Behind The Nihon Review

This year’s NHRV Staff Contest has now officially started! We’re looking for two new staff members to help us with writing anime and live action reviews and/or contributing to the Behind The Nihon Review blog. Applications will be open until Monday, 11 March, so if you’ve ever contemplated joining the NHRV staff, submit yours today! It will be the best opportunity you’ll have to get [...]

Of the anime currently airing this season, the most mindlessly entertaining one is Ore no Kanojo to Osananajimi wa Shurabasugiru (My Girlfriend and Childhood Friend Fight Too Much). Considering how close its absurdly long name is to the infamous Ore no Imouto ga Konna ni Kawaii Wake ga Nai (My Sister Can’t Be This Cute), [...]

One of the reasons I enjoyed Jinrui wa Suitaishimashita (Jintai for short) so much this past season was because it’s a very consistent show across the board. When your story takes place in the form of short, two-episode arcs for the most part, one of your primary concerns as director is to link together the [...]

When I picked up Kokoro Connect, I was interested in it because I thought it would be a romance comedy of possibly epic shits and giggles. The setup is perfect: an uneven number of boys to girls, body switching between different genders, and a high school setting. Imagine all the delicious romantic drama that could [...]

This show we’re joined by one of our newest recruits Reckoner, along with myself and Sorrow-kun to discuss some things that we had on our minds. We had a blast recording this episode, which containis plenty of rambling on about this season’s shows, noitaminA, cross-dressing, and DotA2. Hopefully you’ll get a laugh out of our [...]