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Dan Mansfield

Dan Mansfield

@mmjdanny.bsky.social

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Writer at @fandompost.com half wage slave, half blogger, lover of anime/manga/light novels etc. #ActuallyAutistic https://danimetimes.medium.com/the-danime-times-archive-fcda4c2cba86

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Dan Mansfield @mmjdanny.bsky.social · Jan 17

I never got the chance to do this on Twitter so I’m excited to try this here!

2025 completed media thread. Here I’ll log all my finished anime, TV seasons, films, manga volumes/arcs, games etc. for 2025!

Dan Mansfield @mmjdanny.bsky.social · 2d

It's the same with Crunchyroll. They post here too but hardly as much as they do on the bird site. My guess is Bsky isn't large enough to merit reports on metrics so the social media people do it on their own time, which is to say not often when they make the exact same posts elsewhere.

Dan Mansfield @mmjdanny.bsky.social · 2d

Whoever told Kamala to drop the “Republicans are weird” bit needs to be blacklisted from politics, honestly. Colossal mistake.

Dan Mansfield @mmjdanny.bsky.social · 2d

Good lord Facebook is so terrible for engagement. Share a link here and I get likes/reposts in minutes despite having a fraction of the followers compared to my friend list. I’m starting to subscribe to a conspiracy theory that tech bros suppress writing/art because they want that space themselves.

Dan Mansfield @mmjdanny.bsky.social · 3d

50. Aliens

Medium: Film
Year: 1986 (theatrical cut), 1990 (Special Edition cut)
Runtime: 137 mins (theatrical cut), 157 mins (Special Edition)

I opted to watch the special edition cut which is why those years and times are included

Dan Mansfield @mmjdanny.bsky.social · 3d

49. Shaun of the Dead

Medium: Film
Year: 2004
Runtime: 99 mins.

Dan Mansfield @mmjdanny.bsky.social · 3d

48. Dr. Stone Science Future (Cour 2)

Medium: TV anime
Year: 2025
Runtime: 12 episodes (half hour)

Dan Mansfield @mmjdanny.bsky.social · 3d

47: My Dress-Up Darling Season 2

Medium: TV anime
Year: 2025
Runtime: 12 episodes (half hour)

Dan Mansfield @mmjdanny.bsky.social · 3d

46. Kaiju No. 8 Season 2

Medium: TV anime
Year: 2025
Runtime: 11 episodes + 1 OVA

Dan Mansfield @mmjdanny.bsky.social · 3d

45. DANDADAN Season 2

Medium: TV anime
Year: 2025
Runtime: 12 episodes (half hour)

Dan Mansfield @mmjdanny.bsky.social · 3d

44. Sakamoto Days (Cour 1)

Medium: TV anime
Year: 2025
Runtime: 11 episodes (half hour)

Dan Mansfield @mmjdanny.bsky.social · 3d

43. Dr. Stone Science Future (Cour 1)

Medium: TV anime
Year: 2025
Runtime: 12 episodes (half hour)

Dan Mansfield @mmjdanny.bsky.social · 3d

42. JSA - Joint Security Area

Medium: Film
Year: 2000
Runtime: 110 mins.

Dan Mansfield @mmjdanny.bsky.social · 3d

41. SE7EN

Medium: Film
Year: 1995
Runtime: 127 mins

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Ghoulish Beveridge @chrisbeveridge.bsky.social · 4d

Time to feel old as @mmjdanny.bsky.social takes a look at a title that was certainly part of a popular craze at the time. Monster girls!

The Haunting Of Fandom Post @fandompost.com · 4d

#TenYearsLater: #MonsterMusume #Anime

#TenYearsLater: #MonsterMusume #Anime

There was a time in #anime before isekai dominated the seasonal charts. If you go...

Dan Mansfield @mmjdanny.bsky.social · 4d

It's been a full decade but MonMusu is still kinda unmatched in the ecchi harem comedy genre. Spent a good while writing about why I still love monster girls. Makes me feel too old!

The Haunting Of Fandom Post @fandompost.com · 4d

#TenYearsLater: #MonsterMusume #Anime

#TenYearsLater: #MonsterMusume #Anime

There was a time in #anime before isekai dominated the seasonal charts. If you go...

Dan Mansfield @mmjdanny.bsky.social · 8d

Resurrected my blog to talk about the cinema-fication of TV. Am I the only one tired of feeling like TV seasons now are basically excessively long films broken into 8 parts?

TV is Trying to Be More Like Movies. That’s Not Good.

Bigger budgets, shorter seasons, and longer wait times between them.

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Victor Ray @victorerikray.bsky.social · 15d

We are living under an aspiring fascist regime that has not yet fully consolidated. This is not difficult to understand unless you get paid to muddy the waters.

Tom Nichols @radiofreetom.bsky.social · 15d

If we were living under fascism, none of you would be here daring to post things. You'd be erasing your social media accounts and keeping your head down; you'd know that peacocking your faux-bravery on a network would expose you to being disappeared.
You have no idea what "fascism" really means.

shane @mouthfulofcavities.bsky.social · 15d

the regime is zip tying toddlers and ripping them away from their mothers unclothed... calling it fascism upsets this neo-con.

Dan Mansfield @mmjdanny.bsky.social · 15d

Real recognizes real

Kanade Tachibana from Angel Beats!

Dan Mansfield @mmjdanny.bsky.social · 17d

Bari Weiss’ media company btw

Free Press article by Tyler Cowen. Headline: My Favorite Actress is Not Human. Byline: Tilly Norwood doesn’t need a hairstylist, has no regrettable posts, and if you wish to see a virgin on screen, this is one of your better chances. That’s because she’s AI.

Dan Mansfield @mmjdanny.bsky.social · 17d

Actually been writing the last few days!

a cartoon character says " good news everyone " in front of a telephone

Alt: GOOD NEWS, EVERYONE!

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Dan Mansfield @mmjdanny.bsky.social · 19d

Do not let them win. Remain vigilant and do not get beaten down. That would be true defeat.

Dan Mansfield @mmjdanny.bsky.social · 19d

Reminding myself constantly that it’s okay to talk about fun stuff too. One tactic this administration uses is to exhaust you with a deluge of negativity. Every day it feels wrong to shitpost when the president is acting like a dictator.

But you must give yourself breathing room lest you burnout.

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David Roberts @volts.wtf · 20d

Any solution now is going to be long & difficult. There was a super-easy solution -- just don't let the guy win the election -- but everybody had other priorities, I guess, so here we are.

Dan Mansfield @mmjdanny.bsky.social · 20d

Mandatory $1 tax on every “their reaction was genuine” video/post

Dan Mansfield @mmjdanny.bsky.social · 20d

That movie is peak Simpson’s comedy tbh. I guess the question is if they can replicate that effect.