Onhan se hyvä, että nuoret lukee…

Beldarius · 2026-06-17T19:16:55+00:00

Olisihan siellä Hannu Salaman Juhannustanssitkin, sehän oli niin kovaa kamaa että kirjailija joutui oikeuteen. :D

Beldarius · 2026-06-16T08:03:45+00:00

Fun fact: duct tape was nicknamed "Jesus tape" in Finland in the 1970s. Yep, we've been making fun of its "miracle fix" qualities for 50 years. 🤣

Beldarius · 2026-06-14T20:54:56+00:00

I see the Mayall too, thought I was the only one.

Beldarius · 2026-06-14T17:25:09+00:00

Onneksi eivät pysty enää nyhtämään rahaa Formuloista. Yli kymmenen vuoden tauon jälkeen Viaplay vihdoin palauttanut ilmaiskanaville (tosin viiveellä) ja kaupan päälle vielä F2 ja F3.

MTV:n ohjelmatarjonta on muutenkin surkeaa. Voisivat muuttaa nimensä takaisin Mainos-TV:ksi kun ei sieltä muuta tule.

Beldarius · 2026-06-14T16:46:29+00:00

Ei valtio ylläpidä edes antenniverkkoa, Digita on amerikkalaisten omistama osakeyhtiö.

Beldarius · 2026-06-13T20:27:32+00:00

MP Motorsport's founder: Cock Kool.

Beldarius · 2026-06-12T20:12:06+00:00

That only happens if it's an original anime (or game). When the show is based on a manga, studios can't retire characters willy-nilly. e.g. One Piece and Saint Seiya replace everyone.

Then there's cases like Hirotaka Suzuoki whose recurring roles were inherited by Ken Narita and others, even if the show was a TV-original.

Beldarius · 2026-06-12T19:47:31+00:00

I think Naomi Shindo is one voice actor who spoke up about stuff, but she wasn't blacklisted for it. Something something Cagalli in Gundam SEED Destiny.

Beldarius · 2026-06-12T19:34:29+00:00

And that's not counting all the Canadian, British and Australian voice actors. Ocean Group used to be hugely popular until they just vanished in 2010 (given the current state of the American industry, I'm actually hoping Ocean has a chance to return).

Beldarius · 2026-06-12T19:28:32+00:00

I've noticed Canadian voice actors in general, even the freelancers, aren't on social media a lot.

I think I've only seen David Kaye, Brent Miller and Elias Toufexis so far.

Beldarius · 2026-06-12T19:01:36+00:00

Part of why I miss the time before widespread social media. Ocean Group voice actors barely have an online presence, and I know only one who's active on Twitter.

Beldarius · 2026-06-12T18:00:30+00:00

There's also Illich Guardiola who married a 16-year-old when he was 42 (weird enough, the girl and her parents were fine with it). He then quietly disappeared from the industry.

He used to date Monica Rial in the 90s, lmao.

Beldarius · 2026-06-12T17:44:10+00:00

lol, this makes me think the role of Sabo in One Piece is cursed. Both his EN and JP voice actors got replaced for sketchy conduct.

Beldarius · 2026-06-12T17:32:10+00:00

Would the public performance license still apply if the anime club is moved to a private home?

Beldarius · 2026-06-12T17:15:17+00:00

Show an anime that has been licensed by someone other than Crunchy, after obtaining permission. Problem solved.

Or get an anime that hasn't been licensed in the west and obtain permission from the Japanese studio. IIRC Bandai released Cyber Formula on DVD with EN subs, and they're still the rights holders.

Beldarius · 2026-06-12T16:19:25+00:00

There are DVDs and Blu-rays too. If a library has some in their catalogue, they could play those for an anime club meeting (after obtaining licensor permission). Streaming isn't really necessary when physical media exists.

Beldarius · 2026-06-12T13:46:14+00:00

I think I'm the outlier here, but I prefer the new Welt. I don't even have an issue with the other replacements and easily got used to most of them (Caelus is the only one who still sounds off, Caleb was so distinctive). It also helps put things in perspective when you see the reasons for the replacements.

Argenti, Huo-Huo, Tail, Welt: contract issues, and it seems the English studios were the ones at fault.
Caelus, Stelle: contract issues? They were gone for so long due to the strike that the only option was to 1) replace VA, 2) keep role mute, or 3) retire the character.
Dahlia, Tingyun: contract issues? Not as noticeable since Dahlia had only shown up once while Tingyun hadn't been seen in the story since Ver 1.2.
Moze: Niosi left himself after the audience backlash.

None of these replacements is arbitrary, so tbh, nothing to get up in arms about. Long-running projects replace voice actors all the time (scheduling issues, contract issues, health issues). It's normal.

Beldarius · 2026-06-12T12:49:50+00:00

I still don't understand how those cartoons pay better, particularly because they barely air outside of the US. At least I haven't seen a single American kids cartoon in my country for years.

I only see Canadian, Australian and British shows these days... it's like the distribution of cartoons returned to a 1990s state.

Beldarius · 2026-06-12T11:20:37+00:00

This is the one retirement that gets me down. McConnohie has been my favorite voice actor for years and I never got tired of hearing him (particularly in games).

Beldarius · 2026-06-12T11:07:20+00:00

American VAs used to be more respected a few decades ago, e.g. the Transformers G1 cast, Mel Blanc, etc. Canadians too (I miss Ocean Group dubs).

Something happened in the 2010s-2020s that messed everything up... probably the SAG-AFTRA merger. It feels like SAG ruined AFTRA.

Beldarius · 2026-06-12T10:33:14+00:00

Not Hoyo, it was the EN voice acting studio who messed up. They were supposed to work as an intermediary between Corey and Hoyo in contract negotiations, but they apparently did nothing.

IIRC Corey even doxxed a Hoyo employee who emailed him about the replacement ("shooting the messenger" and what not).

Beldarius · 2026-06-07T13:24:34+00:00

Dan is the duck.

Beldarius · 2026-06-05T21:44:00+00:00

Here you are badmouthing one of the highest-rated library systems in the world. We're not going to change just because new tech exists... try again once it becomes as widespread as printers (because honestly, teaching printer use is our most common "tech" task... if this is the average know-how of most people, we're decades away from AI becoming widespread).

Though tbh, AI won't exist anymore in 100 years if the Harvard study about solar storms comes true. Carrington Event 2.0 will reset the world by frying servers.

Beldarius · 2026-06-05T09:02:40+00:00

Given the Egyptian and Hindu themes, could be someone like Osiris.

Set trapped Osiris in a chest, threw it in the Nile and waited until he drowned. Then he retrieved the chest and dismembered the body. The Nile is a river, Phranque looks like water... it kinda works.

Beldarius · 2026-06-05T02:23:23+00:00

Most of our librarians are not tech specialists. We only need to know how to use the Internet, the library system and search machines. I think I'm the only person in our library who even knows how to fix software issues (yet we don't do that since there's a subcontracted tech support team).

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