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Lauren Orsini

@laurenorsini.bsky.social

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Twitter refugee formerly known as @laureninspace. Bylines at Anime News Network and Forbes.


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Lauren Orsini 's avatar Lauren Orsini @laurenorsini.bsky.social
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I'm wondering if my panel hasn't been rejected yet because it's gonna be an alternate or something?

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Anyone else still waiting to hear from Otakon about panels? Not sure if this is a good or bad sign

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Lauren Orsini 's avatar Lauren Orsini @laurenorsini.bsky.social
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Thanks everyone! Now I have more than FIFTY replies, more than I imagined! This is gonna help me write a great article about generations of anime fans and I really appreciate it.

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Lauren Orsini 's avatar Lauren Orsini @laurenorsini.bsky.social
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HOW IS THIS SO GOOD. I guarantee I will finish it in 24 hours.

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Eric Kim (김현철)'s avatar Eric Kim (김현철) @inkskratch.bsky.social
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Something important about Deb Aoki's "making manga in the states" thread on twitter is that it discusses the differences between the two ecosystems: the focus on merch to make back high table costs vs. the focus on story and low table costs

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Thank you so much for sharing this! I got 18 replies, but I'd love to get a nice, even 20 or even more!

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Anime News Network's avatar Anime News Network @animenewsnetwork.com
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The most thrilling part of the panel was when the two actresses were asked to show the audience a movement that encapsulated their roles. The audience shrieked in delight as Nanami spun Reimi by the waist, dipping her in an elegant pose that ended in an outstretched arm.

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⚡Bubblegum Midlife Crisis⚡'s avatar ⚡Bubblegum Midlife Crisis⚡ @bunnycartoon.bsky.social
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Thanks so much to everyone who came to my 1st Gunpla Build! Here's my finished little guy!
Since we didn't reach my goal, I'm keeping donations open--and I'm still gonna graffiti names on this wee lad! So keep em coming, folks! Ko-fi.com/bunnycartoon

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Anime News Network's avatar Anime News Network @animenewsnetwork.com
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Find all of our updates from Anime Expo 2024 here, in one handy place!

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Hey everyone, it's new article day 🥰

This week, @laurenorsini.bsky.social explores the rise of manga's popularity and accessibility. The recent Wordle upset got her thinking about how the medium's push into the mainstream changed the ways we interact with it, often for the better.

#manga #fandom

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Borealis AKA The LiteralGrill's avatar Borealis AKA The LiteralGrill @literalgrill.bsky.social
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Let this also be a reminder why, if you're able, you should support independent sites like Anime Herald below, @yattatachi.bsky.social, and @animefeminist.bsky.social on things like Patreon so they can afford to support the authors writing about your favorite things!

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Jason Schreier's avatar Jason Schreier @jasonschreier.bsky.social
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One thing nobody tells you about being a parent is that you'll need to reserve approximately 50% of your household budget for strawberries

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Paul Duane's avatar Paul Duane @paulduane.bsky.social
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I think the reason Philip K Dick is still the predominant SF writer of the last century is, he was the only one who foresaw a future where everything would be boring, inconvenient and dehumanising, and where the only way you can win is to somehow refuse to give up your humanity.

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The Forgotten Surprises of Anime VHS Commercials: Anthony Gramuglia examines the VHS era of anime fandom, specifically focusing on the extra trailers and pre-rolls that populated early tapes for shows like Pokemon and Sailor Moon.

#anime #history #vhs #pokemon

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Themperor Kennedée🐸🏳️‍🌈's avatar Themperor Kennedée🐸🏳️‍🌈 @kennedytcooper.bsky.social
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Do you need something to be mad at all the time? Want an excuse to bully people and start fights? Instead of taking this desire out on social media might I suggest an alternative: It's called your local city council meeting and we actually desperately need that energy there

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Pike 🍩☄️'s avatar Pike 🍩☄️ @redcomets.net
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Hate when you think the date going well and she busts this out

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Lauren Orsini 's avatar Lauren Orsini @laurenorsini.bsky.social
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This is what is shaping our generational insistence on No Subculture Gatekeeping! We remember when things were really, really hard!

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Samantha Ferreira Wants to Talk About Anime History's avatar Samantha Ferreira Wants to Talk About Anime History @sam-animeherald.bsky.social
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The sheer surprise from younger people when I talk about the efforts fans had to make to just WATCH anime - not new stuff, not simulcasts, literally just WATCH it in the '80s and early '90s when I host panels will never not be an amazing thing.

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Lauren Orsini 's avatar Lauren Orsini @laurenorsini.bsky.social
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I made John come over and get it. He's gonna check it soon

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Lauren Orsini 's avatar Lauren Orsini @laurenorsini.bsky.social
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This isn't a joke this is just the situation I have found myself in. They seem totally normal and are about ten years older than me but are very well versed in retro games and consoles.

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I'm at a playdate at another family's house and they are asking me all those annoying parenting questions like "can John play co-op on his virtual boy?" And "can John fix my childhood NES?" And "how much does it cost to source a working Famicon on eBay?"

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Bluesky culture is spreading (to Cara in this case), and I couldn’t be happier to see it!

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Diana Soreil's avatar Diana Soreil @silencedrowns.bsky.social
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the problem with having both rainbow holographic heat transfer vinyl and a vinyl cutter is that the only thing stopping me from making pride shirts for horrible fictional companies is my own taste, and unfortunately I thought “happy pride from Anaheim Electronics” was hilarious

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Lauren Orsini 's avatar Lauren Orsini @laurenorsini.bsky.social
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I bought and read this based on your rec, but the series seems incomplete? Kindle has 1, 5, and 6 available, so weird

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Lauren Orsini 's avatar Lauren Orsini @laurenorsini.bsky.social
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Sorry to scare you, somehow I got on the free tier instead of using my prime benefits

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Lauren Orsini 's avatar Lauren Orsini @laurenorsini.bsky.social
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I made a playlist and I've been listening to it on my android phone. I wonder if it's ad-free only on a computer, maybe.

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I have been using it all day, and the more I use it, the more ads it gives me. I thought it was ad free! That's what the description says

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I do have prime! This is the best idea I've heard yet

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Lauren Orsini 's avatar Lauren Orsini @laurenorsini.bsky.social
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Every month I pay $11 for an Apple Music subscription. That's a lot, but I listen to music almost every day. Does anyone know a cheaper music app I could swap it for?

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And ED! I don't skip either which is unusual for me

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Lauren Orsini 's avatar Lauren Orsini @laurenorsini.bsky.social
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Really enjoying Go Go Loser Ranger! It took me forever to try it out because 1) it's on Hulu, who watches that? 2) I hadn't heard anybody talking about it.

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Guess I gotta quit saying "everyone and their grandma knows about manga now"

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Lauren Orsini 's avatar Lauren Orsini @laurenorsini.bsky.social
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Remember when 4 stars meant "you did an okay but not exemplary job" and not "I want you to get fired immediately"?

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Five stars! An Uber driver would need to leave me in a roadside ditch for me to give 4 stars.

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The love interest "wore only a loincloth over lean muscles" and the narrator "felt desire pooling in my belly" and I was like I NEED TO EXIT THIS VEHICLE

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Took an Uber today with a female driver. I thought she had a clever thing going: she was listening to an audiobook to discourage conversation. Everything was fine until her audiobook got SPICY

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Kazuma Hashimoto's avatar Kazuma Hashimoto @kazuma.bsky.social
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one of my most personal and favorite pieces to write. @animefeminist.bsky.social continues to be one of the places where i feel like i've written some of my best work. (and the place i wrote my first feature!) in this piece i talk the intersection of fashion and gender!

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