Japanese animation
Welcome to The Avocado’s weekly discussion of Japanese pop culture! If you like slice-of-life then I highly recommend you check out the J-drama Hirayasumi! It’s based on a manga that I haven’t read, but I know it’s pretty popular in … Continue reading Weekly Japanese Pop Culture Thread (July 29, 2026)
New Avatar Series Releases a Teaser Very curious to see what’s changed in the world. Man, poor Korra just couldn’t catch a break. It’s Animation Time! What animated things have you been into lately? What’s a recent episode of something you … Continue reading Animation Time
Welcome to The Avocado’s weekly discussion of Japanese pop culture! Hard to believe but it’s been four years since Yuzuru Hanyu (羽生結弦) started his professional skating career! To celebrate, you can watch this video from his most recent ice story. … Continue reading Weekly Japanese Pop Culture Thread (July 22, 2026)
Not quite Adventure Time, but with a comment section not much less off-topic than the old AV Club review ones. It’s Animation Time! What animated things have you been into lately? What’s a recent episode of something you saw that lacks a dedicated … Continue reading Animation Time
Here we see Apple TV reacting to Widow’s Bay‘s 19 Emmy nominations. Today’s Couch Avocados header is about Netflix fatigue and why Apple TV is having a better year than Netflix. Continue reading Couch Avocados: TV Discussion Thread – July 16, 2026
Welcome to The Avocado’s weekly discussion of Japanese pop culture! New Kana Nishino (西野カナ) single and music video! I’m so glad that she’s making music again, every song she releases brings me so much joy. And her videos are always … Continue reading Weekly Japanese Pop Culture Thread (July 15, 2026)
Gay (BL) anime has come a long way. For those that don’t know, the typical BL couple is a seme and a uke – roughly, a top and a bottom. The seme used to be the older one, and is … Continue reading LGBT Anime: Go for It, Nakamura-Kun!!
Not quite Adventure Time, but with a comment section not much less off-topic than the old AV Club review ones. It’s Animation Time! What animated things have you been into lately? What’s a recent episode of something you saw that lacks a dedicated … Continue reading Animation Time
Welcome to The Avocado’s weekly discussion of Japanese pop culture! New anime! What are you watching this season? I of course am behind on everything and haven’t started any new shows, but I am planning to watch some this season. … Continue reading Weekly Japanese Pop Culture Thread (July 8, 2026)
For over 30 years now, this straight banger has been pumping viewers up enough to make it through the ensuing 25 minutes of teenage robot pilots having existential angst. Continue reading The 07/05 Night Thread Is Just A Cruel Angel’s Thesis
Not quite Adventure Time, but with a comment section not much less off-topic than the old AV Club review ones. It’s Animation Time! What animated things have you been into lately? What’s a recent episode of something you saw that lacks a dedicated … Continue reading Animation Time
Welcome to The Avocado’s weekly discussion of Japanese pop culture! It’s my last week in Japan so I’m going to be incredibly lazy and use the same header image I created for the Day Thread to celebrate Fuma’s birthday and … Continue reading Weekly Japanese Pop Culture Thread (July 1, 2026)
Not quite Adventure Time, but with a comment section not much less off-topic than the old AV Club review ones. It’s Animation Time! What animated things have you been into lately? What’s a recent episode of something you saw that lacks a dedicated … Continue reading Animation Time
Welcome to The Avocado’s weekly discussion of Japanese pop culture! Sorry! I lost track of time! But here it is now, so discuss all the things 💖 And, as always… What have you been watching/reading/playing/eating/listening to lately? Happy Wednesday! 🐺 Continue reading Weekly Japanese Pop Culture Thread (June 24, 2026)
The votes are in, the results are compiled, there’s nothing left to do but dig into it! In fourth place, with 6 votes in the Third-Place Match, we have the ED Burning from Oshi no Ko! In third place, with … Continue reading Best Anime Opening (OP)/Ending (ED) Tournament 2024 to Present – Results
Welcome to The Avocado’s weekly discussion of Japanese pop culture! New Kenshi Yonezu song, you should listen! My brain is too tired to come up with more than that right now, but I hope everyone is doing well! And, as … Continue reading Weekly Japanese Pop Culture Thread (June 17, 2026)
Here we are, the final round of the tourney! Before we go any farther, here are the final results of the Semifinals: In other words, Lose the Frames is our first place winner on the OP side with Bow and … Continue reading Best Anime Opening (OP)/Ending (ED) Tournament 2024 to Present – Finals
Not quite Adventure Time, but with a comment section not much less off-topic than the old AV Club review ones. It’s Animation Time! What animated things have you been into lately? What’s a recent episode of something you saw that lacks a dedicated … Continue reading Animation Time
Now it’s time for the Semifinals, the matches that will determine the best OP and best ED since 2024! Before we go any farther, here are the final results of the Quarterfinals: For each match, you may vote for only … Continue reading Best Anime Opening (OP)/Ending (ED) Tournament 2024 to Present – Semifinals
Welcome to The Avocado’s weekly discussion of Japanese pop culture! &TEAM once again showing that you can just give them a table full of random props and they will do the most random stuff and be entertaining and adorable and … Continue reading Weekly Japanese Pop Culture Thread (June 10, 2026)
Now it’s time for the Quarterfinals! Before we go any farther, here are the final results of the Round of 16: For each match, you may vote for only one of the two OPs or EDs. Votes should be based … Continue reading Best Anime Opening (OP)/Ending (ED) Tournament 2024 to Present – Quarterfinals
