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 […]
Since ancient times, the ninja have assassinated enemies from the shadows for the sake of Japan’s security and stability. In modern times, it was decided that the ninja would branch out to international operations and welcome others from outside the country into their organization. Higan, a ninja who once had the potential to rise into
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,
Why is it that in anime, you find so many anime series detailing the action-or-emotion-packed journey of a person and a child they are never blood-related to? You try that in real life and you’ll end up in a police chase, but it is actually a pretty common set up in anime. What is usually
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For some shows, they create their antagonist as a flimsy character who does bad things simply to do bad things and they call it a day. However, a villain operating under the abstract coverall concept of evil is hardly a character worth remembering. You will find that the best written anime villains are often the
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One day, an entity, for reasons unknown, threw an orb to Earth. With no emotion or identity, the orb is meant to gather sensations and is able to take the shape of things it encounters as it learns. For many years, it was a rock, and then it became moss, and when a wolf took
While there are those who enjoy the cute little moe fang, there are others who demand a whole mouth of sharp teeth. For some characters, they can come with a real set of chompers that make them look more like a shark than a person. In some cases, those teeth are used to denote a
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Rebooting things is all the rage these days, isn’t it? It isn’t limited to movies and video games, even anime has gotten on the train. While some fault rebooting as a profound lack of imagination or just a cash grab, in many cases, it revitalizes older anime series that no one bothered to watch. In
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