Ah, the rare Millennium harness

"Be reborn! The Ultimate Crystal Beast - Rainbow Dragon!" 🌈

📸 & 🖌: @ lena_rosa_photos (Insta)

They're talking about Kaiba...

Takahashi-sensei at Leipzig Book Fair (Germany) 2005

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Interview:

Banzai (B): How do you feel as the creator of the most successful Manga in the world?

Takahashi-sensei (T): First I’d like to say that I’m happy to meet the german Yu-Gi-Oh-fans. As an artist I work from home and didn’t get an impression, how well-known my Manga really is. It makes me very happy that Yu-Gi-Oh is well-received. The worldwide success may be explained by Yu-Gi-Oh being more than just a Manga. It’s more like a Media-Mix of Manga, Anime and Card Game. The readers can act like the figures and feel like the main character. Maybe that’s the secret of success…

Anyway, today is the first time worldwide I’m giving a public interview and the first time I meet my fans live. It’s a very touching moment.

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I see so many people starting to use Threads as a way to escape Twitter and yes, it's owned by Facebook's CEO and giving Facebook the monopoly of social media is bad but I think we should also talk about the fact that, you know, Threads isn't avalibe in the EU for privacy reasons????? That should be concerning to EVERYONE

also the fact that iirc if you want to delete your threads profile you'll need to delete your Instagram account too 🙃🙃🙃 (also please lmk if any of the links repeat and/or are fucked up!)

Well that's one I didn't even think possible.... Well, that's a good way to force everyone to not leave the app

Have you seen the permissions it needs?

This is fucking terrifying

Dokomi 2023, post-report

Post-greetings from Dusseldorf Germany: I had a great time at the event, it was such a lovely place. Everyone was very kind, polite, and helpful with the language difference. I had a great neighbour (Margaret), and was able to meet a number of fans and friends in the EU. I hope everyone who attended also had a good time.

(Extra big thanks to the staff and volunteers who took care of us all weekend---special shoutouts especially to Arian and Thomas who went above and beyond. We couldn't have made it without you.)

Both my assistant and I are back home now, so I thought I'd take some time to do a write-up.

While it's not my first featured rodeo, it's not often I get invited to an event so massive in scale. Seeing my own illustration highlighted in various places is always heartwarming.

I was told Dokomi doubled-up in numbers from the previous year (85k--->150k attendance). Despite the daunting numbers, it didn't particularly feel clustered because the all the other halls are openly spaced nearby, and you could freely walk between them. The ceilings are also very tall and well-lit by both top lighting and natural sunlight.

I really liked the fact that the event is badge-less and that there aren't too many check-points (security was very polite regardless). I managed to make some time to wander around freely and felt very relaxed in the space. Although I heard there were a small number of reports, I think that comes naturally with any small or big event. It's always good to be mindful of yourself and your neighbours. Overall, it's still a relatively safe and casual congregation.

In particular I was impressed with the many services offered to artists (such as food catering, equipment, etc), as well as the staff response rate and attentiveness. It might be difficult to return any time soon, but I'll always remember the positive experience I had at Dokomi.

It has been a hectic week, but I'm glad I was able to attend nontheless, and I'm grateful for all the feedback. Thank you kindly for visiting my booth if you got the chance to.

Glad to hear you had a good time ❤️ still sad I couldn't attend this year 😭 Such lovely prints you got here ✨

"Link between Realities" 🌐

Yusaku Fujiki: me

📸: @ cyberse1701 (Insta)

🖌: @ blackparadisebird (Insta)

📍: Pixtory Leipzig

Tumblr, buddy, listen to me. This is an unprecedented opportunity. You can snap up all of the pie here, and become defacto internet goodguy easy. All you gotta do is... drop the nsfw ban. Unambiguously. Announce that dicks are back on the menu. You want people subscribed the blogs? You want people to actually use your Post+ function? Porn. Let us use it for porn. The youngins aren't joining this site anyway, you're not competing with tiktok. The vaguely horny 20-40 demographic though? You can have that. You can have all of that. Think about it.

Do you know how many pinup artists alone are itching to come back to tumblr, but dont because of the unclear, seemingly arbitrary application of your nsfw policy? These are insanely talented people who are practically begging to give you content. For free. But you gotta change the policy. We can't keep dancing around this. Just think of publicity. The drama. A complete 180. You'd kill it tumblr. You could make it happen. Please.

This ⬆️⬆️⬆️ @staff take notes

🎀🎀🎀 Yu-Gi-Oh! Items 🎀🎀🎀

@ellenchain is doing a final sale on her items! This is the last chance to get these goodies ❤️ I can highly recommend grabbing the Doujinshi, if you like Prideshipping (or want some good smut). It is incredibly well drawn and has a funny little twist to the plot. 😏

If you don’t have the chance to grab anything, it would be great if you could help spreading the message, so the items can find a nice new home and won’t have to get thrown away 😌❤️ Thank you for your help!

There are many other items as well, take a look: www.ellenchain.com ↗

Edit: A few Postcards & Posters are still available; and you can get the Doujinshis and some nsfw art to downlaod on gumroad ✨

nsfw boppit

🎁 Final Closing Sale 🎁

My shop closes forever, so there's up to 90 % discount & many items for free! ▶️https://www.ellenchain.com/shop/

Thank you for your support throughout the years! It means a lot to me.

If possible please share, so the last few pieces can find a new home 🏡💗

"Link between Realities" 🌐

Yusaku Fujiki: me

📸: @ cyberse1701 (Insta)

🖌: @ blackparadisebird (Insta)

📍: Pixtory Leipzig

Ah yes, my favorite movie, Puella Magi Yugioh - Dark Side of Rebellion.