Helen McCarthy @helenmccarthy51.bsky.social Writer, speaker, poet, scholar, booklover. Two new books in 2026; hundreds of presentations/articles on anime, manga, cosplay, history, art and craft across the UK, USA, Europe and Asia.
Website helenmccarthy.net
https://ko-fi.com/helenmccarthy51
Estee Lauder @steezesquad.bsky.social Cleanliness is the foundation, principles are the boundaries.
Reject all cryptocurrencies (No Crypto), stay away from scams, stay away from contraband.
This is a space for sharing everyday life, seeking friends who also value the real world.
Mike Toole @miketoole.com He/him. Semi-pro anime dork, longtime AV professional, enjoyer of soccer, beer, cycling, movies, and some other stuff.
Michael Vito・マイケル ヴィート @michaelvito.bsky.social Place-based engagement, transit, urbanism, anime pilgrimage (seichijunrei, butaitanbou), anime tourism, ramen. 街づくり、公共交通機関、アーバニズム、聖地巡礼、舞台探訪、コンテンツツーリズ、ラーメン。
Shanghai・EN/日本語/中文 https://likeafishinwater.com/
Daniel Warriner @danielwarriner.com Editor in Tokyo posting Japan-related stuff, articles, essays, photos, and fiction.
記事やフィクション、気になる映画の解説など投稿しています。
Web: https://www.danielwarriner.com/
Richard Medhurst📚️🇯🇵 @richardmedh.bsky.social Brit in Yokohama, translator at https://www.nippon.com/en/
Translator of The Essential Akutagawa (Sep 2025)
Interested in Japanese language, literature, and history.
aurelia and aureliette will see the stars @boneyardofnames.bsky.social "Le charnier des noms, les têtes jamais vides”
-Maurice Blanchot
Philip Brasor @philipbrasor.bsky.social Japan media watcher, blogger of Japanese housing
philipbrasor.com
catforehead.com
Daryl Surat @darylsurat.bsky.social I'm an engineer, podcaster, and Otaku USA Magazine contributor driven insane from pop culture overload and isolation. It makes me scream a lot with my fingers. http://www.animeworldorder.com
Michael Camilleri @pyrmont.inqk.net I once quite wanted to be a duck. Maybe I will again.
🌐 inqk.net ・ 🗺️ Tokyo, Japan- D @darkexe.bsky.social https://linktr.ee/darkexe
Emma @ehanashi.bsky.social Profile image by @flamango.bsky.social!
J to E editor in Tokyo • manga • BL • Kanto Manga Loc (and more!) meetups
Jean Snow @jeansnow.bsky.social Production Services Manager at Ubisoft Shanghai. Before that, half a life spent in Tokyo. jeansnow.net
blauereiter @halcyonrealms.bsky.social VFX artist in film/animation @ ILM/Sony. Spiderverse/KPDH/Transformers. Art books geek. バンクーバー在住のVFXアーティスト。
#VFX Filmography - http://tinyurl.com/blauereitervfx
@blauereiter on (ex)twitter
Daniel Martin @drdsm.bsky.social Associate Professor of Film Studies at KAIST. Author of "Extreme Asia: The Rise of Cult Cinema from the Far East" (Edinburgh University Press) and "Kiki's Delivery Service" (BFI Film Classics).
Carter's Dad @johnmckendry.bsky.social Old hippie, bewildered socialist, math, old music, grows apples. A harmless drudge.
Jim Reed @jimreed.bsky.social 
Crusher Jones @crusherjones.bsky.social I write about abandoned buildings, ruins, adaptive reuse, noise rock, and old mecha and HK action media. SFW.
Now reading: Nikolas Rose “Governing The Soul”
Web: ruinsandrobots.neocities.org
Petteri Uusitalo @ptjtsubasa.bsky.social 🇫🇮 Tech journalist at @petteriuusitalo.bsky.social. Manga podcaster at @mangakartta.bsky.social. Movie distributor at @tabicine.bsky.social.
@minonohashi.bsky.social @minonohashi.bsky.social 
Matteo Caronna (Maborupa) @matteocaronna.bsky.social 🇮🇹 Native
🇬🇧 Fluent
🇯🇵 Beginner
He/him
An italian otaku that loves Lupin the third, Mamoru Oshii, Hayao Miyazaki, Hideaki Anno, Shōtarō Ishinomori and many other things.
My website: https://terreillustrate.it/
𓆦 @ziwzih.bsky.social 。*☆ ♬TURNING UP WITH THE J-POP♪☆。*。
AsciiTaiga @asciitaiga.com A weary writer writing words. Mayhap one day I'll deign to share them.
🔰 Pardon my dust, I'm still getting set up.
https://www.furaffinity.net/user/asciitaiga
It's AZZ-KEE-TIE-GAH, or Taiga for short. He/him
Komdehagens @komdehagens.bsky.social Mostly stuff about Japan, movies, manga, games and music.
Podcast: http://komdehagens.podcaster.de
Letterboxd: https://boxd.it/dPEX
Instagram: https://instagram.com/aalnold_kom_dehagens
Twitter: https://twitter.com/Komdehagens
Manga Tak | Weekly Podcast @mangatakpod.bsky.social 🎧 Weekly Manga Pod on the best 1st Volumes
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a re 楠 (kusu) @pratt360.bsky.social *sighs*
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James Marsh @marshy00.bsky.social Film critic in Hong Kong: South China Morning Post / RTHK Radio 3 / Deadline / Deep Dive Movie Reviews / ScreenAnarchy / Fantastic Fest / Beyond Fest / Critics Choice / OFCS - also bits for Arrow / Umbrella / Second Sight / Film Movement / Vinegar Syndrome
Miles | Anime by the Numbers @milesofficial.bsky.social the anime numbers guy
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listen: @questforthebestpod.bsky.social
ceo of white box entertainment
sr advisor @ manga mavericks
advisor @ anime trending
prev: cmo @ anime ltd, mktg @ crunchyroll
Peow2 @peow.bsky.social Peow2 is a new open-world immersive AAAAA comic pub from the creators of Peow(1). Working w/ the best artists ever. https://peow.studio
Koenji music (eastlmark) @koenjimusic.bandcamp.com https://linktr.ee/koenjimusic
@justgeorges.bsky.social @justgeorges.bsky.social 
David Opie @davidopie.bsky.social Subscribe to my weekly newsletter Cruising Cinema for queer film/TV recs (pinned)
Writing gay/geeky stuff at Indiewire, GamesRadar, DigitalSpy, RadioTimes, Empire Magazine, Paste, iNews | Yahoo UK columnist | RT approved | davidopie7@gmail.com
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T. Williams @xstylus.bsky.social Here for art, tech, cat memes, & some occasional cloud shouting about nothing of consequence. Head of IT for a zangy boomy ADR studio in SoCal. (What few missives & musings I share are entirely my own.)
Coop @riderstrike.bsky.social They/them | 1/4 of ANN's This Week in Anime | Dude, You Remember Macross? cohost | Anime & Toku Writer | Editor | Copywriter for Discotek & AnimEigo | pfp by @thiscatdraws.bsky.social | views are my own | be excellent to each other! | riderstrike.carrd.co- B Chun Hei Cheung @boreddude99.bsky.social Can usually be found in dark rooms watching movies 👀
Tristan Felix B. @tristiger.bsky.social Emily Balistrieri, Japanese translator: Shihodo Stationery, People Who Talk to Stuffed Animals Are Nice, Tatami Galaxy, Until I Love Myself, Soul Lanterns, Kiki. he/him 日本語では: @tristora.bsky.social Never genAI.
Pepe B. @srlansky.mondocanape.com Me asusto de los taxis, me dan miedo las viejecitas, me gustan los marcianos, no me gustan las excursiones. 
Ahmed Almasry @ibrahem245.bsky.social 
Elliot @ellitov.bsky.social Étudiant spé anime de robot à Meiji (Tokyo)
Co-respo cinéma chez Journal du Japon
Anime / Manga / JRPG / VN / Tokusatsu / Gros robots principalement / Comics rarement
J'aime bien les chats
@hyakku-ten.bsky.social @hyakku-ten.bsky.social - C CraigRedux.bsky.social @craigredux.bsky.social
Mark Laws @doctorvink.60hz.org おなじみの一介。好き：ボカロ/初音ミク、チップチューン、STG。NO CURRY, NO LIFE.
everywhere, but nobody. I like Vocaloid/Hatsune Miku, chiptunes, shmups, #thickassroux.
GrimsChild @grimschild.bsky.social moon ex-pat
Print Play Protect @printplayprotect.bsky.social We make cool tabletop items :D
💜 Brau-710 💜 @hellobraulio.bsky.social Bunhead4life - 🎶 Kicking that can around 🎶
Digidestined
He/him
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Marc Junker @marcjunker.ca Composer and multimedia artist
❄️ Director of Art/Music at The Yetee 🎵
http://links.junker.ca
Composer: Wild Blue Skies, The Worlds Divide, Esluna, Street Uni X, Carve + more!
⚠️ aka @r23x.bsky.social 📼 Video-20XX @video20xx.com 🌎 Vancouver, BC
Hayley Scanlon @hayleylscanlon.bsky.social Japanese & East Asian cinema specialist.
Writer for hire.
Japanese to English translation & subtitling
I can't access DMs because I live on Silly Island, but you can contact me via my website:
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한국어도 공부하고 있어요!
@luigiricci.bsky.social @luigiricci.bsky.social 
fullfrontal.moe @fufuro.bsky.social https://fullfrontal.moe Passion for Animation • fullfrontal.moe is a website dedicated to Animation, Manga and other subcultures
Alicia Haddick/アリシア @aliciahaddick.com (aka @socialanigirl)💛they/them🏳️🌈💛Scriptwriter/Journalist/Photographer in 🇯🇵💛Culture Writer @scrmbl.com💛Freelance @ Japan Times💛gamesindustry.biz💛Verge💛Techradar💛UploadVR💛etc💛宝塚(美空真瑠)🌹ももクロ💛Ado💙花譜💗ENG/日本語
Portfolio: http://www.aliciahaddick.com
daqve @daqve.bsky.social Tokyo, Japan
Katch @katch.bsky.social 🇯🇵→🇺🇸 Translator & Editor; Writer
和米翻訳家・編集者・修正者
Currently, Tokyo. Kagawa is always in my ❤️
I enjoy reading, cooking, & long walks.
@audiophilefreak.bsky.social @audiophilefreak.bsky.social 
Deborah Lawrence Hale @deborahlawrenchale.bsky.social #OldGeezerGal Rewriting Profile 10/17/25
So much to say. So little room.
Resister. Mother. Grandma. Widow remembering 40 Happy Years
NEVER TRUST #SenileTraitorTrump #TrumpsChumps
Former #CircusClown
Living a joyful life in spite of it all.
@niten.bsky.social @niten.bsky.social 日英特許翻訳者。豪州人。好きなテレビ番組は笑点。
Into dungeons and dragons and the like.
He/him.
Helen McCarthy @glider.bsky.social Glider in the night, dancer in the dark, lover of lost rivers and paths in the woods and libraries and half-open doors. Moonlights as a writer.
Images/poems mine unless credited. AI must be consensual.
https://ko-fi.com/helenmccarthy51
ItFromBit.bsky.social @itfrombit.bsky.social Physics nerd. Likes long books, records, whiskey, video games, and film.
That Person You Read On Accident - Writing Comms Open @otakureview.bsky.social Word Mercenary for Hire
He/They
Patreon.com/lbbryant
lbbryant.journoportfolio.com - writing samples
@arnelli.bsky.social @arnelli.bsky.social 
Michael Arias @michaelarias.net Award-winning filmmaker, director of “cult animé” TEKKONKINKREET 😬 映像ジャンルや国籍を超えてボーダレスに活躍し、映画『鉄コン筋クリート』で監督デビューを飾ったクリエイター😅 https://michaelarias.net
CINEMA CENTRIC @cinema-centric.bsky.social Making movies together since 1998.
Podcasting together since 2018.
Find us here:
youtube.com/@we.are.cinema.centric
#filmsky
Department of Motion Pictures @thedofmp.bsky.social Producers of BEASTS OF THE SOUTHERN WILD, PATTI CAKE$, PHILLY DA & more
Now: O'DESSA on Hulu, 32 SOUNDS on Criterion, GASOLINE RAINBOW on Mubi, THE WHITE HOUSE EFFECT on Netflix
Soon: THE OLDEST PERSON IN THE WORLD
Kavey 😁 @kavey.bsky.social Food, Travel & Life | Greedy Londoner transplanted to Wales – city girl turned country mouse | Writer, Photographer, Potter & Business Analyst | She/her | Lefty Woke Pro-EU | Free 🇵🇸 & 🇺🇦 | 💍@petedrinks.com | Next trip: back to Malta
Writes at kaveyeats.com
Mark Thompson @markthompson.japantimes.co.jp Managing editor @ The Japan Times https://japantimes.co.jp
Usual disclaimers
Long-term Tokyoite
David Heredia (Int.) @animeitantei.bsky.social EN/ES/日本語OK・Translator, anime and manga researcher. Writing books with Diábolo Ediciones and mystery games on @1564studio.bsky.social. (Main account: @ounomachi.eurosky.social)
AntoineDoinel dit bonjour @antoine400coups.bsky.social Film nerd, tennis volleyer, Fauci fanboy re: public health, Westminster democracy enthusiast... mammal 🇨🇦
Ian @huntian.bsky.social movies, computers, video games, onsens, Godzilla...
Sumeet Khosa @sumeet.bsky.social 
Steve(n) Rynders is looking for work @angrymobofsteve.bsky.social Tech Animator/Tech Artist, looking for work. Prev: Harebrained Schemes: Lamplighters League, Battletech, Shadowrun Returns/Dragonfall. He/him
Pure Heart, Pure Cybernature
http://stevenrynders.artstation.com
https://onsensoft.itch.io/
William Andrews @william-andrews.bsky.social Working on: sociocultural history, radicalism, theatre, countercultures, New Left, memory, anti-Olympics, urbanism. Book on Adachi Masao out September 1. PhD on 1960s Japan in progress. https://www.williamandrewswriter.com
Aaron Gerow @dengerow.bsky.social Prof of Film and Media Studies and East Asian Languages and Literatures at Yale. Scholar of Japanese and other East Asian film and media (TV, manga, etc.). Likes rakugo, cats, and cycling. Views are my own. イェール大学教授、日本と他の東アジア映画とメディアの研究者。落語、猫と自転車。
渡辺由美子 @watanabe-yumiko.bsky.social アニメ文化ジャーナリスト
アニメ誌からライターに。現在は「アニメビジネス」と「ファン文化」の記事を各媒体で執筆。今の関心は【コンテンツ提供側がユーザーに届ける手法】【女性アニメファンの流行と歴史】『ASCII.jp』『東洋経済』『Business Insider』など。アニメ作品感想、アニメビジネス、ファン活動と動向、別分野などの考察、原稿アウトプットまでのたたき台として使えればと思います！
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Harri Kirik @harri35.bsky.social Software engineer, gamer and a bookworm. From Karksi-Nuia, living in Tartu, Estonia.
Jerry Cornelius @jerrycornelius.bsky.social 
Confederacy of Baka @bakaconfederacy.bsky.social I would like to be happy; I am not.
Zweihander Steve @zweihandersteve.bsky.social I like anime and video games in that order. He/Him. PFP by https://raymodule.tumblr.com/
Earthserpent @earthserpent.com 🏳️🌈(Pan) He/Him, 🔞Sometimes, Free Palestine 🍉
Portland State University Alumni, B.S. General Science
Passionate about Tech, Anime, and Gaming
@banjosekazooie.bsky.social @banjosekazooie.bsky.social 
@unmeikajitsu.bsky.social @unmeikajitsu.bsky.social 
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大和言葉(やまとことば)は、漢語や外来語が入る前から日本語にあった言葉。漢語や外来語に対して日本語の固有語とされる言葉。和語(わご)とも言う。和歌などで用いられる雅語や女房言葉を指したりすることもある。外国語に対する日本語(漢語など含む)を指すこともある。他に奈良県（旧大和国）の方言を指す場合もある（奈良弁を参照）🟩執筆🟩目次以降は有料¥1,500➡︎ https://note.com/catnyan48
Aleix Pitarch @aleixpitarch.bsky.social Why are you here?
Cathy Munroe Hotes @nishikataeiga.bsky.social I teach Film & Visual Culture. Love Animation & Cinema & Literature. German-Canadian living in Japan.
Preston Avery @afroninjazz.bsky.social