GEM Partners spent the past year asking 7,000 people each week which streaming shows they watch, covering viewers between the ages of 15 and 69. With 2021 behind us, a top 10 list has been released, and while live-action shows were totally viable, none of …Read more »
Are you the type of person who skips anime openings, or do you insist on letting them roll for every episode to get the complete experience? Either way, everyone has an opinion on what makes a great opening, and thanks to the Anime! Anime! website …Read more »
Japanese anime fans have been tasked with a serious challenge. With Japan’s Heisei Era coming to an end, the goo Ranking website asked users to decide on the best anime girl of the entire period. Keep in mind, the Heisei Era started on January 8, …Read more »
Now that the summer 2018 season’s all wrapped up, it’s time to take stock and decide which series ruled and which drooled. That was the question put to users of Japanese video streaming site Niconico, who put together the following top 10: 10. Late Night! …Read more »
Anthropomorphism is, to quote Webster, “an interpretation of what is not human or personal in terms of human or personal characteristics.” In other words, giving something distinctly inhuman human form. There are plenty of anime and manga that’ve done this over the years, but which …Read more »
You wa shock. There’s nothing more shocking in fiction than the death of a beloved character, and the history of anime and manga is full of deaths used to great narrative effect. But what are the medium’s all-time most shocking deaths? That’s the question ranking …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 »
Your Name , where art thou? The Tokyo Anime Award Festival has joined the ranks of sites looking back on 2016 and has just published a list of the best anime films of the year as chosen by 480,004 fans. The list is making waves …Read more »
For Japanese film fans, the annual top 10 list by movie magazine Kinema Junpo is a big deal. The twice-monthly magazine, which started publication in 1919, is one of country’s most respected, and their top 10 list is arguably more prestigious than Japan’s version of …Read more »
Having a Shonen Jump hero as your boyfriend sounds great at first, right? They’re generally a strong, loyal, and handsome bunch, after all. But Japanese ranking site Goo has asked its readers to take another ponder in their latest poll, entitled “if he were my …Read more »
Talk about a two-way twister. It’s sister sister time over at ranking site Goo, where they have asked their anime-loving readers: who are anime’s cutest female siblings? Let’s take a look at the top 10. 10. Akari and Akane Akaza YuruYuri 9. Cornelia and Euphemia …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 »
The opening. A classic anime trope, and a way for a series to show its stuff in a one minute, thirty-second montage of greatness. With hundreds of openings created every year, picking the top 10 of all time is a formidable challenge indeed, but readers …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 »
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 »
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