What is a quick and easy way to make an anime character relatable to the audience? Amnesia. No, it’s not that we have all had our bouts amnesia in daily life. In fact, actual amnesia is rather rare in reality. Instead, making an anime character have amnesia is essentially making them a blank slate. As […]
It can be said that anime that is adapted from an otome game or any sort of romance-based game where you can choose different routes to explore will always be disappointing. You see, satisfying romance anime series is only focused on one primary pairing. You can have a series that has the main character explore
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When you create a character in a visual media, typically you want a way to differentiate that character from the other characters you may be introducing. When you have the tools of sound and storytelling as well as sight in anime, that’s not so hard to do. You make them look unique, make sure their
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After her father’s death, a girl inherits a near bankrupt company. She becomes the producer in order to help secure the funds to keep the company running. During this work, she meets four different, yet talented men that can wield a special power known as Evol. They end up drawing her deeper into their world
Boys, boys, boys – Tall boys, cute boys, brooding boys, bad boys. Reverse harems anime are for anime fans that are willing to enjoy a boilerplate, low effort shoujo heroine who is surrounded by the most beautiful array of diverse personalitied boys around every turn for any number of reasons. The reverse harem might turn
In all media that tells a story, the protagonist is the character through which we see the world that is presented to us. We follow them through their story, see the world the way they see it, and learn about it as they learn about it. The protagonist is a crucial story-telling tool. However, not
When Tooru Honda finds herself homeless, she decides to live in a tent in the wilderness. However, one day she is discovered by a classmate, Yuki Souma, and invited to come live in his house. From there she gets to know many members of the Souma family, not realizing that they all are inflicted by
Character design in any anime series is important. Creators have certain liberties they can take with characters in order to differentiate them from series in the same genre. However, if you make a character too “out there” with their choice of clothes, it can put people off. If you create a school life series, you
Banri Tada has finally been accepted into a private law academy in Tokyo, but due to an accident, he is without all his memories. During his freshmen orientation, he meets Mitsuo Yanagisawa who is consummately stalked by Kouko Kaga, a girl from his old school. Banri begins to hit it off with both of them.
“Omnibus” is a term that you more commonly see in the realms of manga. It is a term used to describe volumes of an advanced size. These could be manga omnibus volumes that contain multiple volumes in on large, girthy book – usually shined up with a hardcover for both visual appeal and sturdiness –
