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
August Anime Challenge – Full Metal Panic? Fumoffu This month’s challenge is Full Metal Panic? Fumoffu, which is an anime from Kyoto Animation and a companion series to Full Metal Panic and Full Metal Panic The Second Raid. It is not as serious as Full Metal Panic and… August Anime Challenge – Full Metal Panic? Fumoffu
July Anime Challenge – Prince Of Tennis This month we bring summer to the anime challenge with the sports anime, The Prince of Tennis. The anime is an adaptation of the manga written and illustrated by Takeshi Konomi. The manga was first published in Shueisha’s Weekly Shonen… July Anime Challenge – Prince Of Tennis
June Anime Challenge – Coyote Ragtime Show Our June anime challenge is one filled with adventure, sci-fi, action, comedy and girls with guns! Coyote Ragtime Show was directed by Takuya Nonaka and produced by ufotable. The anime ran from July to September in 2006. Pirate King Bruce… June Anime Challenge – Coyote Ragtime Show
Sunflower Bento Buffet Sunflower Power!! This Bento we bring you the magic of the sunflower. The sunflower had a big impact globally since it was discovered in the Americas. We use the oil to cook, the seed in our bread and it inspired… Sunflower Bento Buffet
Top 10 Summer 2019 Anime Recommendations Anime Summer with a chance of thunder Summer is coming to Japan and with it summer rain, but do not forget all the new seasons and series that is also on the horizon! Old Favourites like Danmachi (Dungeon ni Deai… Top 10 Summer 2019 Anime Recommendations
Pirates of Anime Bento Buffet Beware the Pirates! Pirates have evolved during the ages. We know the original pirates were seasoned sea-legged bandits sailing the seven seas but they have been re-imagined in many ways such as space pirates in science fictions, sky pirates in… Pirates of Anime Bento Buffet
Strawberry Bento Buffet It is Strawberry Season!! Every season something new happens. In Spring trees blossom changing the world into a magic explosion of bright colours and in Autumn leaves fall carpeting the world in reds, yellows and browns. Even human life has… Strawberry Bento Buffet
May Anime Challenge – Nana Our May anime challenge is the romance/ slice of life/ music anime Nana, based on the Manga series of the same name written and illustrated by Ai Yazawa. The manga itself ran from 2000 to 2009 in Cookie Magazine when… May Anime Challenge – Nana
Legends of The Sakura Bento Buffet Explore Sakura Lore As a new season is birthed another season dies. We bring you a bento filled with darkness but also light. We look at a sakura legend, discover an interesting link between the words Sakura and Sake, share… Legends of The Sakura Bento Buffet
April Anime Challenge – Arakawa Under the Bridge Our anime challenge for April is the comedy anime Arakawa Under the Bridge. It is based on the manga written by Hikaru Nakamura, which first ran in the seinen manga magazine Young GanGan starting December 3, 2004. The anime ran in two seasons,… April Anime Challenge – Arakawa Under the Bridge
Top 10 Spring 2019 Anime Recommendations Spring Fever Another season ends and a new one is born from its ashes. Sakura trees sprout leaves and soon blossoms will bloom and spring fever will wake everyone from the sleepiness of winter. Soon people will dust off their… Top 10 Spring 2019 Anime Recommendations
Wasabi Bento Buffet Wasabi, the war within your mouth Imagine you find this green paste, artistically placed on your very first sushi plate. At first you think it is a garnish and your friends look at you all knowingly, some with an evil… Wasabi Bento Buffet
March Anime Challenge – Koufuku Graffiti Ryo Machiko is a second-year middle school girl who has been living alone since her grandmother passed away. She is an exceptional cook but feels that her own cooking does not taste good. Then she met up with her second… March Anime Challenge – Koufuku Graffiti
Bento Buffet Shrine Edition Discover Japan’s Shrines and Temples Konnichiwa Minna! There are many anime that plays off at shrines and temples or has shrines and priests as a crucial part of the storyline like Kamisama Hajimemashita and Shiki. In this Bento we explore… Bento Buffet Shrine Edition
February Anime Challenge – Red Data Girl Red Data Girl tells the story of 15-year old Izumiko Suzuhara, a girl who was raised at the Tamakura shrine, a shrine that is part of the Kumano Shrines World Heritage Site. Izumiko has the ability to destroy any electrical… February Anime Challenge – Red Data Girl
Top Ten Winter 2019 Anime Recommendations It is Winter in Japan. In some places it will snow and the world will transform into a beautiful snowy white landscape. Winter has a certain charm and beauty to it and some countries are lucky to experience snow. Just… Top Ten Winter 2019 Anime Recommendations
Ski Shini Ikimasho! Bento Buffet Ski, anime-style Happy New Year Fanatiks! We kick off this year in full velocity as we ski through a ski anime themed Bento. We learn about skiing in Japan, learn Japanese Ski words, look at the results of The South… Ski Shini Ikimasho! Bento Buffet
January Anime Challenge – Aggretsuko This musical comedy tells the tale of an anthropomorphic red panda named Retsuko. She works in the accounting department of a Japanese trading firm and is 25 years old. Our single red panda heroine faces pushy superiors and annoying co-workers… January Anime Challenge – Aggretsuko
December Anime Challenge – Shokugeki no Soma In the anime we first see Souma working with his dad at the family’s restaurant. His father decides to enroll Souma into an elite culinary school, Totsuki Saryo Culinary Institute that is difficult to enter and the graduation rate is… December Anime Challenge – Shokugeki no Soma
Bento Buffet Snowy Edition A Festive Snowy Special! As autumn slowly ends, already there is snow in some areas of Japan, changing the scenery into magical white wonderlands. We look at a candied sweet potato recipe, quite loved in the Autumn and Winter seasons,… Bento Buffet Snowy Edition
Rias Gremory Cosplay Challenge Are you ready for a new Rias Gremory? If you think that magical girl transformations are kawaii, then you are in for a treat. And this is not your usual magical girl and it is not from a magical girl… Rias Gremory Cosplay Challenge
Ape About Onsen Bento Buffet There’s more than apes in the Onsen! Konnichiwa Minna! We are entering the second month of Autumn in Japan and in the spirit of the colder weather we are heating things up a bit. We look at the onsen again… Ape About Onsen Bento Buffet
November Anime Challenge – The Devil Is a Part-Timer! The anime tells the story of the Satan, Demon Lord, set to conquer the world of Ente Isla with the help of his demon generals Alciel, Lucifer, Malacoda, and Adramelech. But then the hero Emilia and her companions kills Malacoda… November Anime Challenge – The Devil Is a Part-Timer!
Oni-chan Bento Buffet Can Oni-chan be an onii-chan? It is October, the month of Halloween where one night the veil of normality is lifted and all across the globe creatures beyond the veil visits the earth, some say. In the spirit of Halloween,… Oni-chan Bento Buffet
The Top Ten Anime Recommendations for Fall 2018 Konnichiwa Minna. It is fall season in Japan. Everywhere leaves turn from green into brown and red and starts falling to the ground and birds starts to migrate to warmer climates, the days get cooler but for the anime community… The Top Ten Anime Recommendations for Fall 2018
October Anime Challenge – Kyoukai no Kanata The series starts with Akihito Kanbara saving his school friend Mirai Kuriyama from committing suicide. All of a sudden Mirai stabs him with a sword formed from her own blood! That is how it is discovered that Akihito is an… October Anime Challenge – Kyoukai no Kanata
September Anime Challenge – Zero no Tsukaima We thank all who participated in our August Anime Challenge which was the dark harem anime Brynhildr in the Darkness. This month it was Bree from our WhatsApp group’s turn to choose the challenge anime: Zero no Tsukaima. Zero no Tsukaima… September Anime Challenge – Zero no Tsukaima
