Japanese manga and TV animation series, “Kimetsu no Yaiba” or “Demon Slayer” has been a huge hit during the pandemic, and a film based on the manga has broken box office records in Japan, grossing over 72 million USD in just 24 days. Demons are not...
There are as many forms of love as there are people. More and more musicians are starting to release love songs that break free from traditional notions, coinciding with an increase in awareness of LGBTQ+ identities. Here is my J-Pop playlist that...
A special drama “Mr. Period and His Daughter (original title: “Seiri no Ojisan to Sono Musume”) was aired by NHK, a Japanese public broadcaster. This drama is heartwarming yet groundbreaking in terms of making menstruation open to any gender and any...
A Japanese beloved TV show is aired on Netflix under the title “Old Enough!” and has been popular worldwide from the middle east to Europe. Although the reaction from the world apparently varies from “adorable” to “horrifying,” the Japanese have...
I had believed somewhere in my heart that a huge natural disaster would never really happen to me until I watched “Japan Sinks: 2020.” Japan Sinks: 2020 depicts ordinary people’s survival of catastrophic disaster The work created by a famous...
“Beastars,” a Japanese manga series written by Paru Itagaki, may deserve your attention if you are looking for an outstanding work that provokes plenty of thoughts on social issues. The animation work is now available on the streaming service...
“ONI: Thunder God’s Tale,” created by Japanese animation director Daisuke “Dice” Tsutsumi, won two Annie awards, often known as the Oscars of animation, in February 2023. The work is a four-part series available on the video streaming service...
What would happen if men and women swap their roles entirely, and women had social and political power? You may find out the answer in a Japanese Sci-Fi manga series, “Ooku: The Inner Chambers,” by Fumi Yoshinaga, that has been made into TV drama...
The COVID-19 pandemic has left us some space to ponder questions like “what would you do if you had only one day to live?” or “have I been living the way I really want?” Becoming aware that death is not unfamiliar anymore makes us reassess the...
At 8:15 am on August 6, 1945, the bomb dropped by the Enola Gay exploded over the capital city of Hiroshima Prefecture, killing and maiming hundreds of thousands of people. Although most of the deaths and injuries were due to the burns from heat...