There’s a degree of irony in writing this while I’m home for the holidays in America, but it’s been about five months since I’ve started living in Japan. It hasn’t been all fun and games, but it’s not been unpleasant either. What hurts my experience most is definitely the...

Nichijou wins a lot of points for being a gag comedy first and foremost, and one with a fair amount of a teeth at that–a refreshing change from its surrounding yon-koma peers that focus more on low-impact moe antics in lieu of hard hitting gags. It’s not that I...

To some, the fact that a K-ON! movie was even green-lit signified some kind end-of-times for anime; while others were most likely ecstatic to hear that their favorite show was hitting the silver screen. I personally like K-ON! I like it enough to want to buy it on Blu-ray…...