I love how nobody considers any alternatives to supporting one of the sides in the war - either supporting Ukraine because something something democracy, human rights and Putler or support Russia because multipolarity, denazification and NATO expansion.

I only know of one such initiative - the split of the group “Communist Organisation” from Germany which aligned with the Greek Communist Party created a campaign to give financial support for various communist groups in Ukraine and Russia they had contacts with. It was cautious and didn’t really go anywhere.

But at least it existed. Why support either side beyond acting like a foreign minister in the 1970s? Where’s the proletarian internationalism?

It’d be more productive than the dead end we’re in, at the mercy of whatever which state does or doesn’t.

I’m just going to pretend they’re not happening and leave it up to fate.

It’s also incredible how indifferent a lot of people seem to be about their own possible deaths. Healthy society under capital, where you accept the risk of death or disability, because at least then you don’t have to go to work tomorrow.

The natural consequence of the legalization of private businesses.

Wow that shows looks rough. The animation shovelware factories are running at full speed, it seems.

The plot itself is almost certainly at least pretty good though, considering I’ve heard of the Manga in a favorable light before.

The high-budget 80s stuff is my personal favorite, but I don’t disagree.

True, even if it was basically the last mechanime that got big.

tbf it’s been a trope in sci-fi since the 80s and possibly earlier.

i bet dougram probably isn’t a big seller on home video

I don’t know about video sales, but I found surprising amounts of Dougram merch during my trip to Japan earlier this year. It and VOTOMS had even more than Code Geass lol.

i personally love it, it’s just a gorgeous show

The last hurrah of classical anime animation, alongside The Big O (season 1)

Yeah, especially the beginning is very horny. It does… eventually… calm down in that regard.

Some shows are good.

Some shows are horny.

Some are good even in spite of that.

Some are so-bad-it’s-good because of it.

Mahoako, I’ve found honestly kinda dull. It’s very horny, in a problematic way, but that’s kinda all there is to the show.

I dropped it.

I’m totally about those “industry” behind the scenes/meta type shows.^___

Gekkan Shoujo Nozaki-Kun!

It’s a comedy parodying shoujo romance stories and tropes (from an author who actually wrote one in the 2000s), but it’s just as much about the Manga production process.

I don’t think I’ve seen one of these threads in a minute

Damn, I’ve been neglecting c/anime. I was the one who’s been doing those in the past 😔

So here’s a few I’m far enough in to comment.

Completed:

Gekkan Shoujo Nozaki-Kun (2014, Rewatch)

Still great, one of the funniest shows around with great and very foolish characters. This rewatch made me actually read the Manga, and it’s also very good and entertaining. Unfortunately, it’s still incomplete and very slow. Who knew? Girls’ Monthly Nozaki-Kun is a monthly series.

Ongoing:

Dragon Ball (1986, 102/153 episodes)

Going through the original Dragon Ball, you’re gonna get a very consistent quality good Shounen, and really, it’s good enough for me. Especially since even master Roshi calmed down on the horny bullshit by now. Unhinged Gun Lady my beloved.

Nichijou (2011, 23/26)

Not as good as Azumanga Daioh, but it’s still excellent and you WILL fall in love (platonically) with characters like Yukko or Nano. And of course everything about the show screams high effort. I wonder what Azumanga would have been like if late 2000s KyoAni was the company tasked with making it instead of J. C. Staff (not like that version is bad - the opposite in fact)

Yeah, it’s a decent site. Their reviews are a good way to find out what seasonals are interesting, which are horny nonsense… and sometimes praise is given to shows that are both.

Perhaps a hot take, but I like Beat & Three of a Perfect Pair more than Discipline.

If there’s one country you can rely on to rattle the sabre, it’s Poland.

Always nice to see how it’s 1910 and the bourgeois governments of the world are marching to what both sides see as the war to end all wars and capitalism with them at the helm leading to pax [country]. (do trzech razy sztuka)

Check out the Apothecary Diaries. Dungeon Meshi and Helck are also very good, but I like the Manga way more.

His last name being “Sobotka”

Well, I don’t know the context of the character, but that could mean anything from a polish person from whateverowice, a German whose ancestors came to the ruhr area in the 1830s or an American who’s never left Chicago but still considers himself a true pole.

Yeah, Hydrogen cars are basically a pet cause of some Toyota executives to my understanding.

1950s scifi continues to weigh like a nightmare on the brains of the living.