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George J. Horvath

@landofobscusion.bsky.social

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Writes about obscure & forgotten anime/manga/games/media at The Land of Obscusion over on Blogspot. Hopeless fan of all things Masami Kurumada. Published (once) on ANN. Living contradiction. He/him... Who again? https://landofobscusion.blogspot.com/

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George J. Horvath @landofobscusion.bsky.social · May 12

Instead of crapping on YouTubers who want to get attention & make people annoyed by calling titles like Escaflowne or Tenchi Muyo! "obscure" or "forgotten", I say visit this here blog, which for ~15 years has focused on stuff that ACTUALLY IS "obscure" & "forgotten"!

landofobscusion.blogspot.com

Banner for The Land of Obscusion, which has been the self-proclaimed "Home of the Obscure & Forgotten" "For Over 10 Years!".

After this year I might update it to "For Over 15 Years!".

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George J. Horvath @landofobscusion.bsky.social · 8h

Maybe in the final episode Ginpachi-sensei will say that the show got "cancelled" & give said B***** N**** P******* producer a German suplex, Onizuka style.

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Samantha Ferreira Is Creating An Anime Mag @sam-animeherald.bsky.social · 9h

Ahahahaha, holy shit. Gintama has not lost its edge.

Still from Gintama: Mr. Ginpachi's Zany Class that depicts Ginpachi snarking to his replacement for the new series.

Text: "This show only exists because a Bandai Namco Pictures producer..."

Still from Gintama: Mr. Ginpachi's Zany Class that depicts a censored Bandai Namco producer, surrounded by cheering women

Subtitle: "... went around blabbering to patners that he was gonna make a new Gintama anime."

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Brendel @brendelbored.bsky.social · 14h

Terrified he died but delighted that it’s just him talking about cocaine

The New Yorker @newyorker.com · 14h

Tim Curry was a 20-something stage actor living in London in the seedy, sex-drenched 1970s when he auditioned for a new B-movie musical called “The Rocky Horror Show.” In a new interview, Curry discusses the cult classic, David Bowie, Studio 54, and more. http://nyer.cm/Z9RkgrI

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Cortana 👻 @cortanav.bsky.social · 14h

Six weeks prior to Halo: CE shipping, 16 player multiplayer over LAN was not functioning.

It took dedicated engineers and a lot of people in test undergoing intense crunch to save that feature.

The landscape of video games is owed in major part to test.

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MangaAlerts @mangaalerts.com · 14h

Viz Media announced at #NYCC that the Shonen Jump Pop-Up Shop will be hosted at the American Dream Mall in New Jersey from November 21st to January 20th

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MangaAlerts @mangaalerts.com · 14h

Viz Media announced at #NYCC that you can pick up all 500 Episodes of Naruto Shippuden: The Complete Series on Digital Platforms for $100 starting November 7th, then on Nov. 11th the price will increase to $149.99

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Standard Issue Cell Computing @standardissuecomputing.blog · 15h

holy shit

From the PS3 community on Reddit

Explore this post and more from the PS3 community

www.reddit.com

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Jeremy Parish, imperial aerosol kid @jparish.bsky.social · 16h

In case you’ve ever wondered what kind of audience the Laserdisc medium was marketed to, consider that Pioneer’s U.S. releases of the Armitage III anime had fully English-language packaging EXCEPT for the spines, which printed the titles in katakana

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Manga Mavericks @mangamavericks.bsky.social · 17h

NEW MANGA LICENSE:
Sinbad by Atsuji Yamamoto

Chart a course for adventure with Sinbad!

Join in this time-spanning adventure crafted by storied manga creator Atsuji Yamamoto.

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EGADS, It's LÜ BOOOOO!!!!! @cheflubu.bsky.social · 17h

two men with beards are facing each other with the words angief and zangi on the bottom right

ALT: two men with beards are facing each other with the words angief and zangi on the bottom right

media.tenor.com

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George J. Horvath @landofobscusion.bsky.social · 17h

You mean "by the primary character designer of the Metal Max series".

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Anime News Network @animenewsnetwork.com · 18h

Manga Mavericks will release Sen's Horon of the Closed Country manga and Atsuji Yamamoto's Sinbad manga in English physically and digitally next year.

Manga Mavericks Licenses Sen's Horon of the Closed Country, Atsuji Yamamoto's Sinbad Manga

Both series to get digital, physical releases next year

www.animenewsnetwork.com

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MangaAlerts @mangaalerts.com · 17h

Manga Mavericks Books announced at #NYCC2025 they licensed the following titles

• Horon of The Closed Country by Sen

- Digital Winter 2026, Physical Summer 2026

• Sinbad by Atsuji Yamamoto

- Digital & Physical Summer 2026

$6.99 Digital / $14.99 Physical for both titles

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Manga Mavericks @mangamavericks.bsky.social · 17h

NEW MANGA LICENSE:
Horon of the Closed Country by Sen

What the Forest Deity takes will never return...

A breathtaking fantasy series coming from Manga Mavericks Books in 2026!

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Wario64 @wario64.bsky.social · 19h

Avatar Legends: The Fighting Game (working title) announced (Summer 2026 - from Gameplay Group International) www.youtube.com/watch?v=CmBG...

store.steampowered.com/app/2424420/...

-12 players at launch
-Single player campaign
-"Best in Class Net Code and Cross Play"

PC/PS4/PS5/Xbox/Switch 2

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Anime News Network @animenewsnetwork.com · 18h

Kodama Tales has licensed Boichi's Sun-Ken Rock manga, and has also licensed Yuzuko Hoshimi's MAGICA manga.

Kodama Tales Licenses Sun-Ken Rock, MAGICA Manga

Both manga release in 2026

www.animenewsnetwork.com

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George J. Horvath @landofobscusion.bsky.social · 18h

a man in a red shirt says " don t you put that evil on me "

ALT: a man in a red shirt says " don t you put that evil on me "

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Helen McCarthy @helenmccarthy51.bsky.social · 19h

Animate pop-up store to open 31 Oct on London's Waterloo station!
animeblurayuk.wordpress.com/2025/10/11/a...

Animate Pop-Up Store to Open in London on 31st October 2025

The international social media account for the Japanese retailer Animate, otherwise known as Animate Ltd, have recently confirmed that the previously announced Pop-Up Store in London will open on 3…

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MangaAlerts @mangaalerts.com · 18h

Kodama Tales announced on their social media that they licensed Boichi’s Sun Ken Rock in English

• $21.99 MSRP

Volume 1 is scheduled to release April 1st, 2026

#Manga #MangaNews

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Anime News Network @animenewsnetwork.com · 20h

Shun Numa's Shonen Jump comedy manga Super Psychic Policeman Chojo gets a TV anime next year!

Shun Numa's Super Psychic Policeman Chojo Manga Gets TV Anime in 2026

Why Raeliana Ended Up at the Duke's Mansion director Junichi Yamamoto helms anime at Arvo Animation

www.animenewsnetwork.com

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George J. Horvath @landofobscusion.bsky.social · 19h

@kodamatales.bsky.social just announced that it'll be releasing Sun-Ken Rock by Boichi physically starting in April, with what looks to be 2-in-1 omnibuses.

I remember reading a portion of this on the OG Crunchyroll Manga service, and I did enjoy what I read.

Sun-Ken Rock (Perfect Edition) Vol. 1

Sun-Ken Rock (Perfect Edition) Vol. 1 [., Boichi] on Amazon.com. *FREE* shipping on qualifying offers. Sun-Ken Rock (Perfect Edition) Vol. 1

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George J. Horvath @landofobscusion.bsky.social · 21h

One Piece isn't even near the end yet, but Eiichiro Oda has the chance to do the funniest thing now...

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VGDensetsu @vgdensetsu.bsky.social · 1d

Square producer Akitoshi Kawazu mentions that Square had received a development kit for the Super Famicom CD-ROM drive and that tests for a new Final Fantasy had been carried out with it. The workstations were NEWS.
xcancel.com/SaGa30kawazu...

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jaythechou.bsky.social @jaythechou.bsky.social · 7d

I Photoshop Paddington into a movie, TV show, or pop culture until I forget: Day 1666

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John Linneman @dark1x.bsky.social · 1d

Huh, PCSX2 really really does not like this even in software rendering mode! Will capture from a regular PS2, of course, but this is interesting.

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