There are plenty of anime about cute young children and the adults that fall under their spell. However, that does not necessarily become a series about parenting. Sometimes you have a Barakamon situation where he is just mercilessly pestered and occasionally mentored by children. Or perhaps a Kotaro Lives Alone situation where he is just […]
Anime has a complicated relationship with families. Certainly you can presume that most characters have whole and happy families located safely off-screen, but anytime someone needs even a minor tragic backstory to explain present dysfunction – then BAM – dead parent. While dead parents are as lazy a storytelling device as they are effective, it
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Ah, the innocence of youth. Whether you are looking to capture some of that bright young exuberance or you have recently become a parent yourself, anime about childcare can make you feel young again. To see things through both the eyes of the caretaker and the children can leave you with that nice warm, fuzzy
One night, an object falls through space and time into the living room of dignified yakuza member Nitta. The object turns out to be a strange girl with psychic powers, but Nitta is reluctant to both take her in and to accept her offer to make use of those powers. Respecting his decision to not
It has been five hundred years since humanity went extinct at the hands of the mysterious beasts that roam the land. Now the surviving races have retreated to floating islands in the sky out of reach of most of the beasts. However, there are ones nimble enough to put these people in danger. A small
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