Samantha Ferreira Is Very Tired @sam-animeherald.bsky.social She/Her 🏳️⚧️
Anime Fan, Owner of a pretty big Sakura Wars collection, and EIC at Anime Herald and The Combat Revue Review.
Opinions are my own.
Mike Toole @miketoole.com He/him. Semi-pro anime dork, longtime AV professional, enjoyer of soccer, beer, cycling, movies, and some other stuff.
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.
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
Kodama @kodamatales.bsky.social Bringing manga to fans worldwide with care & authenticity 📖
Sun-Ken Rock is AVAILABLE NOW!
👉 https://bit.ly/Kodama-Skeet
Emma @ehanashi.bsky.social Profile image by @flamango.bsky.social!
J to E editor in Tokyo • manga • BL • Kanto Manga Loc (and more!) meetups
Petteri Uusitalo @ptjtsubasa.bsky.social 🇫🇮 Tech journalist at @petteriuusitalo.bsky.social. Manga podcaster at @mangakartta.bsky.social. Movie distributor at @tabicine.bsky.social.
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
Criterion Channel @criterionchannl.bsky.social Classics and discoveries from around the world, thematically programmed with special features, on a streaming service brought to you by Criterion.
Fan account ready to be claimed by Criterion.
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).
[UNOFFICIAL] Now Playing on Criterion 24/7 @upnextcriterion.bsky.social An unofficial bot which posts the currently playing film from the Criterion Channel 24/7 stream within at least 5 minutes of starting. Maintained by @triales. This bot uses the TMDb API but is not endorsed or certified by TMDb. 
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/
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
Animation Obsessive @ani-obsessive.bsky.social Animation tidbits from around the world, including rare and underappreciated material you won't find elsewhere.
Newsletter: http://animationobsessive.substack.com
Coop 🔜 Otakon 2026 @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
@justgeorges.bsky.social @justgeorges.bsky.social 
Koenji music (eastlmark) @koenjimusic.bandcamp.com https://linktr.ee/koenjimusic
Manga Tak | Weekly Podcast @mangatakpod.bsky.social 🎧 Weekly Manga Pod on the best 1st Volumes
💎 Hidden Gems | 🏛️ Classics | 🚨New Manga
📚1000+ Manga Collection | 🚀Cons / Travel
Kaylyn Saucedo - MarzGurl @marzgurl.com Anime subs/closed caption/video editor - not a translator
(Gundam GQuuuuuuX, Snowball Earth etc.)
Add'l Voice: Beyblade Burst QuadStrike / X, etc.
Schuyler - Last War: Survival
http://twitch.tv/marzgurl
http://kaylynsaucedo.com
http://marzgurl.com
she/her
Thu-Huong Ha @thu.bsky.social arts and farts in tokyo
linktr.ee/whatthudo
DOKI DOKI CRT PIXEL @crtpixel.bsky.social NOT JORDAN, IM STEVE
HE/HIM
CHICAGO
CATHODE RAYS FOR DAYS
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
Katie Rife @rifewithkatie.bsky.social You’ve seen me around. Writing all over: Letterboxd, Indiewire, AV Club, Vulture, Ebert, etc.
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
a re 楠 (kusu) @pratt360.bsky.social *sighs*
https://boxd.it/al7j
daqve @daqve.bsky.social Tokyo, Japan
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
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
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.)
Dave K @happymrdave.bsky.social Software developer, cat aficionado, gamer. Don't worry I love dogs too. 日本語の話も大歓迎。グラブルちょこちょこやってます。
Space Leech @spaceleech.bsky.social Writer for Zimmerit and elsewhere. Brain succumbing to laser rot.
https://www.zimmerit.moe/author/renzoadler/
台羽正 @tadashidaiba.bsky.social Approach your target and attack! Your mission starts now - are you ready?
animespiegel @animespiegel.de Blogger, Freelancer @gamestar.bsky.social
Er/He. DE/EN
Business-Mail: kontakt@animespiegel.de
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.
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.
Anime Home Video Museum @animevidmuseum.bsky.social A collection and showcase of the history of anime home video releases and AV equipment. https://www.animehomevideomuseum.org/
Curated by @TheGreatSG.bsky.social
Support the Museum!
https://bio.link/animevidmuseum
GrimsChild @grimschild.bsky.social moon ex-pat
Samuel Sattin @samuelsattin.bsky.social Author of the new Unico series, the Essential Anime Guide, Buzzing, & A Kids Guide to Anime and Manga. Adapter of the Cartoon Saloon Irish Folklore Trilogy.
www.samuelsattin.com
Ili Saarinen @ilisaarinen.bsky.social Dad, suburban Tokyo
Deputy Editor, Time Out Tokyo
The Japan Times @japantimes.co.jp News, features and commentary from the oldest (est. 1897) and most widely read English-language media outlet in Japan.
JT staff on Bluesky: https://jtim.es/bskysp
Our newsletters: https://jtime.es/newsletters
Elsewhere: jtim.es/m/social
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:
https://windowsonworlds.com/
한국어도 공부하고 있어요!
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/
Alicia Haddick/アリシア@Adoスタジアム「Ao」両日 @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
Denpa Books @denpabooks.bsky.social Eng language translators for KAIJI, Gundam, Emiya Family, Shuzo Oshimi, panpanya, Hagio Moto, Mitsuru Adachi and many more
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 
Cows in the Field @cowspod.com Exploring philosophical themes in popular movies; inspired by Werner Herzog. Hosts: @justinkhoo.com and Laura Khoo.
Listen: pod.link/1505648062
Web: www.cowspod.com
Gram: www.instagram.com/cowspod
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
Ian @huntian.bsky.social movies, computers, video games, onsens, Godzilla...
Patz @patzprime.bsky.social Robots are cool. Manga is cool. 
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/
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！
@mulboyne.bsky.social @mulboyne.bsky.social 
Christian Dimmer @remmid.bsky.social dad／urbanist／assoc.prof. transition design + urban studies｜waseda university｜Tokyo｜co-learning／co-design｜public spaces／spheres｜urban practices／theories｜place {un}making／becoming｜climate + sustainability／resilience｜views expressed here are my own
Trevor 🐙 @dreamcats.bsky.social Photography, music, art, electronics, code, reading, tinkering, building. SLC, UT
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
Lindsay Nelson-Santos @newsfromnihon.bsky.social Japanese cinema (especially horror), Japanese popular culture. Book: Circulating Fear. Film reviews at eigafile.com, CV at lindsaynelson.jp. she/her
Don Brown @ryuganji.bsky.social 「世界有数のニュージーランド出身日本映画翻訳家」
代表作：『君たちはどう生きるか』『七人の侍』『東京物語』他多数
"One of the world’s foremost New Zealanders who translate Japanese movies"
Supplier of English subtitles for "The Boy and the Heron," "Seven Samurai," "Tokyo Story," and whatnot
donbrown.jp
Richardson Handjaja @rhandjaja.bsky.social Publisher & editor of @animenomics.com, formerly news managing editor at @myanimelist.net. Documenting anime and manga's global rise since 2015. National Arts and Entertainment Journalism Awards finalist.
日本のアニメや漫画のビジネス展開を報道します。
@blargimus.bsky.social @blargimus.bsky.social 
Matteowatz @matteowatz.bsky.social PhD student. Film & anime studies, audiences, media history.
Animation critic & historian, translator
フリーアニメライター•研究者、翻訳家、博士課程1年
FR/EN/日本語
Daniel Morales @howtojapanese.com Translator, writer. How to get used to Japanese (Additional topics: Murakami, New Orleans, Chicago, beer, writing, translation, basketball). Based in Osaka. http://linktree.com/howtojapanese
Chau Tu @chaubtu.bsky.social podcast subscriptions @npr.org. formerly: slate, science friday, marketplace
matteoB @matteob.bsky.social By day: lumpenproletariat.
By night: Japan-based film critic and writer for Il Manifesto and other publications.
Independently writing and researching about Asian documentary here: https://asian-docs.com/
James Hadfield @jameshadfield.bsky.social Tokyo-based word mangler. Immigrant. awfuldross@gmail.com
I post gig listings and the other drivel at https://tokyodross.blogspot.com/
fullfrontal.moe @fufuro.bsky.social https://fullfrontal.moe Passion for Animation • fullfrontal.moe is a website dedicated to Animation, Manga and other subcultures
Sean | Zimmerit @sean.zimmerit.moe old Japanese subculture nonsense at zimmerit.moe | youtube @ZimmeritEX | zines and more at www.garagekit.club
Ani-Gamers: Podcasts & More @anigamers.com Anime/manga/video game podcasts, reviews, creator interviews and lots of bad jokes. anigamers.com / patreon.com/anigamers
Ayaka Kawamata @ayakakawamata.bsky.social 川俣綾加｜アニメ&漫画ライター｜企画・編集・ライティング｜Manga & Anime Writer｜原神をやるモフリシャスkawamataayaka.moflicious@gmail.com(窓口用)
https://ayaka-kawamata.themedia.jp/
Evan Minto @evanminto.com Anime burger boy • Co-founder of manga app/publisher @omoi.com, formerly at Crunchyroll • Writer and podcaster for ANN, Otaku USA, @anigamers.com • I make websites/art/music/games • He/him
Follow my Fedi acct @VamptVo.mastodon.social.ap.brid.gy
Miles | Anime by the Numbers @milesofficial.bsky.social the anime numbers guy
subscribe: animebythenumbers.substack.com
listen: @questforthebestpod.bsky.social
ceo of white box entertainment
sr advisor @ manga mavericks
advisor @ anime trending
prev: cmo @ anime ltd, mktg @ crunchyroll
ralouf @raloufpiston.bsky.social « Ha ha ! » dit Bosse-de-Nage
アーコ・🍁 【🔞】 @ahko.gay 🔞・🏳️🌈・ Washed-up Graphic Designer ・ Bisexual ・ He/Him
GPOSE account (NSFW): @ahkoxiv.bsky.social
https://bio.site/ahko ・ Xitter: https://x.com/andify
Frog-kun @frog-kun.bsky.social Kim Morrissy. Anime and light novel fan.
MañgoCast @mangacast.bsky.social Puts the Ñ in Ño and the O in manga.
Ko Ransom @kransom.bsky.social name wasnt taken here
Matt Alt @mattalt.bsky.social Tokyo-based writer, localizer, cultural consultant. Author of Pure Invention, Yokai Attack, and more.
https://www.mattalt.com/
https://blog.pureinventionbook.com/
https://linktr.ee/mattalt
Ian (F) Martin @ianfmartin.bsky.social Writer and indie music scene person, based in Tokyo. Author of Quit Your Band! Musical Notes from the Japanese Underground (Awai Books, 2016) / バンドやめようぜ！ (Ele-king books, 2017) and owner of Call And Response Records.
Call And Response Records @callandresponse.bsky.social Independent record label, based in Koenji, Tokyo.
Carter McKendry @ca.rter.io カーター・マッケンドリ (he/him) I enjoy that media you hate. Computer nerd. Japan dork. Horror geek. Comic book guy. Sci fi fanboy. Not necessarily in that order. Enthusiast, not connoisseur.
https://ca.rter.io/
wahhhhh @wah.bsky.social Subculture Shithead + Commie + Kebab Lover / サブカルクソやろう + 共産主義者 + ケバブ好き
人として軸がぶれている
Online since the 90s
In Tokyo
http://analoghousou.com