seemed to be all over my social media timelines. It was a big enough hit for Japan to screen it in theaters after its Netflix release, multiple VTubers mentioned it or did watchalongs, and there’s still a lot of ongoing buzz. Before sitting down to watch it, I only knew two things: 1) It’s inspired by the Japanese folk tale The Tale of the…
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Crunchy, Juicy, Menchi: Hinoya Curry
As part of a trip to Japan earlier this year, I ended up eating a lot of curry, both Japanese-style and otherwise. Some were places I had scouted out, but others I just happened to find by happenstance. One such instance happened on an evening walk back to my hotel, where I got lost. While trying to find my bearings, I ended up in front of the original Hinoya Curry. A sign proudly boasted that it…
Does a Noble Cause Embiggen the Smallest Man?—Mobile Suit Gundam Hathaway: The Sorcery of Nymph Circe
Last month, I attended a US screening of the second movie in the Mobile Suit Gundam Hathaway trilogy, The Sorcery of Nymph Circe. It was actually my second time seeing it, having catched it during a trip to Japan. I had originally planned to write about it after that first viewing, but I came away confused about a few things that I felt would benefit from a repeat viewing. Prior to the release…
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MF Ghost and Japanaganda
For some reason, I continue to watch MF Ghost. I think the races have genuinely gotten better, and it’s just enough to overcome some of the weird aspects of the series that comes partly from an old man trying to write a young romance for an old man audience. Something I’m more neutral on that keeps popping up in the anime are these scenes that are basically shilling Japan and its culture, like…
20 Years Late to the Party: Thoughts on Pokémon Champions and VGC Double Battles
In 2006, I met up with a group of friends from online in New York City. We were all there for the Pokémon National Video Game Championships, and these were people I had known through the competitive Pokémon community—in some cases for years. In a time when Smogon had just begun establishing itself as the go-to hub for serious multiplayer and Pokémon Showdown had yet to even exist, I had spent…
Running for Time: Ogiue Maniax Status Update for June 2026
This past month was lighter on anime and manga–specific content for that reason, which I hope to rectify. My mind feels like it’s in a whirl. There are a lot of things I want to write about anime-wise, but I find myself unable to get everything out there in a timely fashion. On a personal level, I think I’m struggling with writing well and putting out insightful commentary. I’m shooting from the…
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Kio Shimoku Twitter Highlights May 2026
https://twitter.com/kioshimoku1/status/2050574580306325942 Kio read the first volume of Kuroda Iou’s new manga, Sendou Yasugorou, and loved the realism and sense of tension. (Incidentally, Kuroda is one of my favorite manga artists stylistically, so I gotta check it out!) https://twitter.com/kioshimoku1/status/2050955657168445524 アニメの茄子も好きです！— 木尾士目＠はしっこアンサンブル全8巻 (@kioshimoku1) May 4,…
A Turbulent Course Across Generations: Reflecting on “A boy with GUNDAM”
To celebrate the upcoming 50th anniversary of Gundam in 2029, an animated music video featuring virtually every series in the franchise was released. It follows three different generations—father, son, and granddaughter—discovering and growing up with Gundam in different ways over the decades. One thing I find noteworthy about this animation is that it implies the father, a fan of the original…
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The Next Step Towards World Conquest: Secret Society holoX Live 2026 First Mission
Ever since their debut in 2021, I’d been looking forward to the day that one or more members of hololive’s 6th generation—Secret Society holoX—would get a dedicated live 3D concert. Then, last year, they made the big announcement during their anniversary: a full-gen holoX concert would be set for April 2026. Now that I’m on the other side of the event, titled “Secret Society holoX Live 2026…
A Completely Real One Piece Theory: The True TRUE Identity of Imu Revealed!!!!!!
I present to you a very real and thoroughly researched theory that will shake the foundation of One Piece and its lore: I have figured out the true identity of Imu. No, I don’t mean that he is the secret centuries-old ruler of the world. Nor am I talking about his recent face reveal. Rather, I am certain that Imu is actually the reincarnation of Jack Dawson (as played by Leonardo DiCaprio) from…
Pokémon Champions Has Me Thinking About Mega Evolutions
Pokémon Champions is a new game focused on competitive battling, and it has included an old and beloved mechanic that’s been mostly absent for a decade or so: Mega Evolution. I’ve been thinking about why it’s still among the most popular additions to the series, and I think it has to do with the fact that it makes individual Pokémon feel special in terms of both gameplay and…
Reflecting on My Nadesico Nostalgia: RIP Sato Tatsuo
I was saddened to learn about the recent death of Sato Tatsuo, director and writer of Martian Successor Nadesico. It was an anime I first watched in my high school days, and it was very formative to me as a young otaku. I remember just rewinding VHS tapes to watch my favorite scenes over and over, and finally getting the whole series on DVD was a dream come true. The series is a riff on the…
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My First VTuber Con: OshiUplink
Ever since 2020 and the rapid rise of VTubers in the US, they have become an increasing presence in North American nerd conventions. And out of this interest has emerged cons fully dedicated to VTubers, notably Offkai Expo in California. Just like with anime and manga, the west coast is well positioned to get guests and attendees from different parts of the world (especially Japan), but it can be…