In the spirit of Throwback Thursday, begining with Dec. 12, 2013, there will be a post each week talking about an anime from the mists of ti...

Moyashimon Returns is the 11 episode slice of life comedy follow up to the 2007 series, Moyashimon.   The second series aired in Japan durin...

Survive Style 5+ actually has nothing to do with anything otaku, but it is Japanese and an incredibly entertaining movie.     This full le...

Anohana is an original 11 episode dramatic slice of life romance that aired in Japan on TV in 2011.     The story deals with five high sch...

Back in 2006 a weird little series came out called The Melancholy of Haruhi Suzumiya that was based on a number of light novels by t...

Michiko & Hatchin is a stylized adventure series set in a fictional Brazil.   This 22 episode series aired in Japan between 2008 and 200...

The story for Eden of the East concludes with two theatrical releases, The King of Eden, which came out in 2009 and  Paradise Lost, which ca...

Eden of the East is an original 11 episode sci-fi thriller that aired on TV in Japan in 2009.  It was created and directed by Kenji Kamiyama...

Wolf Children (Okami Kodomo no Ame to Yuki) is the latest feature length film by Mamoru Hosoda whose previous works include The Girl who Lea...

Usagi Drop is a slice of life josei manga by Yumi Unita and was serialized in Japan between 2005 and 2011.   It was adapted into 10 tankobon...

Servant x Service is a 13 episode slice of life comedy that aired in Japan during the summer season of 2013 and is based on the manga by th...

Kimi no Iru Machi (A Town Where You Live) is an ongoing romance manga from Seo Kouji, who also created the romance manga/anime Suzuka.   ...