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First Impressions: Shadows House season 2

August 18, 2022

Hello and welcome back to Otaku Thursday! You know, this season had a surprising amount of second seasons for shows. There were some seconds seasons from new stuff, there was some second seasons from really old stuff. Today, I’mma be talking about the former–a second season from an anime that came out only last year. … More First Impressions: Shadows House season 2

First impressions: Tokyo Mew Mew (the reboot)

August 15, 2022

You know, I, Star was just thinking about anime nowadays tend to reflect the characters a little more in terms of action, behavior, and development. In the 90s and early 2000s these pre-teens were making adult decisions. Anyways, Tokyo Mew Mew is nearly the same as it was back then and to be honest I … More First impressions: Tokyo Mew Mew (the reboot)

First Impressions: Lucifer and the Biscuit Hammer

August 11, 2022

Hello and welcome back to Otaku Thursday! For some reason, it feels like it’s been ages since we last did a First Impressions, which is weird because it really hasn’t! We did just finish out Hotsui Matsuri campaign at the top of the month, so maybe that’s it? I don’t know. Either way, here we … More First Impressions: Lucifer and the Biscuit Hammer

First Impressions: Call of the Night

August 8, 2022

This is the most on top of a First Impression I, Star, have ever done LOL. So let’s get right to it shall we! So this anime is very simple. It’s about a boy who’s tired of going to school and decides he’s going to walk around Tokyo (I think) at night. Being that he’s … More First Impressions: Call of the Night

Hotsui Matsuri Day 5 – More Traditional Japanese Instruments

August 6, 2022

How are we already at day five? Hotsui Matsuri is coming to a close today and we’ve already been there and back again to our local Obon Festival to do some Bon Odori. So today, at the end of the day, I’m here to sit down and talk about some more traditional Japanese Instruments; because … More Hotsui Matsuri Day 5 – More Traditional Japanese Instruments

Hotsui Matsuri Day 4- Demystifying the traditional card game Hanafuda

August 5, 2022

Hey! Welcome to another day of Hotsui Matsuri! I’m super excited about this post because I, Star, finally get to talk about the love I have for this game! So I’ve been playing this game with my family for years. We don’t gamble… But you definitely can lose a lot of money playing this game. … More Hotsui Matsuri Day 4- Demystifying the traditional card game Hanafuda

Hotsui Matsuri Day 3 – Nihongo Legends: The Oni

August 4, 2022

Welcome back to Hotsui Matsuri! I hope you all enjoyed day one where we talked about summer festival games, and day two where Star told you about some songs learned as a kid. Today, for day 3, I get to write a super fun Nihongo Legends post. Now, for those of you unfamiliar with our … More Hotsui Matsuri Day 3 – Nihongo Legends: The Oni

Hotsui Matsuri Day 2- Two songs that kids learn in Japan

August 3, 2022

For those of us that are learning Japanese, I, Star would say that music is a really good way of practicing how to pronounce words. Like how some Americans learn Heart and Soul I also learned Neko Funjatta on piano and only remember the first verse in lyrics. But as I got older and started … More Hotsui Matsuri Day 2- Two songs that kids learn in Japan

Hotsui Matsuri Day 1 – Festival Games

August 2, 2022

Happy Hotsui Matsuri everyone! I hope you all read Star’s opening post the other day about this next campaign which — whoops. Is kicking off this month! I personally enjoy Hotsui Matsuri because it leads up to Obon Odori–which you can read all about in Star’s post from last year! Our local Obon Odori fest … More Hotsui Matsuri Day 1 – Festival Games

Happy Hotsui Matsuri 2022!

August 1, 2022

Hey again! We’re back for another year of Hotsui Matsuri! Where we have a count to Obon fest, a day made to celebrate those who have passed. For those of you who are new to our blog, this special event is to celebrate Japanese culture from folklore to popular media. This year we have a … More Happy Hotsui Matsuri 2022!