Talk about a two-way twister. It’s sister sister time over at ranking site Goo, where they have asked their anime-loving readers: who are anime’s cutest female siblings? Let’s take a look at the top 10. 10. Akari and Akane Akaza YuruYuri 9. Cornelia and Euphemia …Read more »
The beauty of the action-adventure shonen battle formula is that it works even when applied to activities that have nothing to do with martial combat. The activity barely matters: you can play games, race cars, build models, and do yo-yo tricks with the same bombast …Read more »
As far back as I can remember, I always wanted to be watching anime about gangsters. Fortunately, Japanese animation has provided a handful over the past few years. I’ve enjoyed practically all of them, but a valid criticism of most is that they don’t offer …Read more »
Newtype, the long-running monthly anime magazine published by Kadokawa, has published the final results of its 6th annual Newtype Anime Awards. Without further ado, the results! Best TV Series 1. Kababeri of the Iron Fortress 2. Re:Zero -Starting Life in Another World- 3. Macross Delta …Read more »
If the success of American television broadcasts of anime titles such as Gundam: Iron-Blooded Orphans , Jojo’s Bizarre Adventure , and One-Punch Man isn’t enough to fill your anime fan spirits with hope for what’s to come, then perhaps going psycho is the answer. For …Read more »
Man, being an anime fan in the 90s was something. Tapes (yeah, tapes ) were over 30 bucks and only had two episodes on ‘em, you had to choose between sub and dub, and the selection of stuff available in English was a drop in …Read more »
For literally over half my life I’ve been waiting on Berserk . When I first saw the original anime TV series in the late 1990s, years before the English-language editions of the manga commenced, I watched each episode waiting to see when the extended flashback …Read more »
In November, we Americans will choose our new leaders. Turns out the Japanese have us beat to the punch. Japanese anime fans, that is, who have been asked by pollmasters Charapedia, “who are the anime leaders you’d follow to the bitter end?” Who are anime’s …Read more »
Tokyo Game Show, one of the largest video game expos in the world, just wrapped up, and contributor Alexandria Hill has filed her impressions on the event with a healthy smattering of photos, including some awesome video game cosplay. This year I decided to treat …Read more »
At its core, A Silent Voice ( Koe no Katachi ), the new film from Kyoto Animation and director Naoko Yamada, is about a group of young people desperately trying, often failing, but occasionally briefly, brilliantly succeeding at following that basic but intensely difficult rule …Read more »
SGH Photo Arts Hello my fellow otaku! I was at a convention recently and discussing the evolution of available cosplay materials, in particular the variety of thermoplastics for armor making. This led me to thinking about how much not only cosplay materials, but also the …Read more »
The Rolling Girls takes place in a not too distant future, wherein a power vacuum stemming from the fallout of the Great Tokyo War leaves Japan divided into its original prefectures. Each region grows rapidly but inwardly according to its defining characteristics, and that egotism …Read more »
Shinichiro Watanabe (left) and Dai Sato (right). You would be hard-pressed to find an anime fan, casual or serious, who hasn’t come across at least one of the works of Shinichiro Watanabe. Whether it’s his benchmark sci-fi Cowboy Bebop , the hip-hop infused Samurai Champloo …Read more »
Never in my wildest dreams would I have guessed that one of the most beloved anime titles of the 2010s would be a virtual word-for-word, scene-for-scene reenactment from a manga dating back over 20 years. I never thought I’d see the day where Hot Topic …Read more »
In the first chapter of Buichi Terasawa’s manga, Cobra , there’s a thing known as Trip Movie. In it, a user gets a tailored dream-like fantasy that brings out their inner heart’s desire. Whether its money and fame, beautiful women, or a life of gun-slinging …Read more »
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