Japanese animation
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
There is a New Cartoon Among Us Owen Dennis, who previously made Infinity Train, has released an animated series based on the online Werewolf-type game that became a huge meme in 2020. And it’s like, actually pretty funny?? It’s Animation … Continue reading Animation Time
Now it’s time for the Round of 16! Before we go any farther, here are the final results of the Round of 32: For each match, you may vote for only one of the two OPs or EDs. Votes should … Continue reading Best Anime Opening (OP)/Ending (ED) Tournament 2024 to Present – Round of 16
Welcome to The Avocado’s weekly discussion of Japanese pop culture! I went to a temple festival yesterday, and it was in the news! This was after we left, but still, pretty neat. If you want to learn about the festival, … Continue reading Weekly Japanese Pop Culture Thread (June 3, 2026)
Time for the merger! Now that we have arrived at the Round of 32, the remaining OPs and EDs will be voted on at the same time rather than in separate posts. Before we go any farther, here are the … Continue reading Best Anime Opening (OP)/Ending (ED) Tournament 2024 to Present – Round of 32
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
It is time for the second half of the Round of 64! In this part we will be voting on all of the remaining EDs. Before we go any farther, here are the results of Part 1 of the Round … Continue reading Best Anime Opening (OP)/Ending (ED) Tournament 2024 to Present – Round of 64 (Part 2)
Welcome to The Avocado’s weekly discussion of Japanese pop culture! I saw &TEAM! TWICE! And they were so close, and they totally looked at me, and they were amazing and perfect and so unbelievably cool and funny and charismatic and … Continue reading Weekly Japanese Pop Culture Thread (May 27, 2026)
We have now arrived at the Round of 64! In Part 1 we will be voting on all of the remaining OPs. Before we go any farther, here are the final results of Part 4 of the Round of 128 … Continue reading Best Anime Opening (OP)/Ending (ED) Tournament 2024 to Present – Round of 64 (Part 1)
