Douglas Howell
@douglaswatchanime.bsky.social
A 51-year old anime fan who dabbles in historian. Or an amateur historian who enjoys anime. Something like that, anyway.
At some point in the next week, I'll be removing all my ANIME QUOTES OF THE DAY, from this account and my others. They'll show up again in due course.
December 26, 2025 at 11:36 AM
At some point in the next week, I'll be removing all my ANIME QUOTES OF THE DAY, from this account and my others. They'll show up again in due course.
Reposted by Douglas Howell
Drop some anime
www.youtube.com/watch?v=Dry3...
@douglaswatchanime.bsky.social January 5 2026
#DouglasWatchesEveryAnime
www.youtube.com/watch?v=Dry3...
@douglaswatchanime.bsky.social January 5 2026
#DouglasWatchesEveryAnime
December 26, 2025 at 10:48 AM
Drop some anime
www.youtube.com/watch?v=Dry3...
@douglaswatchanime.bsky.social January 5 2026
#DouglasWatchesEveryAnime
www.youtube.com/watch?v=Dry3...
@douglaswatchanime.bsky.social January 5 2026
#DouglasWatchesEveryAnime
About 12 years ago, I was living with some good friends and watching anime with them. That was the first time I saw "Cowboy Bebop" and "Trigun". A small bee crawled into my bonnet that day, and suggested an article in the old "compare and contrast" essay style of my A-level youth. 1/2
December 24, 2025 at 9:51 PM
About 12 years ago, I was living with some good friends and watching anime with them. That was the first time I saw "Cowboy Bebop" and "Trigun". A small bee crawled into my bonnet that day, and suggested an article in the old "compare and contrast" essay style of my A-level youth. 1/2
This blog launches on January 5th, and it's starting to feel real now. I need a better logo.
December 16, 2025 at 12:41 PM
This blog launches on January 5th, and it's starting to feel real now. I need a better logo.
Reposted by Douglas Howell
If you want to read and listen to reviews of old anime - and I mean really old - then #DouglasWatchesEveryAnime is starting in January.
Once that's up and running, I'll be reviewing music as #LookDadOldTunes, at a site to be determined.
#MusicReview #AnimeReview
Once that's up and running, I'll be reviewing music as #LookDadOldTunes, at a site to be determined.
#MusicReview #AnimeReview
December 12, 2025 at 12:06 PM
If you want to read and listen to reviews of old anime - and I mean really old - then #DouglasWatchesEveryAnime is starting in January.
Once that's up and running, I'll be reviewing music as #LookDadOldTunes, at a site to be determined.
#MusicReview #AnimeReview
Once that's up and running, I'll be reviewing music as #LookDadOldTunes, at a site to be determined.
#MusicReview #AnimeReview
Don't fuck with an elephant unless you're absolutely, positively certain they can't call for backup.
This is the moral of "Oppel And The Elephant" (NHK, 1960), and what it is, and what it is too. I'd have called it common sense, personally.
This is the moral of "Oppel And The Elephant" (NHK, 1960), and what it is, and what it is too. I'd have called it common sense, personally.
December 3, 2025 at 6:32 PM
Don't fuck with an elephant unless you're absolutely, positively certain they can't call for backup.
This is the moral of "Oppel And The Elephant" (NHK, 1960), and what it is, and what it is too. I'd have called it common sense, personally.
This is the moral of "Oppel And The Elephant" (NHK, 1960), and what it is, and what it is too. I'd have called it common sense, personally.
ENTIRELY INNOCENT ANIME QUOTE OF THE DAY
"What if someone sees us like this? I'd be... Let's just go to my house."
Dr. Borombo to Ken, Ep. 79, "The Stolen Gatchaman Information", SCIENCE NINJA TEAM GATCHAMAN
I didn't think it was _that_ easy to pick up twinks in 70s Japan.
"What if someone sees us like this? I'd be... Let's just go to my house."
Dr. Borombo to Ken, Ep. 79, "The Stolen Gatchaman Information", SCIENCE NINJA TEAM GATCHAMAN
I didn't think it was _that_ easy to pick up twinks in 70s Japan.
June 5, 2025 at 10:38 AM
ENTIRELY INNOCENT ANIME QUOTE OF THE DAY
"What if someone sees us like this? I'd be... Let's just go to my house."
Dr. Borombo to Ken, Ep. 79, "The Stolen Gatchaman Information", SCIENCE NINJA TEAM GATCHAMAN
I didn't think it was _that_ easy to pick up twinks in 70s Japan.
"What if someone sees us like this? I'd be... Let's just go to my house."
Dr. Borombo to Ken, Ep. 79, "The Stolen Gatchaman Information", SCIENCE NINJA TEAM GATCHAMAN
I didn't think it was _that_ easy to pick up twinks in 70s Japan.
SHOCKINGLY SENSIBLE ANIME QUOTE OF THE DAY
"You imbecile! It's that kind of attitude that always lets them get away! Kill them off, now!"
Berg Katse, with unprecedented levels of genre awareness, "Berg Katse Triumphs", Ep. 77, "SCIENCE NINJA TEAM GATCHAMAN".
"You imbecile! It's that kind of attitude that always lets them get away! Kill them off, now!"
Berg Katse, with unprecedented levels of genre awareness, "Berg Katse Triumphs", Ep. 77, "SCIENCE NINJA TEAM GATCHAMAN".
June 4, 2025 at 11:19 AM
SHOCKINGLY SENSIBLE ANIME QUOTE OF THE DAY
"You imbecile! It's that kind of attitude that always lets them get away! Kill them off, now!"
Berg Katse, with unprecedented levels of genre awareness, "Berg Katse Triumphs", Ep. 77, "SCIENCE NINJA TEAM GATCHAMAN".
"You imbecile! It's that kind of attitude that always lets them get away! Kill them off, now!"
Berg Katse, with unprecedented levels of genre awareness, "Berg Katse Triumphs", Ep. 77, "SCIENCE NINJA TEAM GATCHAMAN".
RIDICULOUS ANIME QUOTE OF THE DAY
"We will immediately proceed with the mission to exterminate the human race with grasshoppers!"
Berg Katse, who might finally be running out of ideas, Episode 72, "Swarm! A Plague Of Mini Iron Beasts", SCIENCE NINJA TEAM GATCHAMAN
"We will immediately proceed with the mission to exterminate the human race with grasshoppers!"
Berg Katse, who might finally be running out of ideas, Episode 72, "Swarm! A Plague Of Mini Iron Beasts", SCIENCE NINJA TEAM GATCHAMAN
June 3, 2025 at 12:07 PM
RIDICULOUS ANIME QUOTE OF THE DAY
"We will immediately proceed with the mission to exterminate the human race with grasshoppers!"
Berg Katse, who might finally be running out of ideas, Episode 72, "Swarm! A Plague Of Mini Iron Beasts", SCIENCE NINJA TEAM GATCHAMAN
"We will immediately proceed with the mission to exterminate the human race with grasshoppers!"
Berg Katse, who might finally be running out of ideas, Episode 72, "Swarm! A Plague Of Mini Iron Beasts", SCIENCE NINJA TEAM GATCHAMAN
ANIME NOTES: SCIENCE NINJA TEAM GATCHAMAN
Compared to the klutzy portrayals of soccer/football and kickboxing that we've seen on Gatchaman in the past, it's fascinating to see how well baseball's shown in Episode 63, "Massacring Mecha Curve Balls". I know how big the game is in Japan, but still.
Compared to the klutzy portrayals of soccer/football and kickboxing that we've seen on Gatchaman in the past, it's fascinating to see how well baseball's shown in Episode 63, "Massacring Mecha Curve Balls". I know how big the game is in Japan, but still.
May 25, 2025 at 12:37 PM
ANIME NOTES: SCIENCE NINJA TEAM GATCHAMAN
Compared to the klutzy portrayals of soccer/football and kickboxing that we've seen on Gatchaman in the past, it's fascinating to see how well baseball's shown in Episode 63, "Massacring Mecha Curve Balls". I know how big the game is in Japan, but still.
Compared to the klutzy portrayals of soccer/football and kickboxing that we've seen on Gatchaman in the past, it's fascinating to see how well baseball's shown in Episode 63, "Massacring Mecha Curve Balls". I know how big the game is in Japan, but still.
An Operation Sealion joke, GATCHAMAN? Really?
May 19, 2025 at 9:07 AM
An Operation Sealion joke, GATCHAMAN? Really?
RIDICULOUS ANIME QUOTE OF THE DAY
"This is the magnificent recording studio in Galactor's secret underground base."
Berg Katse, who is so evil that they won't even balk at being a record company executive, "Murder Music ", Episode 41, "SCIENCE NINJA TEAM GATCHAMAN".
"This is the magnificent recording studio in Galactor's secret underground base."
Berg Katse, who is so evil that they won't even balk at being a record company executive, "Murder Music ", Episode 41, "SCIENCE NINJA TEAM GATCHAMAN".
May 14, 2025 at 12:20 PM
RIDICULOUS ANIME QUOTE OF THE DAY
"This is the magnificent recording studio in Galactor's secret underground base."
Berg Katse, who is so evil that they won't even balk at being a record company executive, "Murder Music ", Episode 41, "SCIENCE NINJA TEAM GATCHAMAN".
"This is the magnificent recording studio in Galactor's secret underground base."
Berg Katse, who is so evil that they won't even balk at being a record company executive, "Murder Music ", Episode 41, "SCIENCE NINJA TEAM GATCHAMAN".
Two successive episodes of "Science Ninja Team Gatchaman" that couldn't be more different.
Ep 35 is an inexplicable dip into an Arab-coded civil war that would have meant the ISO was meddling in global politics, where no-one knew Galactor was actually involved until the third act. But then!
Ep 35 is an inexplicable dip into an Arab-coded civil war that would have meant the ISO was meddling in global politics, where no-one knew Galactor was actually involved until the third act. But then!
May 12, 2025 at 11:41 AM
Two successive episodes of "Science Ninja Team Gatchaman" that couldn't be more different.
Ep 35 is an inexplicable dip into an Arab-coded civil war that would have meant the ISO was meddling in global politics, where no-one knew Galactor was actually involved until the third act. But then!
Ep 35 is an inexplicable dip into an Arab-coded civil war that would have meant the ISO was meddling in global politics, where no-one knew Galactor was actually involved until the third act. But then!
INFORMATIVE ANIME QUOTE OF THE DAY
"Please, Doctor. Send a strong electrical current into Dr. Nambu's brain."
Ken the Eagle, accidentally teaching me that electroconvulsive therapy is still in use today, "The Evil Aurora Operation", Ep. 34, "SCIENCE NINJA TEAM GATCHAMAN".
"Please, Doctor. Send a strong electrical current into Dr. Nambu's brain."
Ken the Eagle, accidentally teaching me that electroconvulsive therapy is still in use today, "The Evil Aurora Operation", Ep. 34, "SCIENCE NINJA TEAM GATCHAMAN".
May 11, 2025 at 1:33 PM
INFORMATIVE ANIME QUOTE OF THE DAY
"Please, Doctor. Send a strong electrical current into Dr. Nambu's brain."
Ken the Eagle, accidentally teaching me that electroconvulsive therapy is still in use today, "The Evil Aurora Operation", Ep. 34, "SCIENCE NINJA TEAM GATCHAMAN".
"Please, Doctor. Send a strong electrical current into Dr. Nambu's brain."
Ken the Eagle, accidentally teaching me that electroconvulsive therapy is still in use today, "The Evil Aurora Operation", Ep. 34, "SCIENCE NINJA TEAM GATCHAMAN".
it's always amusing to watch football animated by someone who has clearly never seen it.
May 9, 2025 at 10:57 AM
it's always amusing to watch football animated by someone who has clearly never seen it.
ANIME NOTES: WHAT THE FUCK, GATCHAMAN
When I read the title of episode 25, "The Magma Giant, Emperor Of Hell", I was not expecting said giant to have the face of Christ, which had been hammered out of this universe's version of Mount Rushmore. I need more coffee.
When I read the title of episode 25, "The Magma Giant, Emperor Of Hell", I was not expecting said giant to have the face of Christ, which had been hammered out of this universe's version of Mount Rushmore. I need more coffee.
May 8, 2025 at 12:19 PM
ANIME NOTES: WHAT THE FUCK, GATCHAMAN
When I read the title of episode 25, "The Magma Giant, Emperor Of Hell", I was not expecting said giant to have the face of Christ, which had been hammered out of this universe's version of Mount Rushmore. I need more coffee.
When I read the title of episode 25, "The Magma Giant, Emperor Of Hell", I was not expecting said giant to have the face of Christ, which had been hammered out of this universe's version of Mount Rushmore. I need more coffee.
RIDICULOUS ANIME QUOTE OF THE DAY
"Darn, it's tough being a ninja."
Jinpei, who wanted to go in all Birdstyle, "The Neon Giant That Smiles In The Dark ", Episode 24, "SCIENCE NINJA TEAM GATCHAMAN" (see also BATTLE OF THE PLANETS, EAGLE RIDERS).
"Darn, it's tough being a ninja."
Jinpei, who wanted to go in all Birdstyle, "The Neon Giant That Smiles In The Dark ", Episode 24, "SCIENCE NINJA TEAM GATCHAMAN" (see also BATTLE OF THE PLANETS, EAGLE RIDERS).
May 8, 2025 at 10:33 AM
RIDICULOUS ANIME QUOTE OF THE DAY
"Darn, it's tough being a ninja."
Jinpei, who wanted to go in all Birdstyle, "The Neon Giant That Smiles In The Dark ", Episode 24, "SCIENCE NINJA TEAM GATCHAMAN" (see also BATTLE OF THE PLANETS, EAGLE RIDERS).
"Darn, it's tough being a ninja."
Jinpei, who wanted to go in all Birdstyle, "The Neon Giant That Smiles In The Dark ", Episode 24, "SCIENCE NINJA TEAM GATCHAMAN" (see also BATTLE OF THE PLANETS, EAGLE RIDERS).
RIDICULOUS ANIME QUOTE OF THE DAY
"Big brother, is it true that a whale has destroyed a petrochemical complex?"
Jinpei, for whom this is just another day in the office, "Revenge! The Whale Operation", Episode 18, "SCIENCE NINJA TEAM GATCHAMAN" (see also BATTLE OF THE PLANETS, EAGLE RIDERS)
"Big brother, is it true that a whale has destroyed a petrochemical complex?"
Jinpei, for whom this is just another day in the office, "Revenge! The Whale Operation", Episode 18, "SCIENCE NINJA TEAM GATCHAMAN" (see also BATTLE OF THE PLANETS, EAGLE RIDERS)
May 6, 2025 at 11:51 AM
RIDICULOUS ANIME QUOTE OF THE DAY
"Big brother, is it true that a whale has destroyed a petrochemical complex?"
Jinpei, for whom this is just another day in the office, "Revenge! The Whale Operation", Episode 18, "SCIENCE NINJA TEAM GATCHAMAN" (see also BATTLE OF THE PLANETS, EAGLE RIDERS)
"Big brother, is it true that a whale has destroyed a petrochemical complex?"
Jinpei, for whom this is just another day in the office, "Revenge! The Whale Operation", Episode 18, "SCIENCE NINJA TEAM GATCHAMAN" (see also BATTLE OF THE PLANETS, EAGLE RIDERS)
GENUINELY CREEPY ANIME QUOTE OF THE DAY
"However, within this sea of death, a new lifeform is now preparing to be born."
Narrator, talking about what's obviously New York City, "The Fearsome Jellyfish Lens", Ep. 15, "SCIENCE NINJA TEAM GATCHAMAN" (aka Battle Of The Planets only really, really not)
"However, within this sea of death, a new lifeform is now preparing to be born."
Narrator, talking about what's obviously New York City, "The Fearsome Jellyfish Lens", Ep. 15, "SCIENCE NINJA TEAM GATCHAMAN" (aka Battle Of The Planets only really, really not)
May 3, 2025 at 11:51 AM
GENUINELY CREEPY ANIME QUOTE OF THE DAY
"However, within this sea of death, a new lifeform is now preparing to be born."
Narrator, talking about what's obviously New York City, "The Fearsome Jellyfish Lens", Ep. 15, "SCIENCE NINJA TEAM GATCHAMAN" (aka Battle Of The Planets only really, really not)
"However, within this sea of death, a new lifeform is now preparing to be born."
Narrator, talking about what's obviously New York City, "The Fearsome Jellyfish Lens", Ep. 15, "SCIENCE NINJA TEAM GATCHAMAN" (aka Battle Of The Planets only really, really not)
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I thought I was going to play some Elite Dangerous tonight. But as I was walking down the stairs, my brain sang "Kagaku ninjatai, Gatchaman! Gatchaman" at me. So it's Battle of the Planets instead. Oh well. How sad.
www.youtube.com/watch?v=y7Bl...
www.youtube.com/watch?v=y7Bl...
Bob Sakuma - Destroy Galactor! (Gatchaman Theme)
YouTube video by wesgriff1
www.youtube.com
May 1, 2025 at 6:07 PM
I thought I was going to play some Elite Dangerous tonight. But as I was walking down the stairs, my brain sang "Kagaku ninjatai, Gatchaman! Gatchaman" at me. So it's Battle of the Planets instead. Oh well. How sad.
www.youtube.com/watch?v=y7Bl...
www.youtube.com/watch?v=y7Bl...
Reposted by Douglas Howell
Anyone speak Japanese?
April 29, 2025 at 12:40 PM
Anyone speak Japanese?
Back on the DWEA and watching "Kagaku Ninjatai Gatchaman" [“Science Ninja Team Gatchaman”], better known as Battle of the Planets. 1/3
April 28, 2025 at 4:12 PM
Back on the DWEA and watching "Kagaku Ninjatai Gatchaman" [“Science Ninja Team Gatchaman”], better known as Battle of the Planets. 1/3
This is the first attempt by SUZUKI Toshimichi to get an idea out of his head. The next two would be "Bubblegum Crisis" and "A.D. Police", which would be a lot bloodier and lingerie-clad.
At some point I'll be reviewing both those titles on probably YouTube? Keep this frequency clear.
At some point I'll be reviewing both those titles on probably YouTube? Keep this frequency clear.
April 27, 2025 at 8:06 PM
This is the first attempt by SUZUKI Toshimichi to get an idea out of his head. The next two would be "Bubblegum Crisis" and "A.D. Police", which would be a lot bloodier and lingerie-clad.
At some point I'll be reviewing both those titles on probably YouTube? Keep this frequency clear.
At some point I'll be reviewing both those titles on probably YouTube? Keep this frequency clear.
ANIME RANT TIME
In 1935, SEO Mitsuyo and his Nihon Manga Film studio made a cartoon called "一寸法師ちび助物語" or "Issunboshi - Chibi Jo Monogatari".
And the American translators decided to call it "The Japanese Tom Thumb". And it made me very angry, when I came to write the review. 1/2
In 1935, SEO Mitsuyo and his Nihon Manga Film studio made a cartoon called "一寸法師ちび助物語" or "Issunboshi - Chibi Jo Monogatari".
And the American translators decided to call it "The Japanese Tom Thumb". And it made me very angry, when I came to write the review. 1/2
February 27, 2025 at 12:49 PM
ANIME RANT TIME
In 1935, SEO Mitsuyo and his Nihon Manga Film studio made a cartoon called "一寸法師ちび助物語" or "Issunboshi - Chibi Jo Monogatari".
And the American translators decided to call it "The Japanese Tom Thumb". And it made me very angry, when I came to write the review. 1/2
In 1935, SEO Mitsuyo and his Nihon Manga Film studio made a cartoon called "一寸法師ちび助物語" or "Issunboshi - Chibi Jo Monogatari".
And the American translators decided to call it "The Japanese Tom Thumb". And it made me very angry, when I came to write the review. 1/2
I just sent an email off to a certain YouTube railway historian after finding a 1932 "animation" that was really a collection of live-action railway clips. It's rather more his part of the Venn diagram than mine, but he's famous enough to have been in a Jay Foreman video. So I'm surprised I did it.
January 30, 2025 at 2:15 PM
I just sent an email off to a certain YouTube railway historian after finding a 1932 "animation" that was really a collection of live-action railway clips. It's rather more his part of the Venn diagram than mine, but he's famous enough to have been in a Jay Foreman video. So I'm surprised I did it.