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For more than twenty years running I’ve been trying to sample every new anime broadcast in Japan each year. In my perspective, 2016 to 2018 was a three-year

I recorded a new video expressing my initial thoughts on the Jujutsu Kaisen: Execution/Culling Game movie and some of my latest anime purchases.

On our final morning in Tokyo, Phil & I woke early and packed. After Phil came downstairs, I went up and showered. When we fully cleared the dining

Our final full day in Tokyo began with Phil & I taking the Keisei Line train to the Oshieage (Sky Tree Mae) train station. At our local Aoto

Our next to last full day in Tokyo began in earnest when Phil & I took the Keisei line train to Shiodome where we transferred onto the Yurikamome

Phil & I began our day’s adventure by traveling to Asakusa. We exited the train station’s Senso-ji exit, turned left, then headed toward the crowd of people. The

While trying to ignore the loud noises of the house next door being demolished, I slept in until 10:30. Eventually Phil & I left the house, headed for

I woke around 7am to the loud noise of workmen demolishing the abandoned house next to ours. Phil came downstairs at ten. So I went upstairs and took

Once again, I had difficulty sleeping. So I left the house at 8:30, taking the Keisei line to Asakusabashi, where I switched to the Chuo local JR train

On the early morning of our first full day in Tokyo, local time ten to six AM on Monday, September 22, I decided that I’d dress and take

For my ninth, I think, trip to Tokyo I was going with former AnimeNation web-monkey Phil, who was visiting Japan for the first time. On the morning of

The history of manga includes no shortage of stories revolving around the unfortunate plights of characters who are so ugly that they’re ostracized, or characters who naturally look

Ask John: Question: Does an anime lose its artistic value given its commercial nature in comparison to originally produced works such as Princess Kaguya or Angel’s Egg? Answer:

I uploaded a new video recording of me sharing my latest collection purchases from Mandarake & Suruga-ya.

Since the 1990s manga has been well populated by skillful teen detectives. Brilliant young investigators appear in Detective Conan, Puppet Master Sakon, The Case Files of Young Kindaichi,