Death Stranding is an open-world action-stealth-exploration-adventure game by Tokyo game studio Kojima Productions, released last week for PlayStation 4. Starring Norman Reedus as the protagonist, Sam Porter Bridges, it tells the story of his quest to reunite the fractured city … Continue reading Weekly Japanese Pop Culture Thread (November 13th, 2019)

Cautious Hero: The Hero Is Overpowered but Overly Cautious is a semi-parodic isekai light novel series whose premise is pretty easy to discern from the title. It has been adapted into a manga, as well as an anime series produced … Continue reading Weekly Japanese Pop Culture Thread (November 6th, 2019)

Babylon is a Japanese novel series by Mado Nozaki about a public prosecutor who gets sucked into a conspiracy when he investigates a pharmaceutical company for marketing a defective drug. An anime series based on the novels and produced by … Continue reading Weekly Japanese Pop Culture (October 30, 2019)

There’s no shortage of moe anime series featuring cute girls doing cute things, but that won’t stop production committees from making them any time soon. That means that this season, you get to watch After School Dice Club, a series … Continue reading Weekly Japanese Pop Culture Thread (October 23rd, 2019)

Case File No. 221: Kabukicho is a new detective anime series from Production I.G loosely based on the Sherlock mythos, set in Tokyo’s vibrant Shinjuku ward. It is currently airing, and it can be streamed on Funimation and Hulu. What … Continue reading Weekly Japanese Pop Culture Thread (October 16th, 2019)

African Office Worker is a shōjo comedy manga series about a group of anthropomorphic African animals who work together in an office. An anime series based on the manga is being produced by Hotzipang and is currently airing. It can … Continue reading Weekly Japanese Pop Culture Thread (October 9th, 2019)

The fall anime season is almost upon us, so it’s time for a quick preview. For a full list of what’s on offer, AniChart has got you covered. This fall’s slate is full of sequel seasons and second cours: if … Continue reading Weekly Japanese Pop Culture Thread (October 2nd, 2019)

Promare is an action/science-fantasy film by Studio Trigger about a version of Earth where a group of mutant humans known as the Burnish, who are prone to spontaneous combustion, are locked in a conflict with regular humans who don’t possess … Continue reading Weekly Japanese Pop Culture Thread (September 25th, 2019)

The Naked Director is a quasi-biographical live-action comedy-drama series about prolific pornographer Toru Muranishi and the impact he had on the Japanese pornography industry. The series debuted for streaming last month on Netflix, and it has been renewed for a … Continue reading Weekly Japanese Pop Culture Thread (September 18th, 2019)

Cannon Busters began as an American fantasy comic book series by LeSean Thomas before being reimagined as an anime series by Satelight and Yumeta Company, with Thomas acting as chief director. The series is a mish-mash of magic, robots, and … Continue reading Weekly Japanese Pop Culture Thread (September 11th, 2019)

My Husband Won’t Fit is a Japanese live-action romantic drama about a young married couple who cannot consummate their marriage due to a physical incompatibility. The series follows the couple as they try to fix the problem and start a … Continue reading Weekly Japanese Pop Culture Thread (September 4th, 2019)

Do You Love Your Mom and Her Two-Hit Multi-Target Attacks? (a.k.a. “Okaasan Online,” “MMOmRPG,” or -sigh- “Milfsekai”) is a parody isekai light novel series about a teenage boy who gets transported an MMORPG world, much to his delight, only to … Continue reading Weekly Japanese Pop Culture Thread (August 28th, 2019)

The Magnificent Kotobuki is an anime series produced by GEMBA about a group of fighter pilots who escort large commercial zeppelins. It is not to be confused with Dragon Pilot or Girly Air Force. What have you been watching/reading/playing/listening to/eating … Continue reading Weekly Japanese Pop Culture Thread (August 21st, 2019)

My apologies for not getting this up sooner. Dr. Stone is a Japanese manga series about two boys who attempt to reconstruct society after an apocalyptic in which most of humanity is petrified. An anime adaptation of the series is … Continue reading Weekly Japanese Pop Culture Thread (August 14th, 2019)

Cop Craft: Dragnet Mirage Reloaded is a light novel series by Shoji Gatoh. This fish-out-of-water story takes place in the fictional city of San-Teresa, which serves as a gateway to a fantasy dimension. When a woman from the other side, … Continue reading Weekly Japanese Pop Culture Thread (August 7th, 2019)

Hello folks, and welcome to the final weekly Japanese pop culture thread of July. That means we’re 7/12 of the way through the year. Time flies when you’re weebing out! The Ones Within is a Japanese shōjo web manga series … Continue reading Weekly Japanese Pop Culture Thread (July 31st, 2019)

Kyoto Animation (KyoAni for short) is an animation studio founded in 1981 by husband-and-wife team Hideaki and Yoko Hatta. For their first two decades as a company, they mostly did contract work on shows like Inuyasha and Tenchi Universe. In … Continue reading Weekly Japanese Pop Culture Thread (July 24th, 2019)

O Maidens in Your Savage Season is a manga series by veteran screenwriter Mari Okada. The romantic dramedy tells the story of five teenage girls in a high school literature club who navigate romantic entanglements and come to terms with … Continue reading Weekly Japanese Pop Culture Thread (July 17th, 2019)

Astra Lost in Space is a manga series by Kenta Shinohara about a group of high school students in the future who become stranded in space, discover an abandoned spaceship, and have to find their way home. An anime series … Continue reading Weekly Japanese Pop Culture Thread (July 10th, 2019)

The new summer anime season is almost upon us, and it’s time to do a short preview! For a full list of what’s premiering, please consult AniChart. Here are my highlights: 7 Seeds. After a delay, this post-apocalyptic show finally … Continue reading Weekly Japanese Pop Culture Thread (July 3rd, 2019)

Neon Genesis Evangelion is a mecha anime series written and directed by Hideaki Anno. It is widely considered to be a classic of the genre and is credited with fuelling the worldwide anime boom. Its influence is still felt on … Continue reading Weekly Japanese Pop Culture Thread (June 26th, 2019)