Japanese animation
Welcome to The Avocado’s weekly discussion of Japanese pop culture! I’ve been waiting to feature Chevon for October because they are a perfect spooky season band, but I’ve been listening to them A LOT since I first heard their collaboration … Continue reading Weekly Japanese Pop Culture Thread (October 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
Welcome to The Avocado’s weekly discussion of Japanese pop culture! Right now Betsucomi is celebrating their 55th anniversary with a really cool exhibit in Tokyo. In addition to special merch, original drawings, huge displays of manga panels, the exhibit includes … Continue reading Weekly Japanese Pop Culture Thread (October 8, 2025)
Homestuck Animated Pilot Releases Confused what Homestuck is about? Well, now you can be confused what it’s about in video form! (As someone who has read all of it, I will say its impenetrability is a bit exaggerated. You really … Continue reading Animation Time
Welcome to The Avocado’s weekly discussion of Japanese pop culture! The Fall anime season has arrived, which means there are new shows that I want to watch, hope to keep up with, but will ultimately end up super behind on … Continue reading Weekly Japanese Pop Culture Thread (October 1, 2025)
Fully Claymation Arcade Shooter Platypus Gets a Remake There was this computer game from like 2002 called Platypus, a pretty straightforward side-scrolling space shooter, where every single asset was hand-modeled with real clay. I loved that game, it was beautiful … Continue reading Animation Time
Welcome to The Avocado’s weekly discussion of Japanese pop culture! I really had no choice this week, it HAD to be this collaboration between two of my favorites. Kenshi Yonezu (米津玄師) AND Hikaru Utada (宇多田ヒカル) is almost too much for … Continue reading Weekly Japanese Pop Culture Thread (September 24, 2025)
Knights of Guinevere Pilot Releases Y’know, it almost feels like Dana is trying to tell us something about how it felt to work for Disney. It’s Animation Time! What animated things have you been into lately? What’s a recent episode of something … Continue reading Animation Time
Welcome to The Avocado’s weekly discussion of Japanese pop culture! This morning I woke up to the gift of Fujii Kaze’s first Music Station performance! The best thing about this being uploaded to YouTube is that I can now share … Continue reading Weekly Japanese Pop Culture Thread (September 17, 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! One of the many J-drama I watched recently was Takahashi-san from the Bike Shop (自転車屋さんの高橋くん). It’s a very sweet slice-of-life romance based on an ongoing manga by Arare Matsumushi (松虫あられ). … Continue reading Weekly Japanese Pop Culture Thread (September 10, 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! You all know I wanted to make this another &TEAM header…but I have some self-control…So instead it’s about a new shoujo manga I read! Matcha Made in Heaven (この恋、茶番につき!?), by … Continue reading Weekly Japanese Pop Culture Thread (September 3, 2025)
A Nation Heals: Dana Terrace Continues To Make Fucked Up Shit Titled “Knights of Guinevere,” this sci-fi psychological thriller marks a departure for GLITCH, being their first 2-D animation. We should be seeing more later this year if all goes … Continue reading Animation Time
Meatloaf, smeatloaf, double beatloaf. Hank Hill loves meatloaf. Continue reading Couch Avocados: TV Discussion Thread – August 28th, 2025
Welcome to The Avocado’s weekly discussion of Japanese pop culture! I hope to have the energy for something more substantial next week, but for now it’s more Kana Nishino (西野カナ) partly because I’ve been living exclusively on a musical diet … Continue reading Weekly Japanese Pop Culture Thread (August 27, 2025)
In all honesty, this isn’t my second – or even third – time watching Hayao Miyazaki’s 2004 film Howl’s Moving Castle. I haven’t kept track, but it is very likely my fourth, or even fifth, watch. So then what’s different … Continue reading Second Look: Howl’s Moving Castle (2004)
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 don’t have time for more than a quick post today. Here’s the newest &TEAM video, which I have watched several times this week. And, as always… What have … Continue reading Weekly Japanese Pop Culture Thread (August 20, 2025)
Toby Fox Voices John Egbert in New Homestuck Animation by Vivziepop Homestuck, the last and greatest of Andrew Hussie’s “MS Paint Adventures” in which readers submitted commands to determine what the characters do, is at last going to retroactively justify … Continue reading Animation Time
Welcome to The Avocado’s weekly discussion of Japanese pop culture! I just love Kana Nishino’s newest song so much. And the music video is adorable! And, as always… What have you been watching/reading/playing/eating/listening to lately? Happy Wednesday! 🍙 Continue reading Weekly Japanese Pop Culture Thread (August 13, 2025)
