Commander Cello

@commandercello.bsky.social

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An image of a text passage from "The Americanization of Anime and Manga: Negotiating Popular Culture" by Antonia Levi. The text is as follows: "But the 'Yaoistas,' as some of them like to call themselves, tend to be more Japanophile than any other fandom. The reason is probably because they are still in the same situation that anime and manga fans were in ten years ago. Yaoi has not yet mainstreamed on the Cartoon Network and..."
An image pointing out that the non-binary flowers from Deltarune are named "Seth" and "Green," like the actor Seth Green. This leads into the fact that Seth Green also portrays Chris (from Family Guy).
An image of the "not-so-secret menu" from In-N-Out Burger, notably containing both "Animal Style" and "Protein Style."
A drawing of Aqua from Deltarune doing her signature cool pose.
An image of the very first part of the page for Onett on the Fandom Earthbound Wiki. It reads "Onett (/wʌnt/)."
An image of Pomni from The Amazing Digital Circus holding her breath and turning a different color.
An image of a couple of panels from the Evangelion doujinshi "MERRY BOX" by 黒てんぐ (Kuro Tengu) translated into English, where Maya spins around and then says "cocks," prompted Ritsuko to respond and tell her "you're the best."
An image of a page from "ASUKA TRIAL 2" by 黒てんぐ (Kuro Tengu), featuring Asuka and Shinji making a special bowl of Ramen adorned with Asuka imagery.
A video of a static image, depicting the album art for the "Charade" soundtrack album by Henry Mancini with Rivers Cuomo standing in front of it (à la the Blue Album). A small portion of the title theme from "Charade" plays, but it's been modified so Rivers Cuomo sings the first few lines of the song "Buddy Holly" to the melody.
A video editing together footage from Michael Jackson's film Moonwalker with the track "Overwhelming Power" (圧倒する力) from the soundtrack of the show Space Runaway Ideon (伝説巨神イデオン)
An image of a work-in-progress font, displaying only the text "Hamburgefonstiv."
An image showing the "Lightmorning" font, by Jin Hashiba (http://bridgeco.jp/ or Twitter @bridgeco_jp).
An image showing the "TokyoSoft," "Kaneiwa," and "Pray for Japan" English fonts.
An image of a sign at the 1893 Chiacgo World's Fair that seems to state "日本茶園" followed by "Japanese Tea Gardens" in a "wonton font," composed of large triangular brush strokes.
The Japanese cover for Excel Saga (エクセル・サーガ) vol. 1.
An image of the original Japanese version of the "Objection!" (意義あり！) graphic from the Ace Attorney series.
An image of a cover for a collection of model sheets for Princess Knight (リボンの騎士), featuring a blackletter-style Japanese logo.
An image showcasing the "Kapakana" font by Kousuke Nagai (Twitter @sigurepunch008), specifically in all hiragana. The following text is written: "じんるい しゃかい の すべて の こうせいいん の こゆう の そんげん と びょうどう で ゆずる こと の できない けんり と を しょうにんする こと は"
An image showcasing a katakana typeface modeled after a traditional English serif typeface (also known as roman type).
An image showcasing the English-language font "Electroharmonix," by Typodermic Fonts Inc.
A photo of a cup of coffee with the Japanese letters "らロひレ ロチ てロチチモモ" written on it in place of the English text "Soul of Coffee," due to a slight resemblance between the characters.
An image of some text in the Kapakana (かぱかな) font.
An image containing two sets of text from an experiment done by bluecheeseman on the Japanese blogging service Note.
An image of the thumbnail cover for The Avenging Metaist.
An edited video that splices together footage from Neon Genesis Evangelion and audio from Johnny Bravo.
An image from the social media of the Kodansha Manga Academy, which talks about the importance of the "henshusha," which they clarify is not a term for "editor" and is instead "a role unique to Japanese publishing," before stating that "there's no English word that does it justice."
A photograph of the Terraformar figure made by Figma in a running position.
A screenshot of a comment that begins with the following: "Congrats on five years. The Dr. Slump patch, the trailers, the whole approach of championing obscure games. Great work. The Segagaga situation is a cautionary tale worth telling. On 'wokealizers,' though: you dismiss this too quickly. Lumping everyone in with the one guy arguing about word order in your replies isn't fair. The frustration comes from real, documented patterns. Xenoblade Chronicles 2: Nearly every character and location renamed, stripping deliberate thematic naming. Homura and Hikari (flame and light) became Pyra and Mythra, losing the symbolic duality the writers intended."
An image of the original Japanese packaging for the first series of Tamagotchi, with the title being an all-caps rendering of "Tamagotch."
An image of a logo for "Rebuild of Genshiken: An Analysis of the Official English Translation," surrounded by some excerpts from the first article.
An image of a Disney Princesses poster with a classic shoujo anime art style.
A drawing of a strangely-dressed superhero perched on a gargoyle in a hunched-over pose as he holds up a clawed hand. It is labeled with a large logo at the top reading "Captain Tickle of the Year 2121."
Various design concepts for a younger male superhero, mostly in yellow and black. A chest logo present on all of them is a simple gravestone shape with a lightning bolt hitting it. One design depicts the gravestone as being labeled "CBK" for Come-Back Kid, the character's alias. Two other notes across the designs read "maybe add headphone bands?" and "they should call him 'Ceebie.'"
A half-body drawing of a woman with dark red hair in a ponytail and a purple tank top waving at the camera.