Usagi-tei

Ten sports anime picked by a fan in Japan for what they get right about the body doing the work, from Haikyu!! to Ping Pong, plus a sumo drama and a 1964 documentary. With US streaming info.

Ten Japanese stories that pull the floor out, picked by a fan in Japan. No spoilers, just where the turn happens and how far in. From Odd Taxi to Madoka Magica, with US streaming info.

Ten Japanese science fiction picks from a fan in Japan: Steins;Gate, Akira, PLUTO, Shin Godzilla and more. Why Japanese SF is about the morning after, plus current US streaming info.

Ten romance anime picked by a fan in Japan: a confession war between two geniuses, a host club that names every shojo archetype out loud, and two people who can only talk through a fighting game. Honest reasons and US streaming info.

Ten Japanese disaster and survival titles picked by a fan in Japan: three Godzilla films that are really about civil defence, a bomb on a Shinkansen, and a classroom playing red light green light for its life. Honest reasons and US streaming info.

Ten mystery anime sorted by the kind of puzzle they are, picked by a fan in Japan: Death Note, Monster, Hyouka, Perfect Blue and more, with current US streaming info for each.

Ten music anime picked by a fan in Japan: a bassist too anxious to look at the audience, a jazz trio in Tokyo, a wind ensemble duet about a goodbye, and a band formed inside a Catholic school. Honest reasons and US streaming info.

Nine live-action Japanese horror films picked by a fan in Japan: the videotape, the hypnotist, the leaking ceiling, the endless corridor, and the zombie comedy that tricks you first. Honest reasons and US streaming info.

Ten Japanese character studies picked by a fan in Japan, from Violet Evergarden to Evangelion. The genre with no mechanism, judged only on whether a person changes credibly. With US streaming info.

Ten Japanese horror anime and films picked by a fan in Japan: a medicine seller who must name a spirit before killing it, a sealed village past a real haunted tunnel, and a zombie apocalypse that reads as freedom. Honest reasons and US streaming info.