As I have probably mentioned before in previous articles, I live in Japan. I am originally from America, but came to Japan to work as an assistant English teacher. Living in Japan has been great, and I truly enjoy it here, but I would be lying if I said there weren’t downsides to being one…
It has been a while since I marathoned a show, but this past week, I watched all that I could of the anime known as My Hero Academia. So far this anime is still in the midst of its second season, with likely more to go after it and I’m certainly interested in seeing more…
Tsuritama is a show about fishing in the port town of Enoshima, Japan… No wait, that’s not entirely right. Er, let’s go with this: Tsuritama is about a young boy named Yuki who suffers from severe social anxiety and learns to open up with the help of an eclectic group of friends through fishing in…
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CWnWwN1z_UM In the early 1990s two popular animated shows came out that were created by Tom Ruegger, “presented by” Steven Spielberg, had some of the same voice actors*, and which tried to bring back the same style of slapstick comedy that classic Looney Tunes and Merrie Melodies cartoons were famous for. These two shows were…
Hunter X Hunter is a Japanese anime, that originated as a popular comic of the same name, and had a couple of iterations as an animated show. This article will be focusing on the 2011 anime. I feel like a common issue when I try to describe a particular anime to someone, is that either there…
Recently I decided to revisit a fun Nickelodeon show that I enjoyed when I was younger. This show was Danny Phantom, a series about a moody teenager who gains ghost-like abilities and must fight other ghosts from wreaking havoc in our world. Upon re-watching the series, I was surprised to find how much it embodied…
Despite this column being called “Saturday Morning Cartoons” I have written very little about the cartoons I actually used watch on Saturday mornings as a kid. The reason for this is in part wanting to promote recently made films or shows, and in part feeling that the nostalgia of older shows may overshadow their likely…
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