Justin Sevakis
@worldofcrap.bsky.social
Pro anime/video nerd, CEO of MediaOCD / @AnimEigo.com / Whole Grain Pictures. He/him. Food, fitness, movies, general nerdery. No licensing questions please! 🇺🇸🏳️🌈📀🪩
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Justin Sevakis
@worldofcrap.bsky.social
· Jan 12
Use optimism as an act of rebellion
By the time this actually comes out, this will be so embarrassing and everyone involved will deserve it
I teased this last night in What I’m Hearing but now confirmed: Paramount WILL release Rush Hour 4 after prodding from Trump on behalf of Brett Ratner. Distribution deal. Producer Tarak Ben Ammar is lining up financing. Get ready for the dumbest possible state-controlled media.
November 25, 2025 at 6:09 PM
By the time this actually comes out, this will be so embarrassing and everyone involved will deserve it
Spent the morning rejiggering the MediaOCD website. Much more product available on the home page, also added product search. When I originally designed it, I didn't realize the web store would be such a big part of the business.
November 25, 2025 at 3:55 PM
Spent the morning rejiggering the MediaOCD website. Much more product available on the home page, also added product search. When I originally designed it, I didn't realize the web store would be such a big part of the business.
Why is everyone so paranoid about bootleg anime DVDs again, out of the blue? More importantly, why are people still buying DVDs!?
Blu-rays are almost impossible to pirate at scale – you have to burn every single one.
Blu-rays are almost impossible to pirate at scale – you have to burn every single one.
November 25, 2025 at 5:50 AM
Why is everyone so paranoid about bootleg anime DVDs again, out of the blue? More importantly, why are people still buying DVDs!?
Blu-rays are almost impossible to pirate at scale – you have to burn every single one.
Blu-rays are almost impossible to pirate at scale – you have to burn every single one.
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The MediaOCD store Black Friday sale is November 27th through December 1st.
AnimEigo & Whole Grain Pictures titles will be 50% off with coupon code KUROFRIDAY25.
Plus new Discotek closeouts!
Stacks of discounted discs, including some for under $5!
www.mediaocd.com/post/mediaoc...
AnimEigo & Whole Grain Pictures titles will be 50% off with coupon code KUROFRIDAY25.
Plus new Discotek closeouts!
Stacks of discounted discs, including some for under $5!
www.mediaocd.com/post/mediaoc...
November 24, 2025 at 9:15 PM
The MediaOCD store Black Friday sale is November 27th through December 1st.
AnimEigo & Whole Grain Pictures titles will be 50% off with coupon code KUROFRIDAY25.
Plus new Discotek closeouts!
Stacks of discounted discs, including some for under $5!
www.mediaocd.com/post/mediaoc...
AnimEigo & Whole Grain Pictures titles will be 50% off with coupon code KUROFRIDAY25.
Plus new Discotek closeouts!
Stacks of discounted discs, including some for under $5!
www.mediaocd.com/post/mediaoc...
Reposted by Justin Sevakis
The third best thing you can do is tell others how much you enjoy that author's work, by writing a review.
If you like an author's work, the best thing you can do is buy it. The second best thing you can do is ask your local library to buy it. Or, do both!
A reminder that the median book deal for a debut author in the UK is £7000, paid over 12-18 months. (from 2022 Society of Authors report). Some of your favourite writers are struggling. societyofauthors.org/2022/12/06/a....
November 24, 2025 at 7:43 PM
The third best thing you can do is tell others how much you enjoy that author's work, by writing a review.
Reposted by Justin Sevakis
New episode of the The Anime Business is available to watch!
John Sirabella talks about @media-blasters.com, CPM, and Surviving the DVD Crash.
www.youtube.com/watch?v=GC9H...
John Sirabella talks about @media-blasters.com, CPM, and Surviving the DVD Crash.
www.youtube.com/watch?v=GC9H...
November 24, 2025 at 6:42 PM
New episode of the The Anime Business is available to watch!
John Sirabella talks about @media-blasters.com, CPM, and Surviving the DVD Crash.
www.youtube.com/watch?v=GC9H...
John Sirabella talks about @media-blasters.com, CPM, and Surviving the DVD Crash.
www.youtube.com/watch?v=GC9H...
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Seeing how much of the right-wing on Twitter is just bot farms, kinda lays bare how much hate and hatred is a project that needs to be constantly maintained, a fire that needs to be fed all the time lest it go out for a moment, so much time, effort, and resources to keep people angry and hateful.
November 24, 2025 at 1:54 PM
Seeing how much of the right-wing on Twitter is just bot farms, kinda lays bare how much hate and hatred is a project that needs to be constantly maintained, a fire that needs to be fed all the time lest it go out for a moment, so much time, effort, and resources to keep people angry and hateful.
Reposted by Justin Sevakis
New episode of The Anime Business tomorrow at 9am Pacific/12pm Eastern!
This time... John Sirabella talks about @media-blasters.com, CPM, and Surviving the DVD Crash.
www.youtube.com/watch?v=GC9H...
This time... John Sirabella talks about @media-blasters.com, CPM, and Surviving the DVD Crash.
www.youtube.com/watch?v=GC9H...
November 23, 2025 at 10:29 PM
New episode of The Anime Business tomorrow at 9am Pacific/12pm Eastern!
This time... John Sirabella talks about @media-blasters.com, CPM, and Surviving the DVD Crash.
www.youtube.com/watch?v=GC9H...
This time... John Sirabella talks about @media-blasters.com, CPM, and Surviving the DVD Crash.
www.youtube.com/watch?v=GC9H...
Reposted by Justin Sevakis
Well, now I can further my Sasuke enjoyment, thanks to MediaOCD and @animeigo.com and Bay St. Video
November 23, 2025 at 3:18 AM
Well, now I can further my Sasuke enjoyment, thanks to MediaOCD and @animeigo.com and Bay St. Video
I’m over my death-virus and my throat is almost normal again, but for some reason I can’t stop sleeping through entire afternoons. I hate this, I have so much to do
November 22, 2025 at 6:00 AM
I’m over my death-virus and my throat is almost normal again, but for some reason I can’t stop sleeping through entire afternoons. I hate this, I have so much to do
Reposted by Justin Sevakis
Crunchyroll is involved in an incredible ~18% of new anime productions. A look at their full 2025 slate provides some insights into the company's priorities and what they do different from the rest of the industry.
animebythenumbers.substack.com/p/crunchyrol...
animebythenumbers.substack.com/p/crunchyrol...
Crunchyroll Co-Produces Way More Anime Than You Think
Crunchyroll’s anime investments reveal the unique role they play in the industry.
animebythenumbers.substack.com
November 20, 2025 at 11:02 PM
Crunchyroll is involved in an incredible ~18% of new anime productions. A look at their full 2025 slate provides some insights into the company's priorities and what they do different from the rest of the industry.
animebythenumbers.substack.com/p/crunchyrol...
animebythenumbers.substack.com/p/crunchyrol...
Reposted by Justin Sevakis
Discotek pre-orders for January 2026 are up at the MediaOCD store!
Project A-ko in 4K, Space Adventure Cobra with the Yello soundtrack, the Kikaider movie, Shark Skin Man & Peach Hip Girl, Shin Aim for the Ace, & Tomorrow's Joe!
www.mediaocd.com/category/dis...
Project A-ko in 4K, Space Adventure Cobra with the Yello soundtrack, the Kikaider movie, Shark Skin Man & Peach Hip Girl, Shin Aim for the Ace, & Tomorrow's Joe!
www.mediaocd.com/category/dis...
November 20, 2025 at 8:40 PM
Discotek pre-orders for January 2026 are up at the MediaOCD store!
Project A-ko in 4K, Space Adventure Cobra with the Yello soundtrack, the Kikaider movie, Shark Skin Man & Peach Hip Girl, Shin Aim for the Ace, & Tomorrow's Joe!
www.mediaocd.com/category/dis...
Project A-ko in 4K, Space Adventure Cobra with the Yello soundtrack, the Kikaider movie, Shark Skin Man & Peach Hip Girl, Shin Aim for the Ace, & Tomorrow's Joe!
www.mediaocd.com/category/dis...
Couldn’t hold out any longer
November 19, 2025 at 3:35 AM
Couldn’t hold out any longer
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Crazy to think that this was part of how I kicked off my year.
Absolutely the All About Bubblegum Crisis booklet I edited for AnimEigo!
It was a thrill and honor polish up a handful interviews from a series that got me back into anime in a big way!
It was a thrill and honor polish up a handful interviews from a series that got me back into anime in a big way!
November 19, 2025 at 12:01 AM
Crazy to think that this was part of how I kicked off my year.
Reposted by Justin Sevakis
This is how it's done. Brilliant work.
How manga broke the US comic industry
YouTube video by matttt - comic & manga history
www.youtube.com
November 17, 2025 at 11:57 PM
This is how it's done. Brilliant work.
And she's gone. Terrible, terrible loss. One of the true geniuses of "bare metal" game programming.
My trailblazing game industry bad-ass friend Rebecca Heineman has passed away.
Fuck cancer.
Friends, let’s not forget her: en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rebecca...
Fuck cancer.
Friends, let’s not forget her: en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rebecca...
Rebecca Heineman - Wikipedia
en.wikipedia.org
November 17, 2025 at 10:31 PM
And she's gone. Terrible, terrible loss. One of the true geniuses of "bare metal" game programming.
Reposted by Justin Sevakis
Everyone send your love to the great Burger Becky while you can
I never thought I’d get this wish. Odd seeing eulogies before I expire
November 17, 2025 at 4:45 AM
Everyone send your love to the great Burger Becky while you can
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And the indigenous Northwest people got their entire freaking Klamath River Valley back. Huge news for Salmon and for the people who love them
Need some uplifting news? The collapsing fish populations around the US have rebounded and the lives of fishermen greatly improved recently, thanks to revised legislation achieved by working WITH environmental orgs. www.usatoday.com/story/news/n...
How America's fisheries rebounded from collapse and overregulation
An unlikely alliance saved U.S. fisheries from collapse – and made them more profitable.
www.usatoday.com
November 15, 2025 at 8:48 PM
And the indigenous Northwest people got their entire freaking Klamath River Valley back. Huge news for Salmon and for the people who love them
The Pope has some Criterion Collection on his shelf
Some inspiring words on cinema in the streaming era from the Pope.
Yes, THAT Pope.
Yes, THAT Pope.
November 15, 2025 at 8:04 PM
The Pope has some Criterion Collection on his shelf
You have to stay for the idol group that's on next. It might not seem like a big deal, but one of them is retiring. Watch out for gang violence.
So this little stage show they're doing rules and it's wildly surreal to witness in a mall.
November 15, 2025 at 8:00 PM
You have to stay for the idol group that's on next. It might not seem like a big deal, but one of them is retiring. Watch out for gang violence.
PSA: the virus I had this week , with a low grade fever and throat blisters so bad you can’t even drink water, appears to be going around. Runs its course in a week, but it is HELL. If you get it, ask your doc for Prednisone (incl a cough syrup), and stock up on Advil, Tylenol and meduca honey.
November 15, 2025 at 6:36 PM
PSA: the virus I had this week , with a low grade fever and throat blisters so bad you can’t even drink water, appears to be going around. Runs its course in a week, but it is HELL. If you get it, ask your doc for Prednisone (incl a cough syrup), and stock up on Advil, Tylenol and meduca honey.
After a week of seclusion and starvation, I have emerged. AND I AM HAVING DESSERT
November 15, 2025 at 3:41 AM
After a week of seclusion and starvation, I have emerged. AND I AM HAVING DESSERT
Need some uplifting news? The collapsing fish populations around the US have rebounded and the lives of fishermen greatly improved recently, thanks to revised legislation achieved by working WITH environmental orgs. www.usatoday.com/story/news/n...
How America's fisheries rebounded from collapse and overregulation
An unlikely alliance saved U.S. fisheries from collapse – and made them more profitable.
www.usatoday.com
November 14, 2025 at 8:50 PM
Need some uplifting news? The collapsing fish populations around the US have rebounded and the lives of fishermen greatly improved recently, thanks to revised legislation achieved by working WITH environmental orgs. www.usatoday.com/story/news/n...
Reposted by Justin Sevakis
I've been seeing this headline floating around. To be clear:
1) This is "No. 1" on a miniscule chart, The "Country Digital Song Sales" chart, as in people actually paying money to download country songs which is a tiny amount of people
2) The actual consumers are almost certainly fake
1) This is "No. 1" on a miniscule chart, The "Country Digital Song Sales" chart, as in people actually paying money to download country songs which is a tiny amount of people
2) The actual consumers are almost certainly fake
November 11, 2025 at 8:58 PM
I've been seeing this headline floating around. To be clear:
1) This is "No. 1" on a miniscule chart, The "Country Digital Song Sales" chart, as in people actually paying money to download country songs which is a tiny amount of people
2) The actual consumers are almost certainly fake
1) This is "No. 1" on a miniscule chart, The "Country Digital Song Sales" chart, as in people actually paying money to download country songs which is a tiny amount of people
2) The actual consumers are almost certainly fake