Liam Dempsey
@shymander.com
📰📊🧩Sr. EN Editorial Producer @crunchyroll.com
🇦🇺🏳️🌈 26M Down Under
🤝Anime, film, video games, puzzles, and just enough sport
🇦🇺🏳️🌈 26M Down Under
🤝Anime, film, video games, puzzles, and just enough sport
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Liam Dempsey
@shymander.com
· Oct 25
Time to start posting here again — I wrote (see: rambled) about the process of making an anime-themed crossword, including its challenges, the philosophies I follow, and just how much fun I'm having.
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Should I get back into Deadlock…
January 24, 2026 at 8:25 AM
Should I get back into Deadlock…
My favourite clues/terms in this week's crosswords:
➢ Ark builder + where that ark landed = "Noble Reincarnation" protagonist (10)
➢ Localized name for Hell in the original English dub of "Dragon Ball Z" (4)
➢ Neo ___, setting of "Romeo x Juliet" (6)
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➢ Ark builder + where that ark landed = "Noble Reincarnation" protagonist (10)
➢ Localized name for Hell in the original English dub of "Dragon Ball Z" (4)
➢ Neo ___, setting of "Romeo x Juliet" (6)
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January 24, 2026 at 3:46 AM
My favourite clues/terms in this week's crosswords:
➢ Ark builder + where that ark landed = "Noble Reincarnation" protagonist (10)
➢ Localized name for Hell in the original English dub of "Dragon Ball Z" (4)
➢ Neo ___, setting of "Romeo x Juliet" (6)
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➢ Ark builder + where that ark landed = "Noble Reincarnation" protagonist (10)
➢ Localized name for Hell in the original English dub of "Dragon Ball Z" (4)
➢ Neo ___, setting of "Romeo x Juliet" (6)
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Reposted by Liam Dempsey
Damage Report: A Blow-by-Blow Account of Yano-kun's Ordinary Days
By @shymander.com
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By @shymander.com
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January 23, 2026 at 4:09 PM
Damage Report: A Blow-by-Blow Account of Yano-kun's Ordinary Days
By @shymander.com
Read: www.crunchyroll.com/news/feature...
By @shymander.com
Read: www.crunchyroll.com/news/feature...
"Tiararose Clamentile" sounds like the Benedict Cumberbatch mispronunciation joke but for Timothée Chalamet
January 23, 2026 at 2:27 AM
"Tiararose Clamentile" sounds like the Benedict Cumberbatch mispronunciation joke but for Timothée Chalamet
yoooo they put Legoshi on a craft beer
January 22, 2026 at 11:40 AM
yoooo they put Legoshi on a craft beer
My favourite part about the Winter 2026 season so far is that the shows I'm watching are almost perfectly spread out as two new episodes for each day, unlike last season where I was scrambling to watch half my list on Thursday and the other half on Saturday.
January 19, 2026 at 12:26 AM
My favourite part about the Winter 2026 season so far is that the shows I'm watching are almost perfectly spread out as two new episodes for each day, unlike last season where I was scrambling to watch half my list on Thursday and the other half on Saturday.
Anyone But You (2023) is not a movie I would ever want to revisit, but I have to give it credit coz I quote "oh my god you're hot girl fit" at least once a week
January 14, 2026 at 5:04 AM
Anyone But You (2023) is not a movie I would ever want to revisit, but I have to give it credit coz I quote "oh my god you're hot girl fit" at least once a week
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I Photoshop Paddington into a movie, TV show, or pop culture until I forget: Day 1765
January 13, 2026 at 6:26 AM
I Photoshop Paddington into a movie, TV show, or pop culture until I forget: Day 1765
The highest number of day-and-date English dubs in a season I can recall is 4.
Winter 2026 has 7.
Winter 2026 has 7.
January 9, 2026 at 3:14 AM
The highest number of day-and-date English dubs in a season I can recall is 4.
Winter 2026 has 7.
Winter 2026 has 7.
No surprises here letterboxd.com/shymander/ye...
January 3, 2026 at 2:56 AM
No surprises here letterboxd.com/shymander/ye...
I can't believe the first song I listened to in 2026 was Shooting Stars from someone's balcony
December 31, 2025 at 1:23 PM
I can't believe the first song I listened to in 2026 was Shooting Stars from someone's balcony
when you run "whitewashing" through google translate a few times
December 21, 2025 at 7:07 AM
when you run "whitewashing" through google translate a few times
I didn't realise this was a Hunter x Hunter spin-off anime 😮
December 21, 2025 at 4:39 AM
I didn't realise this was a Hunter x Hunter spin-off anime 😮
Holy shit I love Mega Man now
December 19, 2025 at 8:47 PM
Holy shit I love Mega Man now
Kemetsu Yaibai son or Umamasoomay daughter #thegameawards
December 12, 2025 at 1:00 AM
Kemetsu Yaibai son or Umamasoomay daughter #thegameawards
As is tradition, this selection is widely interpreted in bad faith — it's for the person/people that most *influenced* the year, and how could it be anything but AI?
Invoking "Lunch Atop a Skyscraper" for these ghouls is the real foul work.
Invoking "Lunch Atop a Skyscraper" for these ghouls is the real foul work.
Time Magazine puts the "architects of AI" on its Person of the Year cover time.com/7339685/pers...
December 12, 2025 at 12:07 AM
As is tradition, this selection is widely interpreted in bad faith — it's for the person/people that most *influenced* the year, and how could it be anything but AI?
Invoking "Lunch Atop a Skyscraper" for these ghouls is the real foul work.
Invoking "Lunch Atop a Skyscraper" for these ghouls is the real foul work.
Me saying "It wasn't the best time to go, but it could be the best to have gone" is becoming more validated by the day
December 11, 2025 at 9:07 PM
Me saying "It wasn't the best time to go, but it could be the best to have gone" is becoming more validated by the day
Reposted by Liam Dempsey
Everyone needs to listen to Gustav Holst's "The Planets", not for hoity-toity nerd reasons, but because every epic sci-fi movie OST for the past century has been directly lifting shit from this one specific collection of pieces, and you deserve to hear your favourite motif in its native environment.
December 11, 2025 at 8:15 PM
Everyone needs to listen to Gustav Holst's "The Planets", not for hoity-toity nerd reasons, but because every epic sci-fi movie OST for the past century has been directly lifting shit from this one specific collection of pieces, and you deserve to hear your favourite motif in its native environment.
I'm very happy this exists, and I understand that they're matching standard new-release rates, but it's also hard to swallow paying significantly more than the cost of a cinema ticket for a 48-hour rental.
A shame since a number of their initial picks caught my interest.
A shame since a number of their initial picks caught my interest.
December 11, 2025 at 4:10 AM
I'm very happy this exists, and I understand that they're matching standard new-release rates, but it's also hard to swallow paying significantly more than the cost of a cinema ticket for a 48-hour rental.
A shame since a number of their initial picks caught my interest.
A shame since a number of their initial picks caught my interest.
Tokyo Ghoul Remake Derangement Syndrome is about to get a whole lot worse
December 11, 2025 at 1:36 AM
Tokyo Ghoul Remake Derangement Syndrome is about to get a whole lot worse
I like it when he becomes a Moomin. A Bloomin, if you will.
December 9, 2025 at 11:36 PM
I like it when he becomes a Moomin. A Bloomin, if you will.
finally watched Sinners
December 7, 2025 at 1:06 AM
finally watched Sinners
It's only a matter of time before people start saying "wrappedslop"
December 5, 2025 at 1:15 AM
It's only a matter of time before people start saying "wrappedslop"
My favourite clues from this week's crosswords:
➢ She is the one named Sailor Moon (5)
➢ Muppet who cosplayed Luffy for Halloween (4)
➢ Dungeon monster that Frieren often falls victim to (5)
➢ 11 and 18, in "Code Geass" (5)
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➢ She is the one named Sailor Moon (5)
➢ Muppet who cosplayed Luffy for Halloween (4)
➢ Dungeon monster that Frieren often falls victim to (5)
➢ 11 and 18, in "Code Geass" (5)
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December 2, 2025 at 11:35 AM
My favourite clues from this week's crosswords:
➢ She is the one named Sailor Moon (5)
➢ Muppet who cosplayed Luffy for Halloween (4)
➢ Dungeon monster that Frieren often falls victim to (5)
➢ 11 and 18, in "Code Geass" (5)
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➢ She is the one named Sailor Moon (5)
➢ Muppet who cosplayed Luffy for Halloween (4)
➢ Dungeon monster that Frieren often falls victim to (5)
➢ 11 and 18, in "Code Geass" (5)
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