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One of my favorite things about Toku is the opening narrations. Like right the the episode starts you'll get shown an upside down Mona Lisa floating through space and a very enthusiastic man will tell you-

"Blongus is the energy of mankind's love of progress and evolution!"

Then a buncha weird monsters show up and that same man will tell you that the evil Bagingy empire wishes to use Blongus to make all of humanity purple. Finally he says that only one special boi can stop them.

Then the best song you've ever heard will play all about how cool and special that boi is.

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One of the five new limited edition prints in the shop at www.tomgauld.com/shop

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if i was trapped in the time loop i would do the correct sequence of actions to break out of the time loop on my first try, thus resulting in me unaware of there being a time loop in the first place

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Kamen Rider Invincible Jeanne cosplayed by @88suisui90.

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me: *googling what kind of bike helmet i should get*

search result 1, AI-generated article: Since the dawn of time, humans have wondered what kind of bike helmet is best for protecting their cranium and lower intestine. In the event that you find yourself with a bike helmet, you must find a way to save your family. Therefore, we have compiled a list of qualities to look for. First, sodium content is of great importance when biking your helmet.

search results 2, 3, and 4: sponsored ads for bike helmets on amazon

search result 5, reddit thread: bikeaholic363736: hey guys, do any of you have experience with the windslapper 30g helmet from spronklegear?

spokejunkie666: it's probably the best helmet on the market right now. if you're not using the windslapper you might as well just be riding your bike into a woodchipper

handlebar_hamburglar: idiot. we've had this thread a hundred times. don't the mods enforce the repost ban anymore? OP, don't listen to spokejunkie. the windslapper is the leading cause of death in the netherlands

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reblogs appreciated for sample size!

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In just a few weeks, we make our glorious return to Anime Weekend Atlanta! Join us on Thursday, October 26 at 10:15 PM to kick off the first night of the con properly with the best in bad music videos from Japan!

Your humble hosts will also be hosting over events throughout the weekend too at AWA! So please check out these other events too:

Anime Adaptations of Western Sci-Fi/Fantasy Literature

Friday, October 27, 2023 10:15 AM in the AWA Academy (Fulton)

The History of Saban Entertainment

Saturday, October 28, 2023 5:45 PM in the Throwback Track (Waverly)

Shoujo Rock Heaven: Girl Rock Bands From Japan

Sunday, October 29, 2023 1:45 PM in CGC - Panel Room 106

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Always a good annual reminder

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perhaps some will disagree, but i think the world got worse when we changed the colour of the night

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Definitely

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this is a deeply unpopular opinion but i think in general we need to start holding conventions to higher standards wrt how they treat their indie artists. like when i went to momocon they set up mine and several other tables literally on top of each other and i had to chase down the staff to get us the spaces we paid several hundred dollars for. That sucked! but what REALLY got me is when i mentioned this was unacceptable the other artists involved nobody wanted to "make waves," one even told me i'd better not apply to heroescon because they'd laugh in my face for complaining. that was my first Big show, where i knew other artists even, and that response was so fucking weird i've never forgotten it lmao. then across a bunch of smaller shows:

-someone set off a fire alarm! there was no emergency exit plan in place, the staff disappeared and everyone in the artist alley just sort of had to Figure It Out

-some vendors being trapped in industrial loading zones for nearly /seven hours/ because the load-in info was incorrect and the people directing traffic were city police, who had no idea what the event even was

-me and several other vendors being locked OUT of loading zones and instructed to carry entire tables around the block, in the rain, because venue security "didn't like the look of us" and didn't want us bothering people attending a different event in the same building

-paying for a table, booking a room and traveling three hours and showing up to be told they had no record of me applying; if i didn't compulsively save all my convention correspondence i wouldn't have been allowed in

-"this 2020 season we'll be running our show As Usual but we understand if you want to back out because of personal reasons; we are unable to provide refunds"

also the usual stuff like lack of air conditioning or heat, shoving small artist tables right next to industry behemoths or resellers, or carbon monoxide poisoning caused by poor planning, lmao

anyway it's taboo to call out this shit because people are afraid of being blacklisted but god are we really SO scared of this industry we'll pay hundreds of dollars to get treated like this, do we need the tiny table shoved as far away from the main entrance as possible that badly? if a show blacklists you for asking for THE THING YOU PAID FOR is it really worth walking on eggshells?? we've GOT to respect ourselves more jfc

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Ship cat of HMS Barham, 1915