Hey folks! Welcome to this week’s JPopCult thread. I watched the debut film from director/screenwriter Mari Okada, Maquia: When the Promised Flower Blooms, earlier this week. It chronicles the life of a girl from a race of immortal beings as … Continue reading Weekly Japanese Pop Culture Thread (July 25th, 2018)
Butts. Post the best comments you saw this week from our site, the Mothership, or the wider Kinjaverse. (Or some other site; I’m not your boss.) (Sorry for stealing your thunder, Liz.) Continue reading Comment of the Week Butts Edition
Sorry for getting this up late, folks. Planet With is a new anime series that premiered a couple of weeks ago about an amnesiac boy getting involved in a bizarre conflict that he doesn’t understand. Saying anything more would spoil … Continue reading Weekly Japanese Pop Culture Thread (July 18th, 2018)
We’re about a month late to the party, but that’s never stopped us before! Join me, The Kappa, and Science is Bad as we break down E3 2018. (This episode was edited by The Kappa, as usual.) You can listen … Continue reading AVoCADo GamesCast Episode #37: Kojima’s Walking Simulator
Cells at Work! (Japanese: Hataraku Saibō) is a manga series whose characters are anthropomorphized cells of the human body. They face down threats from bacteria and other pathogens, represented as monsters. An anime series based on the manga started airing … Continue reading Weekly Japanese Pop Culture Thread (July 11th, 2018)
Now that we’re halfway through the year, it’s time to let the hate flow. What was the worst pop culture that you experienced in the first half of 2018? (Let’s restrict our attention to stuff that came out between January … Continue reading The Worst Pop Culture of 2018 So Far
Heya AvoGamers! I apologize for the short notice, but we want to record the next episode of the AVoCADo GamesCast this weekend, and we want to have you participate. We have a strong preference for the afternoon of Sunday the … Continue reading AVoCADo GamesCast-ing Call #38
What’s up, my fellow nerds? Since Canada Day just passed, and today is July 4th, I thought we’d pause to consider fireworks in anime. What are your favourite fireworks displays in anime series or movies? The header image is from … Continue reading Weekly Japanese Pop Culture Thread (July 4th, 2018)
Sorry for putting this up late. The summer 2018 anime season starts next week, and it’s time to take a gander a what looks interesting: Aguu: Genius Dolls. (Aguu: Tensai Ningyou) I’m always down for fiction about how messed-up high … Continue reading Weekly Japanese Pop Culture Thread (June 27th, 2018)
This is a thread for discussing Summer Games Done Quick 2018, an annual week-long charity speedrunning marathon that supports Doctors Without Borders. (A companion event called Awesome Games Done Quick takes place in January and supports the Prevent Cancer Foundation.) … Continue reading Summer Games Done Quick 2018
Frosstbyte and Edgar Allan Hoe suggested we have a Southern California Avocado meetup in late July or early August. This thread is for planning that meetup. Where? The previous two meetups were in the L.A. Basin, so this time we … Continue reading Midsummer SoCal Meetup Planning Thread
I’m going to do a short write-up this week, because in keeping with the spirit of the Leftorium, it’s the people who should set the terms of discussion, not me. (Also I’m lazy, but don’t tell anyone that.) What I … Continue reading The Leftorium Harnesses the Power of Political Art
Video game industry exposition E3 took place last week, and though it’s mostly a showcase for the Western segment of the industry – Japan has Tokyo Game Show, after all – several Japanese developers had a presence there. Most notable … Continue reading Weekly Japanese Pop Culture Thread (June 20th, 2018)
Heya AvoGamers! I apologize for the short notice, but we want to record the next episode of the AVoCADo GamesCast the afternoon (Eastern time; late morning/early afternoon Pacific) of Sunday, the 17th of June, and we’d love to have you … Continue reading AVoCADo GamesCast-ing Call #37: E3 2018 Edition
Hey Avocadoans! Welcome to this week’s JPC thread. Hinamatsuri is an ongoing manga series named after the Japanese doll festival. It follows the story of a yakuza member who has to take care of a mysterious girl with telekinetic powers … Continue reading Weekly Japanese Pop Culture Thread (June 13th, 2018)
Heya gamers! The E3 press conferences begin this weekend, and if you wanted a preview of the event, then we’ve got you covered. Join me, Ben, and Gooch Extension as we chat about what we expect to see and what … Continue reading AVoCADo GamesCast Episode #36: AussieCast 2: Electric Didgeridoo
Usually I use this space to spotlight a currently-airing anime series or comment on a current event in the world of Japanese pop culture that gets exported outside of Japan. But since I’m scheduling this post in advance, I thought … Continue reading Weekly Japanese Pop Culture Thread (June 6th, 2018) / Scene Spotlight: Japanese Math Rock
Hey folks! Welcome to this week’s Japanese pop culture thread. The Caligula Effect is a JRPG originally released for the PS Vita back in 2016 in Japan and 2017 in the West. A PS4 remake subtitled Overdose was released in … Continue reading Weekly Japanese Pop Culture Thread (May 30th, 2018)
Heya AvoGamers! I apologize for the short notice, but we want to record the next episode of the AVoCADo GamesCast this Sunday, the 27th of May, and we’d love to have you contribute. The time at which we record will … Continue reading AVoCADo GamesCast-ing Call #36
It’s time to shake your weeabooty and get down with the weekly Japanese pop culture thread! This week, we’re spotlighting the recently-released Batman Ninja, an anime film produced by Kamikaze Douga (curiously also the studio behind Pop Team Epic). It … Continue reading Weekly Japanese Pop Culture Thread (May 23rd, 2018)
Let’s be clear: if those Democrats who voted for Haspel had voted against her, she would not have been confirmed. — jeremy scahill (@jeremyscahill) May 17, 2018 Need I say more? Over at the official Leftorium website (yes, there’s a … Continue reading The Leftorium Endorses Torture
