MIST0825/CT-LAIN

 Mistigram: around the turn of the century Cthulu would make his way to the West End apartment of @blaine and @maureen and they would have late-night, all-night binges on curated cultural selections.  For a time it was Kieślowski's Dekalog, and later it was the subject of this #ANSIart illustration, 1998's #SerialExperimentsLain series.  This portrait of #LainIwakura and #theWired was included in last month's #anime-themed MIST0825 artpack collection.

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 Mistigram: This portrait of #MamimiSamejima concludes @darokin's newschool #ASCIIart suite of characters from the #FLCL #anime, included in last year's MIST-30 artpack collection.

MIST0825/HORSENBURGER-BATTLE_OF_THE_PLANETS-JASON

 Mistigram: depending on which localisation of #Gatchaman you watched, you may know this character as George Asakura, Dirk Daring, or Joe the Condor. @horsenburger knew him from #BattleOfThePlanets, so he drew this #teletext portrait of Jason. This screen was included in last month's #anime-themed MIST0825 artpack collection.

MIST-30/ZII-SHUR1

 Mistigram: this #ANSIart portrait of the accursed #GenmaSaotome (the world's unhappiest #panda) from the #Ranma12 manga was drawn by @zeusii.bsky.social for use on the #anime-themed Shurato's Heavenly Sphere (SHS) BBS. It was included in last year's MIST-30 artpack collection.

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 Mistigram: @mcfresher drew this #UTF8 #textmode illustration of a #beherit from #Berserk, titled Griffith Did Nothing Wrong.  It was included in last month's #anime-themed MIST0825 artpack collection.

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 Mistigram: @darokin drew this newschool #ASCIIart portrait of #NaotaNandaba as part of a suite of characters from the #FLCL #anime series.  It was included in last year's MIST-30 artpack collection.

MIST0825/CT-AKIRA

 Mistigram: If last month's #anime-themed MIST0825 artpack collection hadn't contained a piece of fanart for #KatsuhiroOtomo's #Akira, it would simply have been incomplete. Cthulu had to oblige, adapting this late scene of biker #Kaneda and the film's logo to #ANSIart.

MIST-30/ZII-SHUR2

 Mistigram: @zeusii drew this #ANSIart illustration of #AlphonseElric from #HiromuArakawa's #FullmetalAlchemist manga as a menu for the #anime-themed Shurato's Heavenly Sphere BBS.  It was included in last year's MIST-30 artpack collection.

MIST0825/CT-FIST_OF_THE_NORTH_STAR

 Mistigram: Cthulu will never forget walking into the repertory cinema in downtown Vancouver's theatre row circa 1995 and taking in a triple feature for $5. The first movie was The Crow, and the second was the hitherto unknown #FistOfTheNorthStar, or #HokutoNoKen. Once you see this flick, you never forget it (unlike whatever the third movie on the bill was), so when it was time to draw some #ANSIart for last month's #anime-themed MIST0825 artpack collection, he knew where he had to go. (He uncharacteristically drew so much ANSI for this pack, sometimes his head felt like this guy's.)

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 Mistigram: this newschool #ASCIIart portrait of #HarukoHaruhara from the #FLCL #anime series was drawn by @darokin and included in last year's MIST-30 artpack collection

MIST0825/MIST0825.MEM

 Mistigram: Cthulu drew this quick #ANSIart sketch of a Star Child from #StudioGhibli's 2004 adaptation of #HowlsMovingCastle for use as an infofile header in last month's #anime-themed MIST0825 artpack collection.

MIST-30/CJY-LETSJAM

 Mistigram: returning once more to the #anime #CowboyBebop, this suite of mini #ANSIart illustrations on the subject was drawn by ConsoleJockey and included in last year's MIST-30 artpack collection.

MIST0825/LDA-ISTHIS

 Mistigram: you've all seen the meme - the android #YutaroKatori from the 1991 #TheBraveOfSunFighbird series points at a butterfly and asks if it's a pigeon? But you've never seen it drawn before by LDA in #ANSIart. This was included in last month's #anime-themed MIST0825 artpack.

MIST0920/FARRELL_LEGO-PONYO-JELLYFISH

 Mistigram: from the film-themed MIST0920 artpack collection released five years ago, here's a #Lego #pixelart mosaic, made by @Farrell_Lego, depicting #Ponyo taking a nap beneath a jellyfish from the 2008 #StudioGhibli #anime of the same name.

MIST0825/ATONALOSPREY-SONOSHEE_MCLAREN

 Mistigram: this #teletext portrait of #SonosheeMcLaren from #TakeshiKoike's 2009 #Redline was drawn by @atonalosprey for last month's #anime-themed MIST0825 artpack collection.

MIST-30/ZII-SHUR4

 Mistigram: this #ANSIart portrait of #Ranma's #RyogaHibiki as #PChan the piglet was drawn by @zeusii for Martin Kazmaier's  #anime-themed Shurato's Heavenly Sphere BBS.  It was included in last year's MIST-30 artpack collection.

MIST0825/CT-PERFECT_BLUE

 Mistigram: this #ANSIart portrait of #MimaKirigoe from #SatoshiKon's 1997 #PerfectBlue was drawn by Cthulu and included in last month's #anime-themed MIST0825 artpack collection.

MIST-30/DAROKIN-FLCLa

 Mistigram: This newschool #ASCIIart portrait of #Canti from the #anime #FLCL was drawn by @darokin and included in last year's MIST-30 artpack collection.

MIST0825/HORSENBURGER-BATTLE_OF_THE_PLANETS-7-ZARK-7

Mistigram: This #teletext portrait of the robot #7Zark7 introduced to #BattleOfThePlanets was drawn by @horsenburger and included in last month's #anime-themed MIST0825 artpack collection. 

MIST0524/NI-CYSYSc

 Mistigram: this, the central subject of a vertical #ANSIart triptych by Nitron promoting Cyberdyne Systems BBS with a celebration of the #anime #Robotech, was included in last year's science fiction-themed MIST0524 artpack collection.

MIST0825/US-PORCO_ROSSO

 

Mistigram: this iconic moment from #StudioGhibli's 1992 #PorcoRosso was illustrated in #ANSIart by Cthulu (easy linework) and LDA (incredible sunset engineer) for last month's #anime-themed MIST0825 artpack collection. “I'd rather be a pig than a fascist.”

MIST0719/MENTALPOP-DEVILMAN_PSYCHO_JENNY

 Mistigram: this creepy animated #pixelart loop by Mentalpop is a portrait of #PsychoJenny from the #DevilmanCrybaby #anime. It was included in the TV-themed MIST0719 artpack collection released six years ago.

MIST0825/ATONALOSPREY-ARRIETTY

 Mistigram: this monochrome #teletext sketch of #Arrietty from #StudioGhibli's 2010 adaptation of Mary Norton's novel #TheBorrowers was drawn by @AtonalOsprey and included in last month's #anime-themed MIST0825 artpack collection.

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 Mistigram: this eerie #ANSIart illustration by @Discgator depicts the sinister #Makima from #TatsukiFujimoto's #ChainsawMan manga and #anime. It was included in last year's MIST-30 artpack collection!

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 Mistigram: @mcfresher drew the distinctive and angular head of a #MobileSuitGundam #RX782 #mecha in #Unicode #textart for last month's #anime-themed MIST0825 artpack collection.

MIST0524/NI-MZONE

 Mistigram: @nitron drew this #ANSIart illustration of #ShogoYahagi escaping with the Garland motorbike from the #Megazone23 #anime (or if you prefer, #MarkLandry stealing the #MODAT5 in #Robotech.)  It was included in last year's SF-themed MIST0524 artpack collection.

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 Mistigram: this #teletext portrait of #NatsukiKoyama from A-1 Pictures' 2010 #WelcomeToTheSpaceShow was drawn by @atonalosprey and included in last month's #anime-themed MIST0825 artpack collection.

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 Mistigram: Last month's new #anime-themed MIST0825 artpack collection featured a suite of #teletext screens drawn by @Horsenburger remembering the characters he saw in 1979's #BattleOfThePlanets, repackaging the 1972 #Gatchaman series for Western audiences.  Depending on which adaptation you grew up watching, this is either #BergKatse, #Zoltar, #Galactor, #Lukan, or #Solaris. 

MIST0825/CT-COWBOY_BEBOP

 Mistigram: "I think it's time we blow this scene. Get everybody and the stuff together. Okay, three, two, one let's jam." For last month's #anime - themed MIST0825 artpack collection, Cthulu adapted to #ANSIart this brief monochrome portrait of #SpikeSpiegel 18 seconds into the #CowboyBebop opening sequence.

MIST0825/HORSENBURGER-COWBOY_BEBOP

 Mistigram: this #teletext portrait of big-haired bounty hunter #SpikeSpiegel from #CowboyBebop was drawn by @horsenburger and included in the new #anime - themed MIST0825 artpack collection.

MIST0825/PIXELDUD-SWORDFISH_II

 

Mistigram: this #ANSIart scene depicts the #SwordfishII, a fighter vessel flown by Spike in #CowboyBebop. It was drawn by Pixeldud and included in the new #anime - themed MIST0825 artpack collection.

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 Mistigram: @mc.fresher drew the Hell out of this #Unicode #textmode art tribute to #MamoruOshii's surreal post-apocalyptic 1985 OVA #AngelsEgg. We nearly shared it in our May SF artpack, but kept it as seed stock for last month's new MIST0825 #anime - themed artpack.

MIST0825/US-KAME_HOUSE

 Mistigram: LDA and @Consolejockey worked together on this #ANSIart illustration of #MasterRoshi's residence, the #KameHouse from #Dragonball... and it looks like we've arrived during a beautiful sunset! This piece was included in the new #anime-themed MIST0825 artpack collection.

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 Mistigram: I'm not qualified to explain exactly why Mentalpop drew this #pixelart portrait of a character from the #Devilman #anime (this looks to be #RyoAsuka) as a toasted marshmallow, but if I had to speculate they figured it would be silly fun. And it is! This piece was included in the TV-themed MIST0719 artpack collection released six years ago.

MIST0825/MIST0825.NFO

 Mistigram: contemplating what would be a suitable image to set the stage for last month's #anime - themed MIST0825 artpack collection, Cthulu decided to open its infofile with the same imagery that every #StudioGhibli movie opens with, a monochrome line drawing of its mascot #Totoro, from their sophomore release, 1988's #MyNeighborTotoro.

MIST0920/HORSENBURGER-TOTORO

 Mistigram: this @horsenburger #teletext portrait of #StudioGhibli mascot #Totoro is a little off-model but still captures the vibe of this furry nature spirit. This screen was included in the film-themed MIST0920 artpack collection released five years ago this month.

MIST0825/US-MONONOKE

 Mistigram: Cthulu felt awfully normcore (not a way he feels often!) cooking up a list of his favorite #anime and realising just how many of them were #StudioGhibli productions, but their output is solid even if his engagement with the genre is relatively superficial.  He drew this #ANSIart tribute to 1997's #PrincessMononoke (with help from LDA and ConsoleJockey) for the new anime-themed MIST0825 artpack collection.

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 Mistigram: a small group of rattle-headed #Kodama gather by the water's edge in the Cedar Forest, in this #teletext scene adapted by @horsenburger from #StudioGhibli's 1997 #anime #PrincessMononoke.  This screen was included in the film-themed MIST0920 artpack collection released five years ago this month.

MIST0825/US-TUXEDOMASK

 Mistigram: contemporary to our Mist Classic artpacks of the mid-'90s, Cthulu's girlfriend (then described in our pages as 'the rainbow-haired demon of death') was a big fan of #SailorMoon, finally airing dubbed at that time in North America.  Thinking back to that big #anime moment in the cultural mainstream, one of the first on his radar, he drew this #ANSIart portrait of Sailor Moon's partner #TuxedoMask (with help from LDA) for the new anime-themed MIST0825 artpack collection.

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 Mistigram: many years ago, Emme Doble specialised in a kind of cozy chibi #pixelart aesthetic. (They are still a hugely prolific visual artist in an entirely different idiom.) Five years ago we shared her portrait of #anime hero Usagi (#SailorMoon) in the TV-themed MIST1320 artpack collection.

MIST0825/CT-SPIRITED_AWAY

 Mistigram: Cthulu adapted to #ANSIart this scene from #StudioGhibli's 2001 #SpiritedAway where Sen squeezes into an onsen elevator with Radish Spirit. It was included in the new #anime-themed MIST0825 artpack collection.