The Holy Grail War is a battle royale in one city in Japan among seven magi selected to be Masters. These Masters summon a Servant, a Heroic Spirit of historic or mythical heroes past, and gain command seals to order their Servant to do their bidding. Together, Masters use their Servants to fight a proxy […]
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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
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I’d like to say that anime has an inordinate fascination with the master-servant relationship, but watch enough period pieces and you will know that it isn’t an extraordinary obsession at all. Still, in any media, a good master-servant relationship is hard to pull off. Worst case, it ends up cringe-worthy and weird with one part
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Do you ever wonder why there are so many open-ended one season anime series out there? One of the lesser known tidbits about the anime industry is that many anime series are created to sort of hype sales for other media rather than to necessarily be successful hit anime. It is more common with light
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After a meteor fell to Earth, the D2s invaded a large portion of the United States. In order to prevent angering the D2s who hate music, all music was banned. Despite this, D2 attacks aren’t uncommon. The only defense against them remains Musicarts and their Conductor companions. Takt, a piano prodigy, finds himself transformed into
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After his parents died, Mirai Kakehashi was left in the care of abusive relatives. On the day he graduated from middle school, he decided to end his life. As he jumps off a building, he is saved by Nasse, an angel that wishes to give him happiness and has chosen him as her candidate to
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Nothing is original. Everything has been done before. We are now simply in a state of crafting original-looking ideas from other inspirations. The more media you consume, the more you will see. Even this article has been done before ( !, !! ) in varying degrees of the authors “borrowing” ideas from each other and
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There is a battle about to begin in Tokyo, the Shaman Fight. This tournament is held every 500 years where shamans, those who command spirits, test their skills in combat. The winner becomes the Shaman King and gains command of the Great Spirit. Shaman King follows the story of the carefree Yoh Asakura and his
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Certainly it is believed that the 12-episode format or even the longer 24-episode format is good for telling a good self-contained story. However, for some, anime isn’t about how many series you can watch – it is about the quality of the ones you do. Now, that isn’t saying that a longer anime series equates
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To have honor is to know your ideals and be stalwart in upholding them. It may be easier to claim a victory through underhanded means, but to these characters, that is a path they simply won’t walk. If you are looking for anime characters that are stalwart in their ideals and never stray from the
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