And might as well pop into the Evangelion "Tokyo-01" Store there too if you're also a fan of that too xD

www.evastore2.jp/tokyo-01/

These "Form-Ism" Chrono Trigger figures of Marle and Crono on display at Ikebukuro Parco's SE Pop-up shop sure look great. I can hear the scalper alarm already... Any CT fans in Japan might want to pop over to see them before they're gone.

hjweb.jp/article/2643...

CH4 News had a special about the ageing population in Japan, resorting to crime so that they can be cared for... Also an old lady offering rental family services to capitalise on it while helping out people who feel lonely like herself. Sad tales.

www.channel4.com/programmes/u...

Oof... Second half of Paranoia Agent is trippy and even more depressing than the first. First half you had a serial assault guy on the loose, "saving" everyone struggling in life but then second half it's all paranormal and delusional scenes. Not a fun watch =/

Pretty crazy that JS streamer still has enough of a fan base to be active. Shows there's a market for anything, even if it's someone going around causing havoc. He'll probably serve his sentence then be back out to do it all over again sadly as long as he has backing.

What happens when you just code in a text editor instead of an IDE.

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Coding (blue) and debug (green) time pre-AI and post-AI xD

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Ha, what a twist... Already saw a clip of this episode on here but wasn't expecting Sixth Sense. This inspire that movie or something? Also can't tell if the writer was trying to discourage self-harm or not.

Half way through Paranoia Agents, various characters suffering from mental health issues due to stress and difficulties in life. Also know group self-harm is common in Japan but, wasn't expecting the show to involve minors too... Some dark comedy with the scenes.

Didn't know there was a dedicated Dragon Ball store. Not sure how many would wear the themed, brightly coloured jackets though. Capsule Corp themed merch pretty subtle.

www.youtube.com/watch?v=ldge...

Came across a 20 min video tour of the Doraemon Future Department Store in Odaiba. They really have removed the play area now. And oh noes, AI got Doraemon too now although I guess he's really an AI robot too😶

www.youtube.com/watch?v=qtkb...

They're screening a "Great Japanese Railway Journeys" series on British TV covering trains in Japan just now. Covered toilets too. Haven't been to all places shown but, Nagoya's a good starting point to get to the mainstream tourist spot Shirakawa Village.
www.bbc.co.uk/iplayer/epis...

So Japan's the latest country to join the no power bank use on flights rule.

www3.nhk.or.jp/nhkworld/en/...

Surprised this studio is owned by Abazon now...

It kind of felt like a new ET movie. A lot of great scenes. Pretty sure they used miniatures for special effects instead of CGI; well, for the spaceship scenes at least.

Watched sci-fi apocalypse movie, Project Hail Mary. Fun intro. A lot of comedy but quite a few tense, heavy scenes too. Odd there's practically no AI assistant or, videos to remind Ryland of why he's aboard the ship. Guess they couldn't do the flashback scenes if they did.

Paranoia Agents was interesting while it featured characters that suffered stress in their lives so they escaped using delusions but... This episode is just too weird. Feels like Paprika again, don't know what's what.

Only just realised the bootleg guy has his own office that you can go into :o #retrorewind

Addiction to AI is pretty much an international issue since even in the West there has been tragedies involving the AI acting odd, giving fatal advice. As with all tools, it can already be dangerous never mind the ongoing joke about annihilation of humans. Safeguards needed.

Oof, AI used to "resurrect" deceased so that survivors can cope with the loss and still be able to chat with them. Sci-fi movies lost the fiction. Starting July China will ban minors from using AI chat bots in such an intimate way which is a good thing.

news.cgtn.com/news/2026-04...

Started Paranoia Agents since none of the shows this season (excluding sequels) seems interesting and I enjoyed Satoshi Kon's Tokyo Godfathers. Very weird OP and a bit of Perfect Blue. Not sure how the normie man will react once he discovers her night job. Shame for her too.

Haha, this interaction between Gina and SQ talking about how Gina enjoys cooking for people...
Gina: "I enjoy fattening people up."
SQ: "Oh my god! Is that like, a fetish or something?"
#gnosia

Downside with mainstream news is it spends half its airtime reporting about the war, every day with upsetting footage full of destruction though...

Was wondering why I saw people talking about fake AI video for Artemis II... It's pretty obvious the ones that were generated with it. Big events like these you'd either watch the mainstream news or follow the official accounts instead =/

Nice billboard they're using to market the current Super Mario Galaxy movie.

So KPOP Demon Hunters collab with noodles, huh... I prefer sticking to Nissin although the UK/EU brands feels smaller compared to HK ones, even though they're both 100g.

Don't think schools are using this kind of Apple Mac and printer setup any more.

Watched sci-fi/horror movie Faculty (1998). Not bad, tense moments, no major jump scares. High school kids save the world is pretty cliche though. Quite weird seeing Frodo and Terminator T-1000 in the same movie. Even weirder hearing the Terminator talk xD

Finished Gnosia. Had to use a guide again since I didn't know how to progress even with the event searcher. Anime stayed faithful to the game with the parting characters summaries and the ending collage.

One Piece Anime resumed for the new fiscal year then. Won't be watching as it screens though.