Otaku Cram School

In this lesson, your sensei school you on the (abbreviated) history of the Cherry Blossom Festival in DC and talk about some of their favorite Sakura characters in anime, manga and gaming.

Happy White Day, gakusei!  On today's lesson of Otaku Cram School, we discuss the history and significance of White Day in East Asian cultures - as well as discussing our favorite love & romance / rom-coms / and dating sim IPs in all of otakudom! There are certainly some picks we talked about to consume with your koibito today!  Enjoy! Matta ne! 

Welcome gakusei to another lesson of Otaku Cram School!  To celebrate the recent conclusion of the 2018 Winter Olympics, Ebonne and Chris-sensei put together a crash course lesson into the history of sports anime and manga. Although this is a highly abridged history spanning across 50+ years, we cover the most important historical events and publications that helped to define sports anime and manga today!  Enjoy the lesson! Matta ne!  Some Important Links:  Keijo - now a REAL sport!  Cowboy Bebop on ICE Sailor Moon on ICE  Yuri on ICE... on ICE 

2017 has past and we are well into our way into 2018!  To celebrate a year of classes, our first ever and esteemed guest sensei, Breeze Grigas, returns to give updates on his amazing mecha tabletop game - AEGIS: Combining Robots by Zephyr Workshop! Breeze-sensei sits down to chat with Chris-sensei and Mike-sensei to talk about otaku culture in 2017 - including our top picks of the entire year! We also discussed what we're looking forward to in 2018! To find out more about Zephyr Workshop and AEGIS: Combining Robots, please follow them on social media:  Website Facebook Twitter Twitch  We reference a few of our past episodes during our graduation ceremony. Feel free to check them out!  Lesson 3 - Descending Stories: Show Genroku Rakugo Shinju Lesson 5 - Supaidaman (The Spider-Men of Japan) Lesson 10 - Webtoons Enjoy! Matta ne! 

Merry Kurimasu and Happy New Years to everyone!!!  To cap off an excellent year of lessons, Mike, Ebonne, and Chris-sensei bring aboard special guest host, Hayley-sensei, to talk about our favorite winter and holiday themed otaku IPs! Hayley-sensei also schools us about all the amazing things she did on her recent trip to Japan! Take notes gakusei - there are some amazing attractions and places to definitely keep an eye on!  Thank you to all you gakusei for making this such a wonderful year of lessons! Happy Holidays, Happy New Years, and we will see you in 2018 for a brand new year and semester!!!