If you’re anime-only, you’re experiencing someone else’s interpretation of the story.
Every translation is a set of decisions made by someone else on your behalf.
I wrote about this in the first essay on my new site:
Anime-only? You’ve only read a translation. waveyculture.com/2026/03/05/a...
If you’re anime-only, you’re experiencing someone else’s interpretation of the story.
Every translation is a set of decisions made by someone else on your behalf.
I wrote about this in the first essay on my new site:
Anime-only? You’ve only read a translation. waveyculture.com/2026/03/05/a...
I kept seeing the same online fights repeat and realized I needed a map. So I made one. Dropping a free PDF: Anime, Social Media, and the Modern Culture War — fandom + platforms + algorithms + literacy.
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TRICIAAAAAAA 🥹🥹😭❤️ thank you so much!!
Crunchyroll revealed in an advertisement during its own free streams that it is halting free ad-supported streaming on its service on December 31. The company's subscription tiers and other ad-supported streaming channels are unaffected. Only certain titles were available for ad-supported streaming without subscription, including: Cowboy Bebop, Chainsaw Man, Demon Slayer: Kimetsu no Yaiba, My Dress-Up Darling, My Hero Academia, One Piece, Soul Eater, Spy×Family, Beast Tamer, Blue Lock, Bocchi the Rock!, Bungo Stray Dogs, Campfire Cooking in Another World with My Absurd Skill, Code Geass: Lelouch of the Rebellion, Don't Toy with Me, Miss Nagatoro, Golden Kamuy, Horimiya, Kaguya-sama: Love is War, Lycoris Recoil, Mobile Suit Gundam: The Witch From Mercury, Ranking of Kings, The Reincarnation of the Strongest Exorcist In Another World, Vinland Saga, Yona of the Dawn, Blood Blockade Battlefront, Blue Exorcist, Corpse Princess: Shikabane Hime, Deadman Wonderland, Ghost Hunt, Hell's Paradise, Hellsing, Hellsing Ultimate, Higurashi: When They Cry – GOU, How to keep a mummy, Is This a Zombie?, Junji Ito "Collection", Kemono Jihen, Mieruko-chan, The Case Study of Vanitas, The Vampire Dies in No Time, Toilet-Bound Hanako-kun, Tokyo Ghoul, Trinity Blood, and Zombie Land Saga. Crunchyroll had previously announced in March 2022 that it would no longer automatically offer free ad-supported viewing for all shows starting with its spring 2022 season line-up. Crunchyroll instead required that viewers have a subscription to access new and continuing simulcasts. The company added that the first three episodes of each title would be available for ad-supported viewing for a week after their premiere on Crunchyroll until a certain point, and subsequent episodes would be limited to subscribers. Crunchyroll previously allowed free ad-supported streaming for simulcast titles one week after an episode premiered.
It's sad that we started with almost everything being available on Crunchyroll with ads after a week, and by the end it was only enough shows to fill a paragraph.
I never used ad-free Crunchyroll but I know people relied on it.
This is one of those things where a layman could look at it and go "amazing, that's really cool" but as someone who makes their living drawing I'll go, "No actually it's magic, it's absolute wizardry, you don't know how impossible it is that this guy made it look so effortless."
Wow: Lemkin Institute for Genocide Prevention (named for Holocaust survivor Raphael Lemkin, who coined term "genocide") calls Clinton's remarks "genocide denial."
"Young people in the US are not stupid or gullible. They simply reject genocide – something the Secretary might consider doing as well."
birb😈
“You know what’s faster than mopping? Not spilling in the first place.” 👏
My first blog post in years comes courtesy of One Piece.
After 17 years of reading it weekly, the latest flashback has me rethinking how it treats freedom, fate, and resistance — especially as a Dominican-American reader.
(Spoilers through ch. 1168)
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PURINNNN OMFGGG I MISSED YOU 😭😭
I still have the clefairy I named after you… I actually evolved it recently because I wanted to mega evolve it once that shows up in Pokemon Go, cuz I’ve been playing it again LOL. Also I found these doodle prompts from college 😂
This is an awaited return to form where I get to flex my writing chops in a way I haven’t done in a long time… it would mean the world to me if you could engage with it in an intellectual way! I want to talk about the stuff I like/engage with in a critical but ethical way, deeper than surface level.
My first blog post in years comes courtesy of One Piece.
After 17 years of reading it weekly, the latest flashback has me rethinking how it treats freedom, fate, and resistance — especially as a Dominican-American reader.
(Spoilers through ch. 1168)
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Thank you if you watch! Next time I'm going to be more proactive about putting out voter resources before the big election day.
#nycvotes
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I made a VERY impromptu video. I wanted to talk about the 2025 NYC General Election, specifically the 6 ballot proposals and what they say. It would mean a lot if anyone local could watch and share if you don't understand what the proposals are! Link in next post
Manga Mavericks is back at it again for DAY 2 of #NYCC !
Come by the B!JuKu x Manga Mavericks booth (booth 2242) to get some exclusive goodies and buy some books!
Our very own @microwavey.bsky.social spitting facts!
#NYCC
This is entirely true.
The way I tell peers about gaps in my gaming history and they are like frustrated with me and then I tell them "I was poor" and they have no idea how to respond is always wild.
in every friendship there is a gaibon and a slogra. if you arent immediately sure which is which between you then i am sorry: you are slogra
@starfruitbooks.bsky.social has an In Memoriam regarding the passing of Matt Haasch.
In it they state that while "all orders and projects will be placed on hold", "the core members of Star Fruit Books are committed to carrying on his dreams and ensuring that the projects he began reach fruition."
haven't stopped thinking about charmuro baseball. i need them to be a toxic codependent battery
I heard about Matt Haasch today… my heart is gutted, I cried so deeply earlier. I will always remember you and the love you had for manga. There was so much more we had to do together… I learned so much from your example and will try to live life the same way. Thank you Matt, I love you my friend.
NEW NOVEL ANNOUNCEMENT: Frieren: Beyond Journey’s End ~Prelude~
Loved the anime? Under the supervision of Kanehito Yamada, writer of the original manga, comes five original short stories! Join Frieren, Fern, Stark, Lawine, Kanne, and Aura in brand new adventures!
And for novels, we also got:
• Lycoris Recoil: Recovery Days
Story by Asaura, Original Story by Spider Lily
• Legend of the Far East's
Savior
Story by hotokeyomo, Illustrations-by Kurogin (mecha)
• Frieren: Beyond Journey's End ~ Prelude~
Story by Mei Hachimoku, Illustrations by Tsukasa Abe!!
More licenses:
• Casebook of Kurumi
Tokisaki, Magic Detective
Story by Koushi Tachibana Illustrations-by Tsunako (Date-a-Live spinoff)
• The Bubble-Love of the
Mermaid
By Akumi Agitogi (by My Happy Marriage creator!)
• To the Monster I Love
Story by ryunosuke
Illustrations by Gesoking
Yen Press has also acquired:
• Battlefront of the Great
Powers
By Natsuku Urama
• How to Love a Loser
By Iwaba
And they had a short prize break! Question was which of their titles were Eisner-nominated? Trick question, it was two titles!! The Summer Hikaru Died and Green Yuri!!
Our first licenses:
• A Pen, Handcuffs, and a Common-Law Marriage
Story by Tank Gasuyama, Art by Shinichi Sawaragi
•Sailor Zombie: Complete Omnibus
Art By Jifi & Pinch, Original Story by Isshin Inudo
• Associate Professor Akira Takatsuki EX
By Mikage-Sawamura
• Bad Girl, By Nikumaru
At the @yenpress.com Industry Panel today at #AnimeNYC2025 !! Starting off strong with the Ryoko Kui exhibition and editor Ivan Liang’s fan club showing up!!!
Congratulations to Heidi Macdonald and The Beat for their well deserved Eisner award! Heidi is not only a great journalist but also a mentor to many other writers—including me.
