
So far I've written about my Top 10 Strange Japanese Movies, Horror Films, and Dramas. I've been writing quarterly anime roundups for a while now, but no top 10 anime list. Until now. And I realize that many of these … [Read more...]
by John 264 Comments

So far I've written about my Top 10 Strange Japanese Movies, Horror Films, and Dramas. I've been writing quarterly anime roundups for a while now, but no top 10 anime list. Until now. And I realize that many of these … [Read more...]
by John 23 Comments

Every once in a while, an anime movie comes along that really impresses me. King of Thorn was one of those movies. Probably the last anime film to really impress me before King of Thorn was Paprika which I wrote about in … [Read more...]
by Hashi 17 Comments

There's no shortage of excellent YouTube videos coming out of Japan (even if some of them are just ripped from NicoNico) made by a lot of different people; but hands down the most famous Japanese YouTuber isn't a person, … [Read more...]

Some people like playing video games. Other prefer their video games to play themselves, giving birth to the fad of hacking Super Mario World levels that move Mario to the end without any player input required. Still, … [Read more...]
by Hashi 14 Comments

For some people, Western and Japanese animation are like night and day—two completely different artforms that vary in countless different ways and are more or less incompatible with each other. And while it's true that … [Read more...]
by Hashi 45 Comments

You can read about Japan for years and learn a lot about the country; but there's something missing if you can't hear and see those same things. That's why I love documentaries about Japan so much. They give you a look … [Read more...]