While the look and feel of an anime series is largely defined by its director, writer, character designer and the rest of the cast and crew, it’s also undeniable that each anime studio has its own distinctive stamp. With that in mind, Japanese site Gakumado …Read more »
If we had to estimate how many pilots had stepped into robotic vehicles in the long history of Japanese animation, we’d have to say: a lot, man. But just who is the strongest mecha pilot in anime history? That was the question put to readers …Read more »
Kana Hanazawa Here’s an interesting twist on the ever-present anime polls flowing out of the Japanese internets. This one was directed solely at Japanese college students, and asked them to choose the best voice actresses who can really pull of a good heroine. Who do …Read more »
Epic fail, man. That is, presumably, what the fans polled for this list thought when they saw their favorite shonen manga transformed into anime that, well, didn’t quite meet their expectations. While, ranking site Goo points out, manga-to-anime adaptations usually have a higher success rate …Read more »
This is a question that’s kept us up many a night, tossing and turning: just who are the 20 hottest guys in anime? Thankfully, pollsters Charapedia have come to the rescue, asking their readers to vote for their favorite hunks. The key point in this …Read more »
Only the strong survive. With over 40 shows airing every season, even the most dedicated anime otaku have to get choosy. Now that we’re deep into the summer 2016 season and Japanese fans have been doing some pruning, pollsters Charapedia decided it was a good …Read more »
Summer in Japan. If you’ve seen enough anime, you know what’s up: festivals, fireworks, yukata and the relentless sound of cicadas. But when summer rolls around, what anime series do Japanese fans feel like watching? Anime Anime decided to poll its readers to answer just …Read more »
If you’re into Japanese stuff and kick around YouTube sometimes (pretty sure I just described 99% of our readers), you might’ve run into a channel run by a Japanese man named Yuta called, appropriately, That Japanese Man Yuta. Yuta has gained popularity for hitting the …Read more »
Let’s go for a ride. From giant robots to airborne gliders to 3D maneuver gear, from the beginning, the world of anime and manga has featured a wide and amazing array of rideable machines. Polling site Charapedia recently asked its readers what anime machines they’d …Read more »
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 »
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 »
Who could have predicted in 1998 that there would be a social media service called Twitter, that the country of Canada would have an official account, and that 18 years since a little game called Pokemon was released there, that account would be asking, “which …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 »
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