You might be familiar with the cool kuudere or perhaps the ever-beloved yet difficult to love tsundere, but the practice of stuffing characters into a box and slapping a “-dere” label on their personality is a vast one. No well-written character is just one archetype, but that hasn’t stopped a lot of anime fans from […]
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Been away from anime for awhile? We understand. You go out and have your life, anime will always be waiting for you when you come back. They always come back. If you are finally coming back and stopped watching sometime in or before 2007, here are all the best anime series that you missed and
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Not all anime series start off with a bang. Certainly an exciting first episode is a good way to hook those new viewers, but many shows want to start off more nuanced – or just make bad first episodes because they want to establish crucial details. A slow pace can be effective at building an
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Frustrated with her family, middle schooler Mirai Onozawa wishes to tear everything apart. Unfortunately, that wish comes true in an unexpected 8.0 earthquake. Suddenly, she and her younger brother find themselves surrounded by chaos in Odaiba. Single mother and motorcyclist Mari runs into these two scared kids and decides to help them get back home.
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While I would argue that the initial episodes of an anime series are more important than its ultimate ending, the way a series ends can be crucial. You invested a lot into a series and sometimes a pleasant journey can be ruined if the destination is just a giant trash heap. While some anime series
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After college, unsure of what to do with his life, Rikou gets a job at a convenience store. There he becomes visited by a high school drop out with a pet crow as well as has rekindled feelings for a senpai that visits the store one day. This is the story of the growth of
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In all media that tells a story, the protagonist is the character through which we see the world. We follow them through their story, see the world the way the see it, and learn about it as they learn about it. The protagonist is a crucial story-telling tool. However, not all protagonists are characters of
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Most anime series are classified as either drama and comedy. After all, they aren’t two genres that some would think would play well together, but they really do. Life is made out of multiple genres, as they say. So anime series that combine comedy and drama are more likely to mimic real life. They have
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Ah, youth. You don’t really appreciate it until it is gone, but there are ways to reminisce, especially in anime. Coming of age stories focus on youth. Kids are just getting to that age where the future is wide open and full of possibilities. They get to experience mistakes when they don’t have as serious
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Kyon had long given up on his belief in the supernatural until he meets Haruhi Suzumiya. Haruhi, a strange girl in her own right, is interested in all things supernatural, but laments the lack of intriguing clubs on campus. Kyon, however, inspires her to create her own club, and thus, the SOS Brigade is born.
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