Celebrating Japan’s New Year Shrine Tradition Happy New Year, everyone! As we approach the end of the year, Japan gears up for one of its most beloved traditions: Hatsumode (初詣), the first shrine visit of the new year. Even though Shinto is Japan’s religion, Hatsumode has become a widespread cultural custom that transcends strict religious …
A new listing in the coming soon section of the Netflix application has revealed that the anime series SHIBOYUGI: Playing Death Games to Put Food on the Table will begin streaming on the 7th January 2026 on Netflix in the UK. The series can also be added to your watchlist, and set as a reminder, …
Attention, Jujutsu Sorcerers! The Culling Games shall commence in approximately one month! So if you could make your way to your nearest theater to see JJK: Execution, you may receive your briefing on what’s happened as well as what comes next. Two years ago, Jujutsu Kaisen gave us one of the absolute coldest arcs in …
The school festival that never ends. Impressions: Trying to make a big deal out of how much Luna has grown and developed was absolutely a mistake. This supposed development happened back in like episode 1, and was instant and permanent. All it’s really doing is rehashing the premise that was thrown out ten minutes …
Wooper: Having spent the lead-up to our recent 2000s retrospective looking backward, it’s time for us to return our gaze to the immediate future, as another annual anime cycle is about to begin. As with most modern seasons, there are loads of new entries in existing franchises to fawn over, and as with most of …
Only the smallest of crashouts contained within. I’m not going to sugar coat it. This season is rough. What has happened to you, anime industry? There’s almost nothing original, almost no action shows, and the cheat power reincarnation things that we were assured were on their way out years ago are growing in quantity and decreasing …
