You know what they say, you can’t have something cute and wholesome become a trope without having it eventually be deconstructed into the exact opposite. That’s what happened to magical girls, anyway. Originally, magical girls were whimsical, cheerful anime about young girls being able to transform into cute frilly outfits and save the world with […]
It was just a normal day for avid gamer Akira Shiroyanagi who, while playing a game on his phone, was suddenly dragged onto a battlefield by a being named Mion. He and the other participants are told that they have been erased from society in order to participate in an experiment. They are each granted
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
15 Anime That Look Happy But Are Actually Depressing Read More »
Although its not quite as talked about as other genres, the magical girl genre of anime remains one of the most popular genres of anime because it has a surprisingly broad demographic appeal. While a lot of people are more into deconstructions of the genre these days, you wouldn’t be alone when you say you
After receiving an invitation, Kaname starts playing a mysterious new mobile game called Darwin’s Game. Unfortunately, when his opponent attacks him in real life, he must fight to survive. After narrowly winning his first fight, he discovers a hidden world of players that kill in order to win points. Yay! A survival game filled with
Aya Asagiri lives a miserable life. At school she is bullied. At home she is beaten. Her only bright light is a cat, but one day even that is taken away from her. However, while browsing the internet, she finds a person that takes pity on her and gives her the powers of a magical
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
Yuki Takeya is in love with school life. She loves it so much that she joined the School Living Club with three other girls, their supervising teacher, and the club dog Taroumaru. This club makes the most of living at school. However, Yuki’s blissful school life is all a delusion. The real purpose of the
Survival games, death games, killing games – they fall under many different titles, but they all refer to the same thing. Survival games depict high-staked, often organized events where a group of characters are tossed into space and told to murder each other if they want to win – or live! Japan and anime has
Hope’s Peak Academy is an elite high school where those accepted are given special titles that showcase their skills. This year, only fifteen were accepted, and one of them was the completely normal Makoto Naegi who got in on sheer luck. The students are thrilled to be in such a prestigious school. That is, until
