Plenty of characters can die in anime. There is dying and then there is dying in a heroic sacrifice. What makes it so heroic, you may ask? It is the fact that they gave their lives directly so that another character could live. There are quite a few heroic sacrifices in anime, and as you’d […]
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Often when designing an anime character, their creators have to make them look cool. If they need to be warriors that everyone can get behind, the fastest way to endear them to people, it seems, is to slap and eye patch on it. Losing an eye has to be a pretty traumatic ordeal, and once
The green-haired anime character is showing up less and less in anime these days as there continues to be a stronger shift towards more traditional hair colors. However, it has always had its roots deeply woven in moe. In many cases, a green-haired character is how you want to imagine yourself. They are energetic and
It’s easy to write a one dimensional villain. They are evil for evil reasons for the sole purpose of being evil. However, the best villains are the ones with more than one dimension and motivations beyond just being evil. Often, a way to add dimensions is to explain their back story and why their motivations
Unlike many other anime hair colors, pink hair has become more prevalent and had a slight change of meaning. Back in the earlier days of anime, pink hair was much rarer. It was used for childlike characters as a way to personify their innocence. …But then came the moe. The advent of the shift towards
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Not every anime has a happy ending, and sometimes it is the ones with the sad ending that have the most fulfilling effect. One of the most concrete ways to end a story to kill off the protagonist. After all, there is no more final ending than death. Quite a few series utilize this, and
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Continuing on our monthly journey through hair color in anime, this edition isn’t actually a color, it’s a hair style (or lifestyle!) – the pompadour. It’s slick, stylish, and, at times, unwieldy. However, it is a symbol of both manly values and a rebellious thuggish nature. If you spot a pompadour in anime, you know
When two warring ninja clans each find themselves supporting a different son of Hidetada Tokugawa as the next shogun, they each send 10 representatives to fight to the death. The winner of this fight not only gets Tokugawa support, but they earn the right to wipe out the other clan. Everyone loves a battle royale,
In fantasy Europe, war is brewing between the countries. One of the War Maidens known as Vanadis has recently launched an attack on neighboring rival Brune. Young archer and Earl in Brune, Tigre, has his army decimated at her hands. However in a twist of fate, she spares him and takes him on as a
Every anime series needs a great hero, but it also requires an equally great villain. Often these are both just characters put at odds because of their history, ideology, or any otherwise opposing viewpoint. Yet, not every villain needs to be just one person, but rather it can be a whole organization of people. As
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