Japanese animation
Welcome to The Avocado’s weekly discussion of Japanese pop culture! I’m traveling today so I don’t have as much time for the header. So here’s a fun The First Take video featuring Hayato Sumino (角野隼斗) playing 7 variations on Twinkle … Continue reading Weekly Japanese Pop Culture Thread (March 19, 2025)
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! Ribon (りぼん) magazine is celebrating its 70th anniversary this year, and I’m in love with the celebration video they created. Ribon is a shoujo magazine that tends to publish series … Continue reading Weekly Japanese Pop Culture Thread (March 12, 2025)
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! I had something else planned for today but now that’s gone because I woke up and the first thing I saw was that YUZURU HANYU IS IN KENSHI YONEZU’S NEW … Continue reading Weekly Japanese Pop Culture Thread (March 5, 2025)
Exciting announcement last week: A third generation of Avatar has been announced! Called Avatar: Seven Havens, the series is set in “a world shattered by a devastating cataclysm. A young Earthbender discovers she’s the new Avatar after Korra – but … Continue reading Animation Time
Welcome to The Avocado’s weekly discussion of Japanese pop culture! When I saw the thumbnail for Colleen’s latest video I literally said “yes!” out loud because I knew this would get more people to read one of my favorite mangaka, … Continue reading Weekly Japanese Pop Culture Thread (February 26, 2025)
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! I have something a little different today…an educational video game! I know there are several people on the site who are learning Japanese, or interested in learning, so I wanted … Continue reading Weekly Japanese Pop Culture Thread (February 19, 2025)
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! With Valentine’s Day just a few days away, you might be looking for something romantic to read. Maybe something with some humor. Something like a romantic comedy, for example. Am … Continue reading Weekly Japanese Pop Culture Thread (February 12, 2025)
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! A few weeks ago I watched the excellent live-action series 「好きやねんけどどうやろか」(Sukiyanen Kedo Dou Yaro ka), and the theme song by GENIC was so good that it has resulted in me … Continue reading Weekly Japanese Pop Culture Thread (February 5, 2025)
Hello, welcome to Day Thread. Today we have the first OP to the 2006 anime NANA, “rose” by Anna Tsuchiya. Continue reading When I Was Darkness At That 02/03 Day Thread, 震えてる唇
Because I want to discuss animation Continue reading Animation Time
Welcome to The Avocado’s weekly discussion of Japanese pop culture! When I saw the news that IDOLiSH7 was airing a special live broadcast to celebrate their 10 year anniversary, my first thought was “anime announcement?” and today I can proudly … Continue reading Weekly Japanese Pop Culture Thread (January 29, 2025)
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, this got a little long, so just a quick reminder that you can hit that button in the bottom right corner to skip down to the comments). Sometimes I … Continue reading Weekly Japanese Pop Culture Thread (January 22, 2025)
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! I recently made a video to show a long-distance friend what a shoujo manga magazine looks like. He was curious because he’s a lifelong comics fan, but not very familiar … Continue reading Weekly Japanese Pop Culture Thread (January 15, 2025)
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
