One of my favorite recent anime is called Aoashi, and it is a soccer anime. There are a lot of similarities to Haikyuu, although I would say Aoashi is less dramatic and not as over exaggerated as Haikyuu (both good and bad). Aoashi is about a soccer player named Aoi Ashito and his rise throughout…
Dragon Zakura 2 is a sequel to the popular show Dragon Zakura (it came out in 2005 though, so I have not seen that one yet). The star of Dragon Zakura 2 is Hiroshi Abe, who was voted the most popular actor in Japan last year. Dragon Zakura 2 is about a lawyer/teacher who uses…
Ousama Ranking is a feel-good anime, with the star of the show being Bochi, a mute/deaf prince. Although Bochi does not say a single word throughout the show, he is a great character and someone who is easy to root for. Ousama Ranking’s feels similar to an anime version of The Alchemist, and is an…
Apple TV has been on quite a roll recently with TV shows (Pachinko, Ted Lasso, etc.); the hit rate on Apple TV seems to be much higher than Netflix and most other streaming services, and Severance only brings this ratio up. The concept of Severance is an interesting thought experiment for real life. In the…
Boku No Hero Academia (My Hero Academia in English) is a very popular anime series that I just finished watching. Right now, there are 113 episodes of Boku No Hero Academia that have been released over the course of 5 seasons, with the latest season being released in 2021. The series is still ongoing, although…
For those who haven’t heard, Apple TV+ is now releasing a TV adaptation of the book Pachinko. Pachinko was one of my favorite books of 2021, and I wasn’t sure whether the TV series would live up to the hype. Apple definitely allotted a significant budget to producing Pachinko, as the show stars ultra-popular Korean…
Netflix has been producing a bunch of Asian shows recently, whether it be K-dramas, anime, or Japanese dramas. The latest Japanese drama released is a show called The Journalist. I was unaware that The Journalist was based on some true events that happened during the pandemic, but I found it intriguing nonetheless. Apparently though, The…
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Demon Slayer is one of, if not the most popular anime series right now. The first season is available to watch on Netflix already, but the movie and the second season haven’t been uploaded yet (they just came out a couple of months ago). When I first started watching Demon Slayer, I wasn’t quite sure…
Nobunaga Concerto is the perfect drama if you like Japanese history and historical figures such as Oda Nobunaga, Tokugawa Ieyasu, etc. Even if you don’t know anything about Japanese history though, it is definitely still possible to enjoy watching the show (I personally know very little about Japanese history, but still found Nobunaga Concerto very…
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Grand Maison Tokyo is a great Japanese drama about food and the high-end restaurant industry. Grand Maison Tokyo is about a former cooking prodigy (who fell from grace after a food poisoning incident) and his rise back up through the industry. The main character in Grand Maison Tokyo is Obana (played by Kimura Takuya, one…
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