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Bye Bye, Mr. Zetsubou Guy
Now this is a story all about how my neck got cracked, turned upside down. And I'd like to take a minute, just sit right there, I'll tell…
Anime Like No Longer Allowed In Another World
Just before finally realizing his fondest dream of committing double suicide with the woman he loved, 20th-century author and gloomy legend of Japanese
Handyman Saitou in Another World, No Longer Allowed in Another World, Sayonara Zetsubou Sensei, The Executioner and Her Way of Life
Kio Shimoku Twitter Highlights January 2024
Tweets for a new year, including the announcement of a planned set of Genshiken LINE stickers! An Ohno from Genshiken drawing for 2024, the Year of the Dragon.…
What I Watched This Week – 6/11-6/17
Sayonara Zetsubou-Sensei S2 – It’s fascinating how this series that is jam-packed with references to a whole range of Japanese media and culture still manages to be consistently…
Anime Like Housing Complex C
In the seaside town of Kurosaki, there stands a rundown old apartment block known as Housing Complex C. Young Kimi and many of the residents are excited for
Housing Complex C, Sayonara Zetsubou Sensei, The Lost Village, When They Cry
Pro Composer Explains Comedy Anime OSTs
In this episode we discuss the difficulties of writing music for comedy, and discuss the music for some beloved, interesting, and underrated comedy anime. AMP's Hosts: https://twitter.com/ThatMusic_Nerd https://twitter.com/korishere Listen on Spotify! https://open.spotify.com/show/74gPWCYV31CLbWpRMaSpdz Satoru Kosaki…
Cromartie High School, Miss Kobayashi's Dragon Maid, Nichijou - My Ordinary Life
Anime Top 5 – Spring 2020
My Stats. (*at time of writing)Shows watched from season: 19 (including 7 sequels)Highest rating: 6/10Lowest rating: 1/10Average: 3.2 (Note: In most cases I will be avoiding sequels when…
Gleipnir, HINAMATSURI, Diary of Our Days at the Breakwater, Tower of God, Sayonara Zetsubou Sensei Special Omake
My Happy Marriage, Vol. 2
By Akumi Agitogi and Tsukiho Tsukioka. Released in Japan as “Watashi no Shiawase na Kekkon” by Fujimi L Bunko. Released in North America Yen On. Translated by David…
Pandemic Anime: Revisiting Old Favorites in Quarantine, Part III — AHHHHHH
This is Part III of a series of posts looking back at the 2000s-era anime I watched during quarantine in the early days of the COVID 19 pandemic.…
What I Watched This Week – 9/12-9/18
Joshiraku – While I haven’t read or watched everything Kouji Kumeta has done, after watching this, Kakushigoto, and parts of Sayonara Zetsubou Sensei, I suspect he may be…
Weekly Manga Update: Magical Sempai, Sayonara, Zetsubou-Sensei, & More
Welcome to your weekly new manga update from Azuki! This time we’ve got new chapters for four great series, each revolving around characters who are a little ……
Ghost in the Shell, Magical Sempai, To Your Eternity, EDENS ZERO
Overextension in Anime
Return to despair
Anime Series Like Life Lessons With Uramichi-Oniisan
On the set of children’s show “Together with Mama,” 31-year-old Omota Uramichi is upbeat and cheerful to the children, but they are all ultimately put off as they…
Paranoia Agent, Sayonara Zetsubou Sensei, Life Lessons with Uramichi Oniisan, Aggretsuko, Aggressive Retsuko
The cursed manga ending
The truth can hurt
5 Reasons To Skip: Sayonara, Zetsubou Sensei
Discussing suicide through mediocre gag manga
Manga the Week of 12/23/20
SEAN: ‘Tis Christmas, and still no offers of pantomime. Luckily, we have some manga for you. ASH: Huzzah! SEAN: Cross Infinite World debuts Reincarnated As the Last of…
Anime Series Like Arakawa Under the Bridge
Kou Ichinomiya, as the son of a wealthy businessman, has vowed never to become indebted to anyone. However,when he falls in the river under Arakawa Bridge, someone dives…
Sarazanmai, Tsuritama, Arakawa Under the Bridge, Bakemonogatari, Grand Blue Dreaming
Anime Series Like Sayonara Zetsubou Sensei
Nozomu Itoshiki is a high school teacher that is so pessimistic that even small misfortunes can send him spiraling into a pit of despair. Surrounded by increasingly insane…
Welcome to Irabu's Office, Assassination Classroom, Bakemonogatari, GTO: Great Teacher Onizuka, Humanity Has Declined
Returning to Anime? The Best Anime Series of 2007 That You Missed
Been away from anime for awhile? We understand. You go out and have your life, anime will always be waiting for you when you come back. They always…
Mononoke, Sayonara Zetsubou Sensei, School Days, Shigurui: Death Frenzy, Claymore
Kakushigoto – 02 [Beach Sandals and B4/ Don’t Place, Don’t Draw, Don’t Finish Up)
As the one who finds his Sayonara, Zetsubou-sensei and Joshiraku hilarious, I was certainly looking forward to Kakushigoto. The premiere informs us that Kakushigoto is pretty much a…
Kakushigoto – 02 [Beach Sandals and B4/ Don’t Place, Don’t Draw, Don’t Finish Up)
As the one who finds his Sayonara, Zetsubou-sensei and Joshiraku hilarious, I was certainly looking forward to Kakushigoto. The premiere informs us that Kakushigoto is pretty much a…
Kakushigoto – Episode 1
Kakushigoto is sweeter, softer, and gentler than the mangaka's previous work Sayonara Zetsubou Sensei, and the first episode was a delight to watch. The post Kakushigoto – Episode 1…
Kakushigoto – 01 (First Impressions) – Den of the Fancypeeps
Hime’s father Gotou Kakushi has a secret (kakushigoto): he draws for a living (kaku shigoto). That right there is triple wordplay! But that’s to be expected of Kumeta Kouji,…
Kakushigoto: My Dad’s Secret Ambition, Vol. 1
By Kouji Kumeta. Released in Japan by Kodansha, serialized in the magazine Monthly Shonen Magazine. Released in North America digitally by Kodansha Comics. Translated by Kevin Gifford. Kouji…
Kumeta Kouji Interview
Kumeta Kouji, author of Sayonara Zetsubou Sensei, talks about his manga career and how he draws manga. Interviewed late March 2016 and published in Kuigaten, his artbook.
Gekidan Inu Curry: Anime’s Fairy Tale Authors, A Collage Of Collages
Since the unique animation duo Gekidan Inu Curry have been entrusted with chief series direction and writing duties for the new Madoka Magica anime, we felt it was…
Top 100 Greatest Anime Endings Of All Time: #40 ~ #21
Top 100 Greatest Anime Endings Of All Time: #40 ~ #21 When we talk about anime endings, we’re talking about that 1 minute 30 seconds that closes off…
What is Anime?
In my time as a moderator over on Anime-Planet , there's one debate that has come up countless times: what actually constitutes anime? This ...
Bakuman: The Manga Within the Manga
Warning: This post is discussing content, which will possibly contain spoilers for those who are not manga current.There are many reasons why I enjoy Bakuman, but one of…
Track Two: In Syndication
Aside from Danbooru and other image boards, Owen is probably my next best source of images Crunched for time on posting today, and these Tr...
Series Review: Sayonara Zetsubou Sensei
"You were...trying to make yourself taller, weren't you?" Sayonara Zetsubou Sensei is a funny kind of show. Naturally, I mean that in both s...
The 18th (and Final) Day of Christmas - Resolutions for 2008
I'd like to hear a song put to the Eighteen Days of Christmas, especially with a random smorgasboard of themes like this. Unfortunately, lik...
Nanatsuiro Drops, Sayonara Zetsubou Sensei, Cardcaptor Sakura, Clannad, Kanon
The 17th Day of Christmas - Ten Neglected Hero(in)es
'Rooting for the underdog' is something that a lot of people can sympathize with. There's something enchanting about watching a scrappy litt...
Tokimeki Memorial, Code-E, Sayonara Zetsubou Sensei, Shuffle!
The 16th Day of Christmas - Ten Facepalm Moments
"I have no idea if Hisui is saying anything relevant, but she looks angry...and hey, it's Hisui." Now that the last fifteen days have convin...
The 15th Day of Christmas - 10 Anisongs
"Yes, I was really frustrated they took Nagato's SG out of Guitar Hero III. And Eddie Knox." I like to rant a lot about music in anime, firs...
Sayonara Zetsubou Sensei, Shuffle!, Shugo Chara!, Bokurano, Kanon
sola heads Japan's list of favorite 2007 anime?!
Matsuri, YOU'RE WINNER! Yeah, it's so shocking it's worth stealing and reposting from Danny Choo's barely five-minute-old post. I happen to...
Sayonara Zetsubou Sensei, Gintama, Gurren Lagann, Hidamari Sketch, Kanon
The 14th Day of Christmas - The Runners-Up
"I have to wait how long before getting to rant about Myself;Yourself!?" "And now, a sad violin song for those who didn't make it..." The "...