As a child, Moritaka Mashiro wanted to be a manga artist like his uncle. However, after certain events transpired, he refocused his efforts towards studying in middle school. One day, aspiring writer Akito Takagi notices some detailed drawings in Moritaka’s notebook and approaches him to propose they become a mangaka duo together. Realizing that he […]
It is no secret that if you are really into anime, you are also probably pretty intrigued by the homeland – Japan. From the food to the history, there are a lot unique things to explore about Japan as a country. That uniqueness is primarily cultivated through a long period of isolationism before assimilating a
Jojo’s Bizarre Adventure is unique and, well, bizarre even in the realm of oddities that is anime. It isn’t excessively common to see such a diverse amount of stories all framed within the many generations of one family. Typically, when I do anime recommendations for a show, I have a pretty standard format I like
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While there are a lot of delicate, trauma-ravage characters in anime that have their personalities and attitudes savaged by their mental scars, it has long been the realm of real badasses who have the proof that they lived proudly displayed right on their flesh. One look, and you know that they have been through some
There will be times where you may happen across an odd phone number written in red. If you call it, you will get in touch with a young man who introduces himself as the Yato God. This Yato God is a minor deity and the self-proclaimed God of Delivery. He dreams of having millions of
A couple of weeks back, we did our recommendations for Miss Kobayashi’s Dragon Maid and it got us a-thinkin’ – Why aren’t there more dragon characters in anime? It is kind of an underrated mythical sect, but then we had a revelation… No, it’s not! There are plenty of awesome dragon characters in anime, you
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During more violent times, there was the tale of a legendary manslayer, the Battousai. However, this assassin suddenly disappeared at the beginning of the Meiji Era, but his legend is still well-known. Ten years later, unbeknownst to the people, the Battousai has abandoned his blood-stained ways and began living as a wanderer known as Kenshin,
There’s just something about food when it is animated that just make it look delicious, even more so than if it were in front of you. And that’s great, because anime actually has a bit of a love affair with food! Maybe its because animators only have a spare moment for a hot meal and
This is the story of three sisters: the responsible high school-aged Haruka, wild child middle schooler Kana, and the devious elementary school-aged Chiaki. They live together without their parents and go about their surprisingly average life. Helping each other get through everything from love confessions to cooking, this is the story of three average girls
At times it definitely seems like anime creators were having a little competition to create an anime series with the most ridiculously long title that they can get away with. You know the ones. Those anime series where you know them by an easy shortened version of their true name mashed together because you wouldn’t
