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
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Anime World Order Show # 249 – Alpakata Combines the Skill of Capoeira With the Kill of Alpaca
It’s a brand new year, but not quite a brand new animal as Daryl reviews the somehow already half decade old TV series Odd Taxi. Since it’s something of a mystery series, we’ll no…
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With Anime World Order Show # 249 – Alpakata Combines the Skill of Capoeira With the Kill of Alpaca, it's a brand new year (but not quite a brand new animal) as I review the somehow already five year old TV series Odd Taxi (or ODDTAXI if you prefer). Minor spoilers www.awopodcast.com/2026/01/anim...
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GKIDS is proud to announce the acquisition of North American rights to LABYRINTH. 💫
The first original feature film from Shoji Kawamori starring Suzuka from ATARASHII GAKKO! hits theatres May 10 & 11.
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The first original feature film from Shoji Kawamori starring Suzuka from ATARASHII GAKKO! hits theatres May 10 & 11.
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February 5, 2026 at 5:00 PM
GKIDS is proud to announce the acquisition of North American rights to LABYRINTH. 💫
The first original feature film from Shoji Kawamori starring Suzuka from ATARASHII GAKKO! hits theatres May 10 & 11.
brnw.ch/21wZCQK
The first original feature film from Shoji Kawamori starring Suzuka from ATARASHII GAKKO! hits theatres May 10 & 11.
brnw.ch/21wZCQK
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The wild thing is that this has been the standard practice of literally every facet of the online anime media. Outside of one or two large outlets like ANN and Crunchyroll, literally every anime/manga publication in North America is either journalist-run or worker-owned, and has been since 2006.
“You have this vision of your perfect job: Finally, you’re out of the thumb of the traffic-obsessed boss, and you can do your big investigations. But the reality is that now you have all these other jobs that [other] people used to do, and now you have to do them too."
Journalism coops seem utopian. What’s it like working in one?
"If I was less self-directed, I'd probably be freaking out."
www.niemanlab.org
February 4, 2026 at 11:37 PM
The wild thing is that this has been the standard practice of literally every facet of the online anime media. Outside of one or two large outlets like ANN and Crunchyroll, literally every anime/manga publication in North America is either journalist-run or worker-owned, and has been since 2006.
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They completely unpersoned a dude in Judgment because of a drug scandal, but assault is A-OK for them. Jog on.
RGG Studio not only cast Kagawa despite his actions, they are specifically taking advantage of his image as a creep to sell the role.
Guess that’s that. #REMOVEKAGAWA
Guess that’s that. #REMOVEKAGAWA
![A shot of Teruyuki Kagawa as Goh Hamazaki in Yakuza Kiwami 3 with his face mosaic blurred out, accompanied by an excerpt from a GAME Watch interview with Ryosuke Horii on 2026-02-05:
Horii: “Rikiya and Hamazaki are both key characters to the story, so it would certainly be safer not to recast them and avoid online criticism (laughs). But we felt there was no use being afraid. We based our decision on what excited us and made us think, ‘This is who we want to perform,’ or ‘What if we cast this person?’ […] Hamazaki is a sleazy, persistent, and militant yakuza, right? Since he isn’t an explosive character like Kanda, when we tried to think of someone who makes you go, ‘This guy’s a creep,’ naturally it was Kagawa-san. The biggest thing was just had to see that. Kagawa-san’s acting is fun to watch. Even when he’s chopping a pig’s feet off with a chef’s knife, it has a slimy feel.”](https://cdn.bsky.app/img/feed_thumbnail/plain/did:plc:miwrulrgrudgnchcqgcpxgth/bafkreianho4oe2hx4rmjbrd65x22prtp53ol6fm5ljlqdnjmxkjx2bnpme@jpeg)
February 5, 2026 at 4:04 PM
They completely unpersoned a dude in Judgment because of a drug scandal, but assault is A-OK for them. Jog on.
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The Muppet Show special was basically everything I hoped it would be. Completely captured the spirit and humor of the original, with just the right amount of modern flair. I had a massive smile on my face the entire time.
Please, let this become a full series!
Please, let this become a full series!
February 5, 2026 at 2:59 AM
The Muppet Show special was basically everything I hoped it would be. Completely captured the spirit and humor of the original, with just the right amount of modern flair. I had a massive smile on my face the entire time.
Please, let this become a full series!
Please, let this become a full series!
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![A tweet from anno domini 2016 by randygdub reading "trump [waving bible in front of them]: you morons love this shit huh
[audience going berserk]"](https://cdn.bsky.app/img/feed_thumbnail/plain/did:plc:spz7xtxwn7tareapqzouydsh/bafkreiglcy4nei7u5hjhdvuytnepuae2nn5ivdwf6egewmwmjpleptgtue@jpeg)
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Once again: I will not vote for Newsom. He's anti-trans, anti-homeless, anti-Black, pro-prison, pro-ICE, anti-healthcare, and is friends with fascists. He'll lose CALIFORNIA in the general, you dickless dildoes. We are saying so now to give literal years to find a non fascist-lite candidate. Jfc.
Answer me this:
You have to choose between Gavin Newsom and Trump or some MAGA chump. No other options. If you're really saying that you wouldn't vote for Newsom in that situation, you're not smart enough do what's best for all Americans. Especially trans people.
You need to think strategically.
You have to choose between Gavin Newsom and Trump or some MAGA chump. No other options. If you're really saying that you wouldn't vote for Newsom in that situation, you're not smart enough do what's best for all Americans. Especially trans people.
You need to think strategically.
January 17, 2026 at 11:17 PM
Once again: I will not vote for Newsom. He's anti-trans, anti-homeless, anti-Black, pro-prison, pro-ICE, anti-healthcare, and is friends with fascists. He'll lose CALIFORNIA in the general, you dickless dildoes. We are saying so now to give literal years to find a non fascist-lite candidate. Jfc.
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everyone outside of California will hate him because he's from California and everybody from California will hate him because he's Gavin Newsom
the Democratic Establishment is so completely out of touch with what is currently happening they are going to LET the fascist win again
the Democratic Establishment is so completely out of touch with what is currently happening they are going to LET the fascist win again
January 17, 2026 at 9:19 PM
everyone outside of California will hate him because he's from California and everybody from California will hate him because he's Gavin Newsom
the Democratic Establishment is so completely out of touch with what is currently happening they are going to LET the fascist win again
the Democratic Establishment is so completely out of touch with what is currently happening they are going to LET the fascist win again
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Leftists in 2025: We will not vote for Gavin Newsom
Leftists in 2026: We will not vote for Gavin Newsom
Leftists in 2027: I'm telling you if you put that Patrick Bateman mothefucker up we will not vote for him
Centrtists in 2028: I CANNOT BELIEVE YOU DIDN'T SPEAK UP AND THEN JUST DIDN'T VOTE FOR HIM
Leftists in 2026: We will not vote for Gavin Newsom
Leftists in 2027: I'm telling you if you put that Patrick Bateman mothefucker up we will not vote for him
Centrtists in 2028: I CANNOT BELIEVE YOU DIDN'T SPEAK UP AND THEN JUST DIDN'T VOTE FOR HIM
lol we're so incredibly lost if Gavin is the nominee
July 15, 2025 at 6:29 PM
Leftists in 2025: We will not vote for Gavin Newsom
Leftists in 2026: We will not vote for Gavin Newsom
Leftists in 2027: I'm telling you if you put that Patrick Bateman mothefucker up we will not vote for him
Centrtists in 2028: I CANNOT BELIEVE YOU DIDN'T SPEAK UP AND THEN JUST DIDN'T VOTE FOR HIM
Leftists in 2026: We will not vote for Gavin Newsom
Leftists in 2027: I'm telling you if you put that Patrick Bateman mothefucker up we will not vote for him
Centrtists in 2028: I CANNOT BELIEVE YOU DIDN'T SPEAK UP AND THEN JUST DIDN'T VOTE FOR HIM
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People gotta fuckin stop doin this. I won't vote for Gavin Newsom. Gavin Newsom will lose. I'm saying it now so y'all have time to listen, tho you never do. But nah I ain't voting for diet fascism just because he has a D. Candidates have to do what we want to get elected, there's no fealty here.
One should not vote for the demographics one wishes but the one they have.
If the CA Gov is popular, he is better than the alternative. This is a two-party system barring a Perot laying out millions/billions to be noticed. Which could skew everything anyways.
If the CA Gov is popular, he is better than the alternative. This is a two-party system barring a Perot laying out millions/billions to be noticed. Which could skew everything anyways.
February 5, 2026 at 6:06 AM
People gotta fuckin stop doin this. I won't vote for Gavin Newsom. Gavin Newsom will lose. I'm saying it now so y'all have time to listen, tho you never do. But nah I ain't voting for diet fascism just because he has a D. Candidates have to do what we want to get elected, there's no fealty here.
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strangely enormous numbers of people think that criticizing the democratic party on this website somehow resulted in or will result in destroying the party's electoral chances. bizarre!!!
February 5, 2026 at 1:54 PM
strangely enormous numbers of people think that criticizing the democratic party on this website somehow resulted in or will result in destroying the party's electoral chances. bizarre!!!
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Overwatch is pretty cool when you don't got engagement farmers in your ear tryna convince you it's gaming's biggest failure
February 5, 2026 at 6:50 AM
Overwatch is pretty cool when you don't got engagement farmers in your ear tryna convince you it's gaming's biggest failure
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JUSTIFIED “FUCK ICE” CHANTS #AEWDynamite
February 5, 2026 at 3:04 AM
JUSTIFIED “FUCK ICE” CHANTS #AEWDynamite
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“FUCK ICE” CHANT FUCK YEAH
February 5, 2026 at 3:03 AM
“FUCK ICE” CHANT FUCK YEAH
I know eliminator title matches have almost never resulted in the challenger winning to set up a title match later, but please let this #AEWDynamite be a double exception. Have Megan and Penelope win this week so that Harley Cameron can finally pin Megan Bayne in Australia. Brody can lose next week.
February 5, 2026 at 2:20 AM
I know eliminator title matches have almost never resulted in the challenger winning to set up a title match later, but please let this #AEWDynamite be a double exception. Have Megan and Penelope win this week so that Harley Cameron can finally pin Megan Bayne in Australia. Brody can lose next week.
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John Walker Cap, maybe... but Steve Rogers would for sure be the first in line to knock some ICE ass.
Just saw a comment that said Captain America would support ICE
a man in a captain america costume is standing in the woods
Alt: a man in a captain america costume is standing in the woods
media.tenor.com
February 5, 2026 at 2:16 AM
John Walker Cap, maybe... but Steve Rogers would for sure be the first in line to knock some ICE ass.
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hangman is losing to andrade and then both him and swerve are gunna have to fight their gay mom
February 5, 2026 at 2:16 AM
hangman is losing to andrade and then both him and swerve are gunna have to fight their gay mom
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it’s genuinely reassuring to me that this is the most miserable and paranoid person in the entire world
February 5, 2026 at 1:16 AM
it’s genuinely reassuring to me that this is the most miserable and paranoid person in the entire world
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And that back elbow looked lethal! #AEWDynamite
February 5, 2026 at 2:14 AM
And that back elbow looked lethal! #AEWDynamite
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worth noting that the second rich people stopped being afraid of mobs tearing them limb from limb, they stopped building libraries and opera houses and stuff and started ripping the copper wiring out of the walls of society instead
February 4, 2026 at 4:44 PM
worth noting that the second rich people stopped being afraid of mobs tearing them limb from limb, they stopped building libraries and opera houses and stuff and started ripping the copper wiring out of the walls of society instead
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Goddamn man, best gun shot sound fx in movie hostory.
February 5, 2026 at 1:36 AM
Goddamn man, best gun shot sound fx in movie hostory.
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let's watch HEAT.
February 4, 2026 at 11:38 PM
let's watch HEAT.
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Westboro Baptist Church tried to make an Anti-Luigi Mangione poster but it just looks like Luigi is threatening billionaires and goes unironically hard af
February 4, 2026 at 8:59 PM
Westboro Baptist Church tried to make an Anti-Luigi Mangione poster but it just looks like Luigi is threatening billionaires and goes unironically hard af
Again, the character’s name is “Hammond.” His hero name is “Wrecking Ball,” but in game everyone is just going to say “Ball” or “The Ball.” That he is a giant space hamster is because Overwatch is a sci-fi setting. (It takes a fantasy world like Baldur’s Gate to have a MINIATURE giant space hamster)
they had a hamster in a ball called wrecking ball what are we doing here
February 4, 2026 at 9:25 PM
Again, the character’s name is “Hammond.” His hero name is “Wrecking Ball,” but in game everyone is just going to say “Ball” or “The Ball.” That he is a giant space hamster is because Overwatch is a sci-fi setting. (It takes a fantasy world like Baldur’s Gate to have a MINIATURE giant space hamster)
Jetpack Cat has existed as concept art since the launch of the game, such that Overwatch fans have spent a decade demanding Jetpack Cat. Hero names are generally not the character’s actual name, so it’s fine as a hero name. If you used any other hero name, everyone would still just say “Jetpack Cat”
"Overwatch is adding a character that's a housecat with a jetpack" -- Sure, that's cute
"The character is named 'Jetpack Cat'" -- C'mon. Try a little bit. Just a skosh of effort
"The character is named 'Jetpack Cat'" -- C'mon. Try a little bit. Just a skosh of effort
February 4, 2026 at 9:11 PM
Jetpack Cat has existed as concept art since the launch of the game, such that Overwatch fans have spent a decade demanding Jetpack Cat. Hero names are generally not the character’s actual name, so it’s fine as a hero name. If you used any other hero name, everyone would still just say “Jetpack Cat”