#from a japanese production

[aroacegundamalex]

I mostly think this poll is hilarious (and some people are taking it way, way too seriously) but it’s starting to get really weird how often people on the opposite side are dismissing Gundam — a giant of science fiction that remade a genre in its image — and quite literally lying about Suletta and Miorine. I’ve seen people claim they were canonically married to men, people claim the show’s ending was rewritten by interns, claim they never hugged, and other claims regarding them not being canon.

While Bandai and Kadokawa did censor one interview, and Bandai released an “open to interpretation” statement, these no longer hold true. Official material has henceforth referred to them as married. One instance of censorship and a statement they’ve clearly walked back on does not erase the fact that the show itself heavily emphasizes their wedding rings, refers to Miorine as Eri’s sister-in-law, and makes it abundantly clear that they are married.

“I knew I was going to make an epilogue, but it was a while before I decided upon the exact number of years that should pass in-between. The ending itself follows “The Tempest,” and depicts Suletta and Miorine getting married and becoming partners.”

- Hiroshi Kobayashi

They are completely and unambiguously canon, and arguably were never decanonized to begin with given the literal text of the show.

An addendum to this: I’ve also seen a strange dismissal of the history that G-Witch pulls from.

The original Gundam inspired Revolutionary Girl Utena, with Lalah Sune in particular (the creator of an iconic Gundam archetype) serving as the inspiration for Anthy Himemiya. Gundam has had a queer fanbase for decades, and has had gay characters (with Yoshiyuki Tomino himself confirming this) since the 1990s.

G-Witch draws from Gundam’s extensive, genre-shaking history, classics like Utena and Rose of Versailles, and Shakespeare’s The Tempest. It brings Gundam and Utena’s connection full circle, and is in conversation with every Gundam series that came before it.

It’s unfair to dismiss it as just some random show, or — as I’ve seen some do — credit its open queerness to the influence of completely unrelated American media, as if Japan is utterly devoid of gay people.

[js-dragonart]

Sick Day Since it's the time of the year again where my instagram feed is flooded with memes about how everyone is getting sick and I start avoiding people even more than usual cause I almost died from pneumonia once, I got inspired to do some doodling.

I already explored the hilarity of man-flu Severus Snape in the past, so now I ventured on to man-flu Aegon (because Aemond would probably just suffer in silence).

And for the people who can't decipher my atrocious handwriting:

Top left Aemond: Still not better? Aegon: F*ck off.

Top right Servant: Is it enough blankets, your grace? Aegon: *miserable sniff

Middle Aegon: *violent sneeze Aegon: Kill me, Aemond. Aemond: Don't be so dramatic, your grace. Aegon: Your king demands it. Aemond: Let's get you back to bed. Bottom Aemond: I should be at a council meeting...I can't move. Artist's notes: 1. After drawing the picture of blanket-pile Aegon, I noticed he looks like an Onigiri. A friend of mine called him an "Aegonigiri" and I hate myself for not thinking of this joke first. 2. For the picture where he's napping on Aemond's shoulder I'd like you to imagine the most obnoxious stuffy-nose snoring. 3. I'm in love with the green and gold color scheme.

[justacynicalromantic]

People be like "Russia is not imperialistic"🤡 - and then the most famous Ukrainian chef cannot open a restaurant of the most famous Ukrainian cultural food in Japan, because Japanese widely consider borscht a Russian dish and so would avoid the restaurant thinking it to be Russian🫤🫤🫤🤯🤯🤯

[slyandthefamilybook]

Yesterday two of my coworkers were trying to get a stuck wheel off a 2-ton. One of them, who lives in a quite rural town, got it off in an unconventional way and said "that's an old farmer's trick." The other said "yeah, maybe a Jewish farmer."

I didn't quite hear what he said so I went up to him and asked, "hey, what was that you said about a Jewish farmer?" He said, "oh, I should've said a Polish farmer," and then reminded me that his family is from Poland. It wasn't until then that I realized the point of his joke was that "Jewish farmer" meant stupid or incompetent. He knows I'm Jewish, but he's a bit of a jokester and doesn't always think before he speaks. I'm wasn't sure what to say about it, and he seemed to know what he said was wrong, but I think it'll stick with me for a long time

[mirai-e-jump]

スヌーピー“顔を出す”シュークリーム

[good-beansdraws]

He stood in the center of a busy street surrounded by extravagant lights, reds, greens, and whites all shining down on him and lighting up the area despite the late hour. The snow that had begun was light enough to not obscure the view quite yet; merely a small scattering of flurries before a potentially bigger storm. He stood with an uneven but genuine little smile as Mikoto held up his phone, peeking around the edge of it for a moment to smile back before snapping a picture.

A little moment that stuck with me from @lostxmelody 's beautiful fic, Life's Reflection! There were so many amazing scenes, but of course a big sap like me would latch onto this one...

[littlehen]

Tonight I cooked Nikujaga [x] which is a Japanese beef and potato stew that I’ve always wanted to attempt. My dad sat in the next room, backseat driving the entire cooking process (I went to check on the potatoes halfway through and he heard the lid coming off the pot and called ‘it won’t be cooked yet!’ I know because it is fucking halfway)

I couldn’t buy dashi, so I substituted beef stock. I didn’t have mirin or saké, so I used shaoxing instead. So it wasn’t authentically Japanese, but I thought it would be a good approximation. As I was mixing my flavourings in a jug, Dad appeared over my shoulder and shoved in a spoonful of something.

‘What was that?’

‘Bit of Bovril! That’ll make it nice and beefy.’

itadakimasu 🙏

[zippityzap]

I have invented a new cocktail! Cheap £5 sake probably intended solely for cooking purposes and yuzu flavoured Ramune

[of-moon-and-sea]

10.23.23

Monday’s are so hectic for me 😭 I work at a bakery in the morning, then have classes all afternoon. Can’t complain tho, the break I get between my classes means I get drawing/reading time in the library >:) Also started up my Duolingo streak again, let’s see how long that lasts!

Tasks done:

• stretching first thing in the morning

• worked 3.5 hours

• lecture/class 4.5 hours

• completed digital art assignment

• 10 mins Japanese Duolingo

🎧: Unknown/Nth - Hozier

[fruitcage]

[thehollowprince]

Apparently, they're making a Japanese adaptation of Love In The Air. I'm not quite sure how I feel about that.

[statisticalcats2]

Everyone who does an analysis of Cats should be required to learn as much as they can about the Shiki production before they do anything else

[thelioninmybed]

In honour of its limited west end release, I'm gonna say it, the Death Note musical is not only far better than it has any right to be; it's the only logical adaptation choice. What is Death Note but a bunch of people staring into space while having really intense internal monologues? And what better way to dramatise that emotion than through a series of power ballads?

Other reasons the musical is great:

Tragic monster girlfriend getting the attention she deserves! In the manga, Rem was a glorified plot device. In the show, she has THE big emotional arc, THE tragic love song(s), THE ironic reprisals.

Successfully condenses the manga down into a 2 1/2 hour story that keeps the characters in tact and makes sense. If that sounds like damning with faint praise it absolutely isn't, look what happened to every other attempt.

the songs fuck!

[redsnerdden]

TV Asahi Reveals First Teaser PV of Kamen Rider Gavv, Special Presentation To Follow on August 11

TV Asahi Reveals First Teaser PV of Kamen Rider Gavv, Special Presentation To Follow on August 11 #仮面ライダーガヴ #KamenRiderGavv #KamenRider #Tokusatsu #Television #仮面ライダーシリーズ

[chloecherrysip]

breaking news: local woman goes to the movie theater and somehow DOESN'T see the mario movie again for the millionth time? who IS she??????

[soft-serve-soymilk]

I feel the problem with texts like The Curious Incident of the Dog in the Night Time, Sunset Boulevard, and The Memory Police is that my analysis feels too off-the-wall compared to what they want us to regurgitate ._.