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Alex Holt-Cohan @alexholtcohan.bsky.social · 6h

Check out my latest artist interview with someone who I consider to b an absolute king of cartoon nostalgia @philtomato.bsky.social
#cartoonnetwork #anime #nostalgia

Inside Philtomato’s Cartoon Nostalgia: Turning ’90s Childhood Into Art

YouTube video by Bento Radio

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Alex Holt-Cohan @alexholtcohan.bsky.social · 16h

It can be difficult to play with nostalgia and not make your audience feel like you’re just in it for the money. @philtomato.bsky.social is great at using nostalgia as the Umani that makes you smile every time you see his work.

A conversation with Philltomato

If you’ve ever watched early 2000’s Cartoon Network or Nickelodeon then Philtomato’s work will hit you like a truck. He takes just about every cartoon and anime character you can think of and uses the...

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Alex Holt-Cohan @alexholtcohan.bsky.social · 1d

If you liked my interview with @eatslugs.bsky.social then check out out my new artist interview with @philtomato.bsky.social .especially if you’ve never heard of him and grew up with 2000’s Cartoon Network!
#cartoonnetwork #illustration #nostalgia

A conversation with Philltomato

If you’ve ever watched early 2000’s Cartoon Network or Nickelodeon then Philtomato’s work will hit you like a truck. He takes just about every cartoon and anime character you can think of and uses the...

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Alex Holt-Cohan @alexholtcohan.bsky.social · 1d

On a scale of 01 to MOMMY how weird do we think people are gonna get about Mable? #pokemon #nintendo

Alex Holt-Cohan @alexholtcohan.bsky.social · 3d

I've got another conversation with an artist I really like coming out tomorrow night, but in the meantime, you can check out his latest episode. And don't forget to subscribe everywhere! #podcast #anime

New Panty & Stocking With Garterbelt is back, to internet punch you in the Eyeholes

In My Interview with two of the three directors, Hiroyuki Imaishi discussed Panty and stalking as a Kind of creative playground where his team and he could freely experiment with creative ideas and co...

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Alex Holt-Cohan @alexholtcohan.bsky.social · 4d

The reference to the original opening of Ranma in the current opening of Ranma is wild. #anime #mappa #netflix #ranma

a girl wearing a shirt that says stw club

ALT: a girl wearing a shirt that says stw club

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Alex Holt-Cohan @alexholtcohan.bsky.social · 10d

I know I’m High and all but dose anyone else just want a practice tattoo machine?! #wtf #weird

Alex Holt-Cohan @alexholtcohan.bsky.social · 13d

So I feel like we should all be concerned that the tide is turning on if Tougen Anki is good or not because I keep seeing sizzle reals and TikToks of this show that is deeply sexist unoriginal Shonen trash. Help? I don’t know how to feel. #anime

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Alex Holt-Cohan @alexholtcohan.bsky.social · 15d

as promised a brand spankin' new episode this time all about Dan Da Dan season 02 but if you liked my interview last week don't touch that dial just yet because I'm workin on something I think you'll like!

Dan Da Dan season 02: 2 Found 2 Family

It’s hard to do something that feels truly fresh on the Shonen action space. This is for a bunch of different reasons one primary on is that the Shonen Jump formula topically dictates how the flow of ...

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Alex Holt-Cohan @alexholtcohan.bsky.social · 16d

New episode out tonight but check out My interview with @eatslugs.bsky.social if you haven't Yet! An you can subscribe! It's free! #anime #illustrator #shojo

A conversation with Jessica Luna AKA @_eatslugs

Being a fan of anime can take many forms, and while it’s not a requirement of fandom, many people choose to contribute to the culture of anime fandom meaningfully. For decades, young artists have floc...

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Alex Holt-Cohan @alexholtcohan.bsky.social · 17d

The fact that they out here doing shrinkfation with digital Pokemon card packs is UNHINGED what’s this 4 cards shit?! #pokemonTCGpocket

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Alex Holt-Cohan @alexholtcohan.bsky.social · 21d

If you haven’t checked out my interview with @eatslugs.bsky.social yet and you’re planing to go to NYCCC be sure to since she’ll have a table there this year! #anime #shojo #illustraitor #NYCCC2025

A conversation with Jessica Luna AKA @_eatslugs

Being a fan of anime can take many forms, and while it’s not a requirement of fandom, many people choose to contribute to the culture of anime fandom meaningfully. For decades, young artists have floc...

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Alex Holt-Cohan @alexholtcohan.bsky.social · 22d

Thank you for joining me and putting up with the fact that I regularly message people at like 2 AM apparently

Alex Holt-Cohan @alexholtcohan.bsky.social · 22d

sat down with @eatslugs.bsky.social for a conversation about art and her whole deal check it out! #anime #shojo #illustration #art #digitalart

A conversation with Jessica Luna AKA @_eatslugs

Being a fan of anime can take many forms, and while it’s not a requirement of fandom, many people choose to contribute to the culture of anime fandom meaningfully. For decades, young artists have floc...

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Alex Holt-Cohan @alexholtcohan.bsky.social · 24d

They just made a Naruto opening it’s wild

Alex Holt-Cohan @alexholtcohan.bsky.social · 28d

A record of the last day of Anime NYC 2025. check it out along all the other stuff on my site. #animenyc #anime #conventions

Anime NYC’s New 4-Day Format Ends with a Classic Con Farewell

Lot’s of people lament the end of a con and often wish there was more to do, but if you’re willing to to go to something you’ve never heard of you can find panels that become yearly traditions.

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Alex Holt-Cohan @alexholtcohan.bsky.social · 29d

Just got my first subscriber to my ghost! From this interview. Is it worth it? Well the membership is free so, Yhea I’d say it is! #anime #ghost #TRIGGER

Panty & Stocking Returns After 15 Years: Studio Trigger’s Imaishi & Wakabayashi on Reviving the Cult Classic

I sat down with Studio TRIGGER's Hiroyuki Imaishi and Hiromi Wakabayashi, two of the three Co-Directors of the new season of Panty and Stocking.

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Alex Holt-Cohan @alexholtcohan.bsky.social · 29d

@davidpierce.xyz I really feel like this is a strong contender for installer since it’s a YouTuber who usually talks about cartoons and anime stumbling into AI companion gadgets

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The CREEPIEST Ad For the WORST Product Ever Made

YouTube video by Danny Motta

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Alex Holt-Cohan @alexholtcohan.bsky.social · 29d

Tougen Anjou is so unoriginal that there’s nothing to distract you from the wild over sexed choices it makes with its female characters. #anime #badanime #podcast

Why Tougen Anki Feels Like Every Other Shonen Anime You’ve Ever Seen

There's a saying in art, "good artists borrow, great artists steal," but what happens when artists copy those that came before with little regard for why what came before worked?

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Alex Holt-Cohan @alexholtcohan.bsky.social · Sep 17

I just wrote a deep dive on anime that count every yen—literally. 💸
From Spice and Wolf’s medieval economics to Eden of the East’s billion-yen gamble, I explore how money drives the plot in ways we don’t always notice.
#AnimeEconomy #OtakuLife