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Norbert
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Writer and photographer. Published in Anime News Network, IGN, Playboy, Nerdist and more. Used to have a minorly notable podcast about cartoons. norbertdanielsjr.com/
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4chan Rude vs. Tumblr Rude

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I still can't believe Congress passed a bill giving money to Israel on the night of Superbowl Sunday.

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Waking up every day for two weeks to articles with the headline "Gavin Newsome Vetoes Bill That Would Ban Flaying Mexican Orphans." Reading the Reddit comments calling the article Russian misinformation because the headline did not include "...and He Was Right to Do So" at the end.

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I don't think it matters much to them because if they really cared about convincing voters they'd be at least text banking for their candidate instead of spending months yelling at people who most likely live in non-swing states.

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Yesterday I saw one that was custom painted to advertise what I think was a martial arts dojo.

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That's a big tell because they use the sentence structure a lot and it never works. They included Akira and Miyazaki's Ghibli films in a list of 60s and 70s anime. They stuff Monster, Naruto, Demon Slayer, "Ouron High School Club" (they forgot "Host") and Mushi-Shi into a single sentence.

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It's like an alien trying to sound human. Definitely written by an LLM.

Anime – what started as a niche genre of manga and animation has become a multi-billion dollar industry in its own right, with chart-topping games like Pokémon Go and Genshin Impact grossing billions and movies like Demon Slayer: Kimetsu no Yaiba becoming one of the highest grossing films of the year. Anime is driving pop culture today; just look at the fashion collaborations like Loewe x Studio Ghibli or famous lyrics from artists like Chance the Rapper and The Weeknd. We estimate the total market size of anime to be north of $50B, once accounting for anime, comics, and games (data.ai, Precedence Research). 

Yet, we believe that anime is just getting started – today, new technologies and business models are accelerating a once niche industry to even greater heights. Anime is where the future of creation and play is happening, whether with innovative games on our phones, user-created fanfictions and games, roleplaying as the characters themselves, or interactions with AI-versions of t
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"I watched MCU movie 34 and Star Wars show 18 and they were bad!"

Obama "how can you be shocked"
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Anytime an AI booster tries to talk shit about modern TV shows/movies it becomes immediately obvious that they exclusively watch blockbuster franchise slop.

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Norbert
@norbertmadao.bsky.social
Writer and photographer. Published in Anime News Network, IGN, Playboy, Nerdist and more. Used to have a minorly notable podcast about cartoons. norbertdanielsjr.com/
7 followers62 following318 posts