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Mark Thomas @mdthomas.bsky.social · 25/09/2026

Excellent adaptation. Everything was spot on. My only complaint is the fact that a second season hasn't been announced (yet). There's enough material to do it. So what are they waiting for!?

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Mark Thomas @mdthomas.bsky.social · 25/09/2026

This season (for me) had some really highs and some semi-lows, but overall was great. Can't wait for season 4 (to complete the second Okinawa arc, if nothing else)!

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Chris Beveridge @chrisbeveridge.bsky.social · 24/09/2026

And that's a wrap for the season with @mdthomas.bsky.social signing off on the series.

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Chris Beveridge @chrisbeveridge.bsky.social · 24/09/2026

With the season wrapped up, @mdthomas.bsky.social has stepped in to talk about how this surprisingly long-running series is doing.

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Mark Thomas @mdthomas.bsky.social · 17/09/2026

This really should have been the last episode. Them closing by doing New Year's and promising to smoke together next year would have been the perfect note to go out on. Do next episode before. Or we could just get to it next season. There is going to be a next season, right? Right!?

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Chris Beveridge @chrisbeveridge.bsky.social · 17/09/2026

One more episode to the finale, and @mdthomas.bsky.social has a look at what's going on before that.

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Sidney Williams - Horror | Thriller Author @sidneyw.bsky.social · 16/09/2026

As spooky season approaches, just a note on my collection Scars and Candy from Crossroad Press. It includes some recent stories and early ones and new including "Playmate" and "Coffin Texts." I was very pleased with how those turned out. 1/2

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Mark Thomas @mdthomas.bsky.social · 09/09/2026

This was an amazing adaptation. I got everything I wanted from it, and I'm glad we finally got the "real" Ghost in the Shell. Is it too much to ask that they follow up with GitS 1.5 and GitS 2 as well? And why not a faithful adaptation of Appleseed and a revival of Dominion while we're at it?

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Chris Beveridge @chrisbeveridge.bsky.social · 09/09/2026

And that's a wrap, for a pretty great imo adaptation of the original work. We've got @mdthomas.bsky.social checking out the finale and an overall look at the season as well. Did you watch, or are you about to binge?

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Mark Thomas @mdthomas.bsky.social · 04/09/2026

I'm not a fan of winter, but I'm with Sasaki in this one: there's something so peaceful about early morning in the wintertime that doesn't exist in other seasons.

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Chris Beveridge @chrisbeveridge.bsky.social · 03/09/2026

And we're getting closer to the end as @mdthomas.bsky.social was once again caught smokin'!

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Mark Thomas @mdthomas.bsky.social · 02/09/2026

Anybody who has ever seen a moment of Ghost in the Shell should know that the last thing you do is corner a Kunsanagi.

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Chris Beveridge @chrisbeveridge.bsky.social · 02/09/2026

And @mdthomas.bsky.social is checking in on the penultimate installment of the season!

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Sidney Williams - Horror | Thriller Author @sidneyw.bsky.social · 01/09/2026

Almost forgot this was dropping today over at Wicked Horror! Wrestling, Mothman, Cthulhu!

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Mark Thomas @mdthomas.bsky.social · 27/08/2026

Love those moments where Sasaki hits Tayama with such an honest truth that she cannot help but drop the act for a bit. Really impactful moments.

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Chris Beveridge @chrisbeveridge.bsky.social · 27/08/2026

One of a couple of new reviews today has @mdthomas.bsky.social keeping up with this delightful pair.

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Mark Thomas @mdthomas.bsky.social · 26/08/2026

This adaptation has been awesome so far. Last few episodes should be a blast!

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Chris Beveridge @chrisbeveridge.bsky.social · 26/08/2026

We're down to just two episodes left and I could not be more in love with this show. Check out @mdthomas.bsky.social look at the latest!

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Mark Thomas @mdthomas.bsky.social · 20/08/2026

New content! We're finally past the material from the mini-episodes. It's a little moment, but I love the hoss/squirt gun scene in this one.

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Chris Beveridge @chrisbeveridge.bsky.social · 20/08/2026

Our second new anime review of the day has @mdthomas.bsky.social on top of things with this simulcast series!

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Mark Thomas @mdthomas.bsky.social · 20/08/2026

This series is so great. Under the radar great, these days. It needs to come back.

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Boredwalk @boredwalk.com · 18/08/2026

Time to feed my cat -mundane -harmless -sounds like a chore Time to bring my familiar an offering - mystical -ominous -sounds like an unholy alliance

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Mark Thomas @mdthomas.bsky.social · 19/08/2026

We finally get the Puppet Master for real. Time for the Major's mind to be blown.

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Chris Beveridge @chrisbeveridge.bsky.social · 19/08/2026

While today is mostly NCBD, we've got a new anime review here from @mdthomas.bsky.social which was just an amazing episode to watch.

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Sidney Williams - Horror | Thriller Author @sidneyw.bsky.social · 17/08/2026

Also, on the vintage paperback discussion front, my new column’s live today!

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Sidney Williams - Horror | Thriller Author @sidneyw.bsky.social · 14/08/2026

Looks like the trade of a horror comics miniseries I wrote has been issued in a trade. It popped up on my Amazon author page. #graphicnovel www.amazon.com/Friar-Rush-S...

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Mark Thomas @mdthomas.bsky.social · 14/08/2026

Things are setting up well for heading into the new (finally!) material next week. Can't wait!

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Chris Beveridge @chrisbeveridge.bsky.social · 14/08/2026

We've got @mdthomas.bsky.social checking in today with a new anime to talk about! Are you caught up on this series?

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Chris Beveridge @chrisbeveridge.bsky.social · 13/08/2026

A domestic Blu-ray release using the JP remaster of Maison Ikoku (with updated translations too, probably) is my holy grail of anime at this point. I can't think of much else out of the classic box I want/want a new release of.

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Mark Thomas @mdthomas.bsky.social · 13/08/2026

Good lord. It's been forty years. Still my favorite manga of all time. Don't love the anime *quite* as much, but it's still great. Go read/see this.

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Mark Thomas @mdthomas.bsky.social · 12/08/2026

We see both sides of the Major in this episode, and what that suggests is pretty scary.

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Chris Beveridge @chrisbeveridge.bsky.social · 12/08/2026

Only one anime review on deck today with @mdthomas.bsky.social engaging in some Motoko time!

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Sidney Williams - Horror | Thriller Author @sidneyw.bsky.social · 07/08/2026

Gnelfs on a shelf sighting at our local library. It’s a copy of the re-issue by Crossroad Press that I donated, but still, fun to see it in circulation.

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Mark Thomas @mdthomas.bsky.social · 07/08/2026

The toxicity of Japanese corporate life is well on display in this episode, which I find interesting. But that's why Sasaki has Tayama in his life.

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Chris Beveridge @chrisbeveridge.bsky.social · 07/08/2026

A new Friday anime review with @mdthomas.bsky.social skulking out from behind the supermarket himself!

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Mark Thomas @mdthomas.bsky.social · 07/08/2026

Dominion Tank Police is one of the foundational titles of my anime fandom, so you can only imagine how happy it made me that the cat sisters made a cameo in this episode.

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Mark Thomas @mdthomas.bsky.social · 07/08/2026

It's apparently been ten years since I last watched this. Guess I need to fix that soon...

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Sidney Williams - Horror | Thriller Author @sidneyw.bsky.social · 06/08/2026

Trying for a sinister smile while holding the newest novella in my office.

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Mark Thomas @mdthomas.bsky.social · 31/07/2026

Old Man Sasaki is just so darned old. Silly old man with his old man stuff. He's old, is what I'm getting at.

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Chris Beveridge @chrisbeveridge.bsky.social · 31/07/2026

And new on the review block today, @mdthomas.bsky.social has checked in on this delightful series.

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Chris Beveridge @chrisbeveridge.bsky.social · 29/07/2026

This feels like a book out of time, and I'm very much glad to have it, but it's pretty surreal. And really pretty, too.

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Mark Thomas @mdthomas.bsky.social · 29/07/2026

Continue to be impressed with how they are nailing this adaptation. Batoh and Togusa FTW! No Fuchikoma-led genocide plans, though. Can't have it all.

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Chris Beveridge @chrisbeveridge.bsky.social · 29/07/2026

And @mdthomas.bsky.social checks in on the latest episode that had some really solid material and moments throughout it. Batou and Togusa are always a delight together!

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Mark Thomas @mdthomas.bsky.social · 28/07/2026

I need to get on with watching this. Seems right up my alley.

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Mark Thomas @mdthomas.bsky.social · 25/07/2026

The constant irreverence of the Major in this (and the original) continues to catch me off guard. Also: Fuchikoma alert!

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Chris Beveridge @chrisbeveridge.bsky.social · 24/07/2026

I cannot get enough of the Fuchikoma's, and especially how they animate their mouths of all things. Revolution!

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Mark Thomas @mdthomas.bsky.social · 25/07/2026

The dynamic between these two is just so perfect. Love the way she teases/flirts with him, but then he can just completely unbalance her by being himself.

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Chris Beveridge @chrisbeveridge.bsky.social · 24/07/2026

On the new review front, @mdthomas.bsky.social is keeping up with this series, and the whole episode is just pure magic to me.

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