Crayon Shin-chan summer-themed Nintendo Switch Game

I am currently enjoying playing a new Nintendo Switch game that I am using to practice my Japanese. “Kureyonshinchan “

Video: Goodbye Spring, Hello Summer

For a few weekends in late May to mid-June, I grabbed my DJI Pocket 2 and Fujifilm Instax SQ6 for some therapeutic walks to en

Just when I thought I was a Japan-travel guru

I recently went to Tokyo. Travelling from my rural island via ferry and overnight bus. I really enjoyed myself in Tokyo but th

Wonder Woman is Awesome

The movie on the lips of every professional and armchair critic right now is Wonder Woman. I saw it on opening night here in J

Aldnoah Zero – First Impressions

Aldnoah Zero is the second anime I took a look at from the spring 2014 season premieres after Tokyo Ghoul. There are a number

Tokyo Ghoul – First Impressions

Tokyo Ghoul is a new anime which began airing a few weeks ago. It is based off a manga series by Sui Ishida. This was the firs

Transformers: Age of Extinction

The summer blockbuster that gave me heart palpitations as I impatiently waited for its release has finally been assimilated in

Godzilla – The King of the Monsters

As a child I remember watching very grainy, poorly translated movies featuring what looked like a giant dinosaur fighting othe

Transformers: Age of Extinction Teaser Trailer

The Transformers franchise is getting a 4th movie. It is the start of a second trilogy following up on the first trilogy all o

College Adventure Continues – Hello 2nd Year

This going to college thing is quite the adventure, a very difficult and frustrating adventure at times but an adventure non-t

Star Trek Into Darkness

My annual summertime love affair with expensive action-packed blockbusters has begun. I skipped Iron Man 3 in favour of Star T

Interesting Summer 2011 Anime

I am very late onto the anime wagon for the new Summer 2011 series. At the time of this post I have yet to watch any episode o

Transformers: Dark of the Moon

My geek powers have increased exponentially with the absorption of the final film in the Transformers trilogy. Transformers

X-Men: First Class

Nothing says summertime like Super Hero flicks and X-Men: First Class is one of the many super hero flicks vywing for our atte

Pirates of the Caribbean: On Stranger Tides

Pirates of the Caribbean: On Stranger Tides is the 4th installment of a pirates of the Caribbean series that was original supp

Cars 2 Clip: Mater vs high tech Japanese toilet

I’m a big fan of animated movies. I’ve found that with all the live-action garbage coming out spewing from Hollywo

Highschool of the Dead – Anime Review

The first anime to make it unto my interesting summer 2010 anime list was Highschool of the Dead. Wouldn’t say I’v

Occult Academy – First Impressions

Occult Academy is one of the series on my interesting summer 2010 anime list. I was impressed by the trailer I saw a while bac

Interesting Summer 2010 Anime

Whoops! The World Cup in South Africa has caused me to be late with my Summer 2010 anime list. Japan did reasonably well befor

Needless – First Impressions

Needless is the second anime off my interesting summer 2009 anime watchlist. It was chosen purely because of my post apocalypt

Tokyo Magnitude 8.0 – First Impressions

Tokyo Magnitude 8.0 is the first anime off my interesting summer 2009 anime watchlist. After enjoying Eden of the East I was i

Transformers: Revenge of the Fallen

Transformers: Revenge of the Fallen was my  most anticipated movie off my must watch summer 2009 movie list. After going into

Interesting Summer 2009 Anime

I’ll be honest and admit that I thought that Spring and Fall were the main seasons when new anime premiered, it seems su

Terminator Salvation – I like to hate it

Let me start off by saying that Terminator Salvation sucked, but that the fact that it sucked doesn’t mean that is bad s