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That's right! I hope she's alright after all that bluesky nonsense.

I didn't realize the ASPCA retired the super sad Sarah MacLachlan commercial and now upgraded to a cover of "Nothing Compares 2 U" with all the animals in HD now. Dammit 😭.

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James Takahashi @jtvoiceover.com · 5h

Thanks! It was fun throwing it together. All that great art you had done helped.

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James Takahashi @jtvoiceover.com · 6h

Same. I was ready for everyone to be emotional but seeing OC crack is getting to me.

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James Takahashi @jtvoiceover.com · 7h

How it feels recommending the book Aftertaste by @emoria.bsky.social. One of my favorite reads this year.

The meme image from the Hobgoblin Beer ad where it says "What's the matter lager boy, afraid you might taste something?" but in this case it's for the book Aftertaste by Emoria Weidner where it now says "What's the matter boy, afraid you might trans your gender?" and now featuring illustrated versions of the book's characters superimposed over the figures in the pictured tavern now all drinking bottles of clearly marked Yuri.

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Failbetter Games | Wishlist Mandrake on Steam! @failbettergames.com · 21h

We're hiring! We're looking for a Writer and Narrative Designer to join the Fallen London team at a senior or mid level. This position is permanent, remote, and full time, which for us means 35 hours a week. #GamesJobs

Night. The House of Chimes - a tower which you might immediately think of as Big Ben - is adrift in the River Thames. It still seems to be keeping time. In the background, a large, alien building looms over the city of London.

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James Takahashi @jtvoiceover.com · 11h

Guy looks like a Tim & Eric character that they try to dress up to be older.

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Chron 🇨🇦 @xhp.ca · 14h

Listen to The Board, folks

The Board from Control says "Support independent/lonely media as they are underfunded/poor yet essential"

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James Takahashi @jtvoiceover.com · 11h

Reading this in Tom Waits' carnival barker mode 🤣.

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James Takahashi @jtvoiceover.com · 12h

Seriously, the story of Iva Toguri is a crazy one for Japanese-American history. en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Iva_Tog...

en.wikipedia.org

Iva Toguri D'Aquino - Wikipedia

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James Takahashi @jtvoiceover.com · 12h

I remember going to Toguri Mercantile on Belmont before it closed down. Also a fascinating story there. Man, I also miss that Korean-Mexican place next to it 😋.

The old storefront for Toguri Mercantile on Belmont Ave. In Chicago which isn't there anymore.

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James Takahashi @jtvoiceover.com · 12h

Routers in Australia 😧.

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James Takahashi @jtvoiceover.com · 14h

"Uh-huh...c'mon, Fujita, don't give me that. You're breaking my balls here. I need 3 more pages to round out this arc....well, who's even heard of Ushio & Tora? I'm just asking for 3 pages here. You're sounding like those jokers over at Kodansha. Ugh, hold on, I got Toriyama on the other line."

And old photo of manga author Rumiko Takahashi looking intense on the phone and jotting down notes.

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James Takahashi @jtvoiceover.com · 15h

This is the only response and should unite everyone.

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James Takahashi @jtvoiceover.com · 15h

But c'mon, think of the journey you'll go on 😅.

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James Takahashi @jtvoiceover.com · 15h

Basic answer would be stegosaurus or triceratops. But I also think dimetrodons are cool.

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James Takahashi @jtvoiceover.com · 15h

Ooh, spider hotelier, or concierge maybe? Either way, very cool.

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James Takahashi @jtvoiceover.com · 15h

That was...not what I was expecting 🤣🤣🤣.

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James Takahashi @jtvoiceover.com · 16h

How it feels every time running into Orin in Baldur's Gate 3. #bg3

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James Takahashi @jtvoiceover.com · 30/09/2026

AND ANOTHER ONE! Hope you like infrastructure and the business of transportation because also out today is Transport Fever 3 where you can hear me in one of your missions as Takumi Arakawa. Many thanks to those at @unlockaudio.bsky.social and Urban Games for having me part it. #voiceacting

A graphic displaying myself for a video game called Transport Fever 3 announcing myself playing Takumi Arakawa.

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James Takahashi @jtvoiceover.com · 30/09/2026

That's...a new saying for me 😅. But Yennefer always.

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James Takahashi @jtvoiceover.com · 29/09/2026

Abbreviated Japanese names are fun. I also remember Kare Kano for Kareshi Kanojo no Jijō.

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James Takahashi @jtvoiceover.com · 29/09/2026

Still holding out hope for maybe a time jump with the actors now older. I read the book it was based on and think it would be very interesting to have them go to Alaska to investigate that baker who pulled a "Surviving The Game" with women.

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James Takahashi @jtvoiceover.com · 29/09/2026

I still think about this one too and that Led Zeppelin needle drop at the end of the 1st season. Still holding out hope for season 3.

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James Takahashi @jtvoiceover.com · 29/09/2026

What's cooler than being in one cyberpunk video game this year? Being in two 😁! I am excited to announce my role as Masato Shima in the long awaited Nivalis Nights. Thank you to Marko at ION Lands for having me and to @505games.com for putting out an amazing game.

A graphic for the game Nivalis Nights showing voice actor James Takahashi playing the role of Masato Shima.

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Emoria - Aftertaste OUT NOW @emoria.bsky.social · 29/09/2026

LA AREA FOLKS!!! AFTERTASTE is the book of the month for October's Queer Book Club at the South Bay LGBT center! I'll be in there in person chatting about the novel! If you want to come, RSVP here: www.eventbrite.com/e/quacks-que...

QUACK"s QUEER BOOK
CLUB PRESENTS

Aftertaste

WARNING BOOK CONTAINS:
• TRANS
COMING-OF-AGE STORY
• GORE
• A TOXIC YURI
FEATURING T4T AND T4C ROMANCE
• A HORRIFYING
RIDE INTO A DYSPHORIC NIGHTMARE

Aftertaste by Emoria Weidner
Q/A WITH THE AUTHOR!

OCTOBER 25, 2026 @100 PM
SOUTH BAY LEBT CENTER
RSVP LINK IN BIO

Meet the Author!!
Emoria Weidner is an author as well as a theatre professional and teacher. She worked at mainly one theatre for fifteen years, atraid of coming out as trans because of the fear that it would hurt her acting and teaching career.
Coming out in 202l as nonbinary, and more truly in 2025 as c woman both hurt her acting and teaching careers. She was right. And it doesn't fucking matter, because she would have been happier if she came out sooner. Bowing to accommodate people who cannot see you means scraping your face against the ground. Eventually, you start to lose your face.
Attertaste is her first novel. It you would like to support her work and help her continue writing, please consider visiting www.patreon.com/emoriaweidner and becoming a patron, where new chapters of upcoming novels will be posted regularly.

Summary
The novel takes place in a magical-realist world where Yuri (lesbian), Yaoi (gay men), and Hetslop (hetslop) are not genres of fiction, but drinkable hallucinogens. When you want to have a delightful evening, a glass of yuri will deliver a unique fantasy directly to your imagination, determined by the vintage you choose to imbibe. And Simon? Well, despite being a 24 year-old man, Simon drinks a LOT of yuri. He just thinks it tastes better than hetslop or yaoi, you know? It doesn't mean anything that his preferred fantasies are of lesbians. Obviously. Couldn't mean anything else. About his gender. Or anything like that. Sure, Simon got a job as a server at a yuri bar, but that's just because it was convenient. Nothing to read into there. At all. Then, one night, a very intimidating Woman arrives at the bar and orders the most toxic drink on the menu. Before Simon knows what is happening, he finds himself serving Her in more ways than he could ever have imagined. And She has plans for him. And does it seem like her eyes are literally on fire? And are those fangs???
Not that Simon would be into that, or whatever. Obviously not.
Being made to serve a Powerful, Scary, potentially Monstrous Woman? Definitely not something he'd ever fantasized about.
Definitely not the subject of yuri after yuri he drank alone, nightly, after each shift. No. Simon doesn't want this. Obviously. It's not Like he's a girl or anything.
19 Chapters, 112,000 words (print edition is
352 pages single spaced at 1lpoint font)
No audiobook.

Content Warnings
• Aftertaste is a novel only suitable for mature readers. It contains dissociation, gaslighting, violence, death, murder, gore, body horror, explicit sex, mild domestic violence, some BDSM, and a fantasy equivalent of alcohol/drug consumption and abuse.
• There are several passages where the idea of how much consent the lead character is capable of in their situation is intentionally muddy. This dubious consent is addressed as such later in the book, when the character understands the situation better.
• Sexual assault and rape are mentioned and discussed.
There is a scene where rape is threatened, but does not occur. This scene still qualifies as a sexual assault, however.
• The concept of forced-feminization, and what it might mean for people who fantasize about it, is explored regularly.
• Suicidal ideation, and a story about a suicide in the past, occur brietly.
• Dysphoria, internalized transphobia, and external transphobia are core motifs of the book and are present in every chapter. This is a story about surviving these things, but please use caution if reading the struggle of a young trans character finding themself through a lot of uncertainty is triggering for you.
• There is a detailed, chapter-by-chapter breakdown of the individual content in the back of the book and online.
• Love yourself, love your boundaries, and take breaks from the book if sections are hurting too much.

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James Takahashi @jtvoiceover.com · 29/09/2026

It can be a balancing act and sometimes weird choices can be made in the process of localizing, but I agree that the ultimate objective is to communicate the story clearly to the target audience. I don't always like every decision, but consistency is key so everyone is on the same page.

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James Takahashi @jtvoiceover.com · 29/09/2026

It took me a long while to get there but now personalizing my home space has become a point of pride for me.

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James Takahashi @jtvoiceover.com · 29/09/2026

Aww, damn. Well, do you have anything good up now?

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James Takahashi @jtvoiceover.com · 29/09/2026

Damn! I never went that far with it. But yeah, it was such a memorable milestone of a game for me.

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James Takahashi @jtvoiceover.com · 29/09/2026

After LA Noire, I've been jonesing for more big historical open world games like that. I would love a grimey '70s NYC set game or early '80s Chicago a la Michael Mann's Thief.

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James Takahashi @jtvoiceover.com · 29/09/2026

What’s a poster you had in your room growing up? Growing up in the '90s they talk about about what bands, or fast cars, or pretty ladies the boys had up on their walls. This was my lady straight from the Nintendo Power centerfold 😁.

A Super Metroid poster from Nintendo Power magazine.

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James Takahashi @jtvoiceover.com · 29/09/2026

Makes sense. It's a fun idea, but you seem like you're spinning some other plates as it is.

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John-Charles Holmes @sonic9jct.jctholmes.com · 29/09/2026

girls night out 🥊🪑

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James Takahashi @jtvoiceover.com · 29/09/2026

Was gonna say, got yourself a whole Aftertaste world building there.

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James Takahashi @jtvoiceover.com · 29/09/2026

"We're so bummed about your son's un-aliving."

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Robin LeBlanc, from work @robinfromwork.bsky.social · 29/09/2026

The film is written, directed, and co-stars Hitoshi Ozawa, a legendary Yakuza actor who is a villain in Yakuza 0, who got his fellow legends involved. This was his passion project inspired by one of his best friends, a trans woman, and he worked with the community for representative casting.

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James Takahashi @jtvoiceover.com · 29/09/2026

How exciting! I've only had studio time for classes. Never for a job. Someday maybe 🤞.

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James Takahashi @jtvoiceover.com · 29/09/2026

There's a contagious joy I get from reading Magica Riot. You convey a real sense of warmth and support that earns my trust with the characters while showing that their queerness emboldens them to rise above tropes of relationship drama to celebrate love and their true selves.

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Kara Buchanan 🏳️‍⚧️ @magicariot.com · 29/09/2026

I got two job rejections today to start my week off, unfortunately. I appreciate all of your support. If you'd like to help, the best way is to buy my books and spread the word to other folks. If you love magical girls, trans women, and lesbians, you'll probably love them too. magicariot.com/buy

Artwork of the book covers of "Magica Riot" and "Magica Riot: Full Bloom," set against a background of purple crystal. Artwork of several main characters - Bloom, Claire, Nova, Hikari, Sara, Iris, Cass, and Hana - surround the book art. Text reads:

Lesbians! Trans girls! Musical magic! Gross monsters! Evil corpos! Cool band van! Portland weird! Agender hacker! Leftist cuties! Drum swears! They're adults! Hope & optimism! Sincerity!

Portland's Gay Magical Girl Rock Band

magicariot.com

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James Takahashi @jtvoiceover.com · 29/09/2026

Wait, 'Larper' means 'Poser' now? When did that happen?

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Luke Plunkett @lukeplunkett.com · 28/09/2026

Hi, I'm looking to speak to people who have left games journalism in the last few years and have gone onto do something else. DMs are open, or luke@aftermath.site, thanks!

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James Takahashi @jtvoiceover.com · 28/09/2026

And thank you for the book! I'll be sure to get around to the other review sites too 😄.

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James Takahashi @jtvoiceover.com · 28/09/2026

It is a book that feels dangerous and full of psychic damage, but somehow still fun and retains a gentleness that keeps you safe. To those with an open mind and heart (who also aren't squeamish), to those who ever felt lost in life or figuring themselves out, I can't recommend this book enough.

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