Jesse Betteridge
@jbetteridge.bsky.social
Zannen, Canada podcast: Exploring the connections between anime and Canadian media: http://www.zannen.ca
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Why not get an antenna?
November 23, 2025 at 8:06 PM
Why not get an antenna?
Someone recently did a restoration of the Blue Water Dragon Ball dub using the Dragon Box masters, if that's what you're angling for.
November 22, 2025 at 2:41 AM
Someone recently did a restoration of the Blue Water Dragon Ball dub using the Dragon Box masters, if that's what you're angling for.
I think so. Those movies were even on Crave for a bit. I think Adventures was on Netflix a long, long time ago.
November 22, 2025 at 1:41 AM
I think so. Those movies were even on Crave for a bit. I think Adventures was on Netflix a long, long time ago.
I think this is the first time that Digimon Adventure has been streaming here in a very long time. I think it's been Hulu only for years.
November 22, 2025 at 1:38 AM
I think this is the first time that Digimon Adventure has been streaming here in a very long time. I think it's been Hulu only for years.
This is the most broadly accessible Dragon Ball Super and Kai have ever been in Canada.
November 22, 2025 at 1:33 AM
This is the most broadly accessible Dragon Ball Super and Kai have ever been in Canada.
Royal Canadian Air Farce Sketch. bsky.app/profile/jbet...
Let us never forget the time Sailor Moon was truly immortalized in a Royal Canadian Air Farce sketch.
November 22, 2025 at 12:53 AM
Royal Canadian Air Farce Sketch. bsky.app/profile/jbet...
Display at Eaton's. bsky.app/profile/tere...
Sailor Moon window display at Eaton's department store in downtown Toronto circa 1996, courtesy Derwin Mak and the Anime North FB group
November 22, 2025 at 12:52 AM
Display at Eaton's. bsky.app/profile/tere...
Here's some documentation of one of the stage shows I found on Reddit. Famously, Samantha Bee had one of her first acting gigs in one of these shows. www.reddit.com/r/sailormoon...
From the sailormoon community on Reddit: In the 90s, there was a Sailor Moon stage show at Ontario Place in Toronto. Here are some photos I found in an old photo album. That’s me with Sailor Venus!
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November 22, 2025 at 12:51 AM
Here's some documentation of one of the stage shows I found on Reddit. Famously, Samantha Bee had one of her first acting gigs in one of these shows. www.reddit.com/r/sailormoon...
It was more than just toys, though. There were stage shows in Ontario! Department stores had to hastily throw together displays with the material they had on hand to meet demand! It got mentioned in a Royal Canadian Air Farce Sketch. This is the reason Sailor Moon was mentioned in BNL's "One Week".
November 22, 2025 at 12:46 AM
It was more than just toys, though. There were stage shows in Ontario! Department stores had to hastily throw together displays with the material they had on hand to meet demand! It got mentioned in a Royal Canadian Air Farce Sketch. This is the reason Sailor Moon was mentioned in BNL's "One Week".
And then of course there's this less concise podcast episode I did on it forever ago. www.zannen.ca/2016/07/epis...
Episode 20 - Celebrating Four Years of Twenty Years of Sailor Moon
Sailor Moon is unanimously considered the starting point of modern anime fandom in English-speaking Canada. Is this historical designatio...
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November 22, 2025 at 12:42 AM
And then of course there's this less concise podcast episode I did on it forever ago. www.zannen.ca/2016/07/epis...
Sailor Moon was basically a social phenomenon among kids in Canada from about 1995-1998, before it showed up on Toonami in the US. A key factor was Bandai losing the toy rights to Canadian company Irwin, and they sold LIKE CRAZY. This is a good breakdown: www.animenewsnetwork.com/the-mike-too...
The Mike Toole Show - Hey There, Sailor!
Mike celebrates the news of a new Sailor Moon show with a look back at the franchise's long and kinda strange history.
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November 22, 2025 at 12:41 AM
Sailor Moon was basically a social phenomenon among kids in Canada from about 1995-1998, before it showed up on Toonami in the US. A key factor was Bandai losing the toy rights to Canadian company Irwin, and they sold LIKE CRAZY. This is a good breakdown: www.animenewsnetwork.com/the-mike-too...
One lady at our screening bolted during the final pan out. Didn't even wait for the credits to start rolling.
November 21, 2025 at 6:19 AM
One lady at our screening bolted during the final pan out. Didn't even wait for the credits to start rolling.
Angel's Egg is rated G in BC, which has apparently resulted in a bunch of out-of-place toy ads running at the start.
November 21, 2025 at 3:08 AM
Angel's Egg is rated G in BC, which has apparently resulted in a bunch of out-of-place toy ads running at the start.