Heya nerds! Episode #52 of the GamesCast is finally out. First off, I’d just like to apologize for the crappy audio quality; my mic had some issues during recording, and The Kappa did his best to rescue what he could. … Continue reading AVoCADo GamesCast #52: Assassin Grandmas
Hey folks! Colour Outside the Lines is back! You may have noticed that I’m not Edmund Fitzgerald. We’ve decided that we’re going to split duties for Colour Outside the Lines going forward. My thread titles will be spelled correctly. Since … Continue reading Colour Outside the Lines #4: The Question
The MarbleLympics are back, baby! And this time they have a new, less copyright-infringing name: the Marble League. If you’re just joining us for the first time, the Marble League is a series of “sporting” events where teams of marbles … Continue reading Marble League Showdown: Event #1 – Sand Rally
My apologies for not getting this up sooner. Dr. Stone is a Japanese manga series about two boys who attempt to reconstruct society after an apocalyptic in which most of humanity is petrified. An anime adaptation of the series is … Continue reading Weekly Japanese Pop Culture Thread (August 14th, 2019)
Cop Craft: Dragnet Mirage Reloaded is a light novel series by Shoji Gatoh. This fish-out-of-water story takes place in the fictional city of San-Teresa, which serves as a gateway to a fantasy dimension. When a woman from the other side, … Continue reading Weekly Japanese Pop Culture Thread (August 7th, 2019)
Shimoneta: A Boring World Where the Concept of Dirty Jokes Doesn’t Exist (下ネタという概念が存在しない退屈な世界 Shimoneta to Iu Gainen ga Sonzai Shinai Taikutsu na Sekai) is a 12-episode satirical ecchi comedy produced by J.C. Staff, based on a light novel series by … Continue reading Anime Worth Watching: Shimoneta
Greetings Guacs, and welcome to the Day Thread for August 2nd, 2019! Because community feedback is valuable, and we want to make the site the best we can for you fine folks, we’re running a survey about the Open Threads … Continue reading The August 2nd Day Thread Wants You to Fill Out the OT Survey
Hello folks, and welcome to the final weekly Japanese pop culture thread of July. That means we’re 7/12 of the way through the year. Time flies when you’re weebing out! The Ones Within is a Japanese shōjo web manga series … Continue reading Weekly Japanese Pop Culture Thread (July 31st, 2019)
Heya AvoGamers! We’re planning to record the next episode of the AVoCADo GamesCast next weekend (the 3rd or 4th of August), and we’d love for you to join if you’re available. The topic for this episode will be urban open-world … Continue reading AVoCADo GamesCast-ing Call #52
Kyoto Animation (KyoAni for short) is an animation studio founded in 1981 by husband-and-wife team Hideaki and Yoko Hatta. For their first two decades as a company, they mostly did contract work on shows like Inuyasha and Tenchi Universe. In … Continue reading Weekly Japanese Pop Culture Thread (July 24th, 2019)
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
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)
