Patrick Macias
@patrickmacias.bsky.social
Book author, magazine editor, art director. Ex-Netflix & Crunchyroll. Repped by Hill Nadell Literary Agency. Lives in Tokyo. 作家・編集者・アートディレクター。 東京に住んでいます。
Hot new looks for winter
January 14, 2026 at 2:02 AM
Hot new looks for winter
Yankii style is creeping back into the spotlight in #Japan. Following Netflix's Badly in Love, the new TV drama Yandoku! centers on a former female teen delinquent who turns her life around and becomes a neurosurgeon. Here's a pic of the cast. The series begins airing January 12.
January 8, 2026 at 11:38 PM
Yankii style is creeping back into the spotlight in #Japan. Following Netflix's Badly in Love, the new TV drama Yandoku! centers on a former female teen delinquent who turns her life around and becomes a neurosurgeon. Here's a pic of the cast. The series begins airing January 12.
ITEM! I was interviewed and quoted in a recent piece on the state of the #anime industry by The Guardian www.theguardian.com/culture/2025...
Demon Slayer economics: how the anime juggernaut became a saviour
Once underground art form now props up slumped box office sales and is used by governments to build soft power
www.theguardian.com
January 8, 2026 at 3:09 AM
ITEM! I was interviewed and quoted in a recent piece on the state of the #anime industry by The Guardian www.theguardian.com/culture/2025...
Reposted by Patrick Macias
Happy birthday to Japanese actress Kumi Mizuno (she's 89 years old today), best known globally for her apperances in the #Godzilla series and special effects films including Matango and Frankenstein vs Baragon..
January 1, 2026 at 11:54 PM
Happy birthday to Japanese actress Kumi Mizuno (she's 89 years old today), best known globally for her apperances in the #Godzilla series and special effects films including Matango and Frankenstein vs Baragon..
I feel like this might be the first Kohaku where a bunch of tourists from Cincinnati wandered on stage and blocked the cameras with four suitcases and two baby strollers but it won't be the last
December 31, 2025 at 12:30 PM
I feel like this might be the first Kohaku where a bunch of tourists from Cincinnati wandered on stage and blocked the cameras with four suitcases and two baby strollers but it won't be the last
This AKB48 medley better include their best song or the NHK man got some explaining to do youtu.be/AE_lJyxT9fA?...
AKB48 - Sugar Rush HD
YouTube video by Vibes
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December 31, 2025 at 12:23 PM
This AKB48 medley better include their best song or the NHK man got some explaining to do youtu.be/AE_lJyxT9fA?...
"I was into Radwimps before they were cool" said no one ever
December 31, 2025 at 12:13 PM
"I was into Radwimps before they were cool" said no one ever
When did Kohaku become The Mrs. Green Apple Razzle Dazzle Variety Show and how can we stop it?
December 31, 2025 at 12:07 PM
When did Kohaku become The Mrs. Green Apple Razzle Dazzle Variety Show and how can we stop it?
Japan is so futuristic they play with dominoes on New Years TV
December 31, 2025 at 11:47 AM
Japan is so futuristic they play with dominoes on New Years TV
Let me guess, Kohaku... he's on the White team?!¿!
December 31, 2025 at 11:41 AM
Let me guess, Kohaku... he's on the White team?!¿!
Kendama129 > Nogizaka46
December 31, 2025 at 11:38 AM
Kendama129 > Nogizaka46
I love DJ Koo because he looks like he's cosplaying as the Tin Man in The Wiz
December 31, 2025 at 11:34 AM
I love DJ Koo because he looks like he's cosplaying as the Tin Man in The Wiz
I think the worst thing about Kohaku is all the gang related violence and shootings that happens between the Red and White groups in the days leading up to the rilly big shoe
December 31, 2025 at 11:33 AM
I think the worst thing about Kohaku is all the gang related violence and shootings that happens between the Red and White groups in the days leading up to the rilly big shoe
RT if everyone in your neighborhood just jumped up and shouted Monkey Magic, Monkey Magic because Kohaku
December 31, 2025 at 11:23 AM
RT if everyone in your neighborhood just jumped up and shouted Monkey Magic, Monkey Magic because Kohaku
I never thought I'd say this, but I actually miss the endless parade of Johnny's groups on Kohaku because they were way easier to roast than generic K-pop groups
December 31, 2025 at 11:18 AM
I never thought I'd say this, but I actually miss the endless parade of Johnny's groups on Kohaku because they were way easier to roast than generic K-pop groups
I keep waiting for a ghoulish gaunt-like Simon Cowell to show up on Kohaku and tell Creepy Nuts that they're "all mouth and no trousers" and tonight might just be that night
December 31, 2025 at 11:15 AM
I keep waiting for a ghoulish gaunt-like Simon Cowell to show up on Kohaku and tell Creepy Nuts that they're "all mouth and no trousers" and tonight might just be that night
Can I understand what happens in Nogizaka46 if I've never seen Nogizaka 1-45?
December 31, 2025 at 10:58 AM
Can I understand what happens in Nogizaka46 if I've never seen Nogizaka 1-45?
Oh Lord, stuck in 紅白 again
December 31, 2025 at 10:42 AM
Oh Lord, stuck in 紅白 again