Eat, pray, love, zoom, sprint, laugh: the best My Hero Academia quirks to have in real life
In the real world, when you call a person ‘quirky’, you mean they’re kinda… weird. Like a manic pixie dream
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TV & Movies
TV & Movies
Produce48 J-idols: who are you gonna pick?
We admit it, okay? We’re obsessed with Produce 48. And sure, maybe we were already very very very obsessed with
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Spoiler alert: The funniest Japanese names for Disney movies
Some movie names don’t survive the translation from English to Japanese. ‘Napoleon Dynamite’ somehow became ‘Bus Man’. The whole ‘Fast
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Compose your perfect anime love story: Uta no Prince-sama (UtaPri)
Hey, Haruka! There you are. We’ve been waiting for you to read this blog. …you are Haruka, right? Haruka Nanami?
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Osomatsu-san: proof that anime fans will buy literally anything
The runaway popularity of Osomatsu-san is obvious here in Japan. Those Matsuno brothers give everyone something (and somebody) to love. Each
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COMPLETE SELECTION MODIFICATION: an explanation
The ‘kamen’ in Kamen Rider means ‘mask’. The kind that fits over your face. So it’s odd that the COMPLETE
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Reviewed: Ghost in the Shell, 2017
Japan got the new Ghost in the Shell movie a week later than most countries did. Our side of the
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Paranoia Agent: the best damn anime you’ve never seen
The legendary, late Satoshi Kon created a bunch of cult Japanese anime movies: Millennium Actress Perfect Blue Paprika Tokyo Godfathers Should’ve
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Neon Genesis Evangelion: still slaying your anime faves
The phenomenon that is the Neon Genesis Evangelion anime premiered 22 years ago. We are otaku, we love this show.
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Anime fans FINALLY get Sailor Moon R: The Movie (subbed AND dubbed!)
Back in 2014, Viz Media announced they’d bought the rights to a huge chunk of Sailor Moon. All 200 TV
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