In a media wasteland where vampires are sparkling, simpering waifs, one yearns for a return to form. And when that simply can’t happen, a weird, quirky take on the bloodthirsty monsters is always welcome instead. That’s what you get in the form of Blood Lad …Read more »
Teiko Junior High Basketball Club ( Kuroko's Basketball ) Certain Polling Site Charapedia has cooked up an interesting question for its readers this week about that enduring genre of anime and manga set in high school clubs. Whether sports, music, dance or student council, anime …Read more »
Keima Katsuragi is a ladies’ man. All the girls fall for him left and right as he chooses optimal dialogue choices and woos digital women across his video game platform of choice. In real life, however, he couldn’t be further from a Casanova. He’s a …Read more »
Here’s a nice, simple poll from our buddies at ranking site Goo: who’s your favorite green-haired anime gal? Without further ado, Japan's top 20 greenies! 20. Amber Darker than Black 18 (tie). Tama Gintama 18 (tie). Aiko Kudō Baka and Test 17. Asa Shigure Shuffle! …Read more »
In an age of melodramatic romances and tsundere female characters, a relatable anime rom-com is hard to find. If the protagonist isn’t a complete tool, the several women he’s involved with are frustrating and needy, or it’s a never-ending parade of sexual jokes that fall …Read more »
It’s June in 1983, and Keiichi Maebara has recently moved from Tokyo to Hinamizawa—a rural village steeped in superstition and inhabited by a tightly knit but relatively small population that’s quietly grown slightly smaller over the past few years. Initially, everything about Hinamizawa agrees with …Read more »
Religion can be a divisive subject, to say the least. The myriad denominations around the world and throughout human history differ in a great number of ways. Some adhere to a singular god, others an entire pantheon. Some believers take comfort in the concept of …Read more »
On the surface, Sankarea: Undying Love seems like a completely throwaway, cutesy anime. In fact, it’s perfectly natural if you hesitate before taking the plunge with the manga or giving the anime series a chance. There are enough “weirdo guy falls for cute girl who …Read more »
Game music is a powerful, multifaceted thing, capable of not just providing background accompaniment to our favorite games, but pushing us forward in our daily lives, and yes, even occasionally lulling us to sleep. Former Destructoid Music Editor and Scarlet Moon Productions founder Jayson Napolitano …Read more »
The noble machines of sporting martial combat roll across the landscape, sporting their insignia—here an anglerfish, there a fresh pot of tea—their maidenly crew carefully moving them in formation as they challenge one another in the glorious feminine martial art of tankery, to bring glory …Read more »
Ryota Sakamoto is 22, the 10th best in his field, and happily married to a talented and beautiful woman. Ryota Sakamoto is also jobless, plays video games all day, gets in fights with his mom about getting a job, and has nothing in terms of …Read more »
It is impossible to spoil The Garden of Words ; it’s a love story by Makoto Shinkai. Specifically, though, this movie tells the tale of Takao, a student and aspiring shoemaker whose rainy day truancy repeatedly makes him encounter an older woman (Yukino) who has …Read more »
This is part 2 of a feature originally run in the April 2009 issue of Otaku USA Magazine , showcasing a variety of (sometimes contrary) opinions on moe from our international contributors. The issue has been out of print and out of stock for years, …Read more »
At times smarter than it should be, but more often than not just making excuses for itself in order to have some fun, Problem Children Are Coming from Another World Aren’t They? ( Mondaiji tachi ga Isekai kara Karu soudesuyo? ) is a shonen fantasy-action-comedy …Read more »
I was having a conversation with a young Japanese friend of mine the other day when we hit on the works of manga artist Naoki Urasawa. My friend’s face immediately lit up, and we spent the next hour or so talking about our favorite Urasawa …Read more »
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