O Maidens in Your Savage Season is a manga series by veteran screenwriter Mari Okada. The romantic dramedy tells the story of five teenage girls in a high school literature club who navigate romantic entanglements and come to terms with … Continue reading Weekly Japanese Pop Culture Thread (July 17th, 2019)
In this episode, Ninjaneer, Ben, Science is Bad, and I talk about a number of recent titles, debate the merits of fighting game story modes, and spend an alarming amount of time talking about whales. No, not the victims of … Continue reading AVoCADo GamesCast #51: Whales
Astra Lost in Space is a manga series by Kenta Shinohara about a group of high school students in the future who become stranded in space, discover an abandoned spaceship, and have to find their way home. An anime series … Continue reading Weekly Japanese Pop Culture Thread (July 10th, 2019)
The new summer anime season is almost upon us, and it’s time to do a short preview! For a full list of what’s premiering, please consult AniChart. Here are my highlights: 7 Seeds. After a delay, this post-apocalyptic show finally … Continue reading Weekly Japanese Pop Culture Thread (July 3rd, 2019)
Heya AvoGamers! We’re planning to record the next episode of the AVoCADo GamesCast next weekend (the 6th or 7th of July), and we’d love for you to join if you’re available. We’re going to dedicate a significant portion of the … Continue reading AVoCADo GamesCast-ing Call #51
Somehow, we made it to 50 episodes! And just like in our first episode back in 2016, we’re talking about E3. Join me, The Kappa (our editor), Lovely Bones, Science is Bad, and Ben, as we break down the 2019 … Continue reading AVoCADo GamesCast #50: The Perfect Ouya
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Neon Genesis Evangelion is a mecha anime series written and directed by Hideaki Anno. It is widely considered to be a classic of the genre and is credited with fuelling the worldwide anime boom. Its influence is still felt on … Continue reading Weekly Japanese Pop Culture Thread (June 26th, 2019)
Annual charity video game speedrunning marathon Summer Games Done Quick (SGDQ) is back, raising money for Doctors Without Borders. You can watch the marathon here. Some upcoming schedule highlights (all times PDT and subject to change): Titanfall 2 at 2:00 … Continue reading Summer Games Done Quick 2019
Dragon Pilot: Hisone and Masotan is an anime series written by Mari Okada and directed by Shinji Higuchi and Hiroshi Kobayashi for Studio Bones. It tells the story of the titular Hisone, a pilot for the Japanese Air Self-Defense Force. … Continue reading Weekly Japanese Pop Culture Thread (June 19th, 2019)
Talk to Transformer is a website built by AI engineer Adam King that uses an implementation of a language model called GPT-2 to generate entire response paragraphs to prompts, one word at a time. Please use this thread to share … Continue reading Talk to Transformer
Masaaki Yuasa is an animator and director who is known for directing the films Mind Game, The Night Is Short Walk on Girl, Lu Over the Wall, and the upcoming Ride Your Wave. His newest film, Inu-oh, about the legendary … Continue reading Weekly Japanese Pop Culture Thread (June 12th, 2019)
It’s all down to this: the final event of the 2019 MarbleLympics. Will the Raspberry Racers hold onto the top spot? Will newcomers the Green Ducks steal it from them? Or will the Hazers achieve a shocking come-from-behind victory? It … Continue reading MarbleLympics 2019: Event #16 – Sand Rally + Closing Ceremony
Heya AvoGamers! We’re planning to record the next episode of the AVoCADo GamesCast this weekend (the 15th or 16th of June), and we’d love for you to join if you’re available. This will probably be a lengthy recording (~3 hours), … Continue reading AVoCADo GamesCast-ing Call #50
https://ia801503.us.archive.org/15/items/avocadogamescast_ep49/Podcast%2049.mp3 Hey, it’s an E3 preview episode… after most of the major E3 pressers. But if you want to hang out in a pre-E3 time capsule with me, PT, The Kappa (our wonderful editor), and Lovely Bones, then we’d love … Continue reading AVoCADo GamesCast #49: Tom Clancy’s Avengers
After a string of speed-based events, it’s time for an all-out brawl. The marbles that once relied once relied on sheer velocity must now rely on strength and finesse. Adding to the chaos are four ball bearings whose launches can … Continue reading MarbleLympics 2019: Event #15 – Collision
We Never Learn, also known as Bokuben, is a shōnen manga series about a boy who tutors three high school girls who all have proficiencies in different subjects in an attempt to get a college scholarship. An anime series based … Continue reading Weekly Japanese Pop Culture Thread (June 5th, 2019)
The “surfing” event of the MarbleLympics is something like a biathlon, and in more ways than one: not only does the event involve two separate activities – a surfboard contest and an underwater race – but our athletes get two … Continue reading MarbleLympics 2019: Event #14 – Surfing
Much like NBC’s America-centric coverage of the HumanLympics, the MarbleLympics are not broadcast live. The videos are filmed, edited, and layered with inspirational music. But this means that an editing error can delay the official release of a video, as … Continue reading MarbleLympics 2019: Event #13 – Elimination Race
Heya AvoGamers! Sorry for the short notice, but we’re planning to record the next episode of the AVoCADo GamesCast this Sunday, and we’d love for you to join if you’re available. This is intended to be a brief E3 preview … Continue reading AVoCADo GamesCast-ing Call #49
Welcome to the final Japanese pop culture thread of May! Fairy Gone is a currently-airing dark fantasy anime series about a squad of supernatural cops tasked with apprehending illegal magic users. You can watch it subbed or dubbed on Funimation. … Continue reading Weekly Japanese Pop Culture Thread (May 29th, 2019)
Equestrian events have long been a source of controversy in the HumanLympics: is it really fair to give medals to humans when the horses are doing most of the work? Our orbicular athletes don’t have time to ponder such philosophical … Continue reading MarbleLympics 2019: Event #12 – Rafting
