Dame Otoko – useless, hopeless, down-on-their-luck, pathetic guys – the Gundam universe’s got plenty of ‘em. Ranking site Goo has asked its readers to rank the top dame otoko from the Gundam series (number one being the dame -est, presumably), and fans of the franchise …Read more »
Cosplay and photography are the clown fish and anemone of fandom. Cosplay is a swift, adaptable creature that can survive quite well on its own, but it needs the soft, protective tendrils of photography to truly flourish and preserve itself. Awkward metaphors aside, the fact …Read more »
Winter is slowly coming to a close, and that means out with the old and in with the new. New anime, that is. So what if the weather’s warming up? The Japanese fans who filled in this list for pollsters Charapedia will be happily sitting …Read more »
The life of a kid isn’t supposed to be tough. Normal children shouldn't have to do more than be cute, go to school, do their homework and stuff like that, right? These kids, on the other hand, are out there battling Super Saiyan, capturing Pokemon …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 »
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 »
ERASED As usual, there’s a plethora of anime to choose from this season (we count 37 TV series, and that’s excluding short and specials). We’re a few weeks into the season, and fans have started to weed out the series they’re not so interested in …Read more »
Nikkei Entertainment, a pop culture magazine published by the Japanese media giant of the same name, has an anime-centric issue out this month, and it’s highlighted five anime directors fans might want to keep their eyes on. Let’s check out the list. In no specific …Read more »
About a month ago, we posted a list of the top ten anime films of 2015, according to Japanese fans. As readers know, though, there’s often quite a big difference between “good” and “able to rake in a ton of cash.” Today anime news site …Read more »
Call it a shot heard around Twitter. On January 13, Twitter user @riekitazawa fired off a tweet that criticized the general public's view of otaku, using a metaphor that involved some Australian marsupials. The tweet quickly went viral, attracting almost 15,000 retweets and a lot …Read more »
No one can resist a good ponytail. That’s true for both the male and female respondents to the latest poll from Charapedia, which asked its readers to choose the anime girls who look best with the classic horse tail-resembling ‘do. Who wields anime’s best ponytails? …Read more »
Nico Nico Douga recently polled their readers, asking about what winter 2016 anime they’re most looking forward to. As these shows start to gear up for air, let’s check out what they picked, shall we? 10. Grimgar of Fantasy and Ash 9. Dimension W 8. …Read more »
Sex, drugs, ultra-violence and lots of fan service. Since the late 1990s, late-night Japanese TV has been the host of a new breed of TV anime, one that has skirted all rules of socially acceptable behavior and successfully reached the airwaves by the sole virtue …Read more »
Thought you were done with end-of-year lists, did you? Just one more, we promise: this one was too interesting to pass up. We bring you a lot of lists sharing the opinions of your Japanese anime-watching peers, but they’re often limited to rankings of characters …Read more »
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Japanese Death Note Fans Comment On Hollywood Version Plans
Japanese Death Note Fans Comment On Hollywood Version Plans
The news the other day that the Hollywood version of Death Note will probably be rated R caused a bunch of anime fans to remember “oh right, there’s gonna be a Hollywood Death Note ,” leading to a flurry of comments on this site and …Read more »