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senmutHelp Kat keep her car and move.
This is our former roommate from when I FIRST moved here,darkdanc3r.
If you can signal boost, great. If you can donate... claim a drabble from me for helping a friend.
This is our former roommate from when I FIRST moved here,
darkdanc3r.If you can signal boost, great. If you can donate... claim a drabble from me for helping a friend.
Humble Bundle: Kana Manga Mini-Bundle
Apr. 18th, 2026 08:23 pmsoc_puppet in ![[community profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/community.png){kind=small}
anime_mangaKana Manga is here this time, bringing a manga mini collection!
This bundle includes:
Eden of Witches, volumes 1 thru 6
Leviathan, volumes 1 thru 3
Manhole, volumes 1 thru 3
You can get the entire bundle of manga in PDF form for only $18 USD. Unlike most other Humble Manga Bundles, this one is only available as the full set, so you cannot, for example, buy the first volume of each series for $1 USD.
This bundle supports Book Industry Charitable Foundation, which has helped bookstore and comic book store employees and owners who encounter unexpected financial crises. The Binc Foundation works to keep book people in their homes, in their jobs, and with their families – stabilizing the brick and mortar bookstore community. With some bundles, you can pick which charity you want your donation to go to, but that doesn't seem to be the case with this one. If you scroll down on the right hand side of the Humble Bundle page, you can also find an area where you can adjust how much of your purchase goes to which organization (the charity, the publisher, and Humble Bundle, respectively), with a minimum mandatory amount to Humble Bundle as the host.
This bundle is available for the next 16 days.
This bundle includes:
You can get the entire bundle of manga in PDF form for only $18 USD. Unlike most other Humble Manga Bundles, this one is only available as the full set, so you cannot, for example, buy the first volume of each series for $1 USD.
This bundle supports Book Industry Charitable Foundation, which has helped bookstore and comic book store employees and owners who encounter unexpected financial crises. The Binc Foundation works to keep book people in their homes, in their jobs, and with their families – stabilizing the brick and mortar bookstore community. With some bundles, you can pick which charity you want your donation to go to, but that doesn't seem to be the case with this one. If you scroll down on the right hand side of the Humble Bundle page, you can also find an area where you can adjust how much of your purchase goes to which organization (the charity, the publisher, and Humble Bundle, respectively), with a minimum mandatory amount to Humble Bundle as the host.
This bundle is available for the next 16 days.
DC Preview: Superman #37 Superboy-Prime Has A Discussion With Jonathan And Martha Kent
Apr. 18th, 2026 04:00 pmLuluttoLilly ambush
Apr. 18th, 2026 01:49 pmstepnix in anime_mangaI'd heard that Studio Pierrot was doing a new magical idol anime for the first time in almost twenty years, and then forgot to follow up on it, and then saw that it's on youtube in English now. get hype. It's making some very clear callbacks to Creamy Mami, but the music design honestly reminds me of more modern American cartoons. bee and puppycat. idk. Real interested to see where this goes.
Justice League Interchronal: JUSTICE LEAGUE EUROPE ANNUAL #2, ARMAGEDDON 2001 #2 (JLI 84)
Apr. 17th, 2026 03:01 pmtcampbell1000 in scans_dailyWarning for a homophobic throwaway line from a villain, and some...controversial character development.
The heroes of the JLA and JLE are gathered in New York after the Bialya mission. While they mingle with some of their usual irreverent chatter, it’s more subdued than usual.
J’Onn and Catherine hope to get things back to normal--“as much as they can be, without Max.” But Cap nips “normal” in the bud as the JLE starts teleporting back to London.
( He starts spraying his pits with WD-40 and speaking French in a Gambit voice. ‘‘Ah, oui, cherie, hon hon hon!’’ )
The heroes of the JLA and JLE are gathered in New York after the Bialya mission. While they mingle with some of their usual irreverent chatter, it’s more subdued than usual.
J’Onn and Catherine hope to get things back to normal--“as much as they can be, without Max.” But Cap nips “normal” in the bud as the JLE starts teleporting back to London.
( He starts spraying his pits with WD-40 and speaking French in a Gambit voice. ‘‘Ah, oui, cherie, hon hon hon!’’ )
You can watch Akane-banashi on YouTube*
Apr. 17th, 2026 10:12 pmalchemicink in anime_manga*if you live in certain countries.
I just wanted to spread the word! (Because I don't know anyone else watching the series) It's currently available to watch in North and Latin America, and I recently saw that it's now available in Australia and New Zealand too.
I think it's also available on Netflix worldwide without the region-locking, but since I don't have Netflix, I appreciate this free alternative to watch.
The official YouTube channel is here. There are different playlists for different language subtitles.
I really enjoyed the first two episodes! I knew nothing about the series beforehand other than it's about rakugo (a kind of comedic storytelling). But I think Akane is a delightful character, the voice acting is top notch, and the animation is lovely so far. (I have a review for the first episode on my journal in this post)
Has anyone here read the manga? Did you enjoy it?
I'll wrap up by linking this ANN article from back in February that mentions the YouTube streaming and includes a trailer for the show.
I just wanted to spread the word! (Because I don't know anyone else watching the series) It's currently available to watch in North and Latin America, and I recently saw that it's now available in Australia and New Zealand too.
I think it's also available on Netflix worldwide without the region-locking, but since I don't have Netflix, I appreciate this free alternative to watch.
The official YouTube channel is here. There are different playlists for different language subtitles.
I really enjoyed the first two episodes! I knew nothing about the series beforehand other than it's about rakugo (a kind of comedic storytelling). But I think Akane is a delightful character, the voice acting is top notch, and the animation is lovely so far. (I have a review for the first episode on my journal in this post)
Has anyone here read the manga? Did you enjoy it?
I'll wrap up by linking this ANN article from back in February that mentions the YouTube streaming and includes a trailer for the show.
Wishing Adam Hughes ALL the good vibes
Apr. 17th, 2026 12:21 amicon_uk in scans_dailyThe artist best known for his unapologetically cheeky pin-up art style, Adam Hughes, needs little introduction to most comic fans.
However, today his wife, fellow artist Allison Sohn posted that Hughes had been diagnosed with Stage 3C colorectal cancer.
This is a treatable, and survivable, condition but there are never guarantees.
I know I speak for the Mods, and am sure I speak for all members of the scans_daily community in sending him all our best, and wishing him the best possible outcome in his upcoming fight against this most unpleasant of diseases.
However, today his wife, fellow artist Allison Sohn posted that Hughes had been diagnosed with Stage 3C colorectal cancer.
This is a treatable, and survivable, condition but there are never guarantees.
I know I speak for the Mods, and am sure I speak for all members of the scans_daily community in sending him all our best, and wishing him the best possible outcome in his upcoming fight against this most unpleasant of diseases.
My first fanfiction in many, many fandoms + thoughts
Apr. 16th, 2026 06:45 pmpetrateland tagged me in a Tumblr meme, which I completed here for legibility/copy-paste-ability.Here are my present thoughts about the first story I wrote in each of 30 fandoms, selected because those are the ones in which I have written more than 3 works longer than a drabble, with the occasional guest star of "All right, I mostly wrote drabbles in this fandom, but I really want to list it."
If that sounds like a meme you want to do, consider yourself tagged! The original meme was just "First story you wrote in each fandom" but I'd be here for a month if I did all of them.
The list of fandoms where stories appear is: Ashes to Ashes, Aubrey-Maturin - O'Brian, Battlestar Galactica (2003), Dark is Rising - Cooper, DCU (Comics), DCU Animated - Timmverse, Discworld - Pratchett, Doctrine of Labyrinths, due South, Falsettos - Finn & Lapine, Generation Kill (TV), Good Omens - Gaiman & Pratchett, Jeeves & Wooster, Les Misérables - Hugo, Life on Mars (UK), The Magicians (TV), Marvel Cinematic Universe, then known as Avengers (2012), Men's Ice Hockey RPF, Promethean Age - Bear, Singin' in the Rain (1952), Slings & Arrows:, Star Wars - All Media Types, Star Wars Original Trilogy, Star Wars Prequel Trilogy, Star Wars RPF, Supreme Power, Tales of the City - Maupin, Twitch City, Vorkosigan Saga - Bujold, and White Collar.
( I am not monofannish )
Spring premiere thoughts
Apr. 16th, 2026 01:26 pmpetrea_mitchell in anime_manga(crossposted from my journal)
I want to get back into posting about the anime I'm watching, especially since I wanted to check out a bunch of things this season.
Snowball Earth looks likely to become the show I keep desperately recommending to my fellow Worldcon members until Hugo nominations close next spring. Episode 1 speedruns an entire mecha show about a teenager with a special gift and his special robot fighting off an alien invasion, until things go disastrously wrong and the protagonist finds himself back on Earth after a very sudden climate change. Worse, he was planning to make up for his social isolation and awkwardness by making a bunch of friends after the final battle, and the population of Earth seems to have dropped precipitously.
It's about 75% comedy, 20% earnest mecha action, 5% horror, and all good so far. It's also like someone saw Gargantia on the Verdurous Planet and set out to prove that the premise had a much better show hiding in it.
Rooster Fighter has a pretty thin premise (tough-guy fighter except he's an actual chicken) and yet it's so well executed that I keep deciding to watch one more episode. At some point I think I'll hit a wall and suddenly not care anymore, but today is not that day.
Daemons of the Shadow Realm has managed to conceal a very important piece of its information about its setting from its trailers, which makes for a pretty big shock in the first episode. Congrats to the marketing department, except had I known that piece of information from the beginning, I would have been more interested. Anyway, the last Arakawa Hiromu adaptation I saw felt meh (Arslan) but this is going very well so far.
Mao is the other big adaptation of a manga by a famous long-running author, and um... if you like Takahashi Rumiko's work, this is definitely another Takahashi Rumiko work. I was not gripped.
Welcome to Demon School, Iruma-kun! season 4 inspired me to finally finish season 3, where I'd gotten bogged down in the Harvest Festival arc. Hoping the Music Festival goes better. So far, so good.
Kujima: Why Sing When You Can Warble? is about a boy who meets a migratory anthropomorphic bird-thing and invites it home to live with him. Mildly heartwarming things ensue. This was billed as a "horror comedy", and I feel like the premiere could have used more of both. OTOH, there is some delightfully demented voice acting. I'm going to give this one one more episode.
Killed Again, Mr. Detective? had an interesting-sounding premise, but it's very, very much a light novel adaptation full of light novel tropes that I'm sick of.
Witch Hat Atelier had an excellent first episode featuring the rare anime fantasy world where it all fits together, unlike the usual visual mishmash. Then episode 2 introduced a few characters I feel like I've seen in a million other school and school-like shows, and I was a lot less excited. I'll see how the rest of the season goes.
I want to get back into posting about the anime I'm watching, especially since I wanted to check out a bunch of things this season.
Snowball Earth looks likely to become the show I keep desperately recommending to my fellow Worldcon members until Hugo nominations close next spring. Episode 1 speedruns an entire mecha show about a teenager with a special gift and his special robot fighting off an alien invasion, until things go disastrously wrong and the protagonist finds himself back on Earth after a very sudden climate change. Worse, he was planning to make up for his social isolation and awkwardness by making a bunch of friends after the final battle, and the population of Earth seems to have dropped precipitously.
It's about 75% comedy, 20% earnest mecha action, 5% horror, and all good so far. It's also like someone saw Gargantia on the Verdurous Planet and set out to prove that the premise had a much better show hiding in it.
Rooster Fighter has a pretty thin premise (tough-guy fighter except he's an actual chicken) and yet it's so well executed that I keep deciding to watch one more episode. At some point I think I'll hit a wall and suddenly not care anymore, but today is not that day.
Daemons of the Shadow Realm has managed to conceal a very important piece of its information about its setting from its trailers, which makes for a pretty big shock in the first episode. Congrats to the marketing department, except had I known that piece of information from the beginning, I would have been more interested. Anyway, the last Arakawa Hiromu adaptation I saw felt meh (Arslan) but this is going very well so far.
Mao is the other big adaptation of a manga by a famous long-running author, and um... if you like Takahashi Rumiko's work, this is definitely another Takahashi Rumiko work. I was not gripped.
Welcome to Demon School, Iruma-kun! season 4 inspired me to finally finish season 3, where I'd gotten bogged down in the Harvest Festival arc. Hoping the Music Festival goes better. So far, so good.
Kujima: Why Sing When You Can Warble? is about a boy who meets a migratory anthropomorphic bird-thing and invites it home to live with him. Mildly heartwarming things ensue. This was billed as a "horror comedy", and I feel like the premiere could have used more of both. OTOH, there is some delightfully demented voice acting. I'm going to give this one one more episode.
Killed Again, Mr. Detective? had an interesting-sounding premise, but it's very, very much a light novel adaptation full of light novel tropes that I'm sick of.
Witch Hat Atelier had an excellent first episode featuring the rare anime fantasy world where it all fits together, unlike the usual visual mishmash. Then episode 2 introduced a few characters I feel like I've seen in a million other school and school-like shows, and I was a lot less excited. I'll see how the rest of the season goes.
US Politics: Biggest triumphal arch in world proposed commemorating MAGA
Apr. 16th, 2026 01:12 pmpetraFeed the hungry? Heal the sick? Stop the war? Naaaaaah. Let's BUILD BIG ART.
Is it to celebrate Trump getting the FIFA Peace Prize? JD pwning the Pope?
Trump Admin triumphs: footage not found.
The mere concept of building a big monument to fuckall while we are activelyat war illegally bombing another country without the consent of Congress, with no victory conditions and less motivation than the average divorce, offends me to the core. Triumphing over common sense is not a triumph.
Is it to celebrate Trump getting the FIFA Peace Prize? JD pwning the Pope?
Trump Admin triumphs: footage not found.
The mere concept of building a big monument to fuckall while we are actively
Bialya With Extra Cheese: JLQ #5-8 (JLI 83)
Apr. 16th, 2026 11:50 amtcampbell1000 in scans_daily
The Global Guardians were only the third most popular “GG” in the JLI era, after Guy Gardner and General Glory. But they merited at least a little attention after all their buildup. Assistant editor Kevin Dooley slid into the writing role for these four stories with Andy Smith on pencils, though it’s hard to believe the same people wrote and drew all four of them. Even by JLI standards, they’re quite varied in tone.
( Almost as much as Sumaan Harjavti’s skin and hair are from appearance to appearance. )
Let's build a team of adventurers!
Apr. 15th, 2026 07:20 amsenmutQuestion for anyone to ponder:
League of Extraordinary Gentlemen, movie version, played with larger than life literary persons of the 19th century dealing with a threat just at the turn of the century to the 20th.
What persons, literary or real that have been mythologized, would have been a good 20th century team to deal with a more nefarious Y2K plot?
Discord has offered Egg Shen (Big Trouble in Little China), Sarah Connor (Terminator franchise), and Hiro Protagonist (Snow Crash).
I offered the mythologized Jimmy Hoffa as either recruiter or villain, not both as M was in the movie.
Looking forward to your ideas. Let's build a team of adventurers!
ETA: as I have been hit by rules lawyers elsewhere: person must feasibly be able to exist/be established to exist on Earth of the late 20th century within their canon.
League of Extraordinary Gentlemen, movie version, played with larger than life literary persons of the 19th century dealing with a threat just at the turn of the century to the 20th.
What persons, literary or real that have been mythologized, would have been a good 20th century team to deal with a more nefarious Y2K plot?
Discord has offered Egg Shen (Big Trouble in Little China), Sarah Connor (Terminator franchise), and Hiro Protagonist (Snow Crash).
I offered the mythologized Jimmy Hoffa as either recruiter or villain, not both as M was in the movie.
Looking forward to your ideas. Let's build a team of adventurers!
ETA: as I have been hit by rules lawyers elsewhere: person must feasibly be able to exist/be established to exist on Earth of the late 20th century within their canon.