There were over 150 anime series broadcast this year, making for a mind-boggling number of individual characters. But among that impressive sum, who stood out as the year’s most memorable? That was the question pollsters Charapedia put to their readers last week, and here are …Read more »
With about a billion anime series on every season, one of the hardest parts is deciding what to watch. That’s one reason I look forward to this seasonal survey from Charapedia, who ask fans what shows they’ve decided to stick with. Let’s see what shows …Read more »
With sites dedicated to anime and manga rankings coming up with increasingly convoluted questions, it’s nice to occasionally see a nice, simple one like this. The question site Goo put to its readers: what is funniest comedy manga of all time? Let’s see what they …Read more »
Quick: who’s your all-time favorite manga-ka? Not an easy question, is it? Still, it’s one thousands of readers of Japanese site Charapedia were willing to tackle the past week, serving up a list of 20 of the country’s most manga creators. Who came out on …Read more »
In the wide world of storytelling tropes, the student-master relationship is a fan favorite. Watching a young, impudent learner grow thanks to a wise old sensei never seems to get old, and in the rare instance it does, someone comes along to give the old …Read more »
The history of giant robot/super robot/mecha/whatever-you-wanna-call-it anime is long and full of cool-lookin’ robots. But ranking site Goo decided to sharpen the focus for their latest poll, which asked Japanese fans to choose the coolest mecha of the current decade, from 2010 to now. Let’s …Read more »
Thin, sleek and incredibly sharp: there’s just something cool about the katana. The history of the Japanese sword stretches back hundreds of years, and it’s no surprise modern Japanese books, movies and comics are full of characters who wield the katana. But who’s got the …Read more »
No way around it: the end (and beginning) of a year is always list-heavy. This one’s a bit different, though, in that it has nothing to do with 2016. Nope, this is something a bit more ambitious. Music and entertainment magazine Paste has put together …Read more »
You didn’t think we’d leave you with just one best-of-2016 list, did you? We couldn’t resist posting this list for a couple reasons: one, it was voted on by users of 2channel, or 2ch for short, perhaps the most hardcore otaku on the net. Secondly, …Read more »
Most folks agree 2016 was a pretty lousy year in general, but it did bring us some nice anime series. Readers of Japanese site Niconico were asked to choose their favorite anime of the year, and site published the top 20 results Tuesday: 19 (tie). …Read more »
As an anime fan, living in Japan doesn’t have the same import it used to. Sure, the omake – the events, the posters, the feeling of being in the country that makes the stuff you’re into – that’s all there. But as a pure consumer …Read more »
The antihero: far cooler than your average goody two shoes, this is the archetypal badass who takes no prisoners, cares about no one, and doesn’t have time to chat. Think Clint Eastwood in The Good, the Bad and the Ugly , Mad Max or basically …Read more »
Pop culture magazine Nikkei Entertainment, published by Japanese media conglomerate Nikkei, has released its list of the best entertainment of 2016. The list is made to resemble rankings of sumo wrestlers, and like the sumo world, has separate “east” and “west” divisions (in sumo, east …Read more »
The year is coming to an end, and that means it’s list time. Getting the party started is Kono Raito Noberu ga Sugoi! ( This Light Novel is Amazing! ), a yearly guidebook that polls industry insiders to discover the best light novels of the …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 »
Matt Schley
