For as much as elderly people like myself may have tried to tell people throughout the years, anime has traditionally being a medium aimed more at children. However, unlike Western cartoons that were happy with just entertaining children, the animation industry of Japan dared to make anime something that could both entertain and even emotionally […]
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There are many who appreciate mecha anime, but it is very obvious that the popularity of mecha has waned significantly in modern anime. Unfortunately, in many instances, those who enjoy space anime often had to look to the mecha genre in order to get that space setting that they wanted. Even though the stars have
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There are quite a few strange male characters in anime, but there isn’t quite as much gender equality when it comes to oddness. Anime often lives and dies by how marketable its female characters are, after all. As such, you don’t actually see too many weird female characters in anime. However, when you see a
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Brandon Heat and Harry MacDowel grew up on the streets together and both turned to crime in order to get by. However, when their activities are noticed by the eyes of the expansive Millennion mafia syndicate, the pair find themselves brought under their wings and rising through the ranks. Things go well until one fateful
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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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Scraping by a living in the rough technologically augmented society of Night City, David’s mother managed to send him to a prestigious school in hopes he could become a Corpo and climb the ladder of the business world. However, after his mother dies suddenly in a car accident and due to lack of appropriate care,
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Cyberpunk has always been a niche genre of sci-fi, but every niche has its heyday, and it appears that heyday for cyberpunk is now. Unlike its closely named cousin steampunk, cyberpunk isn’t about high tech melded with something old. Instead, the cyberpunk genre is best explained as melding high-tech with low-life. Cyberpunk settings often feature
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After life turned him down the path of crime, Makoto Edamura cockily thinks himself the best swindler in Japan. However, after trying to swindle a tourist only for the tourist to swap it back, he finds the police on his trail. Making his escape, he runs into this tourist again, a move that would take
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For some, animation is the most important thing to their enjoyment of an anime. For others, the plot is crucial for them. Yet, while likely not the most important aspect to many people, a memorable OST in an anime can enhance every aspect. A good soundtrack for an anime series is more than just the
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