Wakatsuba @tats-w.bsky.social · 22/02/2026I recently read A Killing Cold by @katealicemarshall.bsky.social It is a brilliant read. Awesome pacing, mystery with many layers that peels slowly. I highly recommend. #booksky 051 0
Wakatsuba @tats-w.bsky.social · 11/08/2025This is the picture representing what I want to see in the internet. 040 0
Wakatsuba @tats-w.bsky.social · 11/08/2025Love Hummingbirds. We get a few every morning dancing around our trees and the fountain. #birds 040 0
Reposted by Wakatsubawomensartbluesky.bsky.social @womensartbluesky.bsky.social · 22/07/2025Three girls (1932) by Amrita Sher-Gil #womensart 06475670 0
Wakatsuba @tats-w.bsky.social · 24/06/2025I think this is one of more interesting development in the content world. 📺 www.hollywoodreporter.com/business/bus...hollywoodreporter.comSoapy “Verticals” Helping to Keep Hollywood Employed in L.A. As Film and TV Projects LeaveThe format may be low-brow, for now. But underemployed crews and actors in Southern California are increasingly turning to them in between looking for jobs on features and shows. 040 0
Wakatsuba @tats-w.bsky.social · 06/06/2025Well this sounds terrible. #anime 📺 animecorner.me/lionsgate-vi...animecorner.meLive-Action to Anime in 'Three Hours,' Boasts Lionsgate Vice Chairman About AI Technology Capabilities - Anime CornerThe vice chairman of Lionsgate speaks about the company's vision for AI and its potential for anime production following Lionsgate's partnership with Runway. 030 0
Reposted by WakatsubaProtect Digital Identity @protectdid.bsky.social · 05/06/2025“Natasha Lyonne, runs the Los Angeles production company Animal Pictures with fellow actor and comedian Maya Rudolph. Lyonne has been a screen actor since childhood. “ #AIEthicsbfi.org.ukNatasha Lyonne on AIIn our September 2023 issue, Lyonne spoke about the limitations of AI in filmmaking and the related risk of worker exploitation. 095 0
Reposted by WakatsubaAllan Hailstone @allhails.bsky.social · 23/05/2025Berlin, Checkpoint Charlie, 29 August 1962. I post photographs taken on my many Berlin visits in the 1950s and 1960s. 180 historic street images of East and West Berlin are in my book "Berlin in the Cold War" (Amberley Publishing). #Berlin 1722 0
Wakatsuba @tats-w.bsky.social · 11/05/2025The landscape is changing, as the traditional media companies produce less shows at higher cost, the content creators are up-leveling their production. 📺 www.hollywoodreporter.com/business/bus...hollywoodreporter.comCreators Are Building Their Own Supersized Studio System As Hollywood Cuts BackYouTube stars now reach as much people as legacy media — and they’re poaching some of the top players to grow even bigger. 020 0
Reposted by WakatsubaNatania Barron ~ Fantasy Author @natania.bsky.social · 09/05/2025Poppies are always a challenge in my yard since they love dry ground and hot sun. But this one showed up magically! I was showing @boreasword.bsky.social what was popping up and saw the bud yesterday. This morning: 21072 0
Wakatsuba @tats-w.bsky.social · 06/05/2025I feel like there used to be more of these kind of creative promotions. Am I wrong? 020 0
Wakatsuba @tats-w.bsky.social · 16/04/2025Uncertain times ahead just as streamers are getting their toes wet in advertisements model. www.hollywoodreporter.com/business/bus...hollywoodreporter.comVolatility Bites: Why Hollywood Is Terrified of TariffsThe pandemic and strikes were bad enough. But, with entertainment companies struggling to stay in the black amidst Trumpian chaos, a recession could be an extinction-level event. 020 0
Reposted by WakatsubaDreamcatcher @dreamcatcher01.bsky.social · 15/04/2025Eastern Bluebird Sometimes you have to pause in order to appreciate... 18412177923 0
Reposted by WakatsubaMarcus @marcusjmerritt.com · 11/04/2025Royal Oak Township, Michigan, December 2024 1464 0
Reposted by WakatsubaEmily Carter @emilycurates.bsky.social · 08/04/2025A #ladybug preparing for takeoff They can eat up to 5,000 aphids in their lifetime, making them natural pest controllers! In some cultures they’re associated with luck 396144682121 0
Reposted by WakatsubaHelen Barrett @helenbarrett.bsky.social · 07/04/2025The first record I bought with my own money. 2321 0
Reposted by WakatsubaNatania Barron ~ Fantasy Author @natania.bsky.social · 04/04/2025Did someone say #bloomscrolling? The garden is doing its thing. Camellias on the way out but we’ve got so many peony buds on the way! 715331 0
Wakatsuba @tats-w.bsky.social · 03/04/2025This is a very interesting deep dive into Netflix and Crunchyroll’s subscriber’s Anime viewing and the economical impact. 📺 animebythenumbers.substack.com/p/the-crunch...animebythenumbers.substack.comThe Crunchyroll & Netflix Anime Duopoly ExplainedHow Crunchyroll & Netflix shaped the overseas anime market. 020 0
Wakatsuba @tats-w.bsky.social · 01/04/2025I don’t think AI subtitling and translations are there yet. But maybe they will introduce new model that will avoid all these pitfalls fairly quickly. 📺 otakukart.com/anime-stream...otakukart.comAnime Streaming Services Learn the Hard Way Why AI Subtitles Don’t Work, Thanks to GundamThe anime community has been rocked by a glaring mistake made by AI-generated subtitles in a Mobile Suit Gundam episode. Available on platforms like 030 0
Wakatsuba @tats-w.bsky.social · 31/03/2025Netflix and Crunchyroll crushing it with Anime viewing market share. 📺 www.cbr.com/crunchyroll-...cbr.comBasically Just Crunchyroll & Netflix: Overseas Anime Streaming in Numbers, According to Wall StreetCrunchyroll and Netflix currently lead the way on anime streaming as Wall Street firm Bernstein predicts a 5x growth to $16 billion by 2030. 010 0
Wakatsuba @tats-w.bsky.social · 20/03/2025Making high quality content is expensive ! 📺🎥 www.thewrap.com/apple-loses-...thewrap.comApple Loses $1 Billion Annually on Apple TV+ | ReportApple is losing more than $1 billion annually on its streaming service, Apple TV+, which has 45 million subscribers, The Information reported 010 0
Wakatsuba @tats-w.bsky.social · 18/03/2025Apple TV’s quality over quantity bet. I personally think streamers need both. You need great quality shows to draw new customers and to choose you over the others. But you need good stable of easy to consume show to keep people to stay on the service. 📺 observer.com/2025/03/appl...observer.comApple TV+ Chief Unpacks Costly Content Strategy with ‘Severance’ DirectorSeverance is “the perfect show to be on Apple.” 000 0
Wakatsuba @tats-w.bsky.social · 17/03/2025This is a very surprising development. It shows how hard it is for an independent production company to go up against a big studio in contract dispute. 🎥 📺 variety.com/2025/biz/new...variety.com‘Joker’ and ‘The Matrix’ Producer Village Roadshow Files for Chapter 11 BankruptcyVillage Roadshow, producer and financier of The Matrix, Joker and Lego movie franchises, filed for bankruptcy protection amid a legal battle with WB. 010 0
Wakatsuba @tats-w.bsky.social · 11/03/2025I would love to see this documentary on Stan Lee. 📺https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/movies/movie-news/stan-lees-final-chapter-documentary-1236161011/hollywoodreporter.comStan Lee’s Tumultuous Final Years to Be Explored in DocumentaryJon Bolerjack filmed hundreds of hours of footage that he says shows bad behavior by those around the Marvel legend. Now he is turning it into a doc, 'Stan Lee: The Final Chapter.' 010 0
Wakatsuba @tats-w.bsky.social · 08/03/2025Not looking forward to next week where all my regular Asia calls will have to be rescheduled to account for our day light savings time. Seriously, when will this end. #daylightsavingstime 010 0
Wakatsuba @tats-w.bsky.social · 06/03/2025Going all out on Anime! 📺 animexnews.com/toei-animati...animexnews.comToei Animation’s Global Ambitions Despite Oscar Lose, “Amedama” Producer Tengu Washio Vows to Push Boundaries and Expand WorldwideWhen Toei Animation’s critically acclaimed short film Amedama became the studio’s first-ever nominee for the Academy Award for Best Animated Short Film at the 010 0
Wakatsuba @tats-w.bsky.social · 06/03/2025Rough day at Disney, especially their News division. 📺 www.latimes.com/entertainmen...latimes.comLayoffs hit ABC News and Disney's entertainment TV channelsThe Walt Disney Co.-owned news and entertainment divisions are cutting 6% of their workforce. Data journalism unit 538 is shuttered. 021 0
Reposted by WakatsubaAlison Fisk @alisonfisk.bsky.social · 03/03/2025Beware of the dog??! 👀 🐾 Endearing Roman mosaic of a little black guard dog curled up asleep 💤 in the entrance passage of his family home in Pompeii. House of Lucius Caecilius Iucundus. 📷 by me #MosaicMonday #Archaeology 1145988 0
Reposted by WakatsubaSardonicus @sardonicus.eu · 26/02/2025'Cleaning day at a house near Groenburgwal canal, Amsterdam, Netherlands' Kees Scherer, 1955 114321 0
Wakatsuba @tats-w.bsky.social · 25/02/2025I think one of the factors of more US shows filming outside of the US is the strong dollar. 📺 www.hollywoodreporter.com/business/bus...hollywoodreporter.comHow Production Shifted Since the Strikes, and Where Execs Are Looking to Film in 2025A new report from production tracking service ProdPro finds that film and television production rebounded after the 2023 work stoppages, but lags behind filming volumes in 2022. 010 0
Wakatsuba @tats-w.bsky.social · 24/02/2025Not sure why, but this song has been playing in my head the last few days. open.spotify.com/track/1Zi2ez...open.spotify.comEve Of DestructionBarry McGuire · Eve Of Destruction · Song · 1965 020 0
Reposted by WakatsubaStardust 🌏🎬 @stardustbluepr.com · 24/02/2025“What we, actors, create is empathy. Our job is to understand another human being so profoundly that we can touch their souls,” said Fonda, “And make no mistake, empathy is not weak or woke. By the way, woke just means you give a damn about other people.” #sagawardsvariety.comJane Fonda Says ‘Woke Just Means You Give a Damn About Other People,’ Calls on Hollywood to Fight With Empathy in SAG Awards SpeechJane Fonda was honored on Sunday night with SAG's life achievement award. 484124900 0
Wakatsuba @tats-w.bsky.social · 22/02/2025It’s the only time I drink apple juice and I drink it on every International flight I take. 🍎 010 0
Wakatsuba @tats-w.bsky.social · 21/02/2025I remember a time when a long distance call was so expensive it was an event. My family would gather around the phone for a call from my grandparents, aunts, uncles and cousins. We each took short turn talking. 030 0
Wakatsuba @tats-w.bsky.social · 20/02/2025That’s a lot of money!! Are they hoping for K-drama type international penetration from the Mexican creative community? 📺 variety.com/2025/film/gl...variety.comNetflix Unveils $1 Billion Mexican Investment Over the Next 4 YearsNetflix has committed $1 billion to Mexico's audiovisual industry over four years to boost production and back local talent. 031 0
Reposted by WakatsubaThe Alchemist 🇨🇦 @alchemistsstudio.bsky.social · 21/01/2025I decided to keep this piece from the last firing. I think I finally have this glaze working the way I'd like. You can see more vases similar to this one here: rakupottery.ca/crystal-crea... #art #pottery #ceramics #crystals #geology #weather #sky 2344742 0
Wakatsuba @tats-w.bsky.social · 08/02/2025They are so cute!!! It’s amazing how vibrant those colors are. 030 0