In the year 1333, the Kamakura shogunate government is toppled after the betrayal of Ashikaga Takauji, a once-trusted retainer who was responsible for slaughtering the entire Hojo clan. However, in the chaos at Kamakura, the rightful heir to the shogunate, Hojo Tokiyuki does what he does best – flees. After escaping the massacre with the […]
Humans and demons known as Katawara live in contentious balance with each other. With Katawara often devouring humans, even offering their protection and blessing in return or sacrifices, they seem to hate humanity and humanity lives in fear and hatred of them. Tama is a Katawara that loves humans and has vowed to protect them
Betrayed by his ninja clan and sentenced to death for the many lives he took while working for them, Gabimaru the Hollow accepts his fate. However, every attempt at execution has failed, leading them to call in Sagiri, a member of the Yamada Asaemon Clan of imperial executioners. While Sagiri can carry out the task,
While the anime duo is a powerful dynamic, the anime trio is a powerhouse of its own. When creating an iconic trio dynamic, usually what you get in anime is two male characters of differing ideals, temperaments, upbringings, or all of the above and one female character to mediate things with a 90 percent chance
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After his wife was burned at the stake for witchcraft, the powerful vampire Vlad Dracula Tepes declares that all of Wallachia will die. He summons an army of night creatures and summons his vampire allies to carry it out. However, as he plots destruction, the last living member of the House Belmont, a clan of
Long ago, the four elemental nations of Earth, Water, Fire, and Air all lived in harmony. However, when the Fire Nation attacked, the world was thrown into chaos. The Avatar, master of all four elements, possessed the power to stop the Fire Nation, but the youngest reincarnation of this ancient role vanished from the world.
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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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
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
