For as many mercenary characters as there are littered throughout gritty action anime, there are profoundly little anime that actually follow the lives of mercenaries. It is strange considering a mercenary character or group of mercenaries can follow any plot as long as a carrot of significant size is on the stick. One day they […]
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Every anime series has a main character, but no anime series has a main character alone all of the time. Even a well made character needs someone beside them to have actual dialogue with and bounce ideas off of. Maybe it is a childhood friend or a long-time rival. Maybe it is a sibling or
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Flashbacks are a popular storytelling tool to freely give information and establish characters in visual media like anime as well as traditional television and movies. That said, it is widely regarded as one of the lazier storytelling devices. That doesn’t mean flashbacks shouldn’t be used, but sometimes anime can lean a bit heavily on them.
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Everybody needs a little help sometimes. Even the most plot-armored shounen hero needs to get into a sticky situation they may need saving from every now and then to keep things interesting. However, for these professional damsels in distress, they don’t need saving “every now and then,” but instead likely need saving every week. Kidnapping,
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What does it take to be considered “edgy” these days? There is such a delicately fine line between edge and cringe that one could argue that they are indeed one and the same. Certainly a high schooler making jokes about school shootings is pretty edgy. Carrying a blunt replica katana down the street as you
Anime is awash with weapons, but not all of them are particularly remarkable or memorable. No one fondly recalls the many times the lowly kunai saved the day in Naruto. No, no. They remember Zabuza’s big sword even if it was just in one rather short arc. Now being a big weapon doesn’t necessarily mean
The kingdom of Metallicana is just the latest kingdom to be imperiled by the Four Lords of Havoc. They seemingly desire only destruction and no power can stand against them. Desperate to save the kingdom, High Priest Geo reveals that he sealed their once-leader of destruction, the lord Dark Schneider into a boy, who can
Crunchyroll, Hidive, Funimation, even Netflix, Hulu, and Amazon Prime have dipped their toes into putting some anime up for streaming. Take it from someone whose watched anime for over 20 years, it has never been easier to watch anime and find great new series with only a minimal monetary investment. By gum, I remember when
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In Claymore, the world is overcome with demons called Yoma that constantly plague humanity. After Raki’s parents were killed by Yoma, he teams up with Claire, a Claymore, an order of powerful half-human, half-Yoma women that are shunned by society but fight to rid the world of Yoma. Together, each learns more about the each
It feels weird to base an entire list around a slang term, but sometimes, you just see an anime character and the only way to describe them is with said term. Simp. I don’t even know where the term came from. It just pervaded the internet enough to find its way into my vocabulary. But
