Coco is the daughter of a seamstress and is captivated by the wonderful, awe-inspiring, secretive world of witches and magic. Unfortunately, magic is strictly guarded and kept away from non-witches like Coco. One day, when a witch named Qifrey comes to her town, she manages to catch a glimpse of him casting magic. When another […]
Ruri, a fashionable high school girl, loves jewelry and accessories. After being captivated by a piece of quartz jewelry, and swiftly denied an advance on her allowance to buy it, Ruri’s mother tells her that her grandfather used to find quartz in the mountains all the time. Ruri, thinking herself clever, goes to the mountains
After an alien invasion, Earth was overrun by the machine lifeforms they created as weapons of war. With humanity making their last stand, they retreated to the moon and dispatched a series of combat androids from a space station to eventually reclaim the Earth for humanity. Brutal conflict and harsh realities play out before the
As the conversation around gender issues has grown complicated if not outright contentious, it seems the wiser course to perhaps stay away and just focus on talking anime, but the thing is, anime has always had – at least some – representation for those of different gender and sexual identifications. While representation has grown in
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Falling in love and exploring romantic relationships is a big part of the human experience, and as such, romance has long been a beloved plot or at least part of a character’s story in anime. However, romance anime isn’t for everyone. Admittedly, some romance anime have the most obnoxious plots fueled by unrealistic desires and
Allow me to be extremely pretentious for a moment and say that it was Kierkegaard who said, “the most common form of despair is not being who you are.” And it is deep thoughts like that which you expect from Kierkegaard, the father of existentialism, though it does perfectly encapsulate the basic philosophy of it.
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Tsukumogami are objects that have gained self-awareness and are able to take human form, but manifest powers based on the object they once were. For many tsukumogami, they exist secretly and without problem. However, when they do begin to cause problems, the order of Saenome are tasked with neutralizing them Hyouma Kunato is a young
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
800 years ago, as terrifying demons pushed mankind to the brink, they prayed to the gods and called for their aid. Emerging from these prayers, battle deities called Idaten came forth. With great strength and endurance, they defeated the demons, sealing many of them away. Now, in a long era of peace, the present generation
You can look at some anime series and know exactly what you are getting with it. However, there is this thing that can happen – a thing that breaks the tiny trusts of many – where an anime looks super cheerful, but actually is crushingly depressing. It is certainly not a trap that everyone can
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