#i can go ON about their characters and their actors

[astrofhobia]

Kat, Earth's voice actor.

So, recently Davis spoke out on a situation that came up in The Lunar and Earth Show fandom.

From what I understand, Kat, Earth's voice actor, is receiving a lot of hate, not only against her characters, but also against her for one of the most recent videos.

I never give my opinion so publicly but I think it would be good to show support for Kat.

It's stupid. All those people who come here to talk nonsense about Earth stepping out of her role of being the good and positive one are very stupid.

All or most of the cast have been through morally negative situations. Moon has abused his own brother for many years, and continues to do so. And it seems like the fandom is constantly covering its eyes to ignore this. But hey, Earth can't deny someone a hug because she becomes the mean girl and the worst character ever. Can you see how stupid this argument sounds?

Maybe, I understand that when the character was introduced it got negative reviews. Literally, they never worked with anyone other than Davis or Reed and introducing a new VA was to take you out of your zone. But, continuing to look at Kat in a bad way is the behavior of a child.

You can't expect an amazing story either, guys, specifically this group of people who are attacking Earth so much, you're not paying for a video service. You're not spending a single cent. As far as I know, Davis, Reed and Kat have spent money to maintain quality content day after day. The show has been updated every weekday for over two years.

Kat has done her best to adapt to the audience's tastes, not the other way around. She has done her best not to be an empty character. But the people who attack her don't even bother to see how their characters have evolved positively. Earth has such an empty story because the audience doesn't even pay attention to it.

You can't expect to have an amazing, original story if every time Kat holds the mic you look away. It's stupid.

Kat has been a great support for the story of like three different shows. I think these people who just want to hate something don't realize how boring the show would be without an intervention.

It's a disgusting thought to hate a fictional character just because she's a woman. And it's repulsive to hate a VA for being female. Are you stupid? Because that's the first thing I think if your main argument is "She's a woman, we don't need that"

I'm not a fan of any of the three VAs. I don't like them personally, but I'm going to defend them, especially Kat if they get any hate for this.

You can't put Bloodmoon, who tortured, manipulated, and murdered so many people, on a pedestal and throw trash and hate at Earth just for existing. It's stupid.

I understand if Kat has distanced herself from the fandom and doesn't want to have contact with the audience directly. Just because you are a public figure doesn't mean you have to swallow all the hate and keep smiling. Kat is not just a source of entertainment. She is a human being, who has emotions, thoughts and a limit.

If you have crossed her line, the only thing you can do is step back and leave her alone. No one would like to receive immense amounts of hate because their character is not to everyone's taste.

If you are part of this group of horrible people, I ask you to please leave. I don't want those people here.

[thegirl20]

Please don't steal joy from people who are finding Starlight Express via tiktoks about lesbian Greaseball.

'well, actually starlight express isn't about lesbian trains' - Who cares?? Let me tell you, Starlight Express isn't about much of anything, so if people want it to be about lesbian trains, it's about lesbian trains.

'greaseball isn't good lgbtq+ representation' - She's one of the main characters in a musical written in the 80s by an old white conservative dude. She's not a good person train, but that's different from not being good representation. Let lesbian engines be bad! Let them pay oil trucks to sabotage races! Let them live!!

I can personally attest that you can go to the show and watch it almost entirely through the lesbian train lens. Sure, Greaseball and Dinah's relationship isn't the focus of the show, but there are lots of little moments, interactions and things going on for folks to look out for.

And as mentioned elsewhere, actors have a lot of scope as to which moments they play up, so you get different interpretations depending who is on.

As someone who came up through fandom when everything was about subtext and interpreting tiny moments, it's pretty much ideal for me and other people might be the same.

So, let people enjoy things, is what I'm saying. It takes nothing away from how you want to engage with the show. Block the lesbian Greaseball fans on tiktok or on here if you don't like them. But let people enjoy stuff.

[jewish-vents]

There’s been a new wave of Star Trek fandom resurgence lately and compared with everything else happening this is such a minor complaint but I’m so angry at people exclaiming over Kirk/Spock and on the same blog posting antisemitic pro-Palestine propaganda. They’re Jewish!! The actors are Jewish [Nimoy, Shatner, and Koenig on the original show] and the characters they play are heavily influenced by that, a lot of the writers on the show were Jewish, there’s several episodes influenced by or directly about the holocaust- our culture, values, and history permeate this show and are a huge part of what makes it so great but of course ‘infinite diversity in infinite combinations’ is only cool when you can post about spirk being canon and not when it comes to caring about actual real Jewish people.

I’m just so over people forgetting about Jewish [inspired] characters when they’re cool. Everyone loves to talk about how whatever goblin race is an antisemitic stereotype because yknow, they’re ugly and greedy just like those Jews, but almost no one wants to talk about positive portrayals. Dwarves from LOTR are also explicitly based on Jewish culture (Tolkien wrote about it in his letters) and knowing that you can’t interpret the Hobbit as anything but a Zionist story- but that’s not something anyone wants to acknowledge. I want people to see us in positive portrayals. I want to be able to point at these cool, heroic, intelligent, inspiring characters and say ‘they’re like me!’ without people going “Really? I’ve never heard that, I don’t see it. Are you sure? Where in the text does it explicitly say that? Well that doesn’t count”.

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[zoe-oneesama]

You said you were a super fan of Sailor Moon, could you give your opinion about the 90s and Crystal adaptations? There's a lot of debate about which one is the best, honestly I think both have their positive points...although personally the 90s one will have a special place in my heart 💖

Crystal definitely had a rough start since it was just...so UGLY! DX I'm sorry but that's the only way to describe it, the 3D models were bad, the animation was bad, the drawings were bad, it was bad! So despite being the more faithful adaptation, it was a hard watch at first.

Luckily, Crystal can now stand on it's own and is actually quite beautiful. It really captures the melodrama from the original manga while being less visually confusing and easy to follow. If you're a fan of the manga, definitely give Crystal a go.

I too have a nostalgia attachment to the 90s dub and the 90s animation is the one that I'm collecting the full season of, so it is definitely the one that I prefer. I do really like that the redub and Crystal use the same voice actors, so all the VAs get to experience the different versions of their characters.

As a kid, I really only watched whatever random episode was on tv, whatever random video blockbuster had, or the movies, but I was still really attached to 90s Sailor Moon. Now I'm currently going through and watching every episode. Pray for me, I'm at Season 3: Sailor Moon S.

[raven-at-the-writing-desk]

I've been trying to focus on thinking about things I enjoy about the idea of the TWST anime. And regarding overblots, I think an anime version would really help illustrate (even more) how terrifying the process is. I really like how the manga shows Riddle's OB, and I love anime as a medium, so I'm pretty hyped to see how it will be conveyed in it.

I really hope they accentuate the horror of it- I'm aware that they might not go all in w the horror like I would personally like, but the thought still excites me. What kind of music will they play? Will the animation change like it does in some animes when the characters are distressed (wobbly lines, glitchy effects)...? What sort of directions will the voice actors get? I mean, they already voiced the game, but anime gives them more room to do voice stuff. I'm really hyped for this aspect tbh...

And I'm also excited for the possibility of dubs, since I'm quite a fan of the whole dubbing world. (I know some ppl have their fears about this last possibility, but in my case even if it turns out to not be so good, I think we could still have a good time w something like that. Plus I've seen some popular eng dub actors hyped about the anime and wanting to be casted for certain characters)

I also wanted to apologize for my previous ask ᕙ⁠(⁠⇀⁠‸⁠↼⁠‶⁠)⁠ᕗ I already did so in the comments, but I felt bad about doomposting on your inbox. My mind's first reaction is usually to see the negative first and become anxious, and it's something I'm working on, but it sometimes goes out of hand. But now that a bit has passed, and specially thanks to your advice, I can sit down and try to focus on the things that excite me rather than the ones that scare me. Sure, building too much expectation could backfire at the end— but as you said, we have little to no information at this point. So I think focusing on the things I'd like to see is a better usage of my time. If they turn out to disappoint me... That's something I'll worry about next year, I'll suppose. I'm still a bit anxious and scared, but there's also lots of things I'm hyped for. I'll try to take your advice and focus on those. 🫂 Sorry if my previous negativity made you uncomfortable.

[Referencing this news! Asker’s prior post here.]

I’ve seen a lot of fans speculating that the OB transformation sequences will resemble magical girl ones! While that’s a fun idea, I do feel like it makes more sense for the anime to portray OB as something scary and all-consuming, similar to how it is depicted at the end of animated dorm commercials and in the manga. For the characters experiencing them, it’s not meant to be glamorous… All that agony, the dripping ink leaking out of their orifices and dripping like blood. Overblot looks incredibly horrific, and I think that should come through in the animation—whether they change the usual style for these segments or keep it the same.

I think the anime would reuse (or maybe do remastered versions of?) the Twst soundtrack for a lot of the show. The compositions are already there, so might as well. Maybe experiencing the anime will help to make the music more memorable, since it seems the game soundtrack alone isn’t doing it for some fans.

No clue about the JP voice cast; I did see some people worrying that they could replace the game’s voice cast for the anime, but as I’ve mentioned already, that’s an unfounded claim. If the usual VAs are there, surely they won’t just reuse the already recorded lines from the game?? 😂 I’d think they’d at least have to rerecord those based on how the script and its scenes are laid out, plus additional dialogue to fill in the gaps (such as new scenes).

No confirmation of an English (or other language) dubs yet either! (Again, this is another topic related to the anime that sparks worry, but I must stress that it’s pointless to get into a tizzy about something that isn’t concrete yet.) But yes, I’ve already seen English VAs expressing interest in certain characters; Daman Mills wants to audition for Malleus, Alejandro Saab has made it known he has Twst on his radar and wants to voice Leona, etc. (The latter has done Twst dorm leader impressions for fun before; I think Mr. Saab could make for a decent Leona or even Malleus!)

Don't worry about the previous ask ^^ I think it's better that we discuss these things with one another rather than post or tweet into the void and allow those negative feelings to fester. If you want to view it in a different way, think of it like the OB boys actually getting therapy/finding someone to confide in instead of being allowed to stew in their own emotions and risking OB a second time. Sometimes all it takes is that gentle nudge or a reminder to step back and take a deep breath. When we let our emotions get the best of us, we end up thinking and acting in irrational ways, and then that can lead to people--whether yourself or others--getting hurt.

[its-linn-art]

Sorry for adding on but if someone in the fandom I apologize deeply for their actions they do not speak for all of us nor can I speak for the others but personally this person is just a really fucked up person in general I'm very sorry about their actions however I'm not going to apologize for them I'm sorry about their actions to you I have not personally done it though so I cannot apologize for them cuz I am not them but I am apologizing because this is happening to you simply just cuz you voice a character and I'm deeply sorry about that and I'm deeply sorry that the shitty part of the fandom found you they're assholes trust me the strong majority of us don't like them sadly they exist in every fandom though sadly that are actually able to find the voice actors and affect them a bit more this time still I'm very deeply sorry about this they do not speak for all of us nor do I speak for all of us but I'm personally very sorry that they said that

You know, I was there for the argument you had.And since you supposedly know so much about Greek mythology, I have to say that you behaved in the same way that Athena behaved with Arachne. That person was just giving constructive criticism about some questionable behaviour of your IMPERFECT character in a calm and polite way, but you had to explode and humiliate her, right? I don't care if it was the straw that broke the camel's back, it wasn't fair what you did because you are a public figure that everyone will support and this person who didn't even insult you is getting hate just because you decided to join the conversation instead of just walking away. And for your information, if Earth was a boy who behaved in the same way, I would still hate him, because the problem isn't her gender, it's her personality.

Ask box is closed now, I won't be engaging with tumblr anymore. I've had over 10+ asks in the hour just being assholes like this.

You win, bye.

[piratecaptainscaptainpirates]

I get that it is indeed very fun to hear actors agree with or appear to lend credence to fan theories, but it's also important to remember

the actors did not write the show, and are not as immersed in the text itself as fans are, and are not automatically correct or even remotely grounded in canon with their statements

they also do not automatically know what would have happened in the show past the end of canon, and can in fact be VERY off-base. Prime example: Rhys Darby saying that one time that he isn't sure about Ed and Stede's odds of a happy ending in s3 given what happened to the real pirates, despite the fact that tragedy would be a very bad and stupid way to end this romcom and also OFMD only cares about historical fact when convenient

actors are people, and people generally tend to enjoy positive attention and positive interactions with others. if you're standing in front of a room of fans who like you, you're more likely to play along with the energy and vibes of the questions you're being asked so as not to fuck up that positive interaction or even make fans feel bad for asking a dumb question

the actors who play characters in OFMD seem to generally be by and large very normal and nice people, who are not going to respond to a clearly passionate fan with "that's fucking stupid, did you even watch the show, you moron" (because that would be, and this is true, a huge dick move for someone at a fan convention to do)

[deyisacherry]

just clearifying

my dislike for a character NEVER goes to the person who voices them

i am allowed to dislike a character

i do not only dislike characters who are female

i do not excuse the bad actions of my favorite characters nor ignore the good actions of the characters i dislike

characters have flaws, favorite or not, i recognize them, and i DISLIKE those flaws

doesn't mean i dislike the voice actor behind them, and i am sorry if it has ever felt that way (cause i genuinely have never trashed on VA's for their characters actions)

i stopped watching the show cause indeed they don't owe us anything and it can be as simple for me as stop watching something i am no longer enjoying

doesn't mean i stopped disliking the characters, cause they DO NOT exist, i am not hurting anyone if i don't like a fictional character

some people in this fandom hate HATE some of the villains

does that mean they hate their VA's? NO

whoever wants to stop following me because i don't like the character everyone is talking about currently, go ahead(?) i genuinely don't really care, cause i have never disrespected their VA, i can assure you that

i am sorry if some people are actually hating on them, i am sorry if that makes every person who dislikes this character look exactly like that, but i know i am not one of those

hating and/or disliking a fictional character is extremely normal in every single fandom, as LONG as it doesn't go to harassment wich is something i DON'T do and i DON'T SUPPORT

[magicalgirlsandcerulean]

There's a campaign for a signed iroshiki from Masuda.

There's a moving Yumoto chibi for Love Macho.

Here's the cover for Eikyuu Fuhen Love is Life. It will be sold on Jan. 22nd 2025. If you buy it from Canime, you'll get a reproduction of the cast's signatures (22 voice actors in total). Yamazo gets most of it, but wonders what's up with Goura being naked and having an axe...

That purple creature in the movie trailer? That's Aye-aye, voiced by Kappei Yamaguchi. Yamaguchi made a comment:

This is my first time appearing in Binan Koukou Chikyuu Boueibu! What, boys transform using magical-girl-like transformations and protect the earth? Then I was invited for a monkey-like role? When I was waiting for what kind of story this was, it seemed this wasn't just "monkey-like", it really was a monkey-----LOL [1].

Aye-aye, whose eye~s are rou~~~nd. He's [2] not only cute, but he also has a certain amount of mystery. I was always with Wombat (Mugihito), so I was happy. Also, during the dubbing, I had fun portraying the character by going "Try doing it like this", "Try doing it like that".

Then, this time is ETERNAL LOVE! Look forward to eternal love from everyone! [3]

[T/N 1: According to some brief research, aye-ayes are primates like monkeys, but are distinct from them.]

[T/N 2: Remember, there are no girls in Boueibu.]

[T/N 3: Yamaguchi uses English for the all-caps instance of "eternal love" and then kanji, causing a double-up in the translation.]

There is also a comment from the voice actor of Deathamor (romanisation copied from here and yet to be confirmed), Jurota Kosugi:

My first thought was when I graduated high school half a century ago [4], I couldn't even apply to this school, no matter how much I wished. Since it's Binan, there is nothing that can be done about it. This time, I was flung into a role with that annoyance and futility. Everyone, please look forward to it to your heart's content.

[T/N 4: See Kosugi's Anime News Network page here.]

[theredqueenandthebloodwyrm]

Oof, yeah, forgot about the change of making Gabrielle Romani instead of Jewish in Legion (TV Show). Speaking of the show for a moment, if I remember right, he’s (David) technically adopted right? Isn’t that not only Jewish erasure but also erasing the Romani heritage that the show gave him/gave his mother??

Small side tangent: It’s got to suck as a parent for Gabrielle Haller, to entrust your kid to someone else in the hopes that they can help your kid, and then turns out years later your kid was getting fucked over/abused. And then of course it also sucks on David’s side of things, feeling abandoned, having a shitty dad, being stuck with Moira, and like most things thrown his way.

Seems to be a recurring theme that TV shows suck at adapting Jewish characters from comics, even when they have all that material to draw from, and the resources to actually portray Jewish characters / portray them beyond a one-note Hanukkah reference.

I don’t understand why whoever was writing one of the new retelling thought it was a good idea to make Marc’s dad not a Rabbi or WW2 survivor? I guess…I could see why changing WW2 survivor background if the timelines were shifting (but like…there’s always ways to hand-wave timelines, Marvel does it all the time). But like it makes no sense to not make his dad a Rabbi? Glad it got changed back again though.

I didn’t actually realize that in Moonknight (TV Show) Steven Grant was the most observant of the three! Though it has been a bit since I’ve watched the show and I’m not the best at noticing things sooo…

@spottheantisemitism

Kind of going to focus on the wrong thing for a moment, but how does anyone get to the sentiment of “Steven so spacey he thought he was a white goy” when the actor (Oscar Isaac) is very much not white?? And I’m assuming the reason they think Steven can’t be Jewish is because Marc’s Trauma? And because Steven is British and has an interest in Ancient Egypt?? Not 100% sure how someone gets there.

"we need to do a modern remake where Magneto is rwandan or Uyghyur" used to be the refrain and now it's "we need a modern remake where Magneto is palestinean"

and first off no we don't want a modern remake where he's not a holocaust survivor X-men 97 gave us a perfectly good story and people like it even praising how it references the holocaust without being too graphic

and do you really want to talk about which "updated backstory" to give Magneto to be "more with the times" because the answer is there and you are not ready to have this conversation maturely

Might want to stick with what Claremont wrote and keep him and Ashkenazi Jewish and Sinti Romani Holocaust survivor instead of whichever group it's most topical to shift it to

[buddiebeginz]

Bummy stans truly believe that their ship that has maybe an hour of screen time collectively between 2 seasons has the bigger fandom. Yet if you go on tiktok Buddie edits are getting 20k+ likes. (You can see a post I made about that here. Where a bunch of Buddie TT's made right after 808 were up to 10/20k in a day.)

Journalists are also always eager to talk to Ryan, Oliver, and Tim about Buddie. They ask about it in basically every single interview now. B/T never got that kind of attention ever.

Bummys continue to play the victims making it seem like they've been the ones repeatedly attacked by us. Yet I've been around the 911 fandom for years and never seen the kind of toxicity, harassment, and drama that I have this year. If Buddie fans were always the problem this would be something well known in 911 fandom and likely in fandom spaces in general but it's not. It would also make sense that the show would want to distance themselves from our fandom if all we did was cause issues like harass the show and the actors (like Bummy's allege) but they don't. Most people involved with 911 have shown support for Buddie and us especially in the past two seasons when it's clear they've been working towards Buddie canon happening with ABC.

I'm not saying Buddie fans are totally innocent and never caused any issues because I know some have. But pretty much since 704 aired we've been having to deal with Bummy stans telling us that we were homophobic for not liking their ship. We've watched as the 911 News account was harassed and journalists were threatened with doxxing just for posting positive Buddie content. During Pride month there was repeated harassment towards Buddie fans for wanting to celebrate Eddie for being gay/demi. And lately Bummy's have been hurling a lot of hate towards Oliver because they blame him for their ship ending.

Bummy's talk all this trash about our ship and our fandom but the fact is they wish they had what we have. They wish Oliver talked about their ship like he does Buddie. They wish he posted pics of Lou constantly like he does Ryan. They wish b/t had the amount of screentime Buddie have had. They wish that b/t had the kind of scenes together that Buddie get to have. Almost all of Buck's most meaningful moments in s7 happened with Eddie not Tommy.

They also wish Tommy was Eddie in that they wish he looked like Lou but acted like Eddie. Look at some of the posts they make or their fics, where they talk about how much Tommy gets Buck or is there for him that was never how it was in canon. But you know who is there for Buck and who gets him better than anyone? Eddie.

Bummy's also talk about how important and beloved their ship is but it's not and never will be. Both Oliver and Tim have tried to make it as clear as possible in their interviews that b/t was supposed to be a stepping stone relationship for Buck. Tommy was never ever intended to be Buck's endgame love. That is Eddie. Buddie is the ground breaking ship and it will be something everyone will be talking about when it goes canon. People are literally starting to watch 911 for the first time during the hiatus now that they know Buddie canon is coming.

There is a part of me that feels the tiniest bit of empathy for these people because I know what it feels to lose a character and ship you love. But at the same time it's also hard to feel bad for a fandom that has been repeatedly abusive and continues to be and continues to insist Tommy is coming back even though every single thing is screaming how much that's not happening.

I just really hope that in these few months of break from the show we all have that they'll gain some perspective or at the least go follow Lou in some other project. It's been genuinely exhausting having to deal with this for over half a year now and I miss when we could just enjoy shipping Buddie in peace.

[firstkanaphans]

GMMTV 2025 Tier List

Thanks to @rythyme for the template. You can make your own here.

Overall, I was very pleased with this year’s line-up. I think it’s the most solid line-up we’ve seen from GMMTV, possibly ever, and the people complaining about it are simply never going to be satisfied by anything GMMTV does. 

A break-down of my S and A tiers can be found below the cut:

Ticket to Heaven (S): I was raised in a Southern Baptist church which, for those unfamiliar with the different sects of Christianity in America, is basically a cult. I have a lot of unprocessed and unhealed religious trauma that still fucks me up to this day, but for some reason, I gravitate towards shows like this that show gay characters overcoming the struggles I’m still fighting. I’m very excited for this one and I think it’s perfectly cast. It’s giving me ITSAY meets Your Name Engraved Herein vibes and will probably make me cry, but I’m not mad about it.

Girl Rules (S): Toxic Yuri? Yes, please! To be quite honest, I’ve never been a huge MilkLove fan, but this trailer totally changed my mind. I think I just haven’t vibed with the characters they’ve played in the past because Love in this??? Oh my god. She’s going to kill me. All of the girls were hot and horny. What more could you ask for?

Dare You to Death (S): Listen. Do y’all remember that Amazon show Panic? I was obsessed with it for no obvious reason because I’m pretty sure it wasn’t even gay, but this is giving me that and I literally cannot wait. I also adore that they’ve finally let JoongDunk switch up their roles so that Joong is the one that actually gets to emote this time because boy does he look pretty when he smiles. 

Cat for Cash (A): Oh my god it’s so soft 😭 The found family feels are getting to me. I think it’s very obvious from this trailer that they only have concepts of a script right now, but I have high hopes that this could be something really special. P’Au was the director of MSP which is one of my favorite BLs of all time. He’s been stuck doing Japanese adaptations this year, which I don’t think he likes or excels at, but I’m excited to see him tackle an original script in the genre he’s most comfortable with. He’s P’Aof’s protege and their styles are very similar. 

Love You Teacher (A): This is my “hear me out” of the day. Age regression isn’t a trope I’m familiar with and I do have some reservations, but boy did this trailer make me feel things. If this was just a basic amnesia plot, it would probably be S tier for me. I think it was perfectly cast and I’m willing to reserve judgment until I see the finished product. P’Dome of Peaceful Property fame is directing, so I’m expecting that same brand of “romcom” where it’s actually not a romcom at all and instead makes you cry every single episode.

Only Friends: Dream On (A): I was going to put this in B tier, but EarthMix fucking on stage in an empty theater bumped this up to an A for me. I fully expect to enjoy this version of Only Friends more than the original because the original stressed me the fuck out. This time, I have no skin in the game and can just sit back and enjoy the ride.

Melody of Secrets (A): I’ve watched this trailer like four times and I still have no clue what’s happening, but I like the vibes. ForceBook proved in Peaceful Property that they can take on a serious script and I’ve always felt that Book especially is highly underrated as an actor. I’m excited to see them branch out and try something different.

Tagging a few people whose tier lists I would love to see, but feel free to ignore: @doublel27, @mbjw, @wangxianinventedromance, @elliebirdwrites, @khaopybara, @moonkhao, @boozles, @scrumptiousstuffs

And everyone else please feel free to participate and tag me in yours as well!

[tomyo]

I just realized it's been nearly a month and I haven't reported back to the western Soul Eater community the live experience of the Soul Eater Exhibit so here's what I got for you!

First of all, these are taking place at Animate stores and if somehow you think you can make travel plans within the next month or two, there is a third showing in Kyoto happening in January. When entering you are given a random shikishi board and if you paid extra you also get a sweatband (but I did not). I went with a friend who happened to live nearby who helped a lot with getting tickets but they were at the door available as well.

The entrance was a small area that featured the main promotional image and the Excalibur floral display replicating the one in the manga.

Beyond the entrance there was no video allowed and at certain points no photos allowed. Mostly at the end where there were a bunch of Shikishi boards with signatures from staff and voice actors.

What I didn't realize from pictures is that the manga pages shared are the original pages showing all the techniques and mistakes on page. I wish I could share them all but Tumblr is not the place for that. The one I did want to share is a page where presumably Ohkubo and an assistant played tiktaktoe and made and aiaikasa for Renton and Eureka from Eureka7 which was also being released in Shonen GanGan at the same time.

Not all pages of the series were shared and it was more favored to the first half of the series with different section to highlignt characters and story beats. The first main area was after the first curtain (photo above) had Maka's scythe and a copy of each volume hung up on a side wall. You then go through a set of curtains with souls on it into a large space that had the main pairs and additional charactera from the volume art blown up with the corresponding introduction chapters. This is the space with the replica of Shinigami-sama's room. This led into a hall featuring Crona and had a decal of Crona and Maka's shadows holding hands on the ground. Then there was the Excalibur Wall. My memory after that is a little fuzzy because I was distracted/self conscious(Was very amused by another pair as the clear fan explained the series to her friend); if I remember right there was a second hall showing the brew arc then Black Star's final Mifune fight and then a corner space representing the Arcane fight with a blown up decal of Maka in her black blood dress. The space didn't feel like people should walk in it, there was a thin foam on the floor and words from the panel dangling down so you couldn't really see much of the art. Early spartoi passes by really fast in favor of a wider hall with the killing of Medusa; pages on the right with corresponding blown up art on the left. At the end was a giant wall featuring the moon. Then it the pages of the final fight and the display ends with curtains showing Maka and Soul diving into Asura's black blood to find Crona.

The major bit at the end is there is a fully voice acted section of the final chapters of Soul Eater with the manga pages manipulated to it. The motion graphics weren't crazy amazing, about what you'd expect out of a storybook style pv. You were not allowed to take photos or video of this section. So a whole voice recording of what the finale of the manga could sound like could become lost media unless it's released somehow. There's a small final room showing the pages of the final chapters art. A large acrylic display of the meisters in their final character evolution that's backlit. A final space shows off the colored art, the originals if the were done traditionally. There's a small selection of new art, really long piece. Ones that has the og cast and the not girls which probably was during the not era but I don't remember ever seeing it. And then a spread of Spartoi plus Not. Liz and Tsugumi have the best fits in it but I feel a lot of people will like Crona's shirt best. Ohkubo signed a print with a sketch of Maka at the end alongside the two pieces that he love drew on the opening days. In the same space is where the signature shikishi boards were. I was extremely sad that I couldn't take a pic because one had some sort of Maka that was gorgeous but we speculated that it was to avoid signature fraud.

After that you took the stairs down to an extremely tight store. I realized too late that there were no photo signs however it feels like I'm missing some pictures I had taken from my gallery.

This is where I'm gonna be hella real, I do not fucks with Ohkubo's Soul Eater art in recent years. I saw a guy on Tiktok standing by it was his Twitter sketch style but that doesn't work for me with official products. From the perfect edition cover art, to the exhibition special art, to the two??? new pieces for the encore art book; it all feels extremely sloppy in terms of linework, posing, and proportions. If someone were to tell me it's a result of burnout, I would respect that easily but none the less I did not buy anything with the exhibit art on it (sans the pamphlet) more grab the art book. The art book is probably not worth it either unless you weren't able to grab the previous ones. I probably will eventually get it when the English one comes out next year and I probably would've saved money if I bought it while I was there but the weight wasn't worth it and I had in fact spent ¥42,000.

For all the things I did buy, I do regret not picking up some items; an art board from the other artbooks, the sticker set A, the mini towel, and one additional set of the cookies and coffee but as seen above I grabbed a lot and felt pretty aware I had a full basket compared to everyone else. You could also only make one purchase per a ticket and sadly only one commemorative bag per a purchase (I still ended up with two due to my friend). The final thing that you may want to know is the quality of said good; the plushies are worth it simply for existing but could've been higher quality, the ¥7000 (roughly $50) hoodie I bought was extremely thin and has shed so much from the inside that I have yet to wash it in fear it would disintegrate (I'm being slightly dramatic but I truly fear what will happen when I do), and while I did not buy them I did see the in person versions of the made to order items; the skate deck was a proper translation but didn't look particularly nice considering the simplicity of the design and the Soul Jacket was worse than cosplay quality made out of a really thin poly that didn't hold it's shape. ¥18700 yen is about $120 USD right now which is already way too much for the quality but keep in mind the buying power is equivalent to roughly $190. If you want Soul's OG jacket then I would best recommend customizing a real varsity jacket, followed by finding a used one of the original great eastern release, followed by what ever streetwear brand version of your choosing because while they might have inaccuracies, they will at least have ribbed trimming. I know I'm ragging on this pretty hard but I want to emphasize that it is an item you are not missing out on in case you feel the need to proxy order one. The most worthwhile items will be the plushies and food goods, and from there O would call the general Osaka added goods nice. Initially I was not impressed with the acrylic blocks but in person they had nice dimension. Any printed good outside of that is your own discretion albeit I don't think they're particularly going to be high value items in the future.

The final final part is I found out the day before there was a wrapped train for the show. Honestly a higher honor than I expected for the series. However the night before was spent at an Onsen a good distance away and the day of was a downpour so I sadly did not witness it as it would of likely been an effort to find.

I think that's all I can give towards the experience in writing but I will include particular sights in subsequent reblogs.

[kiwiqueen13]

 My thoughts have been preoccupied as of late worrying about https://www.tumblr.com/queenkatluv @queenkatluv ‘s whole situation. She’s the voice actor for Earth from The Sun and Moon Show / The Lunar and Earth Show, and has recently been relentlessly harassed and criticized by her so-called fans about the quality of her work to the point that she decided to quit working on the Lunar and Earth Show as a writer. I wanted to draw something special in honor of her, to kind of say sorry about how all the awful bullies have been treating her, since I haven’t done any art of Earth yet and the character is currently going through something that I personally relate deeply to.

Long story short, Earth has been hurt by Lunar in a way that’s left her in crippling pain that will likely linger with her for the rest of her life. I too have chronic pain in the form of daily migraines, and I have never related so closely to another character before. In fact, I have a headache as of writing this post, and I’m just so used to the pain I don’t notice unless I point it out to myself. The scene where she was talking with everyone else in bed about her condition - wondering what to do, wondering if it can be fixed, wondering what will happen if it will NEVER be fixed, feeling claustrophobic overwhelming dread as reality begins to sink in that the pain will never leave – it struck a chord because of how closely it reflected how I felt when I was diagnosed. It was just so scarily real to me, in a way that shows the true mark of an incredible writer.

I want to say to Kat, thank you so much for what you’ve done for this fandom. The people who don’t appreciate it just have standards too impossible to reach. You’ve done a beautiful job, and having Earth effected like this has evoked so many powerful emotions in me that I never thought possible. You’ve crafted a wonderful story, even if some stuck-up brats on the internet don’t see it ❤️

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Paul White & Marie Bryant [scrungly unit] (Bli Blip)—tell me these guys aren't charming and silly?? Paul is so sweet and goofy here and Marie Bryant—an accomplished dancer and choreographer in her own right who assisted Gene Kelly and trained Vera-Ellen—also getsin to the scrungly action!

Eric Blore (Shall We Dance, The Lady Eve)—fucking hilarious character actor and weird little guy par excellence, with a prolific career and exquisite comic timing, who specialized in playing butlers and valets (usually eccentric, dryly ironic, or subtly contemptuous ones). he provided memorable comic relief in five of fred and ginger's movies, often alongside the inimitable edward everett horton, and appeared in the preston sturges classics the lady eve and sullivan's travels. he also voiced mr. toad in disney's adaptation of the wind in the willows. it's hard to know what to say about this goofy lil guy besides he's so fucking funny...watch him in action! [videos under the cut]

This is round 2 of the contest. All other polls in this bracket can be found here. If you're confused on what a scrungle is, or any of the rules of the contest, click here.

[additional submitted propaganda + scrungly videos under the cut]

Paul White & Marie Bryant:

Bonus Marie Bryant with Scatman Crothers:

Eric Blore:

ok i just have to say some more about my weird friend eric blore. like any truly great character actor, he's a master of sketching out a fully fleshed unhinged little character in an extremely brief amount of screen time. and look at his scrungly little grins, do they not have a distinct possumlike quality?? wouldn't he seem fully in his element popping up from behind a dumpster as you walked through a random alley and saying something like "oh exCUSE me sir but have you any camembert"? or maybe taking the seat directly next to you in a near-empty subway car and telling you about the scale model of budapest he's building out of toothpaste? i want him to follow me around and do strange comedy bits. i want to study him in a lab. i want to clone him and flood the world with eric blores.

The yin to Edward Everett Horton's yang. He doesn't think of himself as a scrungly little guy he sees himself as the perfect butler, or waiter, or dance teacher. But fate destined him to be the scrungly little guy to Fred Astaire's effortlessly smooth charmer. If he doesn't win this, he should go to be butler in chief to the shadow realm, probably slipping on the stairs as he goes.

[theallianceofcelestials]

Okay, so apparently people have been harassing Kat, Earth's VA because they... don't like the characters she plays and how she writes for the show? The actual fuck?

Like don't get me wrong, perfectly fine to look at a character and decide you don't like them, even hate them potentially, but you don't go and harass the people responsible for making the character. That's just plain dumb. I hate/dislike characters from some of the shows (Bonnie from Moon and Sun Minecraft for example), but that doesn't give me the right to go and harass their VAs. BECAUSE IT'S JUST A CHARACTER FOR A SILLY LITTLE SHOW PEOPLE MAKE FOR FREE! IT'S NOT THAT SERIOUS! Sure I may rant about the character, but NEVER badmouth the actor, because them being able to achieve such a visceral reaction out of me by just looking at the character, makes them so incredibly talented.

Like how can you be so fucking terminally online, that you decide to harass someone because "I Don't LiKe ThE chaRacTeR"?! Like that's no valid reason to do that! Go and touch some god fucking grass, my god! I swear it's actually good for you!

Like this is just straight up disgusting behaviour in general. It's unacceptable, and shows just how much of a coward these people actually are, because there're no consequences for THEM. And well, they clearly don't fucking care about their fellow human beings, so like jfc.

And like the shit Kat does is for FREE! She doesn't charge us money for her services! She just went and did some amazing stuff for us, and now some idiots're feeling butthurt because they hate female characters or something.

I sincerely hope it was only a couple of individuals at worst, and a single person at best, because my faith in humanity is already rather fragile, and this is just ridiculous and pathetic.

So like, if by some miracle the person/people who harassed Kat is/are reading this, I want you to know this says more about to how sad and pathetic you actually are, and how you peaked back on the playground as a bully and didn't manage to develop into an actual fucking person, than it does anything about Kat. I hope you realise just how stupid you are, but I know you likely won't. Because people like you lack brains, so you can't comprehend basic fucking concepts like how the sky is blue, and 2 + 2 is 4. Or how grass is not your fucking enemy.

This isn't about just just Kat, because from what I've heard, other female characters' actresses get similar bs, and their characters get tremendous ammount of hate compared to male characters that potentially did incredibly horrid stuff, but I don't really follow the other TSBS to know what's going on. But my gods. That's so disappointing.

Why are fandoms nowadays so toxic? Back in my day, and I'm not that old myself either, and joined fandoms later than most people in said fandoms, since I'm a not native english speaker, but back in the day fandoms were so much more positive. Sure, there was the toxic minority, but they were just that. Loud small group of jerks. Like when did we start catering to these people? When did we decide that these toxic people were whom we should listen to, and explain every little thing we do to them? Like why do I have to explain why I like villian characters or whatever to internet strangers? I think people are more than smart enough to realise morality should not be taken from media!

And when did fanart and fanfic start becoming expectation, something the fanfic writer has to do, the fanart artist has to do? Instead it being the expression of joy and feelings the consumed media gave them? When did shipping become life or death? When did a headcanon or an AU become so fucking serious that lives apparently depend on it with how people jump eachother? Why can't we just relax and have fun? Like do what fandom is meant for?

This is obviously not for the people who didn't do any of this shit, but the fact I need to clarify that or someone will get offended is disheartening. Like people please deal with your anxieties! If it's not your shirt, don't put it on as a saying in my native tongue goes!

Sorry for the angry rant, it's just so disappointing, especially because Kat is such a talented person! I really enjoy how she plays these characters and I love her writing! So I thank her for deciding to not just quit altogether, no matter how understandable that would have been! I hope stepping back will make things better!

I just hope her mental health doesn't have to suffer more, because this shouldn't have happened to her in the first place. She's been doing amazing work, for free I'll say once again, and I'll forever cherish it! I hope things get better for her!

If by some miracle this reaches Kat, thank you for sticking with us for as long as you have! I hope things'll get better for you! Take care of yourself! :)