Hello everyone, and welcome to this week’s Japanese pop culture thread! I apologize for the delay in getting it up this week.[footnote]I have already anticipated all your boner jokes. Laugh away, you weebs.[/footnote] This week, I’m spotlighting Boarding School Juliet, … Continue reading Weekly Japanese Pop Culture Thread (November 14th, 2018)
Hello, everyone! Welcome to the first Japanese pop culture thread of November, 2018. I apologize for putting it up late. This week, I’m spotlighting Double Decker! Doug & Kirill, the new action-comedy anime series from Sunrise. Like B: The Beginning … Continue reading Weekly Japanese Pop Culture Thread (November 7th, 2018)
Happy Halloween from the weekly Japanese pop culture thread! Since it’s Halloween, I ask you: what are your favourite scary anime, manga, etc.? Also, as usual, please feel free to discuss what you’ve been watching/reading/playing/eating/listening to lately. And go check … Continue reading Weekly Japanese Pop Culture Thread (October 31st, 2018)
The anime industry has a nasty habit of releasing news on Thursday or Friday, a day or two after this thread goes up. Last week was no exception, and the news that dropped was a doozy: the Crunchyroll/Funimation partnership is … Continue reading Weekly Japanese Pop Culture Thread (October 24th, 2018)
Heya AvoGamers! We’re planning to record our annual Halloween special for the Avocado GamesCast next weekend (the 27th or 28th of October) and we’d love for you to participate. The Kappa would like to discuss some of his experiences at … Continue reading AVoCADo GamesCast-ing Call #40
Heya folks! The second annual Animation Is Film Festival is being held this weekend at the Chinese Theatre in Hollywood, bringing together the best in animation from all around the world for a celebration of one of the most vibrant … Continue reading Weekly Japanese Pop Culture Thread (October 17th, 2018) / Mini-Meetup at the Animation Is Film Festival
Looking back through the various thread headers I’ve written over the past few months, I was shocked to discover that I’d never featured Golden Kamuy, a historical-fiction manga series about a former soldier and an Ainu girl who go on … Continue reading Weekly Japanese Pop Culture Thread (October 10th, 2018)
Whaddup, my friends? The new fall anime season is almost upon us, and you know what that means: everyone’s favourite franchise Sword Art Online is back! This time, they’re doing a four-cour adaptation of the beloved Alicization arc. That’s right: … Continue reading Weekly Japanese Pop Culture Thread (October 3rd, 2018)
Watching anime can be an expensive hobby. Between subscriptions to Crunchyroll, Funimation, HIDIVE, Amazon Prime, Hulu, and Netflix, you could shell out dozens of dollars per month keeping up with your favourite husbandos and waifus. But what if I told … Continue reading Weekly Japanese Pop Culture Thread (September 26th, 2018)
Wassup, Guacs? It’s Episode #39 of our community’s gaming podcast, featuring me, SingingBrakeman, Ben, and newcomer Mr. Glitch, and edited by The Kappa. We not only chat about cats, foxes, and dolphins, but also analyze some recent gaming news, including … Continue reading AVoCADo GamesCast Episode #39: Postmodern Plagiarism
Dropkick on my Devil! is a comedy manga series about a witch, Yurine, who summons a serpent woman, Jashin, from Hell but can’t send her back. In revenge, Jashin plots to kill Yurine, but fails miserably and repeatedly. It’s a … Continue reading Weekly Japanese Pop Culture Thread (September 19th, 2018)
This is a place to discuss the craptacular season #2 of Netflix’s parody docu-drama series, American Vandal. The discussion will contain spoilers, so if you haven’t watched the second season in its entirety yet, what are you waiting for? Hop … Continue reading American Vandal Season 2 Discussion
Hanebado! is a seinen sports manga series about the daughter of a former badminton champion who returns to the sport after a humiliating loss that caused a rift between her and her mother. An anime series based on the manga … Continue reading Weekly Japanese Pop Culture Thread (September 12th, 2018)
Hello folks! Welcome to September’s first entry in our weekly Japanese pop culture series. Today I’m spotlighting post-hardcore band Ling Tosite Sigure (which means “cold seasonal rain” in English). You probably know them as the band that performed theme songs … Continue reading Weekly Japanese Pop Culture Thread (September 5th, 2018)
Flavors of Youth is an anthology anime film that was a co-production between the Japanese studio CoMix Wave Films (the studio of director Makoto Shinkai) and the Chinese studio Haoliners Animation League. It consists of three segments, each directed by … Continue reading Weekly Japanese Pop Culture Thread (August 29th, 2018)
The Night Is Short, Walk on Girl is an anime film directed by Masaaki Yuasa, based on a novel of the same name written by Tomihiko Morimi. It tells the bizarre, surreal story of a night when a young male … Continue reading Weekly Japanese Pop Culture Thread (August 22nd, 2018)
Boruto is a manga series written by Ukyō Kodachi about a group of ninjas doing ninja things. Apparently the titular character has a dad named Naruto? Or something like that. Anyway, it doesn’t matter. An anime series based on the … Continue reading Weekly Japanese Pop Culture Thread (August 15th, 2018)
How goes it, AvoGamers? It’s Episode #38 of our community’s gaming podcast, featuring me, The Kappa, Wolfman Jew, Flaxon Jackson, and Andy Tuttle. Join us for a roundtable chat on marketing cycles, Mushroom Kingdom logic, representation in video games, and … Continue reading AVoCADo GamesCast Episode #38: Geezer Suit Geralt
Heya AvoGamers! We want to record the next episode of the AVoCADo GamesCast this weekend, and we’d love for you to participate. (Episode #38 is currently being edited. I apologize for the delay.) We have a strong preference for recording … Continue reading AVoCADo GamesCast-ing Call #39
Normally I use this space to spotlight a band, video game, film, or anime series. This week, I’m going to do something a little different. Yesterday, news broke that AT&T had bought out the Chernin Group-owned portion of Otter Media, … Continue reading Weekly Japanese Pop Culture Thread (August 8th, 2018)
Hello folks! Welcome to this week’s Japanese pop culture thread. This week, we’re spotlighting Asobi Asobase, a slice-of-life comedy manga series about three very stupid high school girls who get into ridiculous shenanigans. An anime series by Studio Lerche based … Continue reading Weekly Japanese Pop Culture Thread (August 1st, 2018)
