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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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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Little makes me feel more patriotic than Ashes cricket and taking the piss, but damn I still would've liked at least one more match day to have on today
November 23, 2025 at 2:50 AM
Little makes me feel more patriotic than Ashes cricket and taking the piss, but damn I still would've liked at least one more match day to have on today
My second monitor for the next month and a half
November 21, 2025 at 3:19 AM
My second monitor for the next month and a half
My favourite clues from this week's crosswords:
➢ Mecha that's like a bad dream? (10)
➢ "Initial D" : Stage :: "Food Wars!" : ___ (5)
➢ What Krillin and Chiaotzu lack, anatomically (5)
➢ 2009 remake of a 2003 anime: Abbr. (4)
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➢ Mecha that's like a bad dream? (10)
➢ "Initial D" : Stage :: "Food Wars!" : ___ (5)
➢ What Krillin and Chiaotzu lack, anatomically (5)
➢ 2009 remake of a 2003 anime: Abbr. (4)
www.crunchyroll.com/news/quizzes...
November 16, 2025 at 1:13 AM
My favourite clues from this week's crosswords:
➢ Mecha that's like a bad dream? (10)
➢ "Initial D" : Stage :: "Food Wars!" : ___ (5)
➢ What Krillin and Chiaotzu lack, anatomically (5)
➢ 2009 remake of a 2003 anime: Abbr. (4)
www.crunchyroll.com/news/quizzes...
➢ Mecha that's like a bad dream? (10)
➢ "Initial D" : Stage :: "Food Wars!" : ___ (5)
➢ What Krillin and Chiaotzu lack, anatomically (5)
➢ 2009 remake of a 2003 anime: Abbr. (4)
www.crunchyroll.com/news/quizzes...
Just saw someone wearing a Zohran Mamdani shirt in the middle of Melbourne
November 15, 2025 at 7:29 AM
Just saw someone wearing a Zohran Mamdani shirt in the middle of Melbourne
TIL there's a Japanese band and anime theme song artist called OGRE YOU ASSHOLE
November 14, 2025 at 8:20 AM
TIL there's a Japanese band and anime theme song artist called OGRE YOU ASSHOLE
It's messed up that Wagnaria!!/Working!! isn't properly streaming anywhere
November 12, 2025 at 11:38 AM
It's messed up that Wagnaria!!/Working!! isn't properly streaming anywhere
Looked up the ending for the original The Running Man book after watching the 1987 film and LMAOOOOO yeah they absolutely cannot use it
November 9, 2025 at 1:26 AM
Looked up the ending for the original The Running Man book after watching the 1987 film and LMAOOOOO yeah they absolutely cannot use it
Recalled another childhood movie missing from my Letterboxd thanks to Frankenstein
November 8, 2025 at 12:07 AM
Recalled another childhood movie missing from my Letterboxd thanks to Frankenstein
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Dispatch brings back the halcyon era of online water cooler talk: aftermath.site/dispatch-tellt...
November 5, 2025 at 7:30 PM
Dispatch brings back the halcyon era of online water cooler talk: aftermath.site/dispatch-tellt...
Campfire Cooking in Another World with My Absurd Skill says trans fat rights
November 5, 2025 at 6:58 AM
Campfire Cooking in Another World with My Absurd Skill says trans fat rights
Hopefully you've been keeping up on the current season of anime for this week's crossword 🤫 www.crunchyroll.com/news/quizzes...
November 4, 2025 at 1:39 PM
Hopefully you've been keeping up on the current season of anime for this week's crossword 🤫 www.crunchyroll.com/news/quizzes...
My Hero Academia, or as I like to call it, All for One Battle After Another
November 3, 2025 at 1:25 AM
My Hero Academia, or as I like to call it, All for One Battle After Another
Only my second time watching baseball and I don't have a horse in this race, but sheesh, even my heart is pounding. Can't imagine how ill actual supporters are feeling.
November 2, 2025 at 3:39 AM
Only my second time watching baseball and I don't have a horse in this race, but sheesh, even my heart is pounding. Can't imagine how ill actual supporters are feeling.
Senku if he liked chemistry a little too much
November 2, 2025 at 1:26 AM
Senku if he liked chemistry a little too much
ICYMI: This week's mini crossword is 100% anime and 80% horror 🤫 www.crunchyroll.com/news/quizzes...
November 1, 2025 at 3:41 AM
ICYMI: This week's mini crossword is 100% anime and 80% horror 🤫 www.crunchyroll.com/news/quizzes...
Spooky month is over but I kinda wanna keep watching horror movies anyway 😅
October 31, 2025 at 11:31 PM
Spooky month is over but I kinda wanna keep watching horror movies anyway 😅
It's funny how I don't watch any regular e-sports, nor do I play League of Legends, yet I'll watch almost every game of Worlds when it rolls around
October 31, 2025 at 11:02 AM
It's funny how I don't watch any regular e-sports, nor do I play League of Legends, yet I'll watch almost every game of Worlds when it rolls around
Got a Herman Miller Mirra 1 with all new parts coz it feels soooooo good to rock in (something I do in literally any chair)
Shopping for a new office chair sucks coz I know the usage-to-price ratio is worth paying the premium, but dropping nearly $2k on something I have no way of trying first feels like such a scam
October 31, 2025 at 3:20 AM
Got a Herman Miller Mirra 1 with all new parts coz it feels soooooo good to rock in (something I do in literally any chair)
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Looking for trans anime? Wondering what makes an anime trans? All of these are good! Well, aside from Strawberry Eggs, maybe steer clear of that one
June 14, 2025 at 4:34 PM
Looking for trans anime? Wondering what makes an anime trans? All of these are good! Well, aside from Strawberry Eggs, maybe steer clear of that one
Which way, seasonal anime watcher
October 30, 2025 at 4:19 AM
Which way, seasonal anime watcher
Just won a Halloween-themed bar trivia night with 60 points over second place that got 49 🔥🔥🔥🔥
October 28, 2025 at 10:29 AM
Just won a Halloween-themed bar trivia night with 60 points over second place that got 49 🔥🔥🔥🔥
Shopping for a new office chair sucks coz I know the usage-to-price ratio is worth paying the premium, but dropping nearly $2k on something I have no way of trying first feels like such a scam
October 28, 2025 at 3:32 AM
Shopping for a new office chair sucks coz I know the usage-to-price ratio is worth paying the premium, but dropping nearly $2k on something I have no way of trying first feels like such a scam
Nodding along when new mechanics/strategies are introduced in the GNOSIA anime not because I've played the original game, but because I played over 200 hours of Town of Salem in high school
October 27, 2025 at 4:04 AM
Nodding along when new mechanics/strategies are introduced in the GNOSIA anime not because I've played the original game, but because I played over 200 hours of Town of Salem in high school