This week, we’re focusing on another informational post to close out the month. If you’ve seen slice-of-life or school-centric series, chances are that you’ve seen a sports day depicted in at least one of them.

We’re back on track this week (no pun intended) with a review of Milky Subway! This series is a sci-fi comedy series set in space about a group of delinquents trying to stop a runaway train.

The studios for this spotlight are both from the early 2010s, Zero-G and Studio Gokumi. For anyone who hasn’t seen this type of post from us before, this is a quick overview of well-known animation st...

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We’re back with another sub-genre guide to kick off the month. As the name suggests, villainess series typically feature a main protagonist who is playing a villain-like role.

We’re always looking for new ways to discuss anime/manga and the amazing work that goes into these projects. If you’ve ever been blown away by an anime opening or ending song, or had one get stuck in your head, then you know the importance that those performances can have as part of the anime experi

We’re back with another series review. This month, our review ties in to our sub-genre guide from a couple of weeks ago.

We’re back with another studio spotlight this week. Both Shuka and Lapin Track were founded by employees from the same original animation studio (Brain’s Base) and each studio is responsible for some ...

We’re starting this month off with another sub-genre guide. This week’s focus will be on military series. Often a part of action or historical series, military series can feature a lot of combat and t...

Our final post for the month of July is a new installment on our vocabulary series. This will be the fifth installment of this particular series, where we cover some vocabulary words you may see in anime and manga series.

We’re back with another movie review this week! This month’s choice was Sing a Bit of Harmony, a 2021 release. The movie is a sci-fi musical movie, which is quite unique based only on the genre.

Now that the spring season is officially over, it’s time to share our reviews of the season as a whole. If you’re interested, be sure to check out our mid-season check-in we posted a few weeks ago to ...

We’re continuing our studio spotlights this week by taking a look at two studios with long histories, Ajiado Co. and Studio Hibari. Both of these studios were founded in the late 1970s, making them ne...

This week’s focus is on historical series. As the name suggests, these series take place in a period of historical relevance.

Our last post of the month is another anime review! We’re taking a break from catching up on recent series this month to go back and check out some older ones. This series is an action/historical/myst...

We originally made a post for Chinese animated series, also known as donghua, back in 2024. We decided it was time to add on to that list and share some more series as they’ve recently been growing in...

This week, we’re continuing our sub-genre guides with medical series. Medical series can fall within the larger umbrella of mystery series, informational series, or drama series.

Summer is rapidly approaching, and with it come the always exciting summer festivals. Throughout the months of June to September, these summer festivals start cropping up in areas across Japan.

As of this month, our blog is now five years old! To celebrate, we’re releasing a new check-in post, which we call our “gate openings”.

This week, we decided to change tactics and release our spring 2026 mid-season check-in.

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This week’s post is another studio spotlight. Our studios to cover this week are Liden Films and EMT Squared, two studios founded within the last 15 years. If you’re unfamiliar with these posts, it’s ...