Sakuragaoka Girls Private High School in K-ON is based on an actual school, Toyosato Elementary School. Even after it ceased being an elementary school, it’s been a popular place to visit because of the K-ON connection. Not only is the building a tourist destination, but …Read more »
We get it, we get it. New year, new you. You can tell yourself every morning that you can just choose to do things better. But there’s a new year energy whenever the calendar turns over. We know deep down we’re in danger of losing …Read more »
Hit music manga and anime given now has a live-action adaptation underway! As we wait for new episodes, we’re also looking back on the original manga and anime. If you’re all caught up on that and want more musical anime, though, there’s plenty! These series …Read more »
We could use a little music to get our day going. Fortunately for us, anime is full of iconic pop stars — mega-stars, school idols, aliens, holograms, magicals girls, and more. Today, we’re giving it up for a handful of our favorites over the years. …Read more »
The K-ON! anime is a modern classic, with direction by Naoko Yamada (A Silent Voice, Liz and the Blue Bird) and production by Kyoto Animation that perfectly captures the spirit of youth and the joy of making music. The entire series can soon be yours …Read more »
School is supposed to be about the three Rs: reading, writing, and arithmetic. Ritsu Tainaka, on the other hand, wants to add two more things to the curriculum: rock and roll. But first she has to save the Light Music Club from being disbanded; she …Read more »
K-On! Shuffle, the K-On! spinoff manga written by original creator Kakifly, has gone into serialization in the pages of Manga Time Kirara magazine. K-On! Shuffle takes place in a different high school than the original, but is also about the activities of a band club. …Read more »
Designing anime characters is a tough job, man. Each character has to look distinct enough to be memorable, but at the same time resemble the rest of the cast enough so it looks like they all belong in the same series together. Balancing those two …Read more »
For those of you out there who might harbor the illusion Japan is a magical land where everyone loves anime and no one cares if you’re a grown man who watches shows meant for young girls, this list might be a hard read. Japanese site …Read more »
Studio Ghibli producer Yoshiaki Nishimura (actually, ex-producer, as he made sure to point out in his apology) kicked up a ruckus last month when he declared that women are “realistic” as compared to “idealistic” men, making the former unsuitable for directing Ghibli films. Never mind …Read more »
Siblings unite. No only children allowed in this poll, in which Japanese fans ranked the top 20 most charming siblings in anime and manga history. Let’s take a look at who they picked. 20. Haru and Kosaki Onodera Nisekoi 19. Honoka and Yukiho Kousaka Love …Read more »
No one can resist a good ponytail. That’s true for both the male and female respondents to the latest poll from Charapedia, which asked its readers to choose the anime girls who look best with the classic horse tail-resembling ‘do. Who wields anime’s best ponytails? …Read more »
Death! Morbid as it may be, it’s a frequent enough conversation between friends and family: what’s the last thing you want to eat? The last person you want to see? The last anime you want to watch? Okay, I’ve never thought about that last one. …Read more »
Lists of stuff – can you even remember what the internet was like before them? The latest list out from Goo, a Japanese site that asks its readers to rank all kinds of stuff, has busted out the moe question of moe questions – which …Read more »
Character songs – or kyarason for short, sometimes known as image songs – are those anime songs sung in-universe by one or more anime characters and attributed to those characters. To give an example that dates us horribly, think of the classic “My Boyfriend is …Read more »
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