Michael Lee 🌿✨
@sab0tender.bsky.social
Writer. Anime & Video Game Enjoyer.
Words at AnimeNewsNetwork, Kotaku, Polygon, Paste, Salon, Unwinnable.
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🖼️: @/udeta_ on Twitter!
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🖼️: @/udeta_ on Twitter!
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Michael Lee 🌿✨
@sab0tender.bsky.social
· Jun 26
'Newtypes' are a big part of Gundam lore. But what are they? Why do they matter?
I'm telling you, Newtypes might be the most important thing IN ALL OF GUNDAM. It's not just 'kid who pilots robot good'. Tomino's vision for Newtypes is so much more! Read this!
www.kosatenmag.com/home/gundam-...
I'm telling you, Newtypes might be the most important thing IN ALL OF GUNDAM. It's not just 'kid who pilots robot good'. Tomino's vision for Newtypes is so much more! Read this!
www.kosatenmag.com/home/gundam-...
Frieren S2 has me excited. This trailer looks like a return to the wistful nostalgia and ruminations on time, memory and friendship that was the best part of S1.
A while back, I wrote about why this is Frieren’s best mode and how dang relatable it all is: www.kosatenmag.com/home/memory-...
A while back, I wrote about why this is Frieren’s best mode and how dang relatable it all is: www.kosatenmag.com/home/memory-...
November 21, 2025 at 9:32 PM
Frieren S2 has me excited. This trailer looks like a return to the wistful nostalgia and ruminations on time, memory and friendship that was the best part of S1.
A while back, I wrote about why this is Frieren’s best mode and how dang relatable it all is: www.kosatenmag.com/home/memory-...
A while back, I wrote about why this is Frieren’s best mode and how dang relatable it all is: www.kosatenmag.com/home/memory-...
November 21, 2025 at 3:02 AM
Reposted by Michael Lee 🌿✨
If you’re a fan of cursed, queer situationships; check out the Santa Claus anime!
Seriously, it’s an amazing exploration of adolescence.
Seriously, it’s an amazing exploration of adolescence.
[Review] Episode 6 of Sanda is not perfect, but it is deeply personal and I’d argue that makes it better than perfect.
SANDA ‒ Episode 6
www.animenewsnetwork.com
November 9, 2025 at 3:15 PM
If you’re a fan of cursed, queer situationships; check out the Santa Claus anime!
Seriously, it’s an amazing exploration of adolescence.
Seriously, it’s an amazing exploration of adolescence.
Me watching Chainsaw Man: Reze.
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November 6, 2025 at 8:31 AM
Me watching Chainsaw Man: Reze.
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The Ryoko Kui/Delicious in Dungeon exhibition in NYC is super cool and if you’re in the city, and you’re a fan of the series, what are you waiting for?! Check it out ASAP yo!
October 10, 2025 at 8:49 PM
The Ryoko Kui/Delicious in Dungeon exhibition in NYC is super cool and if you’re in the city, and you’re a fan of the series, what are you waiting for?! Check it out ASAP yo!
Got a real nice comment on this piece about Gundam and Newtypes and why they’re important, and it got me all fired up about Gundam again.
I want YOU to be fired up about Gundam too, so read this thing I wrote! It’s good even if you’re not a Gundam head! I swear!
I want YOU to be fired up about Gundam too, so read this thing I wrote! It’s good even if you’re not a Gundam head! I swear!
'Newtypes' are a big part of Gundam lore. But what are they? Why do they matter?
I'm telling you, Newtypes might be the most important thing IN ALL OF GUNDAM. It's not just 'kid who pilots robot good'. Tomino's vision for Newtypes is so much more! Read this!
www.kosatenmag.com/home/gundam-...
I'm telling you, Newtypes might be the most important thing IN ALL OF GUNDAM. It's not just 'kid who pilots robot good'. Tomino's vision for Newtypes is so much more! Read this!
www.kosatenmag.com/home/gundam-...
October 10, 2025 at 3:25 PM
Got a real nice comment on this piece about Gundam and Newtypes and why they’re important, and it got me all fired up about Gundam again.
I want YOU to be fired up about Gundam too, so read this thing I wrote! It’s good even if you’re not a Gundam head! I swear!
I want YOU to be fired up about Gundam too, so read this thing I wrote! It’s good even if you’re not a Gundam head! I swear!
This is so insane that we’re really just gonna let Silicon Valley shitheads cook our planet like this… where’s AVALANCHE when you need them?
September 4, 2025 at 9:46 PM
This is so insane that we’re really just gonna let Silicon Valley shitheads cook our planet like this… where’s AVALANCHE when you need them?
Can I go shopping at 'Boutique'?
It... looks pretty cool.
High degree of difficulty fashion,
but it all looks really fun to wear!
✨👕👖🥾✨ #CITYAnime #ブティック
It... looks pretty cool.
High degree of difficulty fashion,
but it all looks really fun to wear!
✨👕👖🥾✨ #CITYAnime #ブティック
September 1, 2025 at 4:06 AM
Can I go shopping at 'Boutique'?
It... looks pretty cool.
High degree of difficulty fashion,
but it all looks really fun to wear!
✨👕👖🥾✨ #CITYAnime #ブティック
It... looks pretty cool.
High degree of difficulty fashion,
but it all looks really fun to wear!
✨👕👖🥾✨ #CITYAnime #ブティック
Seeing that 'it' didn't happen... (yet.)
August 30, 2025 at 7:36 PM
Seeing that 'it' didn't happen... (yet.)
No offence at all to Midori, but when we're dealing with Maid Hatsuka, get the hell outta the way!
#CalloftheNight #YofukashiNoUta
#CalloftheNight #YofukashiNoUta
August 29, 2025 at 10:14 PM
No offence at all to Midori, but when we're dealing with Maid Hatsuka, get the hell outta the way!
#CalloftheNight #YofukashiNoUta
#CalloftheNight #YofukashiNoUta
Maid Hatsuka.
I repeat.
MAID HATSUKA‼️
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I repeat.
MAID HATSUKA‼️
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August 29, 2025 at 10:05 PM
Maid Hatsuka.
I repeat.
MAID HATSUKA‼️
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I repeat.
MAID HATSUKA‼️
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I don’t often recommend video essays, there’s such a glut of mediocrity in the style, but holy shit, Elephant Graveyard’s piece on comedy’s place in the hyperreal simulacra is mesmerizing stuff.
This might be my gold standard for video essays. I love it so much.
youtu.be/ewvRS3NwIlQ?...
This might be my gold standard for video essays. I love it so much.
youtu.be/ewvRS3NwIlQ?...
How Comedy Was Destroyed by an Anti-Reality Doomsday Cult
YouTube video by The Elephant Graveyard
youtu.be
August 20, 2025 at 11:45 PM
I don’t often recommend video essays, there’s such a glut of mediocrity in the style, but holy shit, Elephant Graveyard’s piece on comedy’s place in the hyperreal simulacra is mesmerizing stuff.
This might be my gold standard for video essays. I love it so much.
youtu.be/ewvRS3NwIlQ?...
This might be my gold standard for video essays. I love it so much.
youtu.be/ewvRS3NwIlQ?...
Something about Hikaru's version of the choral club's piece "Hibi no Kage" just hits different. The choir really nailed it, but... this... it's like he's singing it just for Yoshiki. This weird lil monster trying to connect with his one and only friend. 🥲
#TheSummerHikaruDied #HikaNatsu #ひかなつアニメ
#TheSummerHikaruDied #HikaNatsu #ひかなつアニメ
August 17, 2025 at 2:41 AM
Something about Hikaru's version of the choral club's piece "Hibi no Kage" just hits different. The choir really nailed it, but... this... it's like he's singing it just for Yoshiki. This weird lil monster trying to connect with his one and only friend. 🥲
#TheSummerHikaruDied #HikaNatsu #ひかなつアニメ
#TheSummerHikaruDied #HikaNatsu #ひかなつアニメ
Call of the Night S2 has been SO GOOD. SO. GOOD.
But I gotta be real, every week I see Hatsuka in the opening, and then he doesn't show up... has me in despair. I think he's done for the season too... 😭
Starting a petition for a Hatsuka spinoff. 😍
But I gotta be real, every week I see Hatsuka in the opening, and then he doesn't show up... has me in despair. I think he's done for the season too... 😭
Starting a petition for a Hatsuka spinoff. 😍
August 15, 2025 at 11:46 PM
Call of the Night S2 has been SO GOOD. SO. GOOD.
But I gotta be real, every week I see Hatsuka in the opening, and then he doesn't show up... has me in despair. I think he's done for the season too... 😭
Starting a petition for a Hatsuka spinoff. 😍
But I gotta be real, every week I see Hatsuka in the opening, and then he doesn't show up... has me in despair. I think he's done for the season too... 😭
Starting a petition for a Hatsuka spinoff. 😍
ONIGIRI CATCH THEORY!
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August 10, 2025 at 10:31 PM
ONIGIRI CATCH THEORY!
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I know I'm just a little guy on here, posting/writing about anime into the void, but when you look at your pitiful analytics and see that 88 ppl hung out on your website and read your piece on Gundam for like 10 minutes at a time... that's pretty cool. 😄
Thx for hanging out, random internet ppl.
Thx for hanging out, random internet ppl.
August 7, 2025 at 2:38 AM
I know I'm just a little guy on here, posting/writing about anime into the void, but when you look at your pitiful analytics and see that 88 ppl hung out on your website and read your piece on Gundam for like 10 minutes at a time... that's pretty cool. 😄
Thx for hanging out, random internet ppl.
Thx for hanging out, random internet ppl.
Streets of CITY go hard! Do NOT mess with Wako, Nagumo & Niikura. They run the shotengai. ⛩️🏡🏫🏥
August 3, 2025 at 8:07 PM
Streets of CITY go hard! Do NOT mess with Wako, Nagumo & Niikura. They run the shotengai. ⛩️🏡🏫🏥
July 26, 2025 at 9:46 PM
This sideways downward glance by Himeno here pierced my heart. A great expression that conveys all that uncertainty and the fear of rejection or being seen as weird...
Was so glad the gals were ALL ABOUT IT. I don't think I could've handled them bullying my boy Himeno. 🥲
#DressUpDarling
Was so glad the gals were ALL ABOUT IT. I don't think I could've handled them bullying my boy Himeno. 🥲
#DressUpDarling
July 21, 2025 at 3:16 AM
This sideways downward glance by Himeno here pierced my heart. A great expression that conveys all that uncertainty and the fear of rejection or being seen as weird...
Was so glad the gals were ALL ABOUT IT. I don't think I could've handled them bullying my boy Himeno. 🥲
#DressUpDarling
Was so glad the gals were ALL ABOUT IT. I don't think I could've handled them bullying my boy Himeno. 🥲
#DressUpDarling
"I asked chatGPT" "I asked grok" well I asked Tommy Wiseau and he told me:
July 19, 2025 at 9:49 PM
"I asked chatGPT" "I asked grok" well I asked Tommy Wiseau and he told me:
My grandpa’s golfing buddy was Bruce Greenwood’s father-in-law, so I got to play a round of golf with Bruce Greenwood once. He was pretty chill. Not bad at golf either. ⛳️🏌️
July 18, 2025 at 2:43 AM
My grandpa’s golfing buddy was Bruce Greenwood’s father-in-law, so I got to play a round of golf with Bruce Greenwood once. He was pretty chill. Not bad at golf either. ⛳️🏌️
Ahhh I wish Satellite Young kept making music. There’s a lot of 80s vibes music out there, but so much of it misses the mark. It’s actually tough to get the aesthetics right. I still think about this banger to this day.
youtu.be/NYzGnXxtVsI?...
youtu.be/NYzGnXxtVsI?...
Satellite Young - Modern Romance (Official Video)
YouTube video by Satellite Young
youtu.be
July 18, 2025 at 12:15 AM
Ahhh I wish Satellite Young kept making music. There’s a lot of 80s vibes music out there, but so much of it misses the mark. It’s actually tough to get the aesthetics right. I still think about this banger to this day.
youtu.be/NYzGnXxtVsI?...
youtu.be/NYzGnXxtVsI?...
Show me an anime airing right now that looks better than CITY the Animation. I dare you. I double, triple dog dare you. It can't be done. There's no contest. This show looks amazing.
Arawi Keiichi style + KyoAni = Peak.
🏡🏫🏣 #CITYtheAnimation #あらゐけいいち
Arawi Keiichi style + KyoAni = Peak.
🏡🏫🏣 #CITYtheAnimation #あらゐけいいち
July 14, 2025 at 9:06 PM
Show me an anime airing right now that looks better than CITY the Animation. I dare you. I double, triple dog dare you. It can't be done. There's no contest. This show looks amazing.
Arawi Keiichi style + KyoAni = Peak.
🏡🏫🏣 #CITYtheAnimation #あらゐけいいち
Arawi Keiichi style + KyoAni = Peak.
🏡🏫🏣 #CITYtheAnimation #あらゐけいいち
I had to rearrange some apps on my phone, and now I'm muscle memory-ing to all the wrong places. What have I done?!
July 14, 2025 at 2:27 AM
I had to rearrange some apps on my phone, and now I'm muscle memory-ing to all the wrong places. What have I done?!