In the real world we do things. Often these things are related to anime, manga or gaming. Sometimes they’re not. You can read about them below!
Back in 2018 I went to Japan and it was rad. I also managed to sneak in some nerd shopping, and after having 4 boxes of stuff weighing 37kg sitting in my study for 2 years I finally unboxed it and recorded the whole ordeal, then edited it down to 14 minutes because watching the […]
For this entry in the Visiting Japan Feature series at Anime Inferno, AussieGirl shares her experiences hitting up the slopes in Japan, with her most recent being a ski holiday to Hakuba in February 2019… The snow season in Japan is something people travel far and wide for the powder experience of a lifetime. Their […]
For this entry in the Visiting Japan Feature series at Anime Inferno, Iron Chap discusses his experience renting a car and driving around the Japanese countryside in May 2017… In May 2017 my wife and I were lucky enough to get away to Japan for a couple of weeks. While a good chunk of our […]
For this entry in the Visiting Japan Feature series at Anime Inferno, Calo discusses her experience studying Japanese overseas for an intensive language and cultural study program in Akita in January 2017… During my university days I was able to enrol in an advanced language and cultural program at Akita International University. As a result, […]
For this entry in the Visiting Japan Feature series at Anime Inferno, Mangaman discusses his experience from the UniSA Japan Study Tour which saw him working through Kyoto, Tokyo and Sendai over 16 days in June 2018… Travelling to Japan as a student was something I never got around to doing at uni in the […]
Posting stuff home to yourself while travelling in Japan isn’t difficult to do. Case in point – in June 2018 I had the chance to head over to Japan as part of my Masters degree for a study tour and bought more nerdy stuff than I was anticipating. While I’ll cover the trip in more […]
The Tokyo 2020 twitter has recently revealed three sets of mascots shortlisted to represent the Olympic and Paralympic Games. Anyone familiar with characters like Kumamon and Domo-kun know that Japan has turned the mascot business into an art, using cute and wacky characters to represent regions, local attractions, and products. Naturally, this would result in […]
Thanks to the magnificent team at Madman Entertainment we have not one but TWO competitions running for the next two weeks. For fans of series’ whose narrative length defies all expectations we have the recently-released One Piece Film Gold in your choice of DVD or Blu-Ray! For those who prefer gritty awesome goodness we also […]
Thanks to the magnificent team at Madman Entertainment we have three double passes up for grabs to go see Fairy Tail: Dragon Cry at selected cinemas across Australia starting 18 May 2017 for a strictly limited season. To enter hit the links below (or to the right) to check the T&Cs, then make sure you’ve […]
Thanks to the magnificent team at Madman Entertainment we have not one but TWO competitions running for the next two weeks. For magic girl fans (and fans of amazing, pivotal anime), we have the recently-released Cardcaptor Sakura Complete Series on DVD. This collects the entire series in one package, and having quite a few resident […]