Cold Take Geeks

🧊 🤓 We write pop culture analysis from an African perspective. Find us on Bluesky 🦋

[Cold Take Geeks @coldtakegeeks]

Send in your drafts and pitches; submissions have reopened! 🧊
https://t.co/54ql7AoJYI

[Jason Raymond @jay_rayart]

FLY is officially LIVE on Kickstarter
Now it's finally time to bring FLY to life.
Every pledge, share, and comment helps us spread our wings and have this story take flight.
https://t.co/N6X2KfyAqr

[Cold Take Geeks @coldtakegeeks]

"I still believe that the general message the novel makes is a good one... Thought stopping techniques won’t cure your depression, but you can manage it by other means."

By @ernestine_k

https://t.co/UsfE4Idy68

#thesecretworldofbriarrose #reading #yafantasy #yaromantasy #novels

[poppihin I THE EBONY WITCH @Poppihin]

Behold! My film project, it took a lot to get here and I'm so proud of the team and honestly meeeeee yay I'm a director now! Not just an accountant!!. https://t.co/02ErUVwRwm

[Anime Updates @animeupdates]

Tomorrow is finally the day for the return of 'FULLMETAL ALCHEMIST' creator Hiromu Arakawa with an all-new anime adaptation!

'Daemons of the Shadow Realm' the Anime Officially Premieres tomorrow!

[Sally!! @femboigarfield]

leaning so heavy into the late 80s stylistic language instead of doing a modernized pastiche of early shirow is such a cool choice

[ToonHive @ToonHive]

Olan Rogers has shared new details about his upcoming indie series, ‘Godspeed’:

• He describes it as his own “Treasure Planet”
• He may use motion capture to cut costs if funding falls short
• He says he’ll never turn to AI

(Source: @FinalIncorrect)

[TheACE - African Comics & Cinematic Empire @africomicempire]

Meet Shiroug Idris — one of The10.

Shiroug Idris (@Shiroug_art) is a Sudanese illustrator and medical student whose work celebrates African identity, heritage, and storytelling. Having grown up across several African countries, her artistic voice draws inspiration...

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[Kowkarot🐔🔎| 🚃💨|❤️‍🔥 @kowkarot5]

A few years ago, there was an anime created by the same guy who made Cowboy Bebop, Space Dandy, etc.
It's called "Carole & Tuesday".
I didn't think much of it back then, but I want to rewatch it soon cause holy hell, "Ahead of its time" may be an understatement.

[Akoroko — African Cinema Now! @akorokoafrica]

Trailer debut for “Allah Is Not Obliged,” a feature-length animated film that brings one of the most widely read and debated African novels of the past 25 years into animation.

Directed by Zaven Najjar, the 77-minute film adapts the 2000 novel by Ivorian writer Ahmadou Kourouma, which won the Prix Renaudot and the Prix Goncourt des Lycéens in France. The story follows Birahima, a Guinean boy who becomes a child soldier while moving across Liberia and Sierra Leone during the civil wars of the 1990s, searching for his aunt after the death of his mother.

Like the novel, the film is narrated in Birahima’s blunt, ironic voice. He describes war, death, and survival using the language of a child who constantly consults, and pushes back against, four different dictionaries. Traveling with a sorcerer, he becomes both a “grigriman” and a child soldier.

With voice performances by Aboubakar Hanta Christ Traoré (SK07), Thomas Ngijol, Marc Zinga, and Annabelle Lengronne, “Allah Is Not Obliged” premiered at the Annecy International Animation Film Festival 2025, the world’s most visible animation showcase, and stands out for its use of animation to confront issues that are rarely treated in this form.

The film is scheduled for theatrical release in France on March 4, 2026, distributed by BAC Films.

#AnimatedFilm
#AfricanCinema
#ChildSoldiers
#AnnecyFestival

[AJ+ @ajplus]

It’s not easy to make a video game in Nigeria. But this developer created an action-packed game entirely by himself – and captured the attention of a major publisher.

Feranmi Oladosu spoke to @yelmjouie about his game, “Tossdown.”

[Adult Hanma Shuuji's Side @MsVillainStan]

Let me reiterate: NOBODY is doing it like Hakazono Takero in all of manga RN. NOBODY. Go argue with your m-shwari limit.

[ToonHive @ToonHive]

The Season 2 ending of ‘Frieren: Beyond Journey’s End’ was fully hand-drawn using only colored pencils, created by artist Mimei Aoume (@aoumemimei).

[MangaAlerts #DHWU🐴 @MangaAlerts]

Kodansha announced they released all 26 episodes of Mushishi Season 1 to watch for free on their Youtube Channel

(Availability limited to English Speaking Countries)

English Sub
https://t.co/YkaKzVUkQ1

English Dub
https://t.co/KpotsB0sGS

[TheACE - African Comics & Cinematic Empire @africomicempire]

THE RESULTS ARE IN!
What a night! We just wrapped our IG Live reveal for the 2025 BCII Awards, and the energy was incredible. We celebrated the visionaries who are pushing the boundaries of African storytelling.

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[A Tribe Called Stressed 🇵🇸🇸🇩🇨🇩🇰🇪🇹🇿 @samchriskombo]

Our last article of the year, illustrated by *yours truly* :D

[Cold Take Geeks @coldtakegeeks]

Anime, manga, and light novel titles said: what if the entire plot was the title?

An inquisition into stories with names longer than my attention span. As well as other weird title conventions 👀

Written by @ernestine_k, illustration by @samchriskombo:

https://t.co/9ZgA5efd6P

[Fortiche prod @ForticheProd]

Our environments aren't just backdrops. They're interactive sets. 💥

For Arcane Season 2, our BG Environment team built the entire world for the animation to use. They always ensure characters and environments connect, whether they're leaning, crashing, or just breathing.

[卵 @mag6_osashi3]

🎃🦇〈I'm sorry for the delay. 🍭

[Cold Take Geeks @coldtakegeeks]

Can't wait for this!💃🏾

[Adult Hanma Shuuji's Side @MsVillainStan]

I'm on the clock and I can't stop thinking how Asura, the Senju and the Uzumaki hid their imperialism behind "love" and robbed Ondra and the Uchiha of their real inheritance. (I'm also biased). Anyway @samchriskombo nitatuma draft kuwekea @coldtakegeeks soon.

[PK Gaming @Shock_and_Roll]

It's not queerbait, and it's not yuri. The two women almost certainly love each other, yet can't envision a romantic future together because that framework doesn't exist for them

It's set in early-2000s Japan and it captures that era with unflinching honesty