Top Winter 2021 Anime Recommendations

Rise of Winter A new winter rises, ushering Japan into a new year. 2020 is over, and we, reading here survived its craziness. What helps was anime, cheering us up. Now new anime rise up to meet us, bringing new…

• Top Winter 2021 Anime Recommendations

Lucky Charms Bento Buffet

Japanese charms and lucky food Konnichiwa Minna, it is a sparkling freshly baked New Year and like most cultures, the Japanese celebrate it in their own unique way. A popular way is going to shrines and temples to ask the…

• Lucky Charms Bento Buffet

December Anime Challenge: Restaurant to Another World (Isekai Shokudō)

If you are in the mood for something light to nibble on, with just the right side dish of humour served with fantasy elements then the anime Isekai Shokudou is just the anime ‘dish’ for you, simmered to the perfect heat. It…

• December Anime Challenge: Restaurant to Another World (Isekai Shokudō)

Hot Pot to Warm The Soul Bento Buffet

Read it while it’s Hot We end our year as we started it with another Hot Pot Bento since there is so much more to discover about this super sugoi Japanese dish. It’s winter in Japan and Hot Pot warms…

• Hot Pot to Warm The Soul Bento Buffet

Anime Challenge for November: Death Note

Light Yagami, a high school student discovers a supernatural notebook, the Death Note, that was dropped on Earth by a Shinigami (a god of death) named Ryuk. The Death Note grants its user the ability to kill anyone whose name and face…

• Anime Challenge for November: Death Note

Light Novel Bento Buffet

Explore Japan’s Light Novel Culture Anime is the spice of life carrying stories into visual media. Some anime is adapted from the manga and some from Light Novels. Light Novels appeal to especially people that want to get deeper into…

• Light Novel Bento Buffet

Scary Mask Bento Buffet

Discover Japan’s Traditional Mask Culture Soon it will be Halloween all over the world and many people will don masks to celebrate the occasion. In some places, people will do online Halloween parties since there will be lockdowns in place.…

• Scary Mask Bento Buffet

October Anime Challenge: Dororo

Our challenge, which is perfect for Halloween, is Dororo. It is based on the manga series written and illustrated by the mangaka Osamu Tezuka. The manga is a classic and was first serialized in Shogakukan’s Weekly Shonen Sunday between 1967…

• October Anime Challenge: Dororo

Fall 2020 Top Ten anime recommendations

Fall with us Fall with us into new adventures, explore magics and mayhem, visit new worlds, new places and go on new adventures. Such are the promises of a new anime season and this fall season looks epic. From Isekai…

• Fall 2020 Top Ten anime recommendations

The Super Sugoi Manga Bento Buffet

Get Fanatik about Manga Konnichiwa Minna, we continue our journey into Japanese hobbies and this month we find out about everything manga. We look at a samurai’s view on manga and visit the manga museum with him, we also look…

• The Super Sugoi Manga Bento Buffet

September Anime Challenge – That Time I Got Reincarnated as a Slime

Our challenge this month is That Time I Got Reincarnated as a Slime (Japanese: Tensei Shitara Suraimu Datta Ken). The series is based on the light novel series written by Fuse, and illustrated by Mitz Vah, which was serialized online between 2013 and 2016 on…

• September Anime Challenge – That Time I Got Reincarnated as a Slime

Origami Bento Buffet

Learn about Origami Konnichiwa Minna! This month we continue our series on Japanese hobbies by looking more closely at the art of origami. Wonderful creatures and objects can be magicked up by just folding paper, a majestic hobby that can…

• Origami Bento Buffet

August Anime Challenge: Made in Abyss

Our August Anime Challenge is Made in Abyss which is based on the manga series by Akihito Tsukushi. The anime was adapted for the screen by Kinema Citrus and ran from July to September 2017. The anime covers volumes 1 –…

• August Anime Challenge: Made in Abyss

Shumi Bento Buffet

A buffet of hobbies! To survive the lockdown starting a new hobby is a perfect way to crush lockdown blues. The Japanese word for ‘hobby’ is ‘Shumi‘. We are starting a new series in our bento that look at Japanese…

• Shumi Bento Buffet

July Anime Challenge: Snow White with the Red Hair (Akagami no Shirayukihime)

Our July anime challenge is Snow White with the Red Hair (Japanese title Akagami no Shirayuki-hime). Akagami no Shirayuki-hime is a heartwarming show about a red-haired herbalist called Shirayuki (which translates to ‘White Snow’ or ‘Snow White’). The prince in the kingdom where she lived…

• July Anime Challenge: Snow White with the Red Hair (Akagami no Shirayukihime)

Top 10 Summer 2020 Anime Recommendations

Summer of Magic It may be the summer we will never forget because of the lock down, but it is also a summer filled with anime that will give us new memories and adventures. We have quite a lot of…

• Top 10 Summer 2020 Anime Recommendations

June Anime Challenge: Death Parade

Are you ready for one of the most epic psychological anime ever? Our challenge for June is the Anime Death Parade. Many anime have touched on the theme of life after death. There is Haibane Renmei, where winged people wake up from…

• June Anime Challenge: Death Parade

Virtual Touring Bento Buffet

Let’s Go Virtual! In this month’s bento we explore virtual touring since we are still under lock-down. We can’t travel to other countries by train, plane or automobile but since technology are one of man’s biggest accomplishes we will surf…

• Virtual Touring Bento Buffet

May Anime Challenge: Rail Wars!

Our anime challenge this month is Rail Wars! It is an action anime with harem elements. Rail Wars! is an anime adaptation of Rail Wars! Nihon Kokuyū Tetsudō Kōantai (lit. Rail Wars! Japanese National Railways Security Force) a Japanese light novel series written by Takumi…

• May Anime Challenge: Rail Wars!

Visual Kei Bento Buffet

A Celebration of Visual Kei We’re not letting the lock-down keep us down, this bento we rock with lots of Visual Kei music, rockin’ food recipes, musical Japanese lessons, free stuff, news from the motherland of anime, Japan and our…

• Visual Kei Bento Buffet

Matcha Flavour Bento Buffet

Now in Anime flavour! This bento buffet we get inspired by Japanese tea ceremonies and matcha. We also explore super sugoi ways to keep busy during the COVID-19 Lockdown situation (and there is free stuff involved). We have extra Kawaii…

• Matcha Flavour Bento Buffet

April Anime Challenge: Diabolik Lovers

Our April Anime Challenge is filled with blood and romance, a horror romance anime called Diabolik Lovers, so sharpen your stakes and ready the holy water as we step into the world of blood -loving vampires. The anime is based on…

• April Anime Challenge: Diabolik Lovers

Top 10 Spring 2020 Anime Recommendations

Super sugoi spring releases!! It is Japan’s Spring season and time for the Anime Spring releases. Lots of Super Sugoi Fantasy and Mystery anime this season and as well as history anime for the history buffs out there. Fan favourites…

• Top 10 Spring 2020 Anime Recommendations

Ink-Fusion Bento Buffet

An Ink-fusion of Anime and Japanese Culture In this bento we learn more about Japan and it’s outlook on the tattoo culture, we also share an ink-inspired recipe and AMV and more surprises, We take a look at anime popular…

• Ink-Fusion Bento Buffet

March 2020 Anime Challenge: Accel World

Our challenge anime this month is Accel World. Accel World is a light novel series by Reki Kawahara, who also penned Sword Art Online. The light novel was adapted into an anime series in 2012 as a 24-episode anime by Sunrise. It is a suspenseful…

• March 2020 Anime Challenge: Accel World

February 2020 Anime Challenge: Deadman Wonderland

Our challenge anime this month is filled with mystery, gore, horror, drama and comedy, a perfect blend for those who are horror anime fanatiks. The anime is Deadman Wonderland, a masterpiece in its own right that acquired a small devoted fandom…

• February 2020 Anime Challenge: Deadman Wonderland

Hot Pot Bento Buffet

Hot News from the world of anime!! Konnichiwa Minna, we bring you a hot serving of Bento Buffet this month. Some of the dishes we’ve prepared are a deeper look into the lore of the Japanese Hot Pot, some yummy…

• Hot Pot Bento Buffet

Bento Buffet Time Edition

The Bento of Time Happy 2020, fanatiks! It is the start of a new year, time for new beginnings. We bring you a bento of time. We learn all about telling time in Japanese, look at time as an instrument…

• Bento Buffet Time Edition

January 2020 Anime Challenge: Erased

Our anime challenge this month keeps up with the time theme. It is Erased, known in Japan as Boku dake ga Inai Machi. It is based on the manga series written and illustrated by Kei Sanbe. The manga serialized in Kadokawa Shoten’s Young Ace magazine between June…

• January 2020 Anime Challenge: Erased

Top 10 Winter 2020 Anime Recommendations

Lost in Winter If you are lucky, winter transforms your world into a wonderland to get lost in. Anime is also a wonderland in itself with many stories to tell. Adventures awaits – anthropological animals, sorcerers, Yokai, dragons that eat…

• Top 10 Winter 2020 Anime Recommendations

December Anime Challenge: Rokuhoudou Yotsuiro Biyori

Our December anime challenge is a feel-good anime, filled with life lessons, Rokuhoudou Yotsuiro Biyori. It is based on the Japanese manga series by Yū Shimizu. It was adapted into an anime series by Zexcs and aired in Japan From April 10th to June 26th 2018.…

• December Anime Challenge: Rokuhoudou Yotsuiro Biyori

Bento Buffet Gift Edition

Explore Japan’s Gift Giving Culture! It is December, to many cultures it is Gift month, a time to exchange gifts, from for spiritual reasons others just in the spirit of goodwill. Japan has it’s own etiquette in when and how…

• Bento Buffet Gift Edition

Space Race Bento Buffet

Blast off into Space with AnimeFanatika Ready your space suits and run maintenance on your rockets because it is time to blast off into space with us as we explore Japan’s space program, learn spacey Japanese words, eat something aliens…

• Space Race Bento Buffet

November Anime Challenge: Uninhabited Planet Survive

Our anime challenge this month is a fan favourite of both Ookami and Takeshi of AnimeFanatika. Getting stranded on an island is already troublesome enough, but what if you end up on an alien planet with no signs of intelligent…

• November Anime Challenge: Uninhabited Planet Survive

Kowai Yūrei Bento Buffet

Yūrei: dark entities of the night It is October, or to some, Spooktober as this is the month of everything Halloween. In this bento we’re going to explore the world of the yūrei, the spirits of the dead that haunts…

• Kowai Yūrei Bento Buffet

October Anime Challenge: Supernatural The Animation

This month we bring you a very special anime challenge. If you don’t know of the series Supernatural, which is entering their 15th and final season this year, you need a whole lot of catching up to do. The series is…

• October Anime Challenge: Supernatural The Animation

Top 10 Fall 2019 Anime Recommendations

Magickal Fall Fall season in Japan comes with a magical change of colours. Leaves turn the trees into magic bouquets of yellows, reds and browns and that starts the time honoured Japanese tradition called ‘Momoji-gari’, loosely translated as ‘hunting red…

• Top 10 Fall 2019 Anime Recommendations

September Anime Challenge: Muteki Kanban Musume

Our September Anime Challenge is Muteki Kanban Musume (Ramen Fighter Miki) based on the manga series by Jun Sadogawa, which ran from May 2002 to February 2006 in Akita Shoten’s Weekly Shonen Champion. There also was a sequel manga called Muteki Kanban Musume N. The Muteki Kanban…

• September Anime Challenge: Muteki Kanban Musume

Noodle Edition Bento Buffet

A Noodle Adventure We’re going on a Noodle-themed adventure as we explore the types of noodles in Japan, learn how to order Ramen in a Ramen Restaurant, learn about Japanese cuisine and watch a crazy AMV about anime chefs. We…

• Noodle Edition Bento Buffet

Bento Buffet Mountain Edition

Explore Japan’s Mountains! Japan is a land of islands, forests and mountains and since it will be Mountain Day in Japan soon we are going on a journey, discovering Japan’s mountain culture, learning the Japanese word for mountain and exploring…

• Bento Buffet Mountain Edition