You know why I like anime other than the obvious need for escapism into great stories? Because it is a celebration of how beautiful animation and art can be. They can do some just absolutely mind-blowing, eye-exploding things these days. But not always. It’s not always some Todoroki v. Midoriya school festival fight, episode 19 […]
Unemployed and living with his mother, Ryouta Sakamoto’s only real achievement is being the top player in Japan of a video game called Btooom! However, one day he wakes up on an island with nothing but a small green crystal embedded in his hand. He soon finds out that someone wants him and others players
Psychological anime is one of those genres that you typically don’t see standing on its own. You might see psychological action thrillers in which the characters are playing a game of strategic chess with people’s lives. You might see psychological horror shows where the characters within don’t know what is right or even real. You
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Rachel awakens to find herself trapped in the basement of an abandoned building. After wandering around – lost, dizzy, and without her memories – she happens across a man in full bandages named Zack. While at first he tries to kill her, eventually they come to an agreement. Together, they try to find a way
Once with a reputation for messing around with men, high school girl Satou Matsuzuka has finally fallen in love – with a young girl she keeps locked in her apartment. Shio, this young girl, seems to have no other place she would rather be than in Satou’s arms. However, Satou is ready to do anything
Often when designing an anime character, their creators have to make them look cool. If they need to be warriors that everyone can get behind, the fastest way to endear them to people, it seems, is to slap and eye patch on it. Losing an eye has to be a pretty traumatic ordeal, and once
It’s easy to write a one dimensional villain. They are evil for evil reasons for the sole purpose of being evil. However, the best villains are the ones with more than one dimension and motivations beyond just being evil. Often, a way to add dimensions is to explain their back story and why their motivations
Unlike many other anime hair colors, pink hair has become more prevalent and had a slight change of meaning. Back in the earlier days of anime, pink hair was much rarer. It was used for childlike characters as a way to personify their innocence. …But then came the moe. The advent of the shift towards
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In a world where warfare is constant – and great for business – there are twelve individuals that thrive on the battlefield. These individuals each bear traits that coincide to one animal from the Chinese Zodiac. Those who are born into the right zodiac families or chosen to be the successor to that line are
Nobuaki Kanazawa is a new transfer student who has closed his heart to his fellow classmates, determined not to make friends. However, due to their persistence, he begins to open up. Just as he does, his worse fears comes to life, the King’s Game starts on his cell phone. Now his classmates must play a
