And you thought the poll about the hunkiest Pokemon was weird. You have to give it up for ranking site Goo: they have left your standard top ten lists far, far behind. No “cutest girls” or “best anime of the year” for the sick, twisted …Read more »
This famous Lupin pasta didn't make the cut. Kids these days... Ever been watching anime when some delicious-looking item popped up on screen? Ever wished you could somehow enter the anime world and chomp down? You’re not alone. Anime pollsters Charapedia have asked their readers: …Read more »
As you may have spotted on our Instagram the other day (no, this totally isn’t a shameless plug for our ‘gram, I promise), the long-awaited 33rd volume of the beloved but erratically-released Hunter x Hunter went on sale the other day, promptly shooting to the …Read more »
Barbecues. Pool parties. Fireworks. Family road trips. New anime. Summer is coming. As the spring 2016 season comes in for a landing (feels like it just started, man), anticipation is building on both sides of the Pacific for the summer 2016 anime lineup, which is …Read more »
Tomboys, spitfires, or the plain and simple “girls who kick ass.” However you describe them, the long history of anime and manga is full of these characters, and choosing the top ten is no easy task. Users of ranking site Goo, however, took up the …Read more »
Japanese polling site Charapedia recently asked its readers to rank the romance anime or manga that made them feel the most emotional. Or, in internet parlance, these are the anime that gave Japanese fans all the feels. Check out which romance anime provoked an emotional …Read more »
When it comes to respecting their source material, some anime are more faithful than others. There’s a new list making the rounds on Japanese social media that lists seven times anime adaptations had wildly different character designs than the manga (or light novels) on which …Read more »
We’ve probably never uttered “Shonen Jump” and “sexy” in the same sentence (the manga magazine is ostensibly for children, after all), but that didn’t stop ranking site Goo from asking its readers: in the long history of Shonen Jump, who have been the sexiest villains? …Read more »
Sachiko Fujinuma from ERASED , one of our favorite anime moms. Here’s a timely survey. On Mother’s Day, ranking site Goo asked its readers what anime women would make the best moms. Basically, goes the idea, if you could 2Dify yourself and jump into anime, …Read more »
Anime Busience, a Japanese magazine that covers the business and science behind the anime industry, has published a fascinating graph showing the difference in taste among Japanese and American anime viewers. The graph, created with viewership stats from Japan’s Niconico and America’s Crunchyroll, shows series …Read more »
There are manga that last a long time, and there are manga that last a long time . While series like Dragon Ball and Naruto went on for over a decade, their creators eventually brought them in for a landing. On the other hand, there …Read more »
Our favorite polling site Charapedia is back at it. This week they asked their readers to rank anime and manga’s best bands or musical groups, and the results are in. Now, to be clear: these aren’t real-life bands or groups that’ve made music for anime. …Read more »
Satisfaction. Mick Jagger couldn’t get it, but it appears readers of Akihabara-based website AniPota have, at least when it comes to last season’s anime lineup. “What was the most satisfying anime of winter 2016?” asked AniPota, and its pollees responded with a list that may …Read more »
The Pokemon franchise turned 20 this year, and in the years since 1996, the amount of pocket monsters has increased from 151 to, as of this exact moment, 722. No better time, then, to create a list of Pokemon ’s top 20 hunks. No, not …Read more »
Japanese polling site Charapedia is getting inventive. For its 114th anime-and-manga-related poll, it’s asked its readers, “what two characters from totally unrelated shows have you always thought would make a good couple?” Or, in short, Charapedia has officially sanctioned some serious shipping. What characters did …Read more »
Matt Schley
