Urahara is a magical-girl anime series currently airing this season. It is bright and colourful. I have not yet watched it. In other news: Valkyria Chronicles 4 was announced and is set to come out next year for PS4, Xbone, … Continue reading Weekly Japanese Pop Culture Thread (November 22nd, 2017)

The second season of the comedic series Himouto Umaru-chan, entitled R (kinda like Sailor Moon, eh?) is currently streaming on Anime Strike. It’s about a teenage girl who appears perfect to her classmates and teachers, but becomes a lazy, video-game-and-junk-food-obsessed … Continue reading Weekly Japanese Pop Culture Thread (November 15th, 2017)

Hey folks! The Xenoblade Chronicles 2 Nintendo Direct was yesterday. Here it is for your viewing pleasure: Character designs aside (they’re atrocious, IMO), this is all looking really excellent, and I can’t wait to get my hands on the game … Continue reading Weekly Japanese Pop Culture Thread (November 8th, 2017)

Greetings, Avocadoans! Welcome to the first weekly Japanese pop culture thread on the new site! While your humble JPC thread host is sure that the fall season of anime is full of interesting new shows, he hasn’t really had the … Continue reading Weekly Japanese Pop Culture Thread (October 31, 2017)