Tag Archives: Naruto

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…

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Fall Culture Bento Buffet

Putting the Kawaii in Culture We can learn much from a country and its culture from its seasons and Japan has a rich and unique seasonal culture. Every season has its own cuisine culture, like eating Oden or Chestnuts in…

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End of Spring Bento Buffet

The End is never the End! Only a month is over of the spring anime releases, soon it will be July and a summer anime season, filled with new anime stories to enjoy. In anime the end of a season…

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Spring Bento Buffet

The promise of Spring Hello Anime fanatiks. We live in a world ruled by seasons don’t we? Seasons rise and fall, we meet new scenes, like the browning and reddening of leaves of autumn, and as well, right now in…

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Bento Buffet – February/March

Your Source of monthly anime news Join us as we look at the best anime of 2016, February – the month that was, look at the AMV of the month, share interesting traditional Japanese recipes, and spread the word by…

• Bento Buffet – February/March

Bento Buffet January/February

  Your Source of monthly anime news Join us as we look at the month that was, look at the AMV of the month, share interesting traditional Japanese recipes, and spread the word by learning some Japanese. Our bento is…

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Anime Character Birthdays Week 5 of December

Anime Birthdays Let’s look at the Anime Character Birthdays for this week. Who knows maybe someone shares a birthday with one of us! Anime Birthdays (December 26, 2016 – January 01, 2017) December 2016 26 Touji Suzuhara (Neon Genesis Evangelion)…

• Anime Character Birthdays Week 5 of December

Anime Character Birthdays Week 4 of November

Let’s look at the Anime Character Birthdays for this week. Who knows maybe someone shares a birthday with one of us! Anime Birthdays (November 21,2016 – November 27, 2016) November 2016 21 Isabella R. Leon (Terra Formars) 22 Kyouya Ootori…

• Anime Character Birthdays Week 4 of November

Anime Character Birthdays Week 2 of November

Let’s look at the Anime Character Birthdays for this week. Who knows maybe someone shares a birthday with one of us! Anime Birthdays (November 07,2016 – November 13, 2016) November 2016 07 Gorgon Ox (Saint Seiya) 08 Pan (Dragon Ball…

• Anime Character Birthdays Week 2 of November

Anime Character Birthdays Halloween and Week 1 of November

Happy Halloween! Let’s look at the Anime Character Birthdays for this week. Who knows maybe someone shares a birthday with one of us! Anime Birthdays (October 31,2016 – November 06, 2016) October 2016 31 L/Ryuuzaki (Death Note) November 2016 01…

• Anime Character Birthdays Halloween and Week 1 of November

Anime Character Birthdays Week 4 of October

Anime Birthdays (October 24,2016 – October 30, 2016) Let’s look at the Anime Character Birthdays for this week. Who knows maybe someone shares a birthday with one of us! October 2016 24 Anko Mitarashi (Naruto) 25 Seto Kaiba (YuGiOh) 26…

• Anime Character Birthdays Week 4 of October

Hīrōbites – Donquixote Doflamingo, the puppetmaster

Let’s celebrate Donquixote Doflamingo’s birthday He is the Captain of the Donquixote Pirates, a former Shichibukai with a frozen bounty 40,000,000 Beli on his head, Donquixote Doflamingo. This fiend became the King of Dressrosa Island by force, after grasping the…

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Hīrōbites – Uzumaki Naruto, Origin of a hero

Let’s celebrate Uzumaki Naruto’s birthday Today is the birthday of Uzumaki Naruto. We have seen this young shinobi grow from a young prankster to a hero that his village looks up to with sage-like powers. At the beginning of this…

• Hīrōbites – Uzumaki Naruto, Origin of a hero

Rokurokubi, The long-necked Yokai

Meet one of Japan’s scariest yokai myths, the Rokurokubi Last week, we looked at Foxes in Japanese myth and the Yokai Kitsune, and since it is October the month of Halloween we decided to take a look at another Japanese myth,…

• Rokurokubi, The long-necked Yokai

What DOES the Fox say?

Looking at the Fox myth in Japan In Japan, the fox is a revered animal. The Japanese and foxes have been living close together since ancient times, and due to this relationship, foxes has been believed to have mystical powers.…

• What DOES the Fox say?

Charaben Hinata Hyuuga Naruto Gals Edition

Hinata Hyuuga – Naruto Gals – Megahouse When we first met Hinata Hyuuga , she was a meek, shy girl with a lack of self-confidence. Her self-confidence problem reflected in her skills, causing her father to think that she was…

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Hīrōbites – Nara Shikamaru, Lazy Genius

Let’s celebrate Nara Shikamaru’s birthday Nara Shikamaru is a lazy, laid back shinobi. He has a rare intellect that consistently allows him to prevail in battle. The whole Konohagakure looks up to his genius and the responsibilities that go with…

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Hīrōbites – Kakashi of the Sharingan

Let’s celebrate Kakashi’s birthday Kakashi Hatake is one of the most popular anime characters of all times. He appeared originally for the first time in the Naruto manga’s third chapter and in the Naruto anime series’ third episode. Also known…

• Hīrōbites – Kakashi of the Sharingan

Bento Bites – Pop in Q & Ramen

Learn all about Ramen Virtual Dating! Join us as we look at two upcoming movies: In This Corner of the World and Pop in Q, talk about virtual ramen dating and share a yummy ramen recipe that will make Naruto-Kun’s…

• Bento Bites – Pop in Q & Ramen

Hīrōbites – Megumi Shimizu, vampire victim

Let’s celebrate Megumi’s birthday Imagine a hot summer in a quiet little village; in our story, the village is called Sotoba, a quaint little ‘normal’ countryside hamlet. New neighbors move in and a series of mysterious deaths begin to spread…

• Hīrōbites – Megumi Shimizu, vampire victim

Hīrōbites – Téa Gardner, her dreams and her love life

Let’s celebrate Téa Gardner’s birthday Téa Gardner (known as Anzu Mazaki in Japan) is Yugi Muto’s childhood friend. She is not a big games player but we have seen her beating Joey Wheeler in Duel Monsters. On the rare occasions,…

• Hīrōbites – Téa Gardner, her dreams and her love life

Bento Bites – Naruto Shippūden & Bleach

Exciting new announcement for Bleach soon! Naruto Shippūden and Bleach are, to some, the best manga and anime series ever. We share some news about both franchises. Hungry for anime? Itadakimasu!! Naruto Shippūden After the main Naruto manga ended in…

• Bento Bites – Naruto Shippūden & Bleach

Hīrōbites – Greatest Teacher Onizuka

Let’s celebrate teacher Onizuka’s birthday Have you seen Great Teacher Onizuka? It is a manga and anime aimed at adults and teenagers. It deals with our birthday boy of the week 22-year old Eikichi Onizuka, an eccentric mischievous and secretly…

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Hīrōbites – Sasuke Uchiha, Path of Vengeance

Let’s celebrate Sasuke Uchiha’s birthday Sasuke Uchiha appeared originally for the first time in the Naruto manga’s third chapter and in the Naruto anime series’ first episode. He is at the beginning of the anime portrayed as the last of…

• Hīrōbites – Sasuke Uchiha, Path of Vengeance

Akatsuki, the kawaii Assassin

Let’s celebrate Akatsuki’s birthday In the anime Log Horizon, Akatsuki is one of the players trapped in the MMORPG Elder Tale. She is a Human Assassin-Tracker who joins Shiroe and Naotsugu, at the beginning of the show. She later becomes…

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Nami, the Weather Warrior

Let’s celebrate Nami’s birthday Nami is the ‘weather warrior’ of the Straw Hat Pirates of One Piece. She was the third member of the Straw Hat Pirates and the second to join, which happened during the Orange Town Arc. She…

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Himura Kenshin’s way of the Sword

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• Himura Kenshin’s way of the Sword

Top 10 Fighting Anime

Top 10 suggestions of fighting anime for beginners Finding your way to this article must mean you love action and fighting scenes filled with excitement. These are heroes that fight either to protect someone they cherish or to survive. This…

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Itachi Uchiha, Path of Sorrow

Let’s celebrate Itachi Uchiha’s birthday Itachi Uchiha is best known to Naruto fanatiks as the missing-nin from Konohagakure, a member of Akatsuki, partnered with Kisame Hishigaki and that he is Sasuke Uchiha’s older brother. In his time at Konohagakure he…

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Toriko, the renowned Gourmet Hunter

Let’s celebrate Toriko’s birthday If you know the anime One Piece you may know of Toriko. Star of his own anime named Toriko, he appeared in two crossovers with One Piece, once even with Goku from Dragon Ball Z. He…

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Monkey Business – Japanese monkey myths

Explore Japanese Monkey Myths with us In ancient times, monkeys were a familiar animal to see in the fields and villages of Japan, but due to urbanization in Japan they mainly live in the Mountainous areas now. Monkeys became a…

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Charaben Naruto Sexy Jutsu Edition

Naruto Uzumaki – Sexy Jutsu / Oiroke no Jutsu – G.E.M. Series As all fanatiks of the Naruto anime knows, Uzumaki Naruto is the star of the Naruto Manga and the Naruto and Naruto Shippuden anime series. He appeared in…

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Piccolo, from Goku’s enemy to Gohan’s mentor

Let’s celebrate Piccolo’s birthday Piccolo (or Piccolo Jr) is a Namekian and the final child and reincarnation of Demon King Piccolo. He is a very wise strategist and battle expert who used to be a ruthless enemy and the main…

• Piccolo, from Goku’s enemy to Gohan’s mentor

New Novel in the Naruto Franchise

A new novel featuring Kakashi, Guy and Asuma’s daughter! Announced in this year’s second volume of Shueisha’s Shōnen Jump NEXT!! Magazine a new Konoha Shinden novel project has been announced. It will feature Guy, Kakashi, and Mirai (Asuma and Kurenai’s…

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Monkey D Luffy, the rubber pirate

Let’s celebrate Monkey D Luffy’s birthday Monkey D Luffy is the captain of the Straw Hat Pirates from One Piece. Luffy appeared originally for the first time in the One Piece manga’s first chapter and in the One Piece anime…

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Kanpai to sake! The rice beverage!

Learn more on this unique beverage In anime, we often see a character drinking a bowl of sake. Some characters that may come to mind is Tsunade-sama from Naruto (who is very bad at drinking), Gintoki Sakata from Gintama (that…

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The rise of Chōji Akimichi

Let’s celebrate Chōji’s birthday Chōji Akimichi, a member of Konohagakure’s Akimichi Clan, the future Sixteenth Head of the Akimichi after his father. He used to be looked down upon as a child because he was not good at a game…

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Bento Bites – Naruto Shippūden & Pan de Peace!

New Opening theme for Naruto Shippūden Naruto Shippūden In the 18th issue of Shueisha’s Weekly Shonen Jump, it was revealed that Japanese Alternative Rock outfit Asian Kung-Fu Generation will perform the new opening theme song for Naruto Shippūden starting in…

• Bento Bites – Naruto Shippūden & Pan de Peace!

Kurapika, Red-eyed avenger

Let’s celebrate Kurapika’s birthday Kurapika is a hunter and known to all Hunter x Hunter fanatiks as the last survivor of the Kurta Clan. The Kurta Clan was all murdered for their eyes, which were removed from their bodies, because…

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Clamp birthday bash

Let’s celebrate Clamp heroes’ birthdays Clamp is a manga house that has managed to create a universe of novels and an array of series that flow superbly well. In the anime adaptations of their mangas, one appreciates the quality of…

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