Lucas DeRuyter
@lucasderuyter
Writing about Anime, Manga, Moves, TV, and Games for myself and anyone who'll pay! Bylines in ANN, Anime Feminist, ButWhyTho, Yatta Tachi, and IGN. He/Him/His; Discord: Lder#9923
PSA: Go watch The 100 Girlfriends Who Really, Really, Really, Really, Really Love You
Hulu! (and Disney+) The place for anime that you’ve either already seen, or that are incredibly mid. (Or both in the case of Bleach!)
From cosplayers? Not much that I’ve seen. From the con itself, tho…
Excuse me, I thought we all agreed that Venusaur was Mommy??? (apologies for sharing a screenshot from Twitter)
Wait, what? No…it can’t have been 15 years. Isekai is still pretty new, right???
If you or someone you know is responsible for the localization of Kirio Fan Club, please let me know so I can forever sing the praises of the person responsible for this perfect nonsense.
Attention people on Bluesky who know Anime/VTubers/Streaming better than I do: I've been made aware references to Baki appearing both in Needy Girl Overdose and VTuber Legend. My question is, why??? Is Baki big with people into streaming? Is this a bit or a weird coincidence???
Another hotel stay, another inexplicably proprietary way to make a cup of coffee.
Maybe it’s copium, but it is a comfort that the current admin has no idea how conservatives have shored up power anywhere in the world in the past century and are just doing what they think will make for cool memes on Twitter and Facebook instead of what will win elections. TL,DR:
ANN Editors to me and other contributors: (I’m actually THRILLED to contribute to this guide and hope that people like my opinions on various pieces of smut!)
Plenty of people are taking about Daisy dying at the beginning of Super Mario TennisFever, but not nearly enough are talking about how she’s the only adult left in the world after the rest of the cast are all turned into babies! The Ao3-ness of this narrative will be mentioned in my review for ANN.
When I started my writing career on the brink of the industry’s collapse, I had resigned myself to never seeing my name in print media. I am so grateful to @sam-animeherald.bsky.social and her team for making the Anime Herald magazine happen and for letting me be a part of it!
There is a "Whatever Happened to Baby Jane" reference in Demonschool. 10/10, GOTY, a masterpiece in ludonarrative storytelling.
Fell off for a bit between travel and work picking up, but how have I not seen more people talking about all the cuties in Demonschool???
This hawk (falcon?) has been chilling in my parent’s back yard, unmoving, for at least half an hour.
Tapped a keg at a bar in the Denver airport, so they gave me the first drink for free! Love that the definitely real ghosts here are friendly, at least.
Okay, I know the comparison to Persona is reductive, but the opening fight in Demonschool has you beating up gangsters against a schlock horror movie backdrop and that's literally my second favorite part of Revelations: Persona. 10/10 so far! Also, fuck William!