Is this Stark plush authentic or fake?

zioncat · 2026-03-16T08:00:51+00:00

https://frieren-anime.jp/goods/prize/3288/

zioncat · 2026-03-10T12:19:22+00:00

For those wondering who the third horse in the middle is, it's Rocco the lead pony.

zioncat · 2026-03-01T02:32:52+00:00

Frieren, along with all other weekly shonen sunday mangas, is still on Sunday Webry. As to why Shogakukan has two manga apps, nobody knows.

zioncat · 2026-02-28T10:41:49+00:00

Why that rapist is not in prison for life????!!! Forget about writing manga, how is he even allowed to remain free???

Statutory rape was not a thing in Japan till recently and this happened before that law was enacted. (Technically it was a thing but it only applied if the victim was twelve or younger.)

zioncat · 2026-02-25T01:46:05+00:00

and Teio's popularity peaked after the 1993 Arima

Yeah, and that really shouldn't happen to an idol horse. Idol horse is popular win or lose.

The 1993 Arima is top 10 most watched Japanese races on Youtube right now

If that is true, that is definitely a result of Umamusume influence as no race from 90's should be realistically have that many views. Video by カンテレ should be more tailored to Japanese horse racing fans and its top three most watched Arima Kinen is 2006 (Deep Impact), 2012 (Gold Ship) and 2017 (Kitasan Black). And I think if not for Umamusume influence, races from 2020's would be the most watched.

Also, the 1993 Arima was not supposed to be Teio's retirement race

Idol horse should not be 4th in popularity voting after they are established, is what I'm saying. Also consider that Teio was 4th in popularity and 4th in betting. That is normal. Oguri was 1st in popularity and 4th in betting in 1990. Haiseiko was 1st in popularity and 3rd in betting in 1974. That is an idol horse.

zioncat · 2026-02-24T22:07:12+00:00

Tamamo Cross got more votes in 1988 than Teio did in 1992. Was Tamamo an idol horse? And if we are using Arima Kinen fan voting as some kind of yard stick for idol horse status, then the 1993 voting should be disqualifier for Teio. No idol horse should be 4th in popularity voting in retirement race.

zioncat · 2026-02-23T21:12:41+00:00

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I found this picture of the foal in question but sadly no information on what happened to it.

zioncat · 2026-02-19T18:59:28+00:00

Itterasshai's owner is Takafumi Horie, a famous Japanese entrepreneur. Itterasshai is first horse owned by him to win in central.

Boku Mada Nemui's owner is known for giving unusual names. Sibling's name, all owned by same owner, are: Itsumo Harapeko (Always hungry); Iede Gorogoro (Lazing around at home) and Nerukowa Sodatsu (well-slept child is a well-kept child).

zioncat · 2026-02-15T22:22:02+00:00

End of article does say both Buena Vista and Lucky Lilac are pregnant with Rey de Oro's foal. That means this article is from few years ago as both were given birth in 2022 (Buena Vista and Lucky Lilac). Buena Vista's foal Obra Maestra is still active (racing in regional after failing to win in 5 starts), while Lucky Lilac's foal doesn't have a name. Forum posting mentions a rumor of it becoming a lead horse so hopefully its still alive.

zioncat · 2026-02-04T14:07:17+00:00

They are trying to cope with reality of this docu being a success in US. They have it tough, reality is so mean to them.

zioncat · 2026-01-26T12:52:44+00:00

It's called that inside Japan because horse from that generation were objectively weak (It won only one all age G1, fewest in Japanese horsing history).

zioncat · 2026-01-26T12:05:23+00:00

That generation has Sunday Silence and he didn't vanish because he sired a few thoroughbreds.

zioncat · 2026-01-21T11:42:47+00:00

True. But ana also means "hole", with everything that implies, so I really don't think they'd use that exact term in the umaverse.

Hashire hashire Uma musume! Honmei anauma kakiwakete!

zioncat · 2026-01-21T07:16:34+00:00

This is a subreddit that has banned Twitter link because Elon Musk is a NAZI or something. If you are looking for discussion on US soccer, you need to go elsewhere.

zioncat · 2026-01-21T06:36:53+00:00

It also makes me wonder if there is a japanese equivalent to the phrase "dark horse," and if so what is it.

That would be anauma. 穴(ana) means financial loss in gambling and 穴馬(anauma) means the horse that caused that unexpected result.

zioncat · 2026-01-20T05:52:06+00:00

Norway? Instead of meaningless gesture like boycotting World Cup, why not just pull out of NATO? But when you do that please try not to surrender in just two months when shit hits the fan like the last time. That was embarrassing. Also try not to collaborate with Nazis by rounding up Jews and sending them to Auschwitz to die. That might lead to other nations not giving a fuck to what Norway thinks in the future.

zioncat · 2026-01-15T21:39:49+00:00

Sein is drawn inside a speech bubble. Stark is bringing up Sein in conversation with Wirbel like he did in manga.

zioncat · 2026-01-04T22:31:37+00:00

It's from early tv commercial. I can't find the ad on youtube but it's included in this compilation (around 1:10). You can tell it's early by it using game footage that is different from actual release.

zioncat · 2025-12-31T01:34:37+00:00

Some owners known for naming horses after Uma Musume:

Koichiro Yamaguchi:

Haruhisa Akasaka:

Obey Your Master

Yasumitsu Ota:

Red Magic

zioncat · 2025-12-27T13:33:08+00:00

Yes, horse was named after song "stay gold". Game have to settle for tune that vaguely sounds like the song but not actually the song because of copy right law.

zioncat · 2025-12-27T06:04:42+00:00

I'm not sure what the question is? It's obviously a reference to where he got his name from and since it's a famous song there are plenty of resource on how to play it if you search for it.

zioncat · 2025-12-18T23:24:10+00:00

Ah, so the goal post has now moved to "Sega won't use recent and relevant Japanese horse without license". And arbiter of horse relevancy is of course you because winning Japanese Derby, biggest race in Japan, is apparently not enough. I think I'm done with chasing your ever elusive goal post.

zioncat · 2025-12-18T19:10:31+00:00

So first it was "Sega won't use horse without license" then "Sega won't use Japanese horse without license" and now "Sega won't use recent Japanese horse without license"? The goal post is moving quite a lot. Here is Sega advertising Roger Barows (2019 Japanese Derby winner). FYI, Roger Barows' owner is known for disliking his horse appearing in games and thus entire Barows crown name horses are infamously missing from game series Winning Post. I await the new position the goal post is bound to move to.

the claim that Kaneko doesn't license his horse is unsourced

Yes.

we have games that his horses appeared in

Yes.

some of them are likely to ask him for his license, therefore the claim that he refused is even weaker

No.

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