Japanese animation
Not quite Adventure Time, but with a comment section not much less off-topic than the 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 review … Continue reading Animation Time
Welcome to The Avocado’s weekly discussion of Japanese pop culture! New year, new music! MAISONdes kicked off 2023 by releasing the fantastic song, “I like you” feat. Aimer and wanuka: And if you haven’t heard their songs for Urusei Yatsura … Continue reading Weekly Japanese Pop Culture Thread (January 11, 2023)
Not quite Adventure Time, but with a comment section not much less off-topic than the 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 review … Continue reading Animation Time
Welcome to The Avocado’s weekly discussion of Japanese pop culture! New year, new anime to explore! What shows are you looking forward to? I’m most excited for The Ice Guy and His Cool Female Colleague. The trailers look really cute, … Continue reading Weekly Japanese Pop Culture Thread (January 4, 2023)
Not quite Adventure Time, but with a comment section not much less off-topic than the 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 review … Continue reading Animation Time
Welcome to The Avocado’s weekly discussion of Japanese pop culture! 2022 was full of great music, making it extra difficult for me to create a reasonable playlist for this year. It’s still a bit on the long side, but it … Continue reading Weekly Japanese Pop Culture Thread (December 28, 2022)
Oh man. Oh man. This is exciting. The next Avatar animated series, featuring the earth Avatar after Aang & Korra, is coming in 2025 from Paramount and Avatar Studios! That’s still a ways away, but eeeeeee! It’s Animation Time! What animated things … Continue reading Animation Time
Welcome to The Avocado’s weekly discussion of Japanese pop culture! It’s the most wonderful time of the year. The time to eat delicious food! As you all know by now, I am a big fan of Japanese food, and I … Continue reading Weekly Japanese Pop Culture Thread (December 21, 2022)
Not quite Adventure Time, but with a comment section not much less off-topic than the 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 review … Continue reading Animation Time
Welcome to The Avocado’s weekly discussion of Japanese pop culture! Today Aimer released her latest mini album, Deep down. You might recognize a couple songs from the collection. For example, “Deep down” was one of the endings for Chainsaw Man, … Continue reading Weekly Japanese Pop Culture Thread (December 14, 2022)
Not quite Adventure Time, but with a comment section not much less off-topic than the 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 review … Continue reading Animation Time
Welcome to The Avocado’s weekly discussion of Japanese pop culture! Have you watched Laid-Back Camp The Movie yet? If the answer is “no” then you should get over to Crunchyroll asap and watch it! It’s one of my favorite movies … Continue reading Weekly Japanese Pop Culture Thread (December 7, 2022)
Three people without housing find an abandoned infant on Christmas Eve. Hana, an optimistic trans woman, doesn’t want the baby left in the foster system. After many arguments they decide to search for the child’s mother. Satoshi Kon’s Tokyo Godfathers … Continue reading LGBT Movies: Tokyo Godfathers (2003)
Not quite Adventure Time, but with a comment section not much less off-topic than the 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 review … Continue reading Animation Time
Hey everyone! It’s Merve, returning to take over the Weekly Japanese Pop Culture Thread just for this week. Why me? Because Grumproro had a fateful encounter with Truck-kun Because Tokyo Treat was kind enough to send me their Santa’s Snackfest … Continue reading Weekly Japanese Pop Culture Thread (November 30, 2022)
Not quite Adventure Time, but with a comment section not much less off-topic than the 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 review … Continue reading Animation Time
Welcome to The Avocado’s weekly discussion of Japanese pop culture! Sakura Fujiwara released a new EP this month that I highly recommend if you’re looking for something chill and relaxing. Blink has six songs, and each one feels like a … Continue reading Weekly Japanese Pop Culture Thread (November 23, 2022)
Not quite Adventure Time, but with a comment section not much less off-topic than the 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 review … Continue reading Animation Time
Welcome to The Avocado’s weekly discussion of Japanese pop culture! It’s no secret that I’m a big LiSA fan, so I’m very excited for her new album today! LiSA was my gateway into the amazing world of Japanese pop music, … Continue reading Weekly Japanese Pop Culture Thread (November 16, 2022)
Not quite Adventure Time, but with a comment section not much less off-topic than the 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 review … Continue reading Animation Time
Welcome to The Avocado’s weekly discussion of Japanese pop culture! The last few weeks I’ve been very happy to see several of you discussing the two shows I was most excited for this season: Do It Yourself! and Raven of … Continue reading Weekly Japanese Pop Culture Thread (November 9, 2022)
