In “News That Would Only Happen in Japan,” the Evangelion franchise is currently partnering with McDonalds in Japan. Get yourself a transforming Evangelion toy that turns from an Eva into a Big Mac, Fries, or McShake. Really. It’s all too Japan (and all too awesome). ★ 【ふわチー】 「 アヤナミマックレイ 」 ☆
It’s the Kagamine Twins’ birthday! Yep, that’s right—Rin and Len were born this day, originally released on December 27th, 2007. Happy 17th birthday! 【luomo-八云正月】 「 happy birthday~ 」
A Christmas encounter with an orphaned pre-schooler forever changes the lives of two hitmen in P.A. Works’ comedy Buddy Daddies. Not your usual Christmas anime episode! (Especially considering the on-screen executions, trigger warning!) But don’t worry, Buddy Daddies is just getting started: the final three episodes also revolve around Christmas, one year later, and it’s… Read More 12 Days of Christmas Anime, Day 12: Buddy Daddies & Why We Need Many Christmases
Merry Christmas, friends! Today is a joyous day because it reminds us of the hope we have—the only hope we have—in a fallen world. We celebrate the birth of Jesus today, born in a manger to live and die and rise again for our sins because of the Father’s great love for us. So as… Read More Merry Christmas!
“The hero transcends logic. The hero overturns what we thought we knew and drives away the darkness. He’s so uncomplicated… And he shines, bright and joyous.” So says Makoto “Smile” Tsukimoto, the ping-pong prodigy who never smiles. “Do you believe in heroes, coach?” he asks the elderly teacher who trains him. Smile is an observant, stone-faced teenager with… Read More 12 Days of Christmas Anime, Day 11: Ping Pong The Animation. Enter the Hero!
If you thought we’d post only one Frieren fanart piece for the 12 Days of Christmas Anime this year…then you don’t know us very well. Hehe. How could we resist, after all, when this lovely piece features Frieren with her famous “blowing a kiss” technique while she’s dressed as Santa, and with Stark and Fern… Read More 12 Days of Christmas Anime, Day 10: Santa Frieren
Christmas happens in the second season of Log Horizon, but it’s just an incidental part of a multi-episode arc (or maybe it’s two parallel arcs, depending on how you look at it). These are “Christmas episodes” only in the sense that the holiday is a background detail—lights twinkle and vendors dressed like Santa hawk strawberry… Read More 12 Days of Christmas Anime, Day 9: Log Horizon’s Resurrections
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